The Newtown bee., 1894-08-31

I wish to quote some of the figures of his report, In the last year there were ad- ded to the list of the c. E. hosts 1895 so- cieties. The total enrollment of mem- F bers up to the time of the report was 2,-l 023, 500, go that in 13 years over two mill lion young people have taken the pledge s.For Christ and the Church. The list of societies has increased more in the last year than it did in the first eight years of it's existence. Denominationally the Presbyterians lead, having in their church 6652 societies. The Congrega-l tionalists are a close second with 54SS so- cieties. After these follow in order the | Baptists, Disciples, Methodists and so on. There are in all 30 evangelical denomina- | tions represented ill the movement. In ! regard to the Congregationalists it is in- teresting to note that while according to the census of 1890 we have only 4S6S church organizations in this country we have over 5000 Societies of Christian En- deavor. From that we can see that there are very few churches of this order which do not have this valuable adjunct to aggressive work for Christ. It is in- teresting also to notice how the move- ment is spreading in foreign lands. Aus 1 tralia has S34 societies, India 72, Japan l 59, Turkey 3S, China 23, so that it seems
 as though the remark of Mir Dickinson of l Boston is already proved largely true, l Christian Endeavor is interdenomina- tional, interurban, interstate, information l al, interracial and if it be true that there ! are other worlds than this we shall find that it is interplanetary, simply because it is based upon Gods universal law of progress through self denying endeavor
 and minist, ation." One gets from that some idea of what hold the movement has over the life of our age and of our young people.
 IL is impossible in any report to give
 anything but fragments of the addresses.
 The speakers put into few words some of
 their best thoughts and by quoting these birdseye view can be obtained of the
 truths they sought to impress. Here are
 some of them: " ou cannot crown Jesus
 Christ with any other crown until you
 have given Him the crown of your IT an- , hood and womanhood' 5 ''rhe Christian
 is one who works at his Christianity" "We are pledged to Christ and to good citizenship" "The simple, modest way . for one to publish an idea is to give 2 sample of it in operation ''The word , 'temperance' is the Pharisee of the gram
 mar, the hypocrite of this reform, the ! blood guiltiest word in the dictionary } "1f meat maketh my brother to offend, , I'll not eat meat enough to injure my di-
 gestion while the world stands;' that's temperance" "I'll show myself Chii-- tian voter, fit to represent at the polls ar } unenflanchsed womanhood." "Ill not be fooled into the stupid wickedness of , trying to get good men to enforce bad
 laws" "A man who is false to himF eli can't be true to anything A coward is potentially traitor.' No man comes l to God but by being son, and no one
 becomes a son but by being man. "A
 flial son cannot fail until his father fails Fidelity ia omnipOtence. God, likt his own lightning, responds to facilities 6 comes the shortest way" ''It is the , business of an educated life to interpre
 the deeper needs of humanity" "Iher' Is no love for any man that is wOrtf ] anything unless it is preceded by re s spect" "The most instructive act il I the life of our Lord was his washing tn
 disciples feet ''It is one office of 2 generous and ennobling education t. Q make ua not ashamed to do what man, t others are ashamed to do." With n young person it is not religion or noth ing; it is plants of grace or weeds o |. sin" "Religion is buiness; religion s is the business of life.'' Work g Christ's way of blessing the church. No Christian man has any right to b 1 50 busy as to be unable to work for Got 1T and his fellows" ''The Master doe s not reserve the Well done to the fina $ day; every day he speaks it, as me
 l faithfully work "Y Young man an woman about to choose your businaas o u profession, go where your brain an 'r body can go farJhest" One might 2 \ on almost ad iniinitum in quoting tn :, the brilliant sayings of the speakers bu ,' I desst lest the editor be tempted t IS crack my ribs for too long an article. I r, closing l wish to point out two thing il wherein there seems to be a growth
 danger in these conventions, one is in tn ' lack of the devotional spirit, the other d in the desire that their works shall | ,o seen of men. If we would succeed W
 must not lose our grip on God. If W
 have the highest motives we shall wor
 for Christ not to be seen of men bt
 looking only for tbe Heavenly reward ,e Charles H. Smith, Pastor Windsor Av'
 nue Congregational church, Hartfore
 Conn.