The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-09

speech welcomed the delegates and their
friends on behalf of the State of California.
behalf of the visiting Endeavorers. Ira
Landrith, OF Nashville, Tenn, responded TO
the various addresses of welcome.
Next came the annual message of the
president the Rev. Francis f. Clark. He
spoke "A World Encirckng Religious
Movement; How Shall l Fulfill Gods De-
sgn?" and said, in part:
Il have attended conventions since last
/ met you in the Metropolitan Tabernacle
of London and in the Beels OF Bengal; in
St. Andrews Hall. of Glasgow, and in the
ancient capital Of the Punjab; among our
sunburnt plains of southern India in
crowded Berlin, and OH the lonely table
lands of the Transvaal; among the Alps of
Switzerland. and on the vast veldt of the
Orange Free Stae; In sea-girt Stockholm
and in the karoc Of South africa in Iordy
Paris, and in quaint Wellington, in the
Cape of Good Hope-and everywhere, amid
all these diversties of custom and costume
OF manners and methods, of language and
laws, have found that the Christian En-
deavor ideals are substantially the same
Moreover, the people whom have seen
have been of diverse creedS and views or
religious truth. All, TO be sure, have ac-
knowiedged the supremacy of Jesus CHRIST
as the very Son of God and the only Savior
OF lost sinners, All have accepted the Bible
as the word of God, and the Holy spirit as
the sanctifier, comforter and guide-in such
soil only can Christian EndeaVor flourish.
But in minor particulars the creedS and
forms of church government of these hos
pitable hosts of our society diner as widely
their compilations. The shade of tan on
q mans cheek does not make or unmake MS
manhood the shade of his creed does not
make or unmake his Christianity
by Methodists and Baptsts, by Presby
terians and Congregationalists, by Friends
and Disciples Of Christ, by Episcopallans
and Lutherans, by adherents or the state
churches Of Germany, and Sweden, and
Holland, and Scotland, and England as
well as by representatives of every free
church. have l been kindly received in the
name of Christian EndeaVor, and by every
missionary society at work in India. or
n
dorsement which a common and universal
method of Christian service renders to its
advocates.
Only one denomination still seeks to pre-
vent the increase of Christian Endeavor so
ceties, and that has introduced Christian
Endeavor principles, and though we regret
the absence of full fellowship are glad
of the extension of the Ideas for which we
stand-in that we rejoice, yea, and will re-
joice.
Our society then has these signs of a
universal movement II was born IN OBJ
extension to human advocacy or ecclesias-
teal authority. 1t has spread to every land.
IT had been found adapted to every evan
gelcal creed, to every form of church gov
ernment, and to every race and class and
language and condition OF people. 1t mas
our covenant pledge have been ignored or
where 1t has been crushed out by denom-
national authority.
In answ ring the question of the text
FEATHER" Clark said the movement must
be true to it's fundamental idea; must nee
essarily be unifying; must be a persuasive
force; must be sacrificial, and must listen
to Gods voice and continually obey it, Con-
tinung, he said This is a world move
ment. thank God, way from materialism,
Journalism and a barren eccleSiaSticiSm
pack 70 GOO hlinseI EndeaVorers, let TINS
be the motto, the purpose, the prayer of
this our coming seventeenth year: To abide
in Christ, to surrender ourselves to Him, to
let Him use us, TO think less of our eff
forts and more of His fullness, to seek
larger milling from above, deeper draughts
of His life, more emptiness of self, more
flllppSS n OOlV Christian
EndeaVor and all for which it has come to
STANDARDIZATION citizenship, Christian mis-
sons, and a thousand forms of benevolence
receive ever fresh life and vigor'
The report of John Willis Baer. general
lowing: I'm 1891 there was one So
ciety and fifty-seven members. In
1897 there are 5o,7S0 societies and
total membership of 100000. OF the States
having more than one thousand local socie-
ties Pennsy lvania leads with S,443; New
tario 1888, Indiana 1,3S7 Iowa 1886 and
Michigan 1,01. These figures do not in
clude the Junior, intermediate. Senior and
Junior societies with 1887 New York has
1,2SS. Illinois 1898, Ohio go California SOL.
Indiana $40, Iowa SIS. and Massachusetts
517 The BANNER given to the State that
has made the largest gains goes this year
to Ohio. The second Junior banner goes
from Mexico to Spain. There are 1856 Inter
mediate societies. California leading with
81, Illinois having A, Ohio 80 and Pennsyl-
vania q. The Mothers societies number
TO- Illinois leading with 80, Pennsylvania
having 20 and Kansas II. Twenty-seven
Senior societies have been organized, Cali
fornia, New Hampshire and Pennsylvania
each having three and Connecticut two.
England has 1926 societies, Australia 2,l24,
Scotland 433, Wales 81, India go. Ireland
1863, Madagascar SO. France 6S. Mexico 100
Japan &c, West Indies So Turkey A. China
So, Africa So, Germany 32-in all, 1913 So
cieties in other countries. In addition, Can
ada has $780, The badge banner for the
greatest proportionate increase in the num-
Der of societies. now held by Scotland will
In the United States the Presbyterians
have 5.531 Young Peoples and 1884 Junior
societies The Congregat ionalists come
next with 4,156 Young Peoples and 1922
Junior Baptists, 2640 Young Peoples and
Procestants, 81 Young Peoples and Psi
Juniors; Lutherans, 800 Young Peoples and
3A Juniors, nearly forty denominations be-
ing represented.
\ missionary roll of honor contains the
nearly 100000 to missions through their
own UNCONVENTIONAL missionary boards
Christian Endeavor,' the report says,
It Is forever opposed to the saloon the
gambling den, the brothel and every like
iiniquity. It stands. for temperance for
law, for order, for Sabbath keeping for a
pure political atmosphere-in a word for
righteousness. And this it does not by
ganizing a new political party but by
attempting through the quick conscience of
its individual members to permeate and in
huenee all parties and all communities
During the last eleven months %, 264 of the
Juniors have Joined the church, AID from
the Young Peoples societies 1S7, 125; in all,
2133S9
The crowd at Woodwards pavilion was
almost as large as that in the Mechanics
pavilion although it is further from the
center of the city; Rev. Howard B. Grose.
of Boston, presided. A welcome by the choir
preceded the devotional exercises conducted
by Rev, 500 Moo Nam Art an Oriental
clergyman of this city. Vice Chairman j.
S. Webster delivered the welcome of the
committee of 1897 Rev j. k Mclean. of
Oakland. that of the Golden Gate pastors
and Mayor Phelan spoke in behalf OF the
city. the response being made by Rev Silas
Meade of Adelaide, South Australia
FIRST CONVENTION SCANDAL