The Portland daily press., 1895-07-13

oNhO
tree, are dried up BY the summer sun
without ever falling to nourish the roots
OF the trees life. Christian Endeavorcrs
are taught to go from the chamber of de-
votlon, where Il Q have been lifted for
the. hour, into the very heaven of spiritual
delights, and from thronged services and
great conventions, where the tide of
spiritual joy has run high-to go from
these scenes and privileges to the arena Of
manly service and to the sphere of earnest
activity for Christ and the church.
Ihe second point | wish to emphasize
is that the eyer-present constraining
motive of this sevice by all must be love
TO all. This, | am glad to know, is al
ready remarkably characteristic of this
great movement. Christian Endeayorers
want to belong to that wing of the army
of Jesus Christ that Picks men up out
OF the gutter. We want to be endowed
with the promised power from on high
that shall enable us to reach out to the
one farthest away and out of reach, and
to reach down to the one most sunken in
sin, and to bring these lost and soiled
souls into saving touch and contact with
the divine Christ who died to save them.
This missionary fervor has hold of the
very heart of this movement, and is, l
am convinced one of the greatest secrets
of its success and power. l have been
told OF two men who some years ago Tor
the first time saw an engine 1t was
standing at the head of a train OF coaches
at the railway station platform, and as
they came nearer to it one said to the
other: Jim, they say that that there
thing goes Don't yer believe it; that IL
never 60 But by and by dt was time for
the thing to go. 1t went. The guard
blew his whistle, and the train proceeded,
slowly at first, and then increasing its
speed, and presently dashed away out of
their sight. For time they stood look
ing after it with astonishment. When
they had somewhat recovered, the one
who had said it would never go, said ::
Jim, she'll never stop. But by and by
another train came i'll and stopped, and
they were more mystified than ever, and
they said, We must see into this thing.
So they looked under it and over it and
round about it, and examined it very
carefully, and at length the voice came
again: Jim, I have found it OUT
Found out what mani? have found out
what it is that makes her go. What is
ltI Jim, come and see; it's the fire in
side on her; that's what it is. And if
you ask me today what it is that makes
this Christian Endeavor movement go
and grow, I say, It's the fire inside,
that's what it is. The fire of an intense
missionary enthusiasm burning upon the
altar of the heart of every endeayorer, and
burning too, at the center of every So
cisty an earnest, burning, yearning, un-
speakable desire to save men for Jesus
Christ.
II am afraid that my fourth point this
morning, conservation in all, will have
to go untouched; but I want in a word
to enforce the Importance of that which
I have ventured to call the third of these
cardinal principles of Christian Endeayor ::
Separation from ALL. What do mean by
that? I mean very much what DR. Clark
| I,ae, i,,-o OF of iah
has had wide circulation in our country.
He there says: This society has its liter
ary and its social and it's other features,
but it is firstly and paramountly relig-
ious society," 1t is imperabively necessary
that we preserve our weekly meeting as
a weekly prayer meeting; it must never
become less than this; it must never be-
ing of the Christian Endeayor society is
not an entertainment but a devotional
service. Let us never forget that this is
pre- eminently a spiritual movement.
1T is only while my life is entirely
separated from everything out of harmony
with mind and the will of God that can
be in any real full measure the temple of
the Holy Ghost. And that which is true
of the individual is true of the society
1t is only while our societies in all their
activities and methods of work are in
direct line and complete harmony with
the mind and the will of God, the Holy
Ghost, that we can be used to the fullest
extent i'll the achievement of success and
victory for Christ and the church. y
STATE BANNER.
Rev Wayland Hoyt, D. D., Of Mime
apolis with brief speech presented the
ate increase in local societies TO the Brit
ish Territory of Assiniboia, in which 53
new societies have been organized during
the last year. In presenting this banner,
which has been held in turn by Oklaha-
ma, Manitoba, New Mexico and West Vir-
ginia, he said that it was emblematic of
the universality of the heart of Christ
and of the deep spiritual unity Of all be-
| levers.
| 1t was received by William Patterson
of Toronto, Ont, for the purpose of car
rying it into the territory, which is so
distant that no representative is present
at the convention.
| Rev. DR.. Richardson of West Virginia,
| expressed the intention of his state to re-
| capture the banner next year. The meet
| ing adjourned at noon. The delegates
| who were to conduct evangelistic services
| reported at the state headquarters imme-
diately after adjournment and within
half an hour scores of such meetings were
| in progress throughout the city.
| Large meetings were also held In the
| big tents. President Clark presided in
| Tent Williston.
| Evangelist Dwight L. Moody was an
nounced to speak at Faneuil hall at
| 12 10 At IL 80, $500 people had crowded
the building and the doors were closed
After brief praise service, conducted
by J. H. Burke, Mr. Moody made few
| introductory remarks upon the necessity
of prayer. Trustee James Hill offered
prayer and then the evangelist preached
sermon upon the obstacles to salvation.
| Miss Belle M. Brain of Springfield,
Ohio, presided at the missionary confer
ence at the Clarendon street Baptist
church at p. m. Edward Marsdon, an
A laska Indian, spoke of the work of the
missionaries in that territory. After
several other addresses the conference on
systematic and proportional giving was
held, at which Miss Francis B. Patter-
son of Chicago, presided Speakers in
the audience made suggestions as to the
practical methods of work. The conduct
of Endeavor meetings on this subject was
discussed The uso of literature and SER
mons on the subject by pastors, was re
commended.
The conference of junior superintend-
ents was held at the Warren avenue Bap-
tist church this afternoon. Percy J. S.
Ryan of New York, presided. Methods
| for raachinO and TRIMMING the VOIlDo were