The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-07-11
CHRISTIAN gNpyAyoRgRs
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u~ndismayeh by Threatening Weather.
Largo crnwh' Attend Meetings.
WASHINGTON, July 1O-UndIsmny-
cd by the weather, which continued low
crIng ana threatening. With frequent
shpwcra and small peeps OF sunshine,
tho rlEltlnE Christian ,~lSnlcarorcra be-
Tan tho second DAY OF the convention
With cheerful spirits and indlminlshed
zeal. This was clearly exhibited by tho
attendance at the cnrl,p morning prayer
meetings, which were held IN thirty.
thrce OF tho city churches. II required
considerable courage md devotion to
rise III season TO arrive at the respective
meeting places M carly as hnlt past six
o'clock, hut many Of them did TO-, und
were thus put In proper spirit for tho
days services, THE Juniors had the
most important programme allotted to
Them aud there were many addresses
delivered by eloquent speakers Intend.
work.
liIu programme Ind been arranged
with the glLnlcst skill and f%orPthOught
70 meet the incllnntlOnS OF nearly every
Dolly, nnu no excuse waB LETT open for
failure TO attend tho services sometime
during the day through the lack Of Mt
fractions. Thus for Instance, tie En-
ueaynicrS who had been awakened to at
tend the early prayer meetings were at
their hreaktUsts, tho late rlGcrs wCrG
given the opportunity to make up their
robustness nS gathering In the biz New
York avenue Presbyterian church To
participate In n Bible study based on the
topic: Galatians, glad news OF free
DOM" which was conducted by prrsI.
dent q. =. burroughs. OF Charlottesville,
Ind.
In tho evening Rev. +. j. Stanley
spoke al Tent Washington az follows:
Touch the Christian EndcavOr button.
nS electric current, and the thrill Is felt
at the four corners OF the globe.
This world for Christ! Most certainly,
The decree declared, per Psalm ., vcrses
I and s: 81 have declared the decree. .
Thou art My Son. . ASK OF
Me and ! shall give Thee the heather for
Thine Inheritance and the uttCrmosl
parts OF the earth for Thy possession"
The four grand lines along which the
Christian Endcavorcrs now labor, US
four cardinal points OF the compass.
THE World for Christ" the north or
magnet to which the needle ever points,
guiding the unified body. 'T~;vanxellcni
Endcavor," christian citizenship" and
Rescue OF the Sabbath" the other three
cardinal points.
Fou great movements In this last ccn-
tury-aS the century OF centuries. These
by young people, as II rule. and for the
young:
Modern Sabbath School Dobert
RallieS. little over fOrty). In 1881. for the
young: modern mission movement, In
1894, by young William Carey, and In
1906 by young students in Williams Col.
lege. Of America: Y. VI. C. A., In 1874,
h. young George Williams. In London;
the climax OF all. the young pastor In
nEo), giving to the church the CHRISTIAN
Endaovcr organization. for, and by the
young OF the world. This elimination
or all the previous great movements OF
this marvellous century OF centuries.
The two prime ministers. Mt the ono
tenth OF the human race yet to have this
Bible translated Into their tongue or dla-
lect, and that. predicts an able authur-
ty. Will he accomplished In less than M
teen years at the present rate.
NeHrly one and a half millions Of com
mun!cants sit down to the Lords table
In heather lands to-day. \ hundred
years ago scarcely a hundred. says Onc,
and but five missionary societies, where
II = NONAAdA AlltRN ! 1859 bt1AutH lIItIN
many hundreds OF uuNiliRries.
What means this? The time has como
for the Christian Endcavor army to
march In and largely b. Gods instru.
mcnt TO take this world for Christ.
What hath God wrought already In
this century?
The Bible translated into SS6 Language
es and dialects. 80 that nlne-tenths OF all
the race can read mot do. but may rcadJ
the Word OF God In their own tongue;
whereas 100 years ago but forty-fuur
languages. all told, as the result OF cigh-
teen centuries translation previous to
this nineteenth century. Only make
Jesus King" q voice from the distant
lands to the church OF Europe and Amer
lea. accumulated by the fact that every
nation echoes the plea around the globe
tonight.
Were ancestors OF seventy-nve
and Il hundred yenrS ago to return for
twcnty-fOur hours to this mundane
sphere, they would stand aIhasr at the
wonderful achievements, rs they look at
this world moved nightly by gas, steam
and electricity
But gas, steam md electricity have
been latent powers In and around this
earth for thousands and millions OF
years. Only within the last seventy
ANt SCIlS iltNe bllSSc latent pOWeTS. DStn
developed TO produce such marvellous re-
suits.
Twenty-Five years hence some Will
stand on the platform and marvel that
for centuries the church allowed the
powers and talents OF the young TO re-
main latent. md only within the past
half century. II Will then have been In
1870. \. D.. shall these powers of rcllG-
iouS activity have been developed 20
bless the church and mankind In bring
Ing this world TO the Cross to crown
Him King OF Kings and Lord OF Lords.
IF taken into the head by the nostrils
two or three times q week, Thomas
Eclectrlc Oil Will positively relieve the
most Offensive case of catarrh.'' Rev,
L. +. Crane. DunkIrk, n. 7. /