Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-05-24
Annual CONVENTION
OF the State Christian Eudeavor Union
Opened Here Last Evening.

! OPVA9u l4tiV AuS0 6vSdkaHs
AN INTEREST PRAISE SERVICE
HELD AT THE ENGLISH LUTH-
ERAN CHURCH THE AD-
DRESSES NADIA LARGE NUM-
BIER OF DELEGATES PRESENT.
TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME.
The ninth annual convention OF the
Christian Endeavor Society of West
Virginia was opened with praise SER
vice at the English Lutheran church
in this city last evening at 7:45 o'clock.
There were present about one hum
dred and fifty delegates representing
the following named towns: Grafton,
Parkersburg, Ravenswood, Beach
! Grove, Spencer, Lost Creek, Clarks-
burg, Morgantown, Kingwood, Carmel,
Charleston. Long Reach, Salem, Buck
harmon, Wadestown, PENAL, st. Marys,
New cumberland, West Liberty, Cam
eron, Terra Alta, Wellsburg, Proctor,
! New Martinsville, Bethany, Mounds
| Vile, Sherrard Sistersville. Fairview,
Roanoke, Harrisville, Berkeley Springs,
Elm Grove, Rowlesburg, McMechen,
Spruce, Fairmont, Wheeling and other
points.
J The interior of the church had been
beautifully and tastefuliy embellished
for the occasion with ported plants,
streamers of blue and white, the colors
of the local organization. and c. E. en-
blems in yellow and black, the hues OF
the State Union. All the visitors ar
irving in the city were given very
cordial welcome by the reception COM
mittee, composed of r. L. Seabright,
chairman, ]. N. ]. Parker, w. A. Son
I derman, F. H. Grafton and Will II.
/ Colvig.
The service was interspersed with
some rare musical selections, rendered
by a choir of forty mine voices, Mr..
Harry w Bell acting as chorister and
Miss Anna Israel and Miss Grace
I Schwarm as accompanies. The pro-
gramme included 81 Will Sing the
Wondrous Story" 'The Comforter Has
Come" Some Sweet Day" and the
Unions song, Keeping Step With the
/ Master" The exercises of the evening
were conducted by the president, H. D.
Boughner, of Clarksburg. The first adj
dress was made by Rev. Pollock, OF
Buckhannon, who spoke IN THE Chris
! tian Endeavor Missions. The sub
stance of his remarks was as follows:
The speaker began by saying that
he could not fill Rev Tyler's place, and
| facetiously added that he would just
T; rattle around It, He then turned at
! - IN a
he knew of no countries where the
people were more willing to receive
| the GOSPEL than China and Japan, and
also held that the work was not affect
ed by the war between the two coun-
tries In speaking of Africa, he said
the natives would gladly welcome the
preachers and teachers of the Gospel.
He compared the condition of India at
present with the state of affairs in that
country half century ago, and showed
that the natives had been civilized to
a great extent through the efforts of
the missionaries.
Rev. J. T. Tyler, D. D., of Cleveland
| Ohio, one of the trustees of the Ma
tional society, then addressed the con
gregation and spoke Interestingly on
the topic, THE Present Status and
| Needs of Christian Endeavor." In his
opening remarks he said that in the
beginning of the century the denomin-
ations were too strong to fc.m Chris
tian Endeayor society; t9dched upon
| the nomadic creeds that had sprung
up, and then referred to the philos-
optical speculations of the Gospel, say
ing that there had been a gradua
crumbling of these nomadic creeds. The
| speaker then called attention to the
| INSTRUMENTATION Sunday school, Y
NJ. C. A. and Christian Endeavor move
ments, describing the first as a prepar'
| alton for the latter two, and the hrs
| two as a preparation for the last. IL
| speaking of the life of the c. E. move
ment, ne told first Of the need OF spirl
| culture, the nature of the spirit life,
/ second, of the obligation of individual
| service; third, of the idea of co-opera
ton, and fourth, of fidelity to the loca
church, adding that these were the frs
| and fundamental principles of the frs
| Christian Endeavor society, and ough
to be the ruling ideas.
| He further stated that the Christian
| EndeaYor Union had two types o.
| growth, one of which was expansion
| while the other was subject to both ex
/ pansion and a change at the same time
and recited some amusing incidents K
! illustrate the point. This all likeness
is the very genius of the Christian
| faith" he said. and after speaking o.
how people of different denomination;
| may stand side by side as brothers
and sisters and worship one common
/ God in one church, added: This is to-
| day one of the most marked and com
mendable features of the c. E. society
| These isolating societies coming TO
gether in unison has been greai
! movement There has come to it
deep conscientiousness and it speaks
with 5000, 600 voices for reform. 1t has
( been the cause of creating new patriot
| ism. IL is preparing, believe, TO hurl it
| self against the great saloon power, {
| power that stands in the way of Chris
| tianity to a great extent. There i:
J need of recurrence for there is Away:
danger of drifting away from the frs
and fundamental principles, when pros
| peIity confronts us. The future of thC
| Christian Endeavor depends on the re
! currenee to its first principles. There
| ought to be recurrence TO the co-Opera
| ton, recurrence to the obligation tC
/ Sunnarf the local church recurrence IL