The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-10
GR0WTH0FY. p.S.c.E.
1T HAS BEEN UNPRECEDENTED In
THE PAST FEW YEARS, SAYS
SECRETARY BAER.
NOW COVERS TIE WORLD,
WITH $4,000 SOCIETIES In AS MANY
CHURCHES IN MANY
LANDS.
NOW COVERS THE WORLD
RATES TO FRISCO GATHERING
Discount Exceeds Amy Before Given
by Raiivvays-NiN be Pub
Iished Today.

The Christian Endeavor movement
appeals with marked endearment to
MinneapolitanS, church-goers and the
great mass of citizenship. The Chris
tian Endeavor convention OF six years
ago was the forerunner of the Republic
can convention; without the first, the
second would not have been proba-
bility Besides, almost every evangei-
cal church in the state knows that the
general secretary of the Christian En-
deaVor movement is Minnesotan and
one of whom even the un-churched
public are proud to own as a fellow
citizen ttt.-+.1
John Willis Baer, formerly of Roches-
ter, Mimi, and now resident of Bos-
ton, never comes to Minnesota except
he brings with him a wave of the en-
thusiasm which has made the Christian
Endeavor society of the world the mag
nifcent institution which it is today.
Mr.. Baer spoke to a large congrega-
ton at Plymouth church yesterday
morning upon the work of the Christian
Endeavor in the past and it's field for
the future. He predicts that the society
has only just begun to perform it's work
and there are still worlds to conquer
which were little dreamed of when Rev.
F. E. Clark started his Christian En-
deavor society in New England sixteen
years ago.
The origin of the movement with
which Mr. Baer is so prominently at
tached began Feb. 2, 1881. 1t was Or
gained by DR.. Clark without any
thought of it's becoming a great move
ment. He felt the need of such a So
ciety in his own Congregational church,
and proceeded to set it into motion. 1t
worked SO we'll that other societies were
formed by other pastors, and it has
hourished like a green bay tree until
now it has total of $4,000 different
societies in as many different churches
all over the world. The membership of
the Christian Endeavor movement Is
now nearly 5000 600.
Every state and territory in the
United States is organized and every
country to which missionaries have
been sent, except six, has its Christian
EndeaVor movement, great or small. In
England there are 5000 societies and
as many in Australia and in the United
States the number of societies aggfe-
gates $4,000.
This, in the mind of the speaker, was
evidence sufficient to satisfy him that
the Christian Endeavor movement was
not a mere man-made institution, but
that it was a growth out of the very
heart of God.
The work and character of the Chris
tan Endeavor movement was divided
into three fields. First it gave to the
church a healthy, vital religious life
among the young people. Its second
characteristic was that, while it started
in one church sixteen years ago, it has
now spread to thirty different denom-
nations, in which the Presbyterian has
the largest number of societies and
members. Under the hand of God it
is today the most potent influence for
the spread of inter- enominational fell
loWship, that has brought together such
great gatherings as the Minneapolis
convention of six years ago, and the
more recent one in Boston, where there
were $4,000 in attendance The next
field day. as the conventions are
called, will be held at San Francisco,
and it promises to be in many respects
the greatest ever held.
The third field of usefulness, one
which has only been prospected is the
neral awakening which has been
caused in it's municipal reform move
ltjSnl LII ILLS WOIh us IlllSSlOuctIy
spirit has discovered a great field and
abundant fruit for its effort.
In conclusion, Mr. Baer appealed for
a more hearty cooperation of all
Christians, old and young. He told, in
a graphic manner, story of boy
who had put his hand into valuable
vase and when his father told him to
take the penny out he could not
Finally the father urged the boy to
ctTa oh ton tho
replied: Then I'll have to drop the
penny"
This was the keystone of Christian
success ana the watchword of the
Christian Endeavor movement: Drop
everything for Christ DR.. Russell,
the pastor of the most influential
church in Philadelphia, church which
has thirteen different societies, says
that the Christian Endeavor society IS
the sail of small church, but it is the
rudder to the large church. So it has
it's field everywhere and its success
shows it's usefulness.
Dr. Beach followed Mr. Baer's re-
marks much in the same line
In the evening Mr.. aRer addressed
Church. speaking particularly to the
boys and of the work of the Junior
society. Ii the evening he spoke for
few minutes with Dr. Please Mt Hun
ter at the Westminster Presbyterian
church.
h1r. Baers visit to MINNEAPOLIS at this
tine is a combination of business and
vaCa ton. Mr. and Mrs. Raer are visit-
ing her father, George W. Van Duzen.
and will start for Boston tomorrow.
The business part of the trip was the
matter Of rates for the San Francisco
convention, and Mr.. Baer says that he
was granted rates which exceed any
thlng That mas ever been done in the
country. He expects the rate. to he
given out by the railroad people at
Chicago today.