Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-06-30

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ana ana what IS this Christian Endeavor
soeley. anyway? some may ASH
rnteen years ago the Younger nor.
ton OF the community Ind Iittio a ,,S,.,,
part In the church work. They ,vara
NOT encouraged to assume responsihlit-
ties. nor were they given opport,,ni.
ties TO direct their energies or show
tnelr enthusiasm for Christ and The
n ..h,ii' There was no organization
within the church which effsctlyaiv
won and held the young people, Abnnt
thls time the pastor of n Wiilistsrt
cnurch OF Portland. Me, felt the need
OF training and setting to work tho
young people who had lust become
converted. After much thought and
prayer he invited the recent converts
as well as the younger church NOM
bers to his house on the evnnin,s ~
FEB. :, 1881, and after an hour Of social
intercourse, presented constitution
whioh ne bad previously drawn up OF
the Willlston Young People OF Chris
tian Endeavor, Thisconstltution embod-
,eu me prayer meeting pledge" which
Is the link which binds the Christian
as follows: Trusting in the Lord
Jesus Christ for strength, 1 promise
Him that | will strive to do whatever
He would like to have me do: that
VIII make 1t the rule OF my life to
pray and read the Bible every day,
anu 10 support my own church in every
way, especially by attending all her
regular Sunday and mid-week services
unless prevented by some reasons
winch can conscientiously give TO nv
Saviour, and that just SO far as know
now throughout my whole life | will
endeavor to lead a Christian life. Az
an active member l promise TO be true
10 all my duties, to be present at and
70 take some part. aside from singing,
IN every Christian Endeavor prayer
meeting unless hindered by some rem.
son which can conscientiously give 10
my Lord and Master. II Obliged TO he
absent from the monthly conservation
meeting OF the society, / will, IL possi-
Bile, send at least u verse Of Scripture
TO be read In response TO my name at
roll-call."
Every great movement in human
history has its beginning in the heart
OF some one man, and Rev. Francis H.
Clark, pastor of the Williston Church
OF Portland, Is the father of the Young
Peoples Society Of Christian Endeavor.
He found to his delight that the
young people who signed the consti-
tuition containing the stringent prayer
meeting clause lived up to IL. indeed
they took a fresh START the spiritual
life OF the members was intensified;
their activities were very greatly en-
larged, and so far as they We're con-
cerned, the problem of leading them
to confess Christ with their lips, of
setting them to work and keeping them
at work seemed 10 he solved.
Tho frat LpntrI, - Ait.
ment given to the world was contained
in an article published In religious
paper OF Boston in August, 1881, en-
| titled How one Church Cares for Its
Young People" This article resulted
in the establishment of similar socie-
ties all over the country. The second
society was formed In Newburyport,
Mass, by Rev. c. p. Mills in the same
year that the movement originated.
At first the Society OF Christian En-