The record-union., 1897-07-09
" Rev. John Hernphill. who

world was laid, and he inspired the
people wherever he went with his own
wild, weird enthusiasm. All Europe
flew to arms. The watchwOrd, Deus
Kult' burst from ten thousand times
ten thousand lips, and the armies of
Christendom precipitated themselves
upon the holy land with the awful cry
God wills it. echoing from rank to
rank.
Francis E. Clarke, the Peter the
Hermit of the nineteenth century, has
for several years been going up and
down our own land and other lands,
preaching a far holier crusade, kindling
the fires of Christian zeal and love on
the altar of young hearts; and now,
with that few battalions Of his mighty
army, he has invaded California, and we
have surrendered unconditionally and
in the name of the pastors of the Gold
en- West we bid you thrice welcome,
and we invoke such showers of bless
ings upon you that in the coming years
the San Francisco convention will be
referred to as the pentecostal conven-
tion.''
Dr. Hemphill's address was eloquent
ly delivered and evoked much enthu-
siasm.
Lieutenant Governor Jeter then as
cended the platform, and in brief but
We'll expressed speech welcomed the
delegates and their friends on behalf
of the State of California.
An anthem was rendered by the
choir, and in behalf of the visiting En-
deavorers, Rev. Ira Landrith of Nash
vile, Tenn, responded to the various
addresses Of welcome.
Dr. Ollie said he could not introduce
Father Clarke to his children, and it
would be an impertinence to introduce
this man to any Christian Endeavor
audience the world around.
Father Clarke was greeted with as
wild enthusiasm as is possible to such
well-regulated citizens as the Endeav-
orers. He responded as quietly as pos
sible, but his Hello Endeavorers!"
was like a cordial handshake to each
individual in the great audience.
Every word of the address could be
heard in the remotest part of the hall
without any effort, and the style of
DR.. Clarke's delivery could not be i'm
proved upon. His address in part
was as follows:
Our responsibility to fulfill God s
purpose Increases with our growth.
The larger the movement, the more we
conserve by our faithfulness, the more
we wreck by our blindness or unfaith-
fulness to Gods design. Let me then
try to answer this vital question, How
shall world-encircling Christian En-
Il
First - A worldwide movement
must be true to its fundamental idea;
for it is evidently to propagate that
idea that God has established it. The
fundamental purpose of Christian En-
deaVor is to raise the standard among
young people Of outspoken devotion
and consecrated service. This idea is
embodied in our covenant pledge, and
1nisNidea makes our covenant impera-
tive in a Christian Endeavor society.
''Second-A world-encircling move
ment must necessarily be a unifying
movement. This part of it's mission is
too plain to argue 1t has brought forty
denominations together, so far as &C.
clesiastical authority has not inter-
fered, and bound their young people in
blessed bonds they have not before
known; later, it has forged a link be-
tween forty nations that speak forty
languages; more than all, it has woven
new strands of Christian concord be-
tween the four great English-speaking
sections of the world the United
States, Great Britain, Canada, Austria
liza. These bonds are made of many
strands of common method and COM
mon name. The missionary colonies,
too, of the English-speaking race, if [
may so call them, are established in
every cline, and a new connecting fila
ment between them all is found in
Christian Endeavor.
Third - A world-encircling move
ment must be a persuasive force. You
have shown this sign of universal
adaptability, Christian Endeavorers, by
entering into prisons and asylums.
lighthouses and lifesaving stations,
men-of-war and merchant vessels. SOL
diers 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
still more, and that is the weekly
church prayer meeting. I know of no
way so good of making this sugges-
ton practical as by forming senior So
cieties, whose chief distinction shall be
that, without increasing church ma
chlnery, they apply the Christian En-
deavor covenant pledge to the weekly
meeting of the church. Already these
senior societies, which form the vet
eran 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 blessedly beneficial
results.
Remember the lesson. so hard for
some of US to learn, that we are all
sixteen years older than we were six
teen years ago; that the responsible
ties of the Young Peoples Society must
some time be transferred to younger
shoulders; and that our effort should
be as we grow older to develop our own
energies directly to the church meet
ing and all church activities. Thus. in
the Senior Society, we are no less mart
OF the CHRISTIAN Endeavor movement
but both the church and this movement
OF the church are infinitely strength
ened. | hope to see the senior socie-
ties multiplied tenfold the coming year
F'ourth-A universal movement must
be a sacrificial movement; in its very
essence missionary movement.
Let us make more determined individ-
ual effort this next year to obey orr.
Lords last command to evangelize the
world. Go ye-make it singular and
personal, Go you-Go you. Africa's.
China's, India's unsaved millions
plead; God commands. Go you 1t is
no excuse to say that you live in Amer
lca, and have family, business. social
ties that imperatively keep you here.
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