The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-03-22

had fever conventions and more
closets. We fhouls be stronger CHRIS.
tians.-Alexander Maelaren. ID. d.
CHRISTIAN ENDEAvoR TOPICS.
The sixteenth year Of the Christian
Endeayor movement has just closed.
and will be knOxn In Christian Endea-
vor history a. the year Of the Quiet
Hour" II he's also been marked By the
Tenth Legion. by missionary zeal. by
great expansion Of the Eadeavor idea
al home and abroad: but Il has been
marked peculiarly BY the revival OF the
Quiet Hour. For this II but a revival.
a re-emphasis Of a tremendous truth.
truth as old a. the Apostle John. a.
old as Moses and Job and Enoeh. But
this truth Of personal. direct. immsdi-
ate communion With God especially
needs to be emphasized In this busy.
"hustllng." "rus,lirg." matsriaiistie
axe. Il involves a truth that lies Al
the basis OF all worthy activities. II
IA the greatest forward movement thai
Christian Endeayor has ever taken
The future Of Christian Endeavor is
brighter than ever In the past. Chris
tian Endeayor enters upon lts seven
teenth year with new hope. courage and
evacuation, because It enters upon an
era OF tbs Quiet Hour. which. please
God. will be ten times seventeen years
In length. Yet there are hundreds OF
Thousands Of Endeayorers. who. AZ
uersonai experience. DO not yet know
the blessedness Of the Quiet Hour 10
the Morning Watch. who during thiA
coming year will learn the secret
The Kalamazoo. Mich. union is max
ing a brave crusade against obseen'
ple,ures The committee on Caristiai
b citizenship meets oflclal indifference
and some Christian apathy. but mean
10 make a winning fight.
The 81. Louis Christian EndeaFo
: union has arranged a reading eouT'
: for the use Of its members Five course
y are suggesied-poe,ry. social and eco
Z monte popular science. biography an
: fiction. within three years Il u hope
q 10 take % al branches Of readin
q which especially appeal 10 young pee
o ME. Tho forming Of study clubs
Z suggested. With able leaders. no organ
v lzation. no dues. and no SCI program
y The committee chairman is al the pu'
p Ne library. ready to distribute men
.e bershlp cards emitting readers 10 80
u clal discounts on the cost OF books
3 II has been announced BY various p
ie pers. Of late. that the president OF Z
T. uni,ed society IL going to the West !
81 dies In the spring. and that be u
j. sail for Australia Immediately after Z
y Nashville convention. He will pro
ID ably 20 10 the West Indies In APR
h. but DR.. Clark has not decided TO 90
be Australia. az pressing duties may
eupy him in the homeland for sol
~ time 20 come.
n Rev. William Carey Of Dhaka. Fl
oy Reugai. India. the great grandson
n the famous missionary. writes to
PIT Christian Endeavor World OF spec
III visit 10 Calcutta. and Of tour throu
ey Assam which were fruitful results
Dr. tho Christian Endeavor movement
OK which he Il % greatly interested.
he fine opening has been found for Chi
ar tan Fndeayor among the Hindoo q
he In our mission day schools. We ii
bat three societies among them In Dhl
Mt and three more In Calcutta. Ny Ass
bat trim vas very encouraging. In
md place seventy OF the hill chrisii
be- lKhasls) signed the pledge al one ms
20 Ing on a cold. rainy morning.
all Miss Carrie A. Holbrook. secret
zen OF the Minnesota Christian Endea
hat union. mentions a society In an r
has eopal school which Is phenomenal
hey lis realization Of the interdenom
'ely tional and International ideas. i
we'd made up Of fifty members. am
Ere whom are Scotch. Norwegian, sw
q Dane. Austrian. Swiss. English.
and man Polander. and American. The
The lowing denominations are repoi
per- Presbyterian. Baptist. Methodist. ]
VIII coral. Church Of Christ, Roman Ca
ont lIc Lutheran and Conversational
Hess An aged blind woman o. worc'
Mass. has a reader sent to her q
= o. sunday from the missionary comm
Grip ~ ~. ncwev Street BAPTIST Chrl
SUI Endeayor society
cav The Christian Endeavor societ
'noW the Cook county poorhouse. Dun
Iesus H.. has just celebrated rs fourth b
&c is day. Il receives hardly any help
man outside in carrying on its meeting
true Is now In the pastoral charge Of
hon Moody Institute. having been 4
o 40 ferred from the Chicago commons