The Portland daily press., 1899-09-06


man and lived his ministry Of love. Men
doubted, reiscted, crucified. buried, and
sealed the sepulcber, but all this the
result Of mans folly and madness was set
at naught aud nverruieu for good. Jesus
re-appsnTed and gave to those who were
willing to receive IL. his message.
From that day 10 this In spite Of her
failings within and foes without. like
mighty army has moved the church OF
Sod. n our day and generation IL has
come 70 pass that God In the patient un-
folding and developing Of his work Of
redemption spoke TO one, his servant,
then In our midst. This man compre-
hending little, or nothing, OF all that has
been revealed 70 him sin,e, not asking 10
see the distant scene did his duty then
and was true to the vision which met
him; and so we welcome you togthe birth
place OF Christian Endeavor. Your conn.,
Ing, and his and your deliberations here,
viii remind us again and help as to bet
ter remember that one thing, ana one
only, In the true and highest sense exalts
an individual, municipality, state or
nation. and that is Righteousness.
The welcome in behalf Of the churches
was given by Rev. W. S. Ayrss. He spoke
OF the vsiue Of the Christian Endeavor
movement as an ad jun,t to the work Of
the church and extended most cordial
greeting in behalf Of the various D arishes
Of the city.
Mr.. l.. ID. Marshall, president Of the
Portland union extended greeting in
behalf of the Christian Endeayor societies
in which he said;
MR.. MARSHALL'S ADDRESS.
| / join heartily in the words OF welcome
which have been spoken by Mr.. Adama
for our citizons. and Rev. MIR. Ayres for
| our church.
| / extend to you all most cordial greet
Ing from the Portland Christian Endeay-
| or union and the convention committee
i OF ~. Welcome to Portland; welcome to
our hearts and homes; welcome to the
convention, to Its blessings and inspira-
ton. am very GLAD TO sos you all. I
should like to grasp you each by the hand
and tell youshowsmuch pleasure your pres
| ente gives US. since early spring the
committee has been looking forward to
| this time. The arrangements have called
for some thought and labor, but IL has
been a labor Of love and we already are
repaid for our efforts. We feel that
there IL much In store for us all. We ex-
pect q great deal from you. We have
initiated Paul; We desirs that you should
follow the example Of Apollo We are
confident that God will do His part Take
from this convention all that you can
| carry. Go from here so filed with desire
to work for Christ that you may be to
your societies rs great an inspiration as
we hope this gathering will ba to you.
Mr.. Marshall then called attention to
the various oonveniences arranged for
delegates and guests.
Mr.. Marshall closed as follows: "I
desire you TO feel very much at home.
Do not walt to be introduced to any one
who wears the silver and green. II you
don't see what you want ask for 1t. The
city Is yours for comfort; the convention
is yours for enjoyment and blessings; the
convention committee is yours for servica.
l know OF nothing more that / can say
to make you feel at ease unless 1t be that
old-fashioned, down east welcome,
Take iight hold everybody ana help
yourselves
Rev. S. H. Emery of South Berwick.
vice president OF the State Union, re-
sponded to these addresses on behalf Of
the delegates Of the convention. He spoke
of the noted hospitality of Portland and
said that the warm welcome which had
been extended TO the delegates ON their
arrival here was no surprise to them as
this clty has rspu tation for the cordial
ity of her greetings TO strangers. He said
that as he came up town from the station
the statue OF Longfsllow seemed to unite
in the general welcome and he quoted
from one Of Longfellow's poems, "The
Song of Life" Then he referred to pass
ing Neal Dow's late residence where the
very house itself seemed to extend It's
welcome and stand as a monument for
| good citizenship. Then he referred to
Father Clark and united LongfelIow,
Neal Dow and Father Clark as trinity
typifying the hospitality and world wide
fame of Portland as their home.
Miss Mabel Freess of Bangor, the re-
cording secretary, gave very interesting
report of the last convention at Gardiner
in which she spoke of the motto given ut
that time by Rev. Mr.. Purdy, the presi-
dent, go Forward" and the watchword,
'Faithfulnsss to Duty
Rev. Mr.. Chase Of Elliot conducted the
five minutes Of meditation and prayer
and Rev. Mr.. Lemb of Salem sang
pleasing solo.
DIR. M'kLvEEN'S SERMON.
| The convention sermon yesterday af-
ternoon was delivered by the Rev. Will
liam t. McElveen Phi. D., pastor of the
Shawmut Congregational church of Bos-
ton. DIR. MoElveen was for some years
the assistant OF DR.. Parkhurst Of New
York at the time of his famous crusade
| against crime in the metropolis. DR..
McElveen is young man of pleasing
personality and great power as an orator.
| His sermon yesterday was marked by
the excellence of its delivery, its depth
of thought and the pureness of its lam
guage. He spoke without notes and with
an earnestness which carried conviction
to his hearers. His text was from Acts
IV.-12. "Nei ther is there salvation In
any other for there is none other name
given unto Heaven whereby we can be
saved. !"
DIR. McEiveen said that there are many
n.