News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1893-07-13
International Christian Endeavor
Convention.

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ering nearly an acre of ground, and
in which 10000 people could be seat,
ed. A large tent, capable of seating
5000, directly opposite, was used for
overflow meetings. These two places
were well filed throughout all the
meetings.
WEDNESDAY
evening was devoted to meetings
held in several of the churches, at
which addresses were made by prom
inent speakers.
The meetings opened in the Drill
Hall on the morning of
THURSDAY.
Addresses of welcome were made
by Rev. j. MacGilIivray on behalf OF
the city pastors; General Secretary
Bulge, on behalf of the Young Mems
Christian Association, and A. A.
Aver, on behalf of the general recep-
ton committee, and by Mayor Des-
iardin, in behalf of the city. The
Mayor is a Roman Catholic, but his
address was of most cordial char
acter and was received with hearty
applause, followed by singing ''God
Save the Queen" and america"
The afternoon meeting was de-
voted to the junior society. An adj
dress on the origin and growth of
the Junior Christian Endeavor soci-
ETY. was delivered by Rev. j. W. Cow
an of Tabor, Ia.
Rev. Wayland Hoyt of Minneapo-
lis followed with a paper on "The
Possibilities of the Junior Society,""
A meeting was also held in a large
military tent on the Champ de Mars.
Rev. W. A. Patterson of Toronto
presided. An address on especial
Work for Young Men" was made by
Rev. Rufus S. Miller of Hummells-
town, Pa. Chow to Reach Young
Men was the subject on which more
than a dozen young ladies and gen
tlemen spoke, Evangelistic Meth
DDS in Church Work" was the theme
of an address by Rev. T. d. Power of
Washington, D. c. The meeting was
brought to a close by series of an
, swers to the question, "What evan
gelistic work is your society doiDg?"
put to the meeting by the conductor,
P. S. Foster of Washington, D. C.
The board of trustees of the united
society met in the afternoon and
chose three new members: Rev. Can
on Richardson of London, Ont, rep
resenting the Church of England in
Canada; Rev. J. M. Lowden, of Bos-
ton, representing the Free Baptists
of New England; George Lewis Howe
of Louisville, KY, representing the
southern Presbyterians. The trustees
selected San Francisco as the meet
ing place for 1895.
In the evening meetings were held
both in the Drill Hall and the tent.
The hall and tent were full of people.
Rev. T. Melvin, of New York, pre-
sided in the hall. Rev. DR.. Francis
E. Clark, President of the United So
ciety of Christian Endeavor, made
an address. An appropriate hymn
was then sung, after which John Will
lis Baer, General Secretary of the
United Society of Christian Endeav-
I or, read his annualreport. Mr.. Baer
was enthusiastically cheered. He
had read his report in the tent while
DR.. Clark was speaking in the hall.
DR.. Clark after speaking in the hall
went to the tent and repeated his ad-
| dress. He received an ovation.
Mr.. Baer summed up the society s
| growth as follows -
Twelve years ago the first society was or
ganized in the Wiliston church, Portland
Maine. Today there are thousands of socie-
ties and every society, if really entitled to the
name Christian Endeavor, emphasizes in its
constitution certain distinctive principles
which, under Gods guidance, have made the
Christian Endeavor movement what it is to-
day.
We might dwell, if time would permit, upon
the widening of our interests and information
al fellowship as we have followed President
Clark around the world, and now having an
acquaintance none the less real, though dis
| tinct with the Endeavorers in the islands of
the Pacific, in Australia, Japan, China, Syria,
| Turkey, Spain, France and England, we can
strike hands in a Mizpah circle that belts the
| globe.
| cannot take your time to name each
| state, territory and province, but will con-
| tent myself with mentioning the five leaders
among the states and provinces. The official
| enrolment was as follows: New York state
| still leads with 1886 societies; Pennsylvania
is a good second, with 262S; Illinois third,
with 1922; Ohio fourth, with 1776, and
Iowa fifth, with 1856. Massachusetts and
| Indiana are not far behind, however.
Here in Canada, all loyal to the union jack,
| as are we in the states to the stars and
stripes, we find 1922 societies. Ontario
1893; Quebec, 1885, Manitoba, 90, and New
Brunswick, 80 and SO on through the Domin-
| ion
The growth in the Southland has been en-
couraging. Right royalty are the societies
rising in the Sunny South. Maryland
Tennessee and Texas each have over 200
societies, and Georgia. Florida, West Virgin
la and Arkansas each have over 100, with
| Virginia and South and North Carolina not
very far behind. But we must now turn our
| attention to our brothers and sisters in
| foreign lands and across the seas. If we
| think our growth has been remarkable
what can we say of the history of the move
ment? In England, with over 600 societies
Australia over 525, Indiana II, Turkey Al
(poor prosecuted Turkey still has Al socie.
ties), New Zealand 80, Japan 81, Madagas
car 81, Scotland 80, Mexico (our neighbOrs)
%, West Indies 10, Africa 10. China IL, Ire
| land 10, France 8, Samoa 2, Sandwich Isl
ands 6, Bermuda B, Brazil 2. Persia, Chill
Columbia, Norway and Spain each 1. In all
nearly thousand societies in foreign lands
making grand enrolment for the wide wide
world of 26 ,2S4 local societies, with q mem
bership of l ,577 ,040.
| The net gain in the societies is the largest
ever made in the history of the movement
| Net gain say, for every Christian Endeavo1
| bOCieJy JndU HAS DeCOme an EpWOfUn League
and hundreds have changed each year for the
last three years-has been stricken from the
| lists.
The net gain in number of local societies in
1882 was 6; 1888, 40; 1884, 100; 1885, 81
1886, 597; 1887, 1464; 1888, 1855; 1889
! 1903; 1890, Bal; 1891, 5961; 1892, 1906
and 5276 is the forward step this year In
| other words more societies have been organ
lied since our New York convention than
were organized during seven years of the so.
ciety's early history.
You will be interested to know that the
model constitution has been translated and is
printed in the following languages: English
| German, Swedish, Norwegian, French, Dutch
Danish, Spanish, Chinese, japanese. Tamil
| Telugu, Hindu, Hindostanee, Bengalse, Mara
| thi, Brabic, Turkish, Bulgarian, Armenian
and modern Greek.
Thirty evangelical denominations are rep.
resented in our fellowship. We find that
| during the last year more than 15S, 900 oil
| our members have become church members
| How much or how little our own individual
| work or that of the society has influenced
| this blessed work we know not; sufficiently
| happy and thankful are we to know that
| these additions to the number of so many
thousands have come from our membership.
The prize banner for the largest alb
solute gain was awarded to the Penn
| sylvania delegation, which mustered
600 strong. New Mexico's delegates
received the banner for the greatest
proportionate gain in Christian En-
deavor membership. Prize banners
| wern also awarded Illinois New York