Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-11-04

b3Utbu To tDb COuV buI luu ttt Oh
having a summer assembly ut Catpe
May or Cape Mny Point for Christ ian
Endeavorera. 1t is ieHired TO start Ii
next summer when returned deleg ates
from the Nashville Convention may
speak, aud possibly to make it an an.
nual institution.
A powerful address was delivered by
the Row Forrest Il. Dagger, D. D.. Of
the Reformed Episcopal Church, and OF
Temple College, Philadelphia, on the
subject 1.-THE Impulse OF Missionary
Zeal, tho Coustraining Law OF Christ. "
lie said that the constituting motive
leads to tho subtraction Of self, to sub
mission, and to the use Of all our re-
sources for the Lord jesus.
1.-THE Worldwide Mission of the
Church" WINS presented by ths Rev.
Frank Stockton Dobbins OF Philadsl-
phia. lie urged missions because OF
tho command Of Christ. because OF llis
example, as an expression of gratitude;
because blessing comes from ohedi-
ence. and because of the needs OF the
Christian world and the marvellous re-
suits of Christian missions. He asked
the endeavorers to adopt some mission
nry or missionary station as subject
OF prayer. and to talk about missions.
The benedlction was pronounced by the
Rev. MIR. Tu-.er.
A number OF delegates joined 10 evan
golIstic meetings which we're held ut
industrial establishments at the noon
hour.
The helpful convention came 10 an
end Friday evening with a powerful
| consecration service under the diroc
tion of the Rev. Wayland Hoyt, d. d., !
OF Philadelphia.
Tho afternoon session wna devoted to
the junior Christian Endeavorers, the
Rov. A. W. Spouner, ID. d., superin-
teudant Of the junior department Of the
| New Jersey Christian Endeavor Uniun.
presiding. 1.-The Surrendered Life"
was the session thought. The deyo.
tionRl exerGiaes were conducted ny the
Rev. @. l.. Jefferson Of Gilbert Press
byterian Chapel.
Secretary j. II. Burns read some
statistics concerning the juniors in the
absence vi Mrs. Il, q. Hall OF Milford,
superintendent of the junior depart-
mept There arc 30 societies and l, 108
members ds follows: Presbyterian, 10
societies, 468 members; Methodist Prot
estant, o societies, }l7 members; Baptist.
s societies, Ill members; Methodist
| Episcopal 9 socleties AZ members; Re-
| = bUCibllbdt II
berg; African Methodist Episcopal, /
hociety. 50 members. Two societies dis
banded and six socistisH wore atidsd in
the yeHr, a net gain OF four, tho gain in
membership was l1a, In tho yenr 10
juniurH united with tho church. The
juniors are doing gooh work and nearly
all are engaged in mission work. both
home una foreign. Tho Junior Golden
Rule ~ eagerly read by them, ami ia a
great helr.
| William Il. Ellis Of philadslphia.
formerly Of The Golden Rule, the Chris
tian Endoaytr paper, delivered an adj
dress ON How Junior Christian En-.
tionyorer can serve Christ - He said that
a junior endeavorer cgn serve Christ just
hy heing, by showing in the life love
for Jesus Christ. This junior can do
things for Christ in the plain every day
duty OF the home. But more important
than the doing 10 The training the
junior gets. We think it is n good
thing for children to lie taught to pruy
and to read tho Bible daily. Mr.. Ellis
spuke OF the negligence Of Christian
Endeavorers for the junior endeavur
meetings and no urged the seniors TO
serve Christ by helping the little ones
to serve Him. lie thought there could
be no letter work than work for chill.
dren.
DR.. Spooner addressed the convon.
ton on 1.-The Children and the
Church, " and spoka OF tho remarkable
fact Of the taking Of children into tho
work of the church. In former days
the children waro not much CO nsidered
in this line. At a convention an elderly
minister was to speak on the subject OF
what children did in the church when
lie was child, and how they did it.
He said in those days the children
never diu anything and In did not
know how they did it. But in these
years the children nave their place in
the church. 1t is natural for them TO
become potential factors in the work of
: the church. they want to become
Christians. Tho speaker urged parents
, TO put nothing in the way of their chill.
dren when they want TO give their
hearts to jesus. lie told of reportt Il
case where father dragged his son
} from the altar of u church aud the son
, afterwards died u drunkard. On tina
, other hand no told of his own daughter,
who at the age OF 3 years, was junior
endsavorei and asked her father to buy
, her d little Bible. When he brought
her the Bible she asked him to write
J her name in il and to undo rscore her
! favorite verse, "Suffer little childrsn
! It. come unto Me and forbid them not,
for of such ia tho Kingdom of heaven. %
She carried her Bible to thu junior
, meeting, and read that verso aloud.
Afterwards abe was taken i'll and few
weeks later she died in her father
arms. Another daughter OF DR..
/. Spoonar's was received into the Presby-
i terian Church at the age OF years. In
continuing his address DR.. Spooner
said that children are natural evan
, geliste; as SOON as they give their
. hearts to jesus they want to toll soma
one else about Him. Thoy are natur-
, ally missionaries. Tala TO grown people
about missions and they will say Let
a the heathen take care OF themselves
we've got enough heather here ut
, home" But the children will be in
, toreatcd, il told about the children in
heather land.
| A worry pleasing feature was intro
! duced into the service upon the sug-
/ gestion Of DIR. Spooner. II was when
, about 100 children, members of tbs
junior society were 10 march into the
church 10 take part in the exercises
lie suggested that the members of the
congregation wave their handkerchief
aa the children entered. And it made
, striking scene as the children
marched up the aisle, bearing red and
white flags. the audience singing lat
the Gross" and waving handkerchiefs
ia greeting. Tho Children were seated