The morning times., 1896-01-18
District Endeayor Union Rallied
$500 Members Last Night.
ADDRESS BY DIR. WHITMAN
Eloquent Talk by Rev. DR.. HOyt
Holds the Close Attention of the
Great Audience-Centra Hall Was
Decorated With "Washington '08"
Colors-Music by Moody Choir.

| DtdutIui one wnen The 3UU singers oI In
kAloody Choir rose on the raised platrorl,
before 2.oo0 Christian Enueavorcrs, an.
the melody OF tue opening hymn sweie,
| forth.
| Under the flush of electricity the decora
| tons gave a gaia appea rance 10 the picture
hrd, white and DL.e, the coiors oil The -,
convention, greeLed tne eye on every siae
Tue wall DacH OF the gfed, platform at IN,
| south end or the hal, wds uiduen Deninu ;
| fich coinDinatlOn OF bunting. nags ant
| Tile spieuuid sLken banner bearing La,
inscription, Washington, So"
Inc pretty lIlt.e gdnery TO the right O
The platform was covered with tue tri
| coiors.
| FROM the lofty girders hung graceful
streamers- of red, wnite and Diue, auC
buncneu around Tue incdndescent ugnts oi
the side walls We're groups OF flags, whiis
the rear wall was brilliant with the
sneen OF silky color.
TASTEFUL DECORATIONS.
The decoration committee OF go, OF
which W. W. TscKey is Chairman. hac
done Its worE artlsU,cdliy, aud 50 had "
W. Everett and his men or the ushers com.
mitlee 1or the coming international con
veDtion.
The small regiment Of ushers wore
peasiess, black SIX caps, and skilfuliy
banded the Overlooking crowd.
Percy 5. oster was at The head of the
Moody Choir, with Mrs Grace u. Brown
and Miss Alice kimball as pianists, j c.
Brown at the organ, and the Moody Chou
Orchestra. In front OF the big body OF
singers were Miles NJ. sband, president
OF the district union; Rev. DR.. b. l..
whitman, president or Columbian Upiver-
sity, Rev. Dr. Wayland Hoyt OF Phila.
ueipbia, Chairman w. II. II. Smith OF the
committee of SO, and Rev. Joseph T.
helly OF the Fourth Presbyterian Church
of this city.
The song service, which marked the
opening OF the convention, and which de-
lighted the audience, began with the long
meter dOxology, and then came those
fayorite songs OF Christian Endeayor II
am Waiting FOR the Lord" ana ''There is
Sunshine in Ny Soul"
\ sweet echo effect added to the
beauty OF Speed Away by the choir, ana
was followed by Meet Me There" which
was given by Leader Fosters band of
singers with alternate duet by sopranos
and altos, tenors and basses. Loyal
Soldiers" the words by John ID. Morgan,
secretary OF the '96 committee, and the
music by Mr.. Foster, was sung with
splendid effect.
President Shand welcomed the gathering
OF people, and then the tall and sandy
Rev. Dr. Greene, pastor OF Calvary bap-
list Church, of this city, led devotional
exercises. As the great assemblage bowed
in silent prayer the choir broke softly
into the hymn, Just as ] Am" There
was gentle charm to this part OF the
program.
All arose and sang Hear Us. o SAVIOR
and then the ushers took up the monetary
offering.
As the stalwart form and Cfeanly-shav aven
'face OF Rev. DR.. whitman arose the Column
fiian University's president was saluted
by white sea of waving handkerchiefs.
He spoke with vigorous eloquence on THE
Kiugdom-an Ideal-an Obligation
He said in part:
DIR. WHITMAN'S REMARKS.
what is the Kingdom OF God? From the
earliest religious iife or man me XIII guonI
mas been Regarded Is the coHsumuIatiOn OF
the holIesJ desires and the nob.est attain
ments. We sometimes make the mistake
of limiting the kingdom To New Testament
times. AS a matter of fact, the ideal OF
OH Testament iIfe was the same as that
of New Testament life-the Kingdom.
Through the conception of the Kingdom,
however vague IL may have been, tue eX-
CelleBt end was accomplished OF training
nen for the idea OF fellowship with GOD
as the abiding cnoiCe OF the soul.
In spite OF the fact that it was the formal
conception of the kingdom that made it
impossible for men. trained in the pres
elive oI tnat thought. to accept the Gospel
as announcing the kingdom, it was through
tuiS tEaiIiIl, JndI inc iIier gospel was pos
sibie. Ii furnished an ideal which couiG be
rcanZed more and more, until in ChrisI's
statement of the great commandment it
became possible TO pass over from detail to
principle, anu to see that mans true lie
is in God. Henceforth The distinction be-
tween secular and sacred vanishes, for it is
seen that ali life belongs to God.
80 far we are dealing with the individual
conception, but out of it easily rises a
social conception. Men in whom life was
ruled by the free and loving choice of God
would unite in a COMMON spirit and com
mon ends. These constitute the Kingdom.
It is n suggestive fact that the alternative
description of the Kingdom of God is the
Kingdom OF Heaven. These point Ia the
Consumma ton of the Kingdom as part OF
the heavenly experience.
so far the Kingdom is ideal, but every
ideal seeks embodiment. The embodiment
of the kingdom in which we are most con-
cerned is the organization, by whatever
name called, of those who are united by
the spirit of Christ, and who are charged
with the work of Christ. This is that part
of the world which at any mument is
filled with the spirit of Christ. The king
dom, then, for which we pray, is that order
in which the will of God is done
THE fact that such kingdom has been
made possible changes the relation OF every
Individual in the world. The fact of the
existence of Kingdom cannot be ignored,
because God has set the doing Of his will
before men. The obligation to do that
will can not be set aside. Man is bound
repentance and faith, to come into
in the kingdom.
ACCOMPLISHED THE MOST.
"He is bound TO render service. This con-
Germs his activity in association with others.
and also the seeking of that which in his
particular lot or place is possible.
.'It is Che duty of every Christian man to
plant himself where he can accomplish most
for the Kingdom. 1t is his duty to make the
most OF himself in that lot and place. 1t
is his duty to regard the work given him
as of God. Right con nception of this viii
make his work a blessing. His obligation
will no longer appeal to him simply as
obligation, but will stand for privilege
as we'll"
Dr. whitman, toward the close of his
address. made many beautiful word pic
lures, to show that people should not be
dissatisfied becausesthey can't do great
.hings.
"Ir a man can make shovels better than
anything else" he said; then he is fu-
Hing Gods call to d1ty by making
,hoyels.' He told of woman who went
bout the slums of New York doing good
With bucket and brush. by cleaning the
ZONES of the poor and who won converts
not by theology. bnt by scrubbing.''
When the choir. had, sung Scatter Sun
hine." white-haired man, somewhat sug-
.estive OF Joseph Jeffersen's personality.
vas presented. He was Rev. DR.. Hoyt, one
# the noted divines of the city OF Penn, and
Ilso a trustee of the United Society Of |
,histian Endeavor.