The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-07-13
RELIGIOUS WORKERS


Christisn Endeavores crowded Sanger
Fest hall. the largest auditorium of the
eity. yesterday. Rev. @. Il, Thwing pre-
sided at the evening session. An address
was delivered by Rsv.. NJ. d. Babcock of
Baltimore. who chose for his subject
"Glorifying God"
Children AJAX questions, for II is their
nature to. and God is back Of their neture.
The everlasting "why" is as philosophical
as the everlasting ''yes" and mo" There
- purpose in everything; nothing Is for
nothing. A man may not ask ques-
tion, but he interrogstes a new piece OF
machinery with his eyes, and catechises
IL with his mind, which amounts TO the
same thing. It is only n fair thing
for M to do. to keep Oh asking questions,
finding out what this Is for and that, un-
til we resch ourselves.
''What am / forT 10 as sensible and
oolemn question as any one can ask.
How can glorify God? / cannot beautify
that which is already supremely beauti
ful; cannot paint the lily nor adorn the
rose; how can glorify Godf cannot.
II you mean add glory to God, make him
more glorious than he Is.
Nature shows Gods wisdom
The glory of God then is the revealed
character OF God. There can be no higher
end of living than TO make this known.
since the selfrevelation of God is his
highest glory and the greatest good OF all
created beings, Creation is for the glory
of God. for it partly reveals him. All
nature shows his greatness. his wisdom.
Can God still be revealedi Is the glory
Of God still to be seenf Yes, in us and
through us is God yet and now to be
known. Here is the aim and life for us
all There can be no classes or distinc-
tions, for whether / am rich or poor.
learned or ignorant. can reveal God;
sick or we'll, mt home or abroad, can be
= divine message TO men from God.
Danger In Conceit.
But II a man succeeds in his work, how
shall he be kept from pridei The danger
with most men is their conceit. II a man
fails, that may humble him, but how can
the successful man be kept from the fool
1shness of Nebuchadnezzar. as he paced
his walls and said: is not this great
Babylon that have builtT Let him live
for Gods glory. Then he welcomes sue
cess, blesses God for usefulness and ac-
complishment, acknowledges that he is
but tool In the masters hands, a servant
In his masters house.
But what IL failure has come. IL great
hope is lost and horse and rider are in the
dustf Am living for the glory of Godf
For his glory l can fall Did not men
count Christ failurei But was it not in
the hour of his crucihxion that the CEN
turion glorified God, saying. Truly this
man Is the son of God" The light that
seems 90 dim in the daytime, shines with
fine radiance in the Rark. The ship
that weathers the storm Is strong proof of
her builders skill. whose praise untrou-
bled seas had left unsung.
what Have Wa Lived Forf
And when at last we face the inevitable,
when Death brings Us to things as they
are, then the question comes with
power never before realized, What have
been living forf 1t Is but another oppor-
tunity--another phase of life in which to
reveal God. And death past, the last
earthly test endured / begin to live be-
yond as have tried to live here--still for
the glory Of God.
Living for salf-how limited, how little,
how unworthy my lifei Living for God
living to make him glorious. how surely
must infnity be the scope Of my being,
and eternity its endless sweepi
President CIark's Address.
President Clark. in his annual address,
says: As an organization becomes popu-
Jar and vigorous it sometimes forgets the
principles that gave 1t strength and vigor
\ Let that never be said of tho Society of
Christian Endeavor. What are our prin-
ciplesl 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-"Christan Endeavor stands
Tor 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
ganixation the tail OF any political kite.
To be q Christian Endeavorer does not
mean that one Is necessarily a Republi-
cap. or Democrat. or Populist, or a
Third Party man. Blue or Grit, Tory
or Liberal. II does mean that he is
necessarily a good citizen. and that he
will exert every ounce of his influence. to
whichever sex he belongs Gf the young
men will excuse the generic pronoun) for
che right.
While Tammany fourishes In New
York. and open gambling in Chicago, and
: licensed prostitution in New Orleans, and
ohe Louisiana lottery has moved only
0cross the street 10 Honduras, the out
look Is dark. but not hopeless
This last year has seen Boss" McKane
cent 10 Sing Sing, and Brooklyn redeemed.
IL has seen Croker fly to Europe IL has
heard Woolley speak in Chicago and In.
dianapolis and Murphy In Boston, and
has witnessed score OF other good.citI.
1enship campaigns. II has seen thousands
Of Endeavorers 60 to the primaries who
never went before. II has seen n splendid
verdict pronounced against the saloon In
Canada. a verdict that Endeavors have
made emphatic In 100 towns.
Thank God for the years worki But
you have only struck once. Endeavorers.
Strike again and again aud again, nutil,
A. Christ should come TO Chicago or New