Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-07-13

I'LL GOOD CITIZENS.
Christian EndeavOrS Bow
10 No Politicians.
GOD SHOULD Be OUR AIM.
Mans Work Is Verv Often Hampered
by Pride and Conceit.
GOD SHOULD Be OUR AIM

CLEVELAND. July 13-The great meet
| ings held AZ SRngerfest hall and Ia the
tent yesterday morning were duplicated
last evening, and large crowds OF Cleye-
| hand people Joined with the delegates 70
make up the attendance Both of the
evening meetings were opened with
praise and prayer service. Rev. Henry
4. McEwen OF New York presided In the
tent, aud Rev Charles Thwing In the hall.
San Francisco will get the convention
next year, and the one two years hence
will be held la Washington.
The annual address OF President Francis
L Clark was read at both of the evening
meetings, he being unable TO be in at
tendance on account OF sickness. Follow
ing Ia the
Address Of the Presidents
As an organi.atio grows To be popu-
lar and vigorous 10 sometimes forgets the
principles that gave IL strength and vigor.
Let that never be said of the Society OF
Christian Endeavor What are our prin-
ciplesi II know anything about them,
they are the ideas involved in the pledge,
the conservation meeting and the COM
mittees
Again, Christian Endeavorers, strike
once more for good citizenship. Right
nobly have you rallied around this stand
ard during the past year. From east and
west and north and south has come the
good news--"Christisn Endeavor stands
for the election Of good men, for the en-
actment OF good laws, for sturdy and
steady opposition TO the saloon, the
gambling hell, the lottery. the violation
OF the Sabbath"
congratulate you that none Of you
have been cajoled into making our or
ganization the tail Of any political kite.
To be Christian Endeayorer does not
mean that one II necessarily a Repu bill
can, or a Democrat, or a Populist, or a
Third Party man, Blue or a Grit, Tory
or n Liberal IL does mean that he is
necessarily n good citizen, and that he
will exert every ounce OF his influence, 70
whichever sex he belongs az the young
men will excuse the generic pronounl for
the right
While Tammany aourishes In New
York, aud open gsmblin In Chicago. and
| licensed prostitution In New Orleans, and
the Louisiana lottery has moved only
| across the street TO Honduras, the out
look is dark, but not hopeless.
This last year has seen BOSS" MoKant
sent TO Sing Sing, and Brooklyn redeemed
IL has seen Croker fly to Europa 1t ha,
heard Woolley speak In Chicago and In
dianapolis and Murphy In Boston, ant
has witnessed score OF other good-citi
zenship campaigns. II has seen thousandi
of Endeavorers go to the primaries VIII,
never went before.
Thank God for the years work. Bu
you have only struck once. Endeavorers
Strike again and again and again, until
II Christ should come to Chicago or New
York or Toronto OF San Francisco, h,
would find clean streets, and clean citl
halls, and clean men In them, with neve
n brothel or dive to pollute the air tha
he should breathe.
Rev Maltbis ID. Baboook
OF Baltimore spoke upon 'GlorifyinJ
God" lie said
Children ask questions, for IL is thei
nature TO, and God IL back Of their nature
The everlasting why" is ss philosophica
as the everlasting yes" and no" Their
isa rpose In everything; nothing Is 10
nothing \ man may not ask a Ques
tion, but he tnterrogates a new piece q
machinery with his eyes, and oatechise
w. with his mind. which amounts to tn