The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1899-02-10

Inc following Is from the paper read
by Miss Topper at the G. E. meeting,
Sunday, Jan. Goth, at the Congrega-
Lional church, and which we intended
publishing in last weeks FREE Press:
Eighteen years ago, Feb. End, 1881,
company of young people gathered in
he parsonage of the Willston church,
Portland, Maine, by invitation of their
pastor. Rev. f. L. Clark, or Father
Endeavorer, as he is more Familiarity
called by Endeavorers, for the purpose
OF organizing a society for the training
OF young converts for the duties OF
church membership, to promote an ear
nest Christian life among its members
and make them more useful in the SER
vice Of God. DR.. Clark had drawn
UP constitution, pledge, which was
essentially the same as the one we
have to-day, and only after much pray
erful deliberation. After some hesita-
ton it was signed by all present and
the first Christian Endeavor Society
was formed, the modest pastor little re-
alizlng what a worldwide movement
he had started.
Christian Endeavor thrives in out of
the way and unexpected places. There
are Societies in prisons, schools of re-
form, work houses, asylums, institu-
tons for the blind aud deaf, schools
and colleges, among car drivers, police
ten, travelling men, life savers, light
house employees, ETC., TO the number of
200. There are IL Eudeavor Societies
in the U. s. Navy. Three members
lost their lives on the Maine. Russia
is the only country in the world which
has no Christian Endeavor Society.
Even Turkey has the thing itself
though it cannot use the name. India,
China and Japan have National meet
ings. The Superintendent of Christian
Endeavor work in South Africa is Rev
Ghas. N. Ransom, relative of our
pastor.
Christian Endeavorers have given
largely to missionary work. but as
each Society gives through its district
Board it is hard to get statistics. 5000
report s423,0O0. The South
Legion, whose members promise to give
not less than tenth of their income,
has an enrolment of IL, 625,
Call at the Central House Shaving
Parlor for smooth shave, l0c; a nobby
Iair cut, 15c.
Some time in December we made
mention OF the fact that Mr. Bailey
tones had taken his little deaf mute
'on Dorsey to the Deaf and Dumb
Institute at Morganton. Saturday he ,,
showed us letter from the little fell !
ow, dated Jan. 9th, which read as :,
ollows: Dear papa and mama, | ,,
i'm thin | am not sick Dorsey The
writing was very legible for be-
inner and shows Dorsey to be an
Ipt pupil. He had been there Just
even weeks when the letter was
written. Mr.. Jones is very proud OF
t-moreso we dare say than Dorsey
imself.-Henderson Gold Leaf.
The Pernicious 0rumbling Habit.
Do not let your child acquire the q
abit of grumbling. Stop the first {
and it will never become
habit. II there is just cause of
omplaint try to remedy it; If there !
5 no possibility of Improvement =
each that silent endurance is the )
'est way to meet the inevitable. IT
5 never wise to stay in place and ,
rumble. II the things you dislike
annot be altered change your envi- :
onment. II on reflection you decide :
hat, balancing one thing with anoth- :
r you would rather bear the ills you
now than to fly to others that you
now not Of, bear them in silence !
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