The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-07-10

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Otherwise tho services were similar III
avery respect to those conducted! In tent
sANlsbinEton. The annual reports and,
addresses being duplicated for the behe-
.adfnlssl6nlto the first named tent.
From the annual report OF General
Secretary Baet the following extracts,
are made.
II has been said that THE least In mas
stire Is ~ better illustration of divine
truth than the greatest object ofsart,,t
and II seems! 70 me that Christian En-
3deavor. With Its mighty efGod.given
growth. isstnore appropriately compar-
able TO THE life In the little mustard
seed thaioast ,offall seeds, than to the
most fq1nous creation OF art that skilled
man han produced The whlrllgig OF
time has spedg on these fifteen years,
and Christian ndeayor grows, and has
talready5waxed "a great tree, and the
fowls OF tho MIR lodge In Its branches
and II for one, ami confident God 4 has
not prepared "a worm with which to
tamiteH ina night, ,or.in a year, oriin$a.
jdecad1a,no no, neYerl
NowYI let us count the branches on this
great tree, II Is q task upon which we
enter with enthusiasm. or the states
and provinces that now have each. over
one thousand Young Peoples Societies
OF Christian E%nleayor, the Keystone
state OF Pennsylvania still heads the
list with 3,213; NewSYorky next, 2, OH;
Ohio, e.3ll; O%ntnrloyhas now passed to
fourth place, with 1877; Illinois, 1902;
Indiana, 1852; Iowa, 1900.
These figures do not include. the num-
fnrntiaN nfhar. fklblaE NJ. Ctrt-ltn, 70 En-
deavpr societies that are fast be-
coming sturdy branches OF 1.-THE mother
tree, such as the Junior. the Interme-
idlatc, Tie Motlcr's,j and the Senior.
1--WE have not time to inyestigateithe
branches; In schools, In colleges tn' pub
lie institutions OF all kinds, in prisons,
and schools of REFORM In gnlmshouses,
asyfims, intitutlons for the blind, etc.
on board ships, men-of-war, ut navy
yards, in life stations, and among life
savers, among the boys In blue inSUnl-
ted States barracks, In large factories,
among car-drlvers. policemen, and pa
trolmen. In the Travellers Union, ETC.,
but we cannot passiby the growth OF
the Canadian and foreign "branches,"
for they next attract our admiration.
All Canada has 1929 societies, and In
foreign and missionary lands therclare
now 1893 societies enrolled. The United
Kingdom has over 1900: Australia, over
1000; France. &C; West Indies, o.; In
dIa, l2s; Mexico, g.; Turkey. Al; Africa,
as; China, 40; Germany, IS; Japan, &C.:
Madagascar, 80; and 30 on until every
country in the world Is represented.
save three or four, making u grand total
of46,12J branches.
Let us examine the >interdenomina-.
-ttnnnt frulfo 90 q .1lttta t,nraT ,tadn{tnJ,.
In the United States the denomiua-
itlonal representation Is as follows: The.
Presbyterlans still lead, with 5.45S
Young Peoples societies and 1853 Ju-'
NOR societies; the Congrcgationalists
have 4,1o9 Young Peoples societies and
2,077 Junior societies: the Disciples Of
Christ and Christians, 2.941} Young Peo-
pies societies and 1.0S7 Junior societ-
les; the Baptists. 2,6I9EYoung Peoples
societies and 927 Junior; societies:Meth-
odist Protestants, 9I5 Young Peoples
societies and 302 Junior societies; Luth-
Grams, S5i Young Peoples societies and
26S Junior societies; Cumberland Pres
byterians, sos Young Peoples societies
and 2S9 Junior societies, and so on
through a long list.
In the Dominion of Canada the Meth
odists OF Canada lead. with / .O41 Young
Peoples societies and $50 Junior soci-
eties (most of the societies known as
Epworth Leagues OF Christian Endeav-
orr; Canadian Presbyterians are next.
with 1.026 Young Peoples societies and
1874 Junior societies; Baptists next. with
IT'S Young Peoples societies and "a
Junior societies.; ~ Congregationalists
next. with 1893 Young Peoples societies
and 40 Junior societies, etc.
In the United Kingdom the Baptlsts
lead, with over 900: CongregatIonalists
next, with over 700, and the Presbyter-
'ians, Eplscopalians, MoravIans, and
Friends, in order named.
In Australia the Wesleyan Metho-
dists lead. and Congregationalists, Bap-
lists, Presbyetrians follow.
Let me refer, in closing, to a pro-
phecy made just ten years ago by DR..
J.. e Twitchell. of New Haven, Conn:
Il am no prophet, nor the son of
prophet. but gIhventure that the fifty
thousand nowScomposing the Christian
Endeavor Society in five years Will be-
come five hundred thousand; andEI
would not be at all surprised II In ten
years 1t should roll up a round million.
1t Is Christian, on the right basis, and
breathes the true. prophetic life. God
has a place for it, and n work for It and
help for 1t, l am sure. How patriarchal,
our brother, DR.. Clarke, the founder,
will feel ten years hence. IL he shall
become the foster father Of u milllon!"
Well. DR.. Twitchell, the ten years have
passed. and the .'round million" has
been rolled up, and more. for there is
to-day in the 46,125 societies through
out the world a total membership of
2. $50, 900. And the best of 1t all is that
from our Juniors 81, 500, and from our
Peoples societies q, 500, and
from our Young Peoples societies no.
400, have this year joined the churches
OF America Praise God for that! mall
2S1 900 have from Christian Endeavor
taken their place in the church OF the
living God. What a blessed harvest for
one year!
ABig Robbery.
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