The record-union., 1897-07-13

! Chester, Pa, spoke of City Evangeli-
zation Outside of the Churches"
The address by the Rev. j. Wilbur
| Chapman, D. D., of Philadelphia, on
Deepening of the Spiritual Life In
side Our Churches" was in part as
] follows:
| We are living in the dispensation of
| the spirit. He is the vicar of Christ,
and the life of the body, which is the
church. The lesson may be taught in
| contrast. That which does not grieve
/ the spirit deepens the spiritual life.
| That which is to be avoided is the
cause of his being grieved OF all the
epistles that ever came from the heart
! of the great Apostle Paul, this letter
| to the Ephesians seems to me about the
sweetest and best 1t is the epistle in
which we find The heavenly places
mentioned so many times; it is the
epistle in which we find SO many differ
ernt names applied to our Father in
Heaven; and I suppose it is the letter
in which We find the very highest spir-
} itual truth presented in all the Bible.
But While We find the very highest idea
of spiritual things. we also find the
Apostle Paul turning to give us in
nary affairs of daily life.
| THE spirit of God is grieved when
ever we allow our old nature to tri-
umph over our spiritual nature. For
God has promised in his work to set
Us free from the law of sin and death"
The banner presentation to the local
city union having reported the best
progress in the past year in promoting
! SNS tic nd
God, aroused great enthusiasm among
] New Workers, who We're possessors of
this beautiful blue emblem last year,
and the recipients of it for the coming
twelve months. The presentation
| speech was made by the Rev n. l..
House of Attleboro, Mass, the banner
being received blythe Rev H. O. Kin
ports, Vice-President of the New York
City union, who said that that metrop-
oils possessed /, 300 the-givers in En-
deavOrer ranks.
The New Workers in the audience re-
sponded with a song, Bring Back the
Banner to Me-" and from the platform
was waved big blue and white Chris
tian Endeavor flag, these being New
| Yorks colors
The last address was by the Rev.
o.,
whose subject was Some Spiritual Re-
turns for Missionary Investments. He
said in part:
This utilftarian age is likely to ask
concerning any enterprise in which it
is invited to invest, Does it pay?
This question is sometimes asked con-
cerning missionary work in the spirit
of selfishness and commercial policy.
To this it must be sufficient to reply,
as DIR. Pierson suggests, 1t always pays
to obey authority, especially when au
thority is supreme I want to lead
the minds Of young people to think of
the spiritual returns that shall come
to them as they give thought, sympa-
thy, prayer, money, personal service
and sacrifice to the divine work of
worldwide evangelism. 1t will be
found true in the highest and most
blessed sense, Give and it shall be
given unto YOU
After singing the meeting adjourned.
| In the afternoon Woodward's Pavilion
was packed with an animated crowd of
Endeavorers, including a delegation of
white-capped convention ushers, who
occupied the center of the auditorium.
| Secretary John Willis Baer of Boston
presided. The song service, conducted
| by ]. j. Morris of San Francisco, was
| followed by devotional exercises under
the leadership of Robert ]. Caskey Of
/ Salt Lake City.
| Practical School of Christian En-
deavor Methods and Ways of Working
was the name given to the proceedings.
| The most interesting feature was a
series of so-called open parliaments
conducted by well-known Endeavorers.
They We're conducted by the leaders
asking for suggestions for practical
work, whereupon enthusiasm arose in
every part of the hall for a one minute
suggestion. At times a dozen persons
were endeavoring to talk at once, and
the leader had trouble in keeping
school.
| One of the leaders, Treasurer Will
/ lam Shaw, gave a humorous turn to
his queries and kept the audience in a
roar.
Other leaders of parliaments were F.
j. Grant Shields Of Philadelphia, John
r. Carey of Baltimore w. H. Lewis
of Seattle, Wash. and H. N. Lathrop
| of Boston
/ One of the musical attractions was
singing by a Chinese quartet in native
| costume. FODOWlnS this came pa
| per, entitled The Lookout Commit
tee" by A. E. Mcdonald of Chicago.
He said in part:
1T goes without saying that the
Lookout Committee should be composed
of the best material in the society.
would emphasize as it's most important
work the admission of new members.
How can We manage to admit only
| those who viii prove faithful and zeal
Gus? l am afraid members are some
times admitted carelessly. In our de-
sire to swell our numbers we are some
times not careful enough about find
ing out if the candidate is ready to
take upon himself the responsibilities
membership involve. I believe the
candidate ought to meet with the COM
mittee. and have the pledge carefully
explained. and then be questioned as
to his desire and purpose to keep pray
erfully all of its requirements And to
this end I believe the committee should
have a weekly meeting, and have it
understood when and where it is held,
so that the entrance door to the So
ciety may be always open to receive
any who are willing to enter. If this
plan is followed no one can become a
member ignorant of what membership
| means, as fear it is now sometimes the
| case