The San Francisco call., 1897-07-09

Third-A world-encircling movement must
be pervasive force. You have shown the
sign Of universal ad daptability, Christian En-
deavorers, by entering into prisons ana asy-
lums, Eighth ouses and life-saving stations,
men-of-war and merchant vessels. soldiers
barracks and factory lofts. as well as into all
the activities OF church life. There Is another
place very near home where your power and
principles are felt, and where they should be
felt sti / more, and that is the weekly church
prayer-mee ting. know OF no way so good OF
making this suggestion practical as by form
ing senior societi whose chief distinction
shall be that without increasing church ma
chinery they apply the Christian Endeayor
covenant pledge to the weekly meeting OF the
church.
Already these senior societies, which form
the veteran and the permanent cohort OF
Christian Endeavor, have been formed not
only in America, but in Australia, India,
Great Britain and South Africa, and always
with biessedly beneficial results.
Remember the lesson, SO hard for some of
US to learn, that we are all sixteen years Older
than we were sixteen years ago; that the re-
sponsibilities of the young peoples society
must some time be transferred to vounger
shoulders, and that our effort should be as
grow Older to develop younger workers and to
apply oCr own energies directly to the church
meeting and all church activities. Thus, IN
the senior society, we are no less part OF the
Christian Endeevor movement, but both the
church and this movement OF the church are
infinitely strengthened. hope to see the Sc
nior societies multiplied tenfold the coming
year.
Fourth-A universal movement must be
sacrihcial movement; in its very essence
missionary n movement.
Let us make more determined individual
effort this next year to obey our Lords last
command to evangeliZe the world Go ye-
make il singular and personal, go you-goyou.
Africa's. Cnina's, lndia's unsaYed millions
plead God commands. Go you. 1t is no
cuse to say that you live in America and have
family, business, social ties Tn at peratively
Keep you here. You may never leave your
native shores, but the command comes to you
none the less. Go. Go YOU. 1t is possible
now, if yon can give $25 year, and few OF
you who can attend a convention cannot give
rs much as this, to have your foreign repre-
sentative on the mission field.
o. course you will give much to home
missions 10 save your own country from the
perls of civilized heathenism. This whole
convention, with its long preliminary jour-
ney, is q lesson in patriotism and home
missions, and home missions is another way of
spelling patriotism
A student in training, cate echist, Bible
woman, pastor, a teacher, "A village school,
a IN ission churcn at home or abroad-one or
| all OF these is within the giving power OF al
most every Endeavorer to whom l speak.
Have your representative at work while you
sleep Work twenty-iOur hours day for God.
Have your personal representative, above all,
so that your heart and interest and love may
be in the extension OF the Kingdom OF God the
world around, for where your treas ure is there
viii your heart be.
Il know OF no way good for Endeavorers to
make this thought q definite and tangible
the Tenth Legion-the legion of those who
give at least tenth of all God gives them,
whether il be 10 cents or $40, ,000, 900, back TO
him Tor the spread of his kingdom.
Give this through your own churches and
your missionary boards; then will these APP
palling clouds of debt which hang over so
many OF our boards fee; and better than all.
ii Endeavorers generally adopt this princip e,
they can never again return to darken The
missionary horizon.
Ffth-A world. .encircling movement must
listen to Gods voice and continually obey 1t.
1t must not be led away by faddists or theor-
lists or selfish ax-grinders; but it must always,
If 1t would prosper, keep n open ear to Gods
voice, and never rest satisfied with past
achievements.
You have heard in other years Christian
Endeavorers, the voice of God, and you have
aroused yourselves in your might 10 the inter-
ests of Christian citizenship In every land
your banner has been uniurled bearing this
motto, "Our Country for Christ" You have
heard again Gods call to Il larger devotion to
missions and you have unfurled another ban
ner with the grand device, THE World Tor
Christ" The Endeavorers of California our
hospitable hosts, have done valiant work, as
have many others, for the rescue OF the Sab
bath from the hands of the enemies These
banners we will always keep flying. No inch
| OF ground once gained will we carelessly sur-
render II the enemy.
"My Country, Ills of Thee" shall be our
song under whatever flag we live.,
Christ for the world we sing,
The world toChrist we bring,
shall be coupled. with it. Indeed, we will
pless eyer-adyancing, columns and take new
redoubts abobath-breaking, the saloon
curse, the gam bling den, the brothel shall
receive no quarter at the hands of Christian
Endeavorers. "Our Country for Christ" The
World for Christ" But is that all? All! there
is another motto which is more important
| still, 'tMysef for Christi Are you disap-
pointed. Endeavorers? Did you expect some
new and startling message of aggressive war
fare? Look Closely and perhaps you v Ill find
this weil-worn phrase greater advancs sep
than we have ever taken.
Again and again we need 10 come back to
this fundamental thought. The Christian
Endeayor movement can only prosper as
Christ is in its mem bers and its mem bers are
in Christ GAS the branch cannot bear