Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-10-19

North Adams. Mass. Oct. l7.-The
Christian Endeavor convention came to
a close with II meeting last evening at
which resolutions were adopted *.
| pressing sympathy with Mrs Mckinley
In her bereavement, and expressing
confidence in DR.. Clark, founder of the
society.
The chief address Of the evening was
by Rev. DR.. Clark, who spoke al ,ngth
upon the work Of the soc ety, answer
Ing the question; what is The ch cf
end Of Christian Endeavor" Or. Clark
| said:
Some confusion has arisen in the
mind of the general public because of
| the two relations sustained hy the
Young Peoples Society of Christian En-
| deavOr. SOmetim, $ 1t Is Sp ken of as Il
local society owing allegiance only to
one local church. and so it is. SOME
| times it Is spoken of as Il world Wild"
| movement with relations to all the
| churches, and SO it is. Both relations
| are correct, and neither excludes tn
other. In fact, both are u cesSary to
| the highest development of,ithrr.
What is the chief end of Christian En-
deavor as Il society? TO start with the
| phraselogy of the old cntechism. it's
| chief end is to gloriiy God. and build up
| the local church with which it is IL
| nectpd Out of 1900 ministers inter.
viewed, 94 percent of them declared that
| Christian EndenvOr had decidedly i'll
creased the loyalty of their young people
| to their own church. 9G percent de-
| clarpd that the interd nominatiOnal
| fellowship was only help and not II
hndrancr. and these same minist, rs d.
| clarcd that II percent of the acccSsionS
to their churches had come from the
ranks of the Christian Endeavor So,
ciety.
But Christian Fhdcavor is mov =
mcnt as well as soci, ty. What is its
chief end nS Il mnvpmt mt? TO glorify
God and to promote ct rlnin great intel
national and intrId nominal Onal cf-
forts among the young peop.c of tho
world. This cEd is just nS important,
| just as necessary, Just as inevitable, n,
! It's end as Il local society.
AS II movement. Christian Er,lcnv1l
| cah stand and does stand p,cul arly foi
| Christ an citizenship. Its ranks ar,
| filled with young citizens young mel
who are casting their early ballots:
young women who have " II voter If not
vote" Every four years 2OO.COO
| Christian EndcnvorerS. ii is said, join
| the ranks of voters. How G uld it be
| otherwise than that mill Ons of young
people banded together should e m. to
| feel their collective duty as G tiZcIS to
make their native lands nObl r. purcr.
| more ChriStlikr.
As Christian EndeHvOr expand Il into
all the world. its relations to other lands
and its responsibility to uplft other
| peoples came home to its members. and
| its period of missionary activity ana
| zeal began. Through the denOmina-
| tiOnal boards of the different churches
| this zeal has been chiefly manifested,
| and it has matrralized in gifts aggrt-
eating millions Of dollars.
But EndeavOrers have other relations
besides those that bind them to their
| own churches and Their native lands.
Many of them ares ttogc'l her in fnmi-
lies" They are husbands or wives or
children or brothers or sisters. us well
as church members and ciizcns. and so
the home comes within their ken. w.
r. Stead of England declares that the
great value of the i..ovement is that in
the society so many young men have
found good wives and so many girls
good husbands. The consciousness Of
these relations have come to them OF
late, and they have come to see tina: in
making home Il nobler, Swre,"r. u'Irrr
place they have an opportunity. and