The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-08
ENDEAYOR ARMY.
Dr.. Clark Addresses the
State Convention in
Paterson.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES HEARD
Press Department Has Awakened
the Interest of Newspapers
Correspondence Work.
Especial to The Jersey city News.ol

DtdlC SA4ikSl4dh 61luSdfoi
were held in three buildings last night,
the Z. M. c. A., the First Baptist Church
and the Second Presbyterian Church.
President French, presided at the Z. Nj.
C.. A.; DR.. Brett at the First Baptist
Church, and the Rev. E. w. Thompson,
President OF the local union, at the Sec
ond Presbyterian Church. The principal
service was at the y. M. C. A.. building.
There the address of the evening was
made by the Rev.. Francis E. Clark, ID,
OF Boston, President and founder of the
United Society of Christian Endeayor.
His subject was, Christian Endeavor
Under Many Skies" He had just returned
from a journey which occupied nearly a
year and carried him almost around the
world, and he brought news to the con-
vention Of other societies in the far dis
tant lands and of their zeal, enthusiasm
and methods Of work, thus showing the
widespread character of the movement,
it's adaptibihty to other soil than that OF
America, and its fiourishing growth in
most unlikely places.
He said that he had brought the lead
ing heads of his address with him, as
some other preachers are said to do in
his carpet bag. instead of in his brain.
L tlO 1k5k Ai(oO u MA Ne9 -
beautiful banner from East Bengal in
scribed with the Christian Endeavor
| pledge in Bengali characters, and he de-
clared that this head of his discourse
stood for loyalty to the foundation prin-
ciples of Christian Endeavor as expressed
in the pledge; for the faithfulness to
Christ as ~exemplified by the Indian girls
who with care and pains wrought the
[ hao,t;ful honpor opd for my yrorJ1 uri5a
fellowship as shown by the fact that
though the words OF the pledge were in
| scribed in characters new to Western
| eyes, and it was difficult indeed to tell
the top from the bottom, on even on
which side one ought to begin to read.
yet it stood for exactly the same thing
as the Christian Endeavor pledge in En-
giish, and was, indeed, a literal transla-
ton of the English words. Not a single
feature was left out, Bible reading and
prayer, loyal devotion to the services of
ones own church, and audible participa-
ton in every meeting were expected in
Bengal as well as in America. DR.. Clark
also told some anecdotes of the famous
conventions which he ATTENDED in the
! Baptist Mission field from which this BAN
rer came, where the Endeavorers came
l NNs9N ~ 1AS 1A5 iNs Ai AAidtiy o,S GLE"
ing all night to get to the meeting. stayed
together praying and ~prafsing and talk
ing over Christian Endeavor metho un-
til dark. and then ak off to their poor
homes amid the swamps of the Bengal
rice fields.
The next head of his discourse. was
nothing else than a tigers claw which
had once belonged to a fierce African
| ffcar that i,trnna fror, +ha i,,pp1a ,,po, n
Christian Endeavor missionary in Cen
trail Africa, striking him to the ground,
tearing his scalp and gouging his eyes,
leaving him almost dead in the midst of
the jungle. This missionary was a nephew
Of the famous Andrew Murray, his W
name Andrew Murray, and the lesson
drawn from this head of his discourse
was that of devotion and loyalty to
Christ unto death. Tor this same mission
after two years OF desperate illness to
carry on the work which he loves SO well
and which had so nearly cost him his
life. DR.. Clark also told something of the
home life of that wonderful family which
has transformed many parts of South
Africa, one of whose number has written
devotional books which are read by the
whole Christian world.
Another head of Dr. Ciark's discourse
was a Chain of Love" as 1t is called,
made OF tissue paper; on which We're in
1 " L N&A0So " AN oA0AS 1<~A AAS ~
the subject of love and charity. This
"Chain OF Love" after being made in one
of the Endeavor conventions in India, ac-
cording to their beautiful custom, had
been huns about his neck. From this
head the speaker drew lessons of our
world wide sympathy n fellowship OF
gether by ties of love to the one Master
and to the one work. Still another head
of his discourse was the famous carey
hammer, which excited so much enthu-
| cioSn, whom il WAS used 2S q Qayel to call
the convention in San Francisco to order.
1t is the identical hammer which was
used by the first William Carey, the pio-
neer missionary Of the century, when he
was a shoemaker, "a consecrated cob
bier" as Sydney Smith called him. The
speaker recalled his famous saying My
business is to preach the GOSpe1 | mend
shoes to pay expenses" From this head
of his discourse, and a very tangible one
it was. the speaker drew the lesson OF
humility, of the conservation of little
matters and every day implements, and
of the wondrous use which God can make
of d man who is fully devoted to his
service. In this same field in India. which
the first William Carey opener to Chris
tianity now labors his great-grand-son.
whose name is also William Carey, the
most earnest advocate of Christian En-
deavcr. perhaps. in all India, who has es-
tablished more than sixty societies in his
own field, and who has proved that this
organization is exactly adapted TO the
nurture of converts in India, as to the
Young people Of America. Thus by these
s-arioI,s signs of fellowship was the unity
i of Christian Endeavor the world over de-
r1onstrated, and a glimpse given OF the
great work God has for the Society to
accomplish in every land under every
sky"
was made by the Rev. ]. Wilbur Chap
man. ID. D., of Philadelphia. The Rev.
+. Y. Pierce. OF Philadelphia, made the
address in the Second Presbyterian
Church. He illustrated his sermon by
crayon sketches. AT nine o'clock, at the
conclusion of the three addresses. a re-
ception was held by the State officers at
the Y. M. G. A. rooms All the Endeavor-
ers hocked to the building to shake hands
with the officials and with Dr. Clark.
At the sessions this morning DIR. Clark
presided in the Y. NJ. G.. A. and the Rev.
Charles A. Savage of Orange presided
in tire First Baptist Church. The ses-
sions were alike with the exception Of
the addresses. The committee reports
were given in both buildings. The Rev.
Frederick j. Stanley. d. D., of ATTAIN
tic City. addressed the audience in the
i. M c. A. hall on THE Cry Of Ma
tons. the Crisis of Centuries. as the
Twentieth Opens.'A and the Rev. DR.. w
a Paddefoof told in the First Baptist
Church of his experience. in froptief mis-
sionary work.
THE report OF the Press Department
was given by the Rev. George H. Ingram
Of Trenton. He said
SAC the beginning of the year the De
partment began an effort to interest q
larger. number of the local unions in fur
r1ishing news than heretofore. As a re-
sult. during the year rs local unions fur
nsshed news matter. a substantial in
crease over last year. In all. 256 news
budgets were received by the Department