The Portland daily press., 1895-07-13
ALMOST A ROUND $4,000
Proceedings Of the Multitudinous
EndeayOrers.
A WORLDS C. E. UNION is
FORMED.
An Old Portlander Leads in Tent Endeav
or-Many Subjects DIscussed-Address
of Rev. v. Knight Chaplain, of London.

or-Many Subjects DIscussed-Address
of Rev. v. Knight Chaplain, of London.
Boston, July 12-While half the city
slumbered and the first cheering rays of
theJuly sun were glinting here and there
warming the atmosphere and sending
golden tinge around, the Edeavorers
were awake and at work. In 81 churches
Of Boston, Cambridge and Someryille,
as early as 6. 30 prayer meetings began,
at each and all the topic being, Trust
ing in the Lord Jesus Christ for
strength. " The fatiguing efforts Of the
first day had not dampened the enthusi-
asm of the visitors, neither had their
ardor been quelled, for hundreds, aye,
and even thousands, attended.
One of the most interesting meetings
of the forenoon was in Tent Endeayor,
where the devotional exercises were led
by William II. Pennell. Mr.. Pennell
was the first man to sign the first
constitution of the First Christian En-
deavor Society, organized by DR.. Clark
at Williston, church, Portland, where at
the time, Mr.. Pennell taught large
Bible class of boys. He was president of
the first three Christian Endeavor con
yentions, and has been trustee of the
United Society from the beginning. He
now lives in Washington, D. G.
Mechanics Hall was filled at $50, when
Trustee Rev. M. Rhodes, D. D., of ST.
Louis, Mo-, called the meeting to order
after brief praise service, to which Geo.
G. Stebbins of Brooklyn, N. T., acted as
musical director.
William L. Ellis of Boston presented
q report for the information committee,
reviewing the condition of different So
cieties. Rev. Knight Chaplin of London,
England, then presented the cardinal
principles of Christian Endeavor.
REV. W. KNIGHT CHAPLAIN'S S
ADDRESS.
Rev. W. Knight Chaplain Of London,
at Mechanics hall, this forenoon, demon
strated "The Cardinal Principles of
Christian Endeayor, as follows
II bring you greeting from the great
growing army of Christian Endeavorers
IN the Old country. There our population
is increasing at the rate of half a million
every year. This one fact is most elo-
quent and forceful in declaring that the
church of the future will be that church
which most earnestly and successfully
gives itself in the present to winning the
young for Jesus Christ. 1t is, perhaps,
the recognition of this fact that has caused
the churches of Great Britain and Ire
| land, as, indeed, the churches of the whole
world to give SO warm and ready a well
come to the Y. P. S. G. E. That that
welcome has been both warm and ready
those who best know the facts will be the
readiest to admit. In Great Britain this
has been most undoubtedly the case
Commencing at Kew, in 1887, the
movement at first took root slowly and
advanced very gradually. At the end of
the first five years there were but 1926 So
cieties registered in the British section
That brought us to the bginning of 1893
During that year the growth became
more rapid. Commencing the year with
1876 societies, we closed it with 1904. In
| the early hours of 1894 | sent out little
article entitled 1884, in which I made
the suggestion that we should set it be-
| fore ourselves as an ambition to make
the number of societies at the end of the
| year correspond with the number of the
year; thus causing 1904 to become 1894
By very many this was regarded as a wild
dream, but the veal. was not nine months
| old before we registered 1894 societies,
|
tration of 2112. !"
Here Mr.. Chaplain told story of an
Irishman who built wall four feet wide
and three feet high, so that If the wind
| blew it down it would be soldier than be-
fore just such care had been exercised
in the building up of Christian Endeavor
societies. The movement he said,
though once in cradle, would never
have coffin. He continued thus:
"But I must not forget that the i'm
mediate subject which I am to present
| Christian Endeavor; let me say right
away that regard these as being: First,
service by all; second, love to all; third
separation from all, and fourth consecra
tion in all With regard to the first of
these I may say that the abundant hope of
the church of Jesus Christ lies in leading
the young people to offer the flower OF
their life to God while that flower is vet
in the bud. The day has gone by Tor
supposing that no good work could be
dine for Christ and the church until the
energy and enthusiasm of youth has been
superseded by the wisdom and ripened
experience of old age. We regard it as an
honor, great and unspeakable, to be
yolzed together in service with Gods vet
Grams, but we recognize that there is a
work and a place in the Christian church
for they youngest disciple
"Looking. around we discover that
many of the world S best-known men ac-
complished their best work in compare
lively early years. The French emperor,
who conquered Italy, was only 25 when
he did it. Newton had made many OF
his greatest discoveries before he was q
day older than that Wesley and Whit.
field were still students when they inau-
gurated Methodism. And Melancthon
had gained the Greek chair at Wittenberg,
and was keenly defnding Martin Luther
in the face of the whole world when he
was but q years of age. The truth OF
the matter is, my young comrades in
Christian life and work, that it behooves
us to make good use of the morning OF
our lite, for when life's sun has once
reached it's meridian, the night comes very
quickly.
g Service by all This, as you know,
is one of the watchwords of this move
ment Not sentiment, but service. The
movement, indeed, exists IN order to
translate sentiment into practical life and
work That does not mean that either
the founder or the leaders OF the move
ment undervalue sentiment. We know
that in the case of all Christly souls, re.
| ligion has its exalted visions, Its moods
of triumphant hope and transporting love,
seasons when the cup of spiritual joy
seems to run over and the whole nature is
| ia vi she'd with the haal1tieS OF the Snirit