Delaware gazette and state journal., 1899-11-02

p"pu ohe auustbnGe. lDDfp Is more |
wealth in the earth than on it. The
COAL ores, oils. precious metals and dia-
monds must all be looked foi beneath |
the surface. Then also, the material in |
tpe nrst and second stages or workings |
IS more than doubled in value when |
tired and fused, polished and prepared
Tor the uses to which civilization
applies 1T. So what we have done in |
organizing societies and gather mem
bers has net reached the limit of Della
wares possibilities either in numbers,
Or in perfection of what wa have.
a There are also great possibilities in
our nom Christian members These
stand at the very threshold of the
Christian life. Who shall extend TO
them the helping handY Who will lead
them from darkness 10 light? What
possibilities are here The new name,
the new nature, the new heart, the
buoyant hope, the triumphant faith all
held out to the non Christian. Here |
emphasize the power of personal work.
There are greater blessings in it for
ths worker and those for whom they
work than in any ether kind of effort
know or can suggest. The net is all
right when cast out on tho right side
of the ship, in accordance with Uhrists
commands, but the hook and line are
not to be despised, but used in places
where the finest fish abound and can
not be reached by the net hauling
process, or, 10 change the figure, when
Gideon and his little band threw
themselves against the Midianites,
many were slain and more taken
captive. The Ephraimites wore not in
the battle. hut chided Gideon for not
calling them. They had slain two
kings and brought their heads to
Gideon, and he said What have |
done in compassion of you? Is not the
gleanings of the grapes CT Ephraim
better than the vintage of Abi-eZerp
Sd have thought the gleaninas, pos
sibly, are greater than the work actual.
With our little bands, carrying the sword
Of tho Lord and Christian Endeavor,
we have been aEle to surprise some
enemies and capture few. Eut King
Alcohol still lives. Who will capture
and bind him? Polluted and polluting
literature still abounds, and the young
people are the object of is efforts The
press, that is such u powe; for good, is
also shifting all our borders with these
vile frogs. Like the river of Egypt, it
brings them forth abnIdantly. They
| go up and come into thine house and
| into thy bed chamber and upon thy
| bed and into the house of thy servants
and upon thy people and into thine
| overs and into thy kneading troughs.
| They cover the land. Where are the
| leaders who shall cry unto God and
deliver us from this abominable plague
What opportunities foI work! What
| possibilities of doing good
| "Thoie are also greater possibilities
| with the Juniors than we have
realized. Think of the thousands of
bright faces and inqniring hearts all
around US. How ready to be led. il
| the proper leader can only be found.
How quickly they respond TO the call
and how thoroughly they appreciate
all we do for them. They have been
called little socialists, who feel all
| things are theirs How einphatically
and delightfully."- they talk about oul
Junior society. Ii was said of Bunyan' Is
| Pilgrim when he started from the city
of destruction he went alone, but wher
| Christiana left the same city she tool
all the children with her. The Chris
tian Endeavor Society, like Christiana,
provides to take all the children along,
the Seniors and the Juniors. We ought
TO rejoice that the day has come wher
the churches believe in the conversion
4 of children. and also the training o
the little ones. David, Jeremiah
Dat iel, Josiah, John the Baptist, ans
Timothy knew the Scriptures from
their youth. No one can tell hov
young they began the spiritual life
Richard Baxter, John Janeway, Phoeb
Bartlett, Bishop Asbury. all converted
so young they could not remember tn
time when they did not love God
Children are very much like olde
people, who need limo upon line ant
precept upon precept Older peopl
yield to temptation, SO do children
Matthew, the son of Christiana, at
some OF the apples which fell over tn
fence as the mother and the childi 81
were going to the Celestial City, an
Matthew had bad attack of the grippe
says the quaint dreamer, because
his transgressiun, but is it not also
fact that their fathers and even Uhei
mothers not only eat some OF IN
, forbidden fruit that falls over tn
fence, but climb the fence and clu
, the tree. We are not to let our chill
/, dren alone, aud they will grow u
right. No, we can trust hyaciDt
. bulb to give us q hyacinth, We ca
, trust rosebush to give us rose, bu
!, the fairest child that ever lived If VI
taught and uncared for will not Civ
i us d saint When we save man,
: good work, but we have saved only
I unit. When we save child, we say
! a whole multiplication table. So th
! possibilities among children for tn
, Christian EndeayoI Society are creates
I of all.
D "When we met last yoar, editoria
and addresses had in them tho Hash
q powder, the boom of artillery, II
' vibrations OF tho march, the thrill I
4 martial music, the Jubilant waving
i flags During the excitement of wa
1 neither the mind nor the heart can {
q its best work. There is broader pla
' form for development and putting
d the proof when peace hroods than whe
y war frowns. In times of peace, q
4 arts take on new vigor, The huma
n mind is like the CHEMISTS vessea
I. where crystals form. a shock to Il
q LIQUID delays capitalization. In still
), ness only are the lovely forms pertecte'
n In times of peace, mans best natu
20 and noblest powers grow ana expand
d So the possibilities OF the Chiisti;
a Endeayor Society arc greater IN tim
!. Of peace than in war. The charaet
q will not be SO severely shocked ~
il christianization in secret prayer, IN Il
Il ouiet hour in the Holy of Holes mi
i. 20 steadily and surely on. The be
n nature and mans noblest powers ha
d better opportunities TO expand al
n "Thgre all many possibilities ha
,o not limited at or suggested. 1t
"a scarcely possible to think or write
II all. l rejoice with you in what, h
ty been accomplished, and regret We ha