The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-30
CALL 1T JEWELL" LAKE
INTERESTING CEREMONIES HELD AT
BETHANY PARK.
New Officers Elected YeSterday-Ep-
worth League Day at Acton-The
Pentecost Bands.

| year was held The committee on nomina-
tons presented the following report, which
was adopted: State superintendent, Mrs
Jessie Brown Pounds, of Indianapolis; sec
rotary B. L. Allen, of Irvington; treasurer.
| DR.. Homer J. Hall, CT Franklin; superin-
| tendent junior work, Miss Kate Whistler
! OF Evansville; trustee Christian Endeavor
| cottage, j. b. Sidener, of Indianapolis.
The work of the forenoon consisted of the
! practical EndeavOr talk was given by w f.
McCauley. As usual, it was fun of practical
suggestions Tor the members of the con-
Vention. He was followed by j. f. Floyd
who gave the assembly lecture at II clock
in the tabernacle. His subject was the
question, Whence came man, examined in
! the light of the Bible and science?"
The Bible answers this" said the speak
er, by telling US that God created man out
of the dust OF the earth. Some thinkers are
not willing TO accept the Bibles account
| of mans origin. But they should be able
! to furnish us a better explanation of his
| origin. This they have attempted to do by
| telling US that man is the result of a long
| process Of evolution from the lower order
| OF animal life. But here they meet with
| dlh1culty, Whence the first form of animal
| fte?' In accounting for this Charles Oar
win says that the Creator breathed life into
| the first form or the first few forms of
| life. This asserts the miraculous in sci
| ence. II it were scientific for God to make
the first form of animal life it would be
! equally scientific for Him to create man as
| the Bible declares. Prof. Haeckel of Ger
many, tells that the first form of ami
NAL life is the result OF spontaneous gener-
| alton out Of inorganic matter. But sponta-
| neous generation is theory which has not
| been proved. Its advocates admit that
| spontaneous generation has never been
known to occur. Scientific experiments have
! demonstrated the theory untrue. This is ad-
| United by froIs. Darwin, Huxley, Tyndal
| and others"
| In conclusion, the speaker said: Coming
| 10 the development or the hypothesis prop
! er we lind that what we know OF the his
! toric and the prehistoric does not support
| the theory OIL mans evolution from the low
! er animals. Man has not come up from
| saVaSery, but hrst appeared as a complete
man physically. He also possessed at the
| beginning his tull mental powers. He APP
| pedred suddenly in the geological, and far
removed from the lower order of animal
| life The Bibles account of mans origin
meets every demand of science, and is
| therefore evidently the true explanation OF
| his origin"
| POWER OF CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR.
In the afternoon W. d. Rice, of Corners
vile. Ind, gave the convention an address.
He took for the theme of his discourse,
THE Bible and Christian Endeavor Work"
| He said there was a power in the Christian
Endeavor and asked the question, IF there
! is no power, why the rapid increase of the
organizations" He answered this by stat
ing the fact that during the last sixteen
years there were fifty thousand seven hun
| dred and eighty societies formed, with a
| membership of three millions. The move
ment of the Christian EndeaVor," said DR.
| Rice, is not confined to any one part of the
! Nation, but circles the globe Ii it has no
! power, Will some one explain the influence
| OF the society in International state, dis
| trict local and individual effort in all moral
| and spiritual questions? Where the secret
| OF this power? 1t is in the Bible in our
work. The Bible is the Christian Endeav-
| orer's Textbook, the Alpha and the Omega
| and see If 1t Is not true. Trusting in the
| Lord Jesus Christ for strength l promise
| him that will strive to do whatever He
would like to have me do" Where do we
| find this? In the Bible. Again, Il will
make it the rule of my life to read my Bible
| every day and attend all the midweek and
| Sunday services of my church." which is
! the place of Bible study and exposition
! Il will endeavor throughout my whole life
70 lead a Chrlstlan lie, life taught only in
the Bible. L will take some part in all
| season meetings" All good Endeavorers
know what this means. If compelled to be
absent from conservation services L will
| send some Scripture to be read at roll call 4"
so you see the very heart of Christian
Endeayor life is the Bible" After the an
length on this topic, fThe Bible as the
| Christian Endeavorer's Textbook" In con-
| clusion he said: THE ultimatum of Chris
| tian EndeavOr work is to prepare its fol-
| lowers for heaven. Heavens civilization is
| the highest Its knowledge is a perfect
| knowledge. To prepare for it it is neces-
sary that we be fitted here. This we can
only do by the study and application of the
! truths of Gods word. Hence the Bible in
! the hands of all Christian Endeavorers
| gives strength and vigor for their work.
| BoerhaaVe, the prince of instructors was
! asked how he acquired so much knowledge
ana transacted SO much business. His
! answer was: The first hour of the day |
| spend in reading my Bible 1t gives me
! spirit and vigor for the days work Now
| then our Christian Endeavor pledge L will
! make it the rule of my life to read my Bible
| every day. thus making the Bible our text
| DOCK we Will go up to our Father with it
| In our hearts where we will know no life
| but the highest"
THE RICH MAN AND LAZARUS.
In the evening, at the tabernacle Rev. j.
Robert Boatman, of Richmond, KY, deliv-
cred the address, which was listened to
by large and appreciatfve audience. He
took for his subject, ''Pickings from the
Parable Of the Rich Man and Lazarus
There are many things about this par
able that do not understand" said the
lecturer; 1.-THE flame, the torrents, the great
| gulf are hard to be comprehended. It
seems to me that the immortal Shakespeare
must have had something Of this kind in
mind when he wrote Richard the Third
| Clarence told the prison keeper that he
! had suffered such torments in q dream
| being thrown into the sea, having time to
! think of all that he had ever done cross
| ing the dark river with the grim ferry
man the poets tell about to the Kingdom
| of perpetual night and realizing the Just
| ness OF his own punishment offered a pray
| er that his poor wife and children might be
| spared this torment.
| Whether this be literal fame that is
| mentioned here l cannot tell. 1t may be
| the torments of conscience, and surely that
would be sufficient to make men live re-
| there is an eternal separation of the right
| eouS and wicked. People sometimes ask
| why is not some one sent back from the
! other world TO tell people of the real con-
| dition there. We have the great book of
| light, of life, of men, of God, that tells
| people how to live. If they will not heed its
| teachings, why should it be necessary for
| one to rise from the dead?
! Abraham said to the rich man, Son,
| remember. Memory is as immortal as the
| soul. We sometimes think that we have
| forgotten, but il is because We fail TO recol-
! lect. memory, thou that dOst bring US
| to the golden, olden glory of the days
! gone by, thou that dOst make the morning,
| noon and the nOOntide night, why dost
! we would forget? When Abraham said
| Son, remember, there was no more com
| plant made, but the prayer offered for his
| five brethren that he had left behind. In
| the great day of our Lord, when we shall
! be given the understanding of superior
| minds, when the books are opened, When
! the universe shall unfold itself 10 our view,
| tent with whatever reward is allotted to