The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1894-10-18
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR
AND THE SABBATH
SCHOOL.
An Address Delivered at the Presbyterian
synod In Columbus, q. Oct. 9th
1894, by Marshall Harring-
ton, of Logan Ohio.

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latent energy; others have activ'
energy. But all OF us have one kln'
or the other. 1t must be trained
: some one must use this great force il
doing work. You ministers are th
machinists, you have arranged tn
belts and wires so as to turn the great
religious energy of the world into
Christian work. The Christian En-
deavor Society is one of these ma
chimes, it is the means by which al
enormous amount of energy is trained
into religious good and honest en-
deavor for the Master. The pledge /:
the back bone of the Christian En-
deavor society, it is by reliance in thl'
solemn promise that its members arr
able to do anything. 1t helps ii
every department of the church's work
but its imprint is left more deeply
upon the Sabbath School. 1t Is the
pledge that does it all.
81 promise Him that | will strive to
do what ever he would like to have
me do Faiihfulness to this makes
more consecrated teachers and pupils.
When young people strive not to
please themselves, but to please theil
great Master, they are more serious,
they are more desirous that their
friends in Sunday School are Chris
tians. Such teachers look after the
spiritual lives Of their pupils. In
striving to do his will they are going
out after others. Christian Endeavor
teachers are not content with CLEAN
inc a little here and there, but they
90 out into the great field that is
white unto the harvest and are labor
ing. Earnest, thoughtful Christian life,
the legitimate outcome of that
promise, is felt in the Sabbath
School.
The second clause of the pledge, 81
will make it the rule of my life to
pray everyday" Every Christian
Endeaveror prays for the success of
the Sabbath School and "more things
are wrought by prayer than this
world dreams Of" The prayerful
member of the Sabbath School helps
in the devotional exercises, he carries
a spirit of reverence and of Christ
reliance into the work. Even iii the
songs he sees the prayer to God, and
it is he that impresses Us that
"The whole round world is every way
Bound by golden claims about the
feet of God"
But if lrayer has place in the
work of the school, devotional Bible
study must have part to take. The
endeavorer pledges himself to read
the book everyday, 1t is the avowed
aim of the Sabbath School to study the
Bible; it must impress upon the
young the grandeur of the great Book,
and its usefulness in human progress
and Christian life. In the Bible is
the whole story, we must get it there.
Too often we study the Bible method
icallv, We use too much of the cold
calculation. We must first get an
insight into what the great principles
of the Bible have done and will do,
if they are put into practice. 1t is
the coming of the pure gold of Bible
truth into the currency of Christs
kingdom that is the first part of the
Christian. In the devotional study
of the Bible the young Christian sees
it all. He sees how the character of
Christ has been impressed upon men.
With this thought, he goes to his
place in the Sabbath School. No
longer is the study of the Bible dry.
He sees the richness and beauty Of
the book. If he is teacher, he is
not content with the learning of facts,
the dates and places: he goes deeper
and grasps after great spiritual truths.
1t is the every day study Of the Bible
in fulfllment of the Christian En-
deaver pledge that helps him to do
this.
But the pledge asks for something
else. 1t promises to support the
church in every way especially by
attending the regular Sunday and
Midwcek services. This is promise
to attend Sabbath School. Nothing
is said about prompt attendance but
the ideal Christian Endeaveror is
prompt. He is in his place in time
for the first song, he is on the alert to
fulfill the spirit of that pledge he
treasures so much.
The training Of the young people
in Christian Endeavor societies makes
them more intelligent in organization.
The Committee work and the system
attic efforts of the society have fitted
him to help in the management ofthe
school. He is more desirous of CO.
operating with the superintendent.
When he is asked to do anything, he
has learned to obey in Christian En-
deavor work. If he is a teacher, he
appreciates the labor of the superin-
tendent in his efforts to make the
school efficient; if he is a scholar, he
is anxious to support him in respond