The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-05-18

THE SEATTLE POST
Every new Eudeavorer must work 20 put
out OF the way The temptations that De-
SET the young men. ] believe this is one
OF the mos, important committees in En-
deavor work. because there is nothing
that destroys souls like intemperancs-
Talks From the Pastors.
AZ he conclusion of committee reports
Rev w H q. Temple gave a ten-minute
talk summing up the work Of the COM
r4itfees taken as whole. Mr.. Temple IS
a smooth. eloquent talker. and never hes
itases for want o. a word He kept up
running fire % thought. given in con-
else, condensed form. His remarks were
in such a strain that they tended. more
than anything else, 10 eniiven the sxer-
cises, and made every enc happy, good
natured and enthusiastic.
Rev. G. l.. Whituesey, OF Blaine. led
ffteen-minute conference on associate
members" how 20 handle them. get them
IN. and reach them. Answers came from
all over the church in short sentences.
Among the suggestions from the audience
were: pray for them" Practice what
YOU preach" Send for Them. ASK
Christ TO draw ID I'm with the cords OF
their own love- Make Them feel you
are interested in them" Invite them 70
come" Let them know you miss them il
they don't come" etc. II was an inter-
esting feature. and IL seemed almost every
one in the audience had some terse sug-
gestion 70 make.
Mr.. Henry c. Ewing, OF this city. pub
Usher of the Washington EndeaVorer.
spoke for ten minutes on ''Our State Pa
per-" When he took the paper there were
only 200 subscribers, and now there are
500.
Father Endeavor Clark Speaks.
Immediately following the song service
in the evening President Hartman intro
duced Father Endeavor Clark. who had
just arrived in the city from Britkh CO.
lumbia. Mr.. Clark gave short interest
ing talk Of spontaneous nature. He
said that he and Mrs. Clark, on the occa-
sion of their recent tour abroad. had
shaken hands with at least 10000 people.
Everywhere the work of the Endeayor-
ers was plainly apparent. and they sent
greetings to the Christian workers in
America. He would like TO shake hands
with all In the church, not that they
would care TO shake hands with him per-
sonally. but do so as token of going
through the symbol of shaking the hands
of the 10000 people whom he had met in
other climes.
An Overflow Meeting.
BY the time Mr.. Clark had finished the
church was crowded, and Mr.. Hartman
advised all who were standing to go to
the Plymouth Congregational church,
where the overflow meeting was to be
held. He explained that that church was
already very well filled. but he thought
all would be accommodated with seats.
The programme for the overflow meeting
contained speeches by Father Endeavor
Clark Mrs. c. Smith, China missionary,
Rev. W. II. G.. Temple and others.
Mr.. Hartman then conducted a five
minute experience" meeting. about
twenty-five or thirty persons arising one
after the other and either expressing an
original sentiment or giving a short quo
tation from the Bible. This feature closed
with a solo by Mrs. L.. c. kilbourne,
which was rendered with much feeling.
Rev. ]. S. McCallum. of Olympia, ad-
dressed the meeting on the topic, 10y
atty to Church and Pastor" He said that
one of the fundamental principles of the
church is loyalty, and dwet on the duty
of loyalty to Christ and His church, which
is great brotherhood. He rejoiced at the
breaking down of barriers in the conven-
ton, and appealed to the people TO sup
port and strengthen the pastor
Following Mr.. McCallEn's address
vocal quartette of great sweetness was
rendered by f. l.. McAllister. George Col
mail id"iSuce D. toiindn ana II. Z.
Sigley
Bishop Wells Sermon.
The address of the evening was deIiv-
cred by Bishop l.. II. Wells, of Spokane,
who chose for his subject, Loyalty to
Christ" 1t was termed the convention
sermon" The bishop chose for his text
John, xii:S2, And If be lifted up / will
draw all men unto me- lie said:
I'VE have set this hour to think and
speak Of loyalty to Jesus, our Lord and
Master. and / have chosen these words
from the cross. because to the young, the
enthusiastic, they furnish the strongest
or all incentives to loyalty to Him who
uttered them. The appeal to pleasure,
luxury and riches is only for ignoble
souls. The call to heroism and suffering.
TO struggle and painful victory to the fol-
lowing of the nohlest and loyalty to the
greatest find responsive chords In every
noble heart. And so we must adore the
suffering Savior, for even in heaven ST.
John the divine saw Him seated upon the
throne, surrounded by angel and arch
angel and all the multitude of the Re
deemer, with golden harps and waving
palms and stately worship. and 10, upon
the throne was the lamb slain, and /. If
] be lifted up. will draw all men unto Me.
and He draws us most powerfully by His
cross and PASSION.
There are those here who have an in
ward conformity In many lesser features
to the mind OF Christ. They have feeling
and zeal, and are visibly and sensibIy re-
ligious; so much so as 10 wish to bear
the cross for His names sake. They love
the social and intellectual parts OF reli-
gious worship. the poetry and energy of
faith and the consolation OF Christian
activities. They nave gone so deep into
religion that they cannot so back: they
cannot do without it. they must so on.
Yet they are not near enough 10 Him
10 he at rest. Still they shrink back from
going too near to Him and consecrating
themselves wholly. There are yet Some
things which In their heart they are not
quite ready 10 fully give VI. Yet they
pray for this fun conservation. and are
convinced that He. and only He. is
enough to fill all their heart: that If they
had His presence they should want moth
ing more. Such persons are good
Christians. hut hardly saints. for
that word has a deeper sense than
they as yet can bear But the
Lord viii not let them rest where they
are unless. indeed. they wIlfully 20 hack
from Him. He was lifted from the earth
for this very cause. that He might draw
them still nearer 10 Himself He loves
them too well - ast them lnger afar of.
Ana therefore we find them ever passing
on, often unwilling and with half-heart-
edneSs drawing even nearer. until they
enter the inner circle Of His disciples.
For there are those who are the true
and loyal ones. the Christians. indeed.
with whom. Is the white stoRe and the
hidden mama and the new name. on
them the voice of Jesus fell in childhood
I'm the midst Of the heat and burden OF
cha NAV They or tar07 into the cloud