The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-07


DETROIT. Mich, July 6.-Both of the
great main tents owned by the United
society. Christian Endeavor, was used
tonight for the first time during the
eighth International convention, and both
contained their full quota of 10000 peo-
pie, and. as usual, hundreds of others
who failed to secure admittance patitntiy
occupied standing room" all around the
outer edges. Many leading delegates from
long distances came in today. swelling the
number of strange delegates. it is be-
lieved, beyond the 10000 mark.
The convention days are essentially days
of song. Although tonight the choir was
ldI> -ween the two tents, there
seemed little diminishment of the volume
OF song. or much in the number Of sing
ers in each. AS for the audiences, their
spiritual enthusiasm expanded with the
passage of the hours. Yesterday there
was little street enthusiams. Today the
Endeavorers honored the invitation of the
mayor of Detroit to sing. Street car
loads of them frequently spun along the
street. singing as they went, many
groups sang by the wayside, aside from
those who Joined the squads of noon
day workers in business houses and fac
tories They sang at the afternoon rallies,
and sang this evening, en- route to the
night gatherings, sang with redoubled
vigor after again assembling. and then
sang their way home.
The thousand people crowded into tent
WillistOn for this evenings exercises. The
decorations of tent Williston are similar
to those which embellish tent Endeavor.
and fully as elaborate. President Clark
presided over the meeting, and P. 5. Eos
ter of Washington, was musical director.
The devotional exercises were conducted
by Rev. w. E. Strong, Of Jackson, Mich,
and the ten minutes of .'quiet .medita-
ktion and prayer by Rev. Clarence b.
Eberman, of Lancaster, Pa
POPULAR ADDRESS.
The principal addresses in tent Willis
ton were delivered by Rev. John E.
Pounds. of Indianapolis, and Rev. DR.. P
S. Henson, of Chicago, the former on
Dollars and Duty" and the latter on
Satan and Cities" Both were listened TO
with undivided attention by the great
audience. and bursts of applause were
FREQUENT DR.. Pounds said in part:
christian Endeavor is ceasing to be an
experiment and is becoming more and
more an experiences real part OF re-
Hgious life. The glOrying may have pass
ed bu: the glory remains. The ooasung
of the future will not be so much IL TIC
increase Of size. as of the decrease Oil
sin True Endeavor is changing, chahg-
ing from boasting to business. from IRE
+ crackers to Mauser rifles, from the Kite
string to lifeline, from doll nursing TO
motherhood. AS children, we built hres
in the back yard for the smoke that
could be produced; but becoming men, we
use snokeless powder, Judging success
by the execution done.
And such change, such growth Is
but the unfolding of the real ife and pur-
pose of the society. Christian Endeavor
is not intended to be an institution, out
an inspiration. 1t has served an end
when 1t has caused service to begin. 1t
does not aim at triumph, hut at training
It prefers service in the Sums to seat
! in the synagogue. The greatest word
among its members today is service, and
this is well. The spirit of the pledge to
do what He would like to have me do Is
active. as it should be
There are three nerve centers Ill the
spiritual man: The head the heart and
the pocketbOok. The reason congrega-
lions start when money IS mentioned is
because the last is the most sensitive of
the three. And yet, did they but under
stand it. the philapthropists are the hap
piest CT men. True joy is in giving, rot
in getting The child who runs after the
rainbow, expecting to fin6 the end of 1t
resting In pot OF gold, is not more sadly
disappointed than the man who runs
after pot of gold expecting to find
resting on it the rainbow of joy. and
peace.
THE fault IS not wholly with the pew,
either. When darkness covers. the
preacher, gross darkness will cover the
people Self-5eeking should have no place
at all in the pulpit. When every man Is
for hiuself. the devil will take the fore
.soe- wall ha,h indy Va
Master on earth again, the man who
views lbs preaching on Sunday as a ne
cessary preliminary to drawing his salary
on Monday would be. driven out of the
pulpit with Il whip of small cords. II
your congrega ton can get a certain
preacher by Offering him an increase of
salary, dent get him. For he who mis-,
takes the jingle of the guinea for a cali
to preach will mistake the tread of the
wolf for the rustic of the doves wing,
and the flock will be destroyed. After all,
the worst that can be said Of Judas was
that he was mercenaTy. For the love
of the money was the root Of all the evil.
The Judas kiss of today hetrays the love
of women. as we'll as the Lover of men.
''The true preacher chose the ministry
on the principle, not that the world owed
him a living, but that he owed the world
a life. The noblest gift is to put ones
self beyond the power of making a gift.
The greatest benefactors are those who
can say with Peter, Silver and gold have
none but such as l have, give l thee
The most princely givers the world has
ever seen arc the Judsons and the I.iv-
ingstones, who sometimes begged to he
fed with the crumbs that fell from the
heathen's tables. Yet Livingstone said
he had never made a sacrifice! The Lord
owned the man, and he had no money.
The same spirit should always character
lie the pulpit. The ministry must live
before it can lead. The walk is more
needed than the words. People are guild
ed by the footprints rather than sign
boards The sheep will follow the shep-
herd, whether he leads them in green
pastures or not. The heroic spirit of
giving must be begotten of the ministry
1.-THE go-as-you-pleas Misunderstanding
a colecticn-is really the lack of a meth
cd. A collection is what people would
rather give than be bothered and leads
to the time when people would rather be
bothered than give at all. When q col
lection is taken up for missions, enthu-
siasm for missions is taken dcwn. The
missionary Offering should be the culmi-
nation of the years work When the hat
is passed. the opportunity for a large
gift passes with 1t. The preacher who
merely passes the hat deserves to lose
1t, FOR he has no head to wear it on.
Most business men give enough to
maintain good standing with their fellow
members, but thus measuring themselves
by themselves and comparing themselves
among themselves, they are neither wise
nor liberal. And as the standing with
men becomes more assured, the giving
becomes less So Liberality naturally
diminishes as the social recognition in
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