The Portland daily press., 1895-07-12

the future Its confident faith and ag-
gressiye work anticipate the millennium.
1t is very significant that this marvel
lous Christian Endeayor movement was
born in Congregational church. 1t is
the latest fairest and sweetest fruit
of the Pilgrim spirit. Its brief covenant
and platform give expression to every
great principle in Puritan and Pilgrim
history; the sovereignty of God in Christ,
the authority of the Bible, the brother
hood and spiritual equality of man, the
supremacy OF conscience and the obliga-
tiens of the Kingdom
Young people of the Christian Endeavor
Society, II you are true to your history
you will be heroes and martyrs. You too
have Mayhowers to launch and continents
to redeem. The destiny of world is in
your hands. Tyrannies must still be re-
sisted and overcome. The Pilgrim spirit
still has mighty conflicts to wage against
ecclesiastical intolerance, sectarian mar
rowness, papal aggressiveness, partisan,
greed in politics, cruel and heartless mon
opolies,the satanic saloon, and the count
less criminal corruptions of a selfish and
ungodly world.
'tSoldiers of Christ, arise,
And put your armor on,
Strongin the strength which God supplies
Through His eternal Son.
A BAPTIST RALLY
was held at Tent Endeavor which was
densely crowded Rev. Fl. c. Vedder of
Chicago, presided. Rev. L. A. Crandall.
D. D.. of Chicago, spoke ON Dangers to
be met with in Christian Endeavor
Work. (" Rev. Clarence A. Barbour of
Rochester, N. Y, gave an eloquent and
tellingaddress on sGood Citizenship"
Gen. ]. J. Morgan, secretary of the
Baptist Home Missionary society, spoke of
Home Missionary Work. Rev. H. G.
Mabie, foreign secretary of the American
Baptist Missionary Union, dwelt upon
the hefoism shown in foreign missionary
work. An open parliament was con
Quoted by Rev. Wayland Hoyt, D. D., of
Minneapolis and discussed Advanced
Endeayor +" A resolution was adopted
sending a greeting to the meeting of the
Baptist Union in Baltimore, July IS.
At O'Clock Mechaics' hall was opened,
and within half an hour it was SO densely
packed that the doors had to be closed.
Thousands gathered before the building
and an overflow meeting was held on the
steps and in the avenue, at which Rev.
Henry Montgomery of Belfast, Ireland,
Rev. John Pollock of Glasgow, Scotland,
and President F. E. Clark, spoke. Secre-
tary John W. Baer presided in the hall,
and George K. Somerby acted as musical
director After brief praise and prayer
service, w. III. Smith of Washington,
D. c., extended to the convention the in
yitation to meet in that city next year.
Rev. Francis E. Clark, d. D., of Boston,
president of the United Society, then
delivered his annual address He was re-
ceiyed with enthusiastic applause.
PRESIDENT CLARK'S ADDRESS.
The annual address of President Clark
was on "The Responsibilities OF Success. %
An outline of what he said follows:
Judged by all standards it is no i'm
modest statement that the Endeavor
increment is a success. An Organization
which in fourteen years has grown from
nesociety to forty thousand, from fifty.
six members to nearly two millions and
half; an organization that has belted
the globe that finds itself as much at
home in Old England as in New Eng
land, under the Southern Cross as under
the North Star, under the Dragon flag of
China as under the Stars and Stripes of
America can claim surely to be no pro-
vineial and temporary expedient, but
world wide providential movement.
Especially is this true when it is re-
membered that this success has been
achieved without any ecclesiastical
patronage, such as has brought into ex-
istence and assiduously fostered other
SOCIETIES of the Endeavor type That this
success is no evanescenU, temporary affair
is shown by the fact that this year has
been the year of greatest and most sub.
stantial growth, as we'll as of highest
spiritual attainment of any of the four
teeI
But success brings it's own responsible
ties What then, are the povidential respon-
siblities thrust upon Endeavorers by the
very success of this movement? What is
demanded of us by the very triumphs of
this good year?
First. 1 would mention humble, un-
selfish devotion to the cause we represent,
which is the cause of Christ; devotion
which is not measured by loaves and
fishes; devotion which is entirely in
dependent of Office and emoluments and
horror. DON'T be beguiled The Endeav-
or Society is for Christ and the Church !;
for home and native land; not to boost
or bolster any political party OF to sell
any nostrums, be they for the body or
sou.
Above all. let us beware of ecclesiasti-
cal politics Suffer no boss, not even an
'easy boss" in Christian Endeavor. If
any one in your State or local union at
tenlpts to lord it over Gods heritage elect
him to stay at home at the next oppor-
tunty The Society has prospered in the
Pes7g IL OfCiJ oubtO bIl lOflIGG DoCtuSC
OF the unsef1sh devotion of myriad of
unleralded workers. l know of no or
ganization that is so indebted to recruits
who ask for no pay, no uniform, no epau-
let's no decorations, no reward except the
reward of a meek and quiet spirit and q
| Consciousness of duty done.
sSecond. Past successes have all been
won along the lines of fidelity and in
tensest loyalty; loyalty to God and his
Word, loyalty to our individual churches
and their interests These very successes
thrust upon us the same course for the
future In order that we may be more
1nelligently faithful, may l suggest that
greater attention be paid to the study of
CONS Word systematically and consecu-
lively? To be sure, it may be said with
much force that the Sunday school is the
place for this study, for the Sunday school
Is The church instructing the young, the
Efldeavor society the church training the
young. This is all very true, but it is
also true that there is much special Bible
study which may well be taken up by
Endeayorers. There is also study for each
one OF his own church, her institutions,
her creed, her polity, her missionary
work. This under the direction of the
pastor, if possible, is most appropriate
10 "a; any Endeayor society.
Ihlrd. The successes of the past have
peen due to certain distinctive principles,
which have come to be known as Chris
tian Endeavor Principles This Conven-