The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-10-11

some New Jersey Christian Endeavorers
had responded to the call for volunteers
when war was declared against Spain.
Some of these are still in the army, and
far away in the Philippines. Word has
been received from few of these. One
writes of the godlessness of the camps
and of the fact that for months he has
met but one man who is trying to lead
a Christian life. How hard to live the
true life in the midst of such environ
ment!
Another writes that when he first
entered the army he Joined a c. E. So
ciety, but soon after organizing they be-
came so separated that it was impossible
TO hold any meetings or to do any regu-
lar Christian Endeavor work. He also
says that he and a few others are irving
to live. the Christlike life before their
Some few young men in the army across
the seas to whom we have written, have
not been heard from. One letter was re-
| turned from Manila not having reached
the soldier to whom sent.
In these letters to our soldier boys we
nave tried to encourage them to stand
faithfully in the blood stained banner of
the cross How much may have been
done none can tell"
After the reports came the appointment
of committees and the following were ap-
Committee on Nominations-Dr. A. w.
Bailey, Atlantic City: Miss Mary E. De
Coster, Dumont; A. R. Rossell, Camden;
Robert A Alberts, Jersey City
Arthur S. Jewell, Sandy Hook; Bishop
Alexander Walters. Jersey City; w. G.
Hustled, Bridgeton.
ResolutionS-Rev. DIR. Bowenning, Mill
vile; Rev. ]. w. Lyell, Camden; Miss Re-
becca c. Leeds, Rutherford.
Rev. James A.. Browne, Jersey City; J.
Auditing Committee-Rev. 7. E. Davis,
and Joseph M. Hawkins.
The Rev. Luther r. Dyott, First State
dress of the convention. The keynote, he
said, he took it to be, meant the time to
which God would have us set our hearts
to the privileged life-such as Christ lived.
The way of privileged life is not through
obligation, but through achievement, he
said. 1T is better to find the privileged
life through perils than to find the peril
Gus life. through privilege. There are
times when it is infinitely better for US
to brave the insane mob crying, Cruelty
him. than to have over jealous friends
cry Crown him. Washington's privileged
life was there when he scarce knew where
TO turn, and prayed a nation through a
crisis. Where was the privileged part
the boys in the blue and the boys in the
gray? There they were-the privileged
part. But there is one taller and stronger
than any of them-stronger than any of
them-his forehead reached the very stars
Abraham Lincoln, the privileged one.
IF you make everything tell for God
then you are indeed privileged Privilege
holds cultivation responsible for product.
It is the secret of your culture to bring it
all into the product
"a Quiet Hour, led by Mr.. Harry A.
NiiiipOllS - VI 4NSW IOIhs cOucluU0Q Tie S6S-
sion.
AFTERNOON.
Afternoon sessions opened at Las in
both the Bergen Baptist and First Pres
byterian Churches, with the Rev. Arthur
w. Spooner presiding in the one and the
Rev. Luther r. Dyott in the other. Miss
Bessie Moore, of Trenton, gave a very
interesting report in the Missionary De-
partment, and Mr. Robert E. speer, of
New York made an able address on ITO
days Clear CALI in the Baptist Church,
and the Rev. Edwin MacMinn reported
on evangelistic work in the First Presby-
terian Church. In reference to the work
done along the sea front he said
LAS to the more than forty life saving
stations along the New Jersey coast, but
few have received special attention yet
the faithful work of Miss Bache of Hyde
Park on the Hudson has been a blessing
to several of these stations The work
among the inmates of poorhouses has
been left somewhat to the W. c. T. U.
workers. as also the local prison work.
1t was found, upon examination, that the
very nature of Christian Endeayor work
precluded it's Introduction in the asy
lums for the insane. In the coun-
ties where the State Superintendent has
had the opportunity of addressing the
Christian Endeavor Convention the will
ingness to hear has been an encouraging
feature and he has been convinced that
the work of the department is still in its
infancy"