The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1895-03-01

countries were all interested in the same
| cause and had their societies in large and
/ increasing numbers He found that young
christians were not unlike in all parts OF
| the world II we touch the right spring In
their nature. There was something OF
| kinship in all Christian EndeavOrers.
The object of the Christian EndeavOr
society might be summed up in the words
of a Chinese in his report &C til" first union
meeting. "The object is to drive the devll
out of China" as the swine were driven INFO
the sea in bible times so drawing, the OBJ
iect to a focus, was to drive the devil OUT
of [ world.
The first Endeavor movement at Port
land, Me-, fourteen years ago was fresh IN
his mind. The few young people who
signed the pledge he had followed e. learn
whether they had kept it. He found they
had and when in Germany ne met one OF
the members, lad of thirteen then, now a
young man, he had graduated AT BoWuoln.
studied medicine and gone 10 Berlin 10
fit himself in some special line. He said
he could serve Christ in Germany as well
as anywhere. The pledge was the hub or
the society, the pith of the society. The
numbers were not so essential as the llVIng
up to the pledge of those who signed 1t.
There is not so much opposition now as Tor
merly to signing the pledge.
One of the characteristics of the pledge is
loyalty, LOYALTY to the church and pastor
and everything pertaining to Christs KING
dom on earth. The statistics OF Christian
Endeavorers showed SO per cent attended
Sunday evening meeting and Do mld-Week
meeting. Those are not as good as they
ought to be or as they are going to be. 1t
was we'll to use personal pronOunS as our
church, our pastor, our Sunday school, etc:
Other characteristics are fellowship and
fidelity, Christian EndeavOrers having one
common object of love to Christ, have fel-
lOwship one with another, laying aside de-
nominations for the one great aim. Ii 10y
atty and fellowship did not exist nothing
else would bring so many people together
as attend the Conventions or become mem
bers of g. K. societies. SO there was some
thing attractive about nterdenOmlnatlonal
conventions to attract so many.
The two hymns which were sung more
than any other In all the foreign countries
and all languages were "Blest Re the tie
that binds" this was composed by an old
Baptist clergyman. He was about 10 leave
his parish and his Pensioners were feeling
80 badly at his departure that he sat down
on bill of goods in his yard and wrote
this poem and consented to remain The
other is modern hymn, "God be with you
till we meet again. r..L Jggr. .gll.
Boston next summer, there would be am
pie room, ample accommodation and the
meetings were expected 10 be very attrac-
tive, and were 50 arranged as, to have. as
little Sabbath breaking as possible The
Governor of Massachusetts had written
him that he intended to be present thus
showing that he favored this Society be-
cause 1t made good. patriotic citizens.
Europe looks In Seorn sometimes at Amerl-
can republicism but there are some things
that America can boast of in spite of
European scOrn, and Christian Eldeavor
Society is one of the things that is helping
to purify our churches, making good, &C
tive members and thus helping to make
good citizens. breaking down much OF the
vice and crime in our land, and thus help
ing to lift our heads above European scorn