Smyrna times., 1895-08-07
The New Crusades
CHARACTER AND INFLUENCE OF THt
YOUNG PEOPLES CHURCH SOCIETIES

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YOUNG PEOPLES CHURCH SOCIETIES.
The Rev. Merritt HuIbnrd n n ..
Erace S Church, Wilmington, in the
last service preceding his vacation.
He said
" In the last decade of the eleventh
century Peter, the hermit. returned
rom plous pilgrimage to the Hclv
C'ty' the City OF David, the CITY ot
solomon, the city of the greater than
solomon with his heart inflamed bv
tne lhdlgnltles which he himself had
suffered at the hands of the infidel and
the sacrllege which the places copse-
creted by the Blessed feet begon
preaching his crusade, and shortly en-.
lIstlng rope Urban in his scheme. the
Church was stirred by the appeals of
the monk and the promises Of tho
rope, and enlisted by the hundreds Of
thousands for the deiiverance Of the
CITY and sepulchre of their Lord.
NOT men only, but wemen and
children joined the company which
shOrtiy swept through Eur0pe and
INTO ASIA, now meeting reverses. mowu
down by famine or pestilence now
harassed by armed foes victorious
sometimes and defeated often mill
they were led by such brave strong
men as Godfrey de Boullion Roberi
9horthose Iancred and Baldwin fired
Dy the rude eloquence of Peter IN,
hermit and Walter the Penniless
ailer untold privatiOns and losses at
last the remnant of that great host
stood on the hills that are round about
Jerusalem, and, it is said, some oftbem
Gled OF JOY at the sight, but on the 18th
day OF Jul y, 1899, the seige was sue.
cCesstul and the Holy CITY was in the
hands of the Crusaders.
seven hundred and ninety.six years
from that day, July IA, 1895. the New
crusaders were in possession of Ros.
ton, and not too soon, for n riotous |
mob had assailed the nursery of onr
liberties, regarding the little Red |
SchOol-hOuse as inimical to their fei,b
because they knew nothing about if
having only seen the outside of il and
ueemlhg the spectacle of an Open Bihle
Oelhg read at its windows as an attack
upon religion which prufessed TO GET
lt' authority from the same source. but
o. Francis came with 10000 Endeov.
Orers at his back, and with two milljons
ana a half behind them the citv was
thelrs; their escutcheOn was wr0uub,
IN howers on the sacred soil of Ihe
Common; their flag foated from rs
'oMeIs ana their mighty tents were
P'cueu Wlthln It's enclosures, and their
songs and shouts echoed through it's
streets. They swept unresisted over ,
breeds and Bunker Hill, stopped ,be
roaring bulls and bears in its Stock .
t1,xchange; and rocked again the era )
lie OF Liberty, as old Faneuil Hall 9
lstonlshed heard the praises of ;
King - " |
A lew days earlier mighty host in
'Ioodless assault had carried the GibraI.
ar OF the South, swarmed over Mic.
lohary Ridge, posted their pickets on
Mountain, outWalcbed tho
tars and anticipated the COMING Of ,be
norm with their dOxOlOgies and planted T
helr standard above the clouds
scarcely week after the surrender of
'oston vast army of fair vonpr
'Omeh and brave men advanced on a
ne city OF Baltimore and without a n
not received the keys of that fair citv at
nd the followers of Roger Williams a.
al successfully invaded that strong. cC
old of the Methodists. b.
however delightful to CONTEMPLATE IL
ON an esthetic point of view. the at =,
empt to organize the youth of the fi1
'orld, or even of the land in one banJ ho
expensive in fractional waste Of v.
nergy, and its verv vastness il on
ement of perils which I can onI1, ch
lumerate' and which apply to the de- Of Of
oui1aIlonal organization almost as ri
lc.oiy as 10 the lnter-denominatioual cl,
lrst' Inc danger common to all an
g"uIZauon, !. that its camp like adj
l'ohal machinery takes additional s5a.
'Wer, and If it does not proportion IN
ely increase product it must apnoIo. w, WI
ze to this practical age and retire ec, tac,
u sometimes it is necessary To ro,
minish electrical energy and make II ms
thlng which is not exactly peces. the
ry rather than that the young peonIa wh
lett with their immense poientisIi-
IS unused; and if we can erystali1e rag rng
nuld, concentrate the difTused and mn,
u organize the buOyancy and amor lin,
JUS enthusiasm of youth. we bavo Yo
ne much toward saving the world viii
llru: The danger of instituting and one
Perinm IN imperiO, rival orpani1a- guy
n, drawing line of demarcation he. t6o
cen the young and the older mem car
IS OF the church and diminishing tbo priC
enhance of young people on the A
ek-night prayer meeting by the pIe(
'anlzatlon of a special service to @ Ano
lch they feel they owe their fret yiti III
eglar ce. Over against these periIs tber
ut the following, which seem more nor
o connterbalance opportunities and carr
si0liillties of good First A ro- in p
al agency. Second. An educa. ing
lal stimulant. Third. An agency 'h&I IA,
the development of church lovalitv adv,
lrth. Meeting social want. In ever
commingling of our young people rush
a basis of social equality, whatever thou
IT circumstances, we shall 90 far to have
ak down the worse than sillv castles out
he Church that has no business to mar mar;
g any such thing. Finally | urge
the young people of this conpre,
on INTO such an organization, and A
eve 'nat federated relations of these chat
IOus denOminatiOnal societies will Lun
productive of more good, and have soon
peril attending them than vaster of /
not so well organized a forca - ioin