The Portland daily press., 1901-02-04
BEST IN HISTORY.
conlInuea .rom FIfh Paes.

by the sea, in the far Eastern portion OF
the broad land which the Lord bad given
unto his people, TO enter In and possess
It In His name.
3-And the spirit OF the LORD stirred
up this young servant as he looked
upon the prevailing ease and tnoiner-
eIlce In Zion, and saw the exceeding 40
tivity OF the enemies OF truth and Right
eouaness In waging their warfare against
the young and unwary.
4-The spirit Of the Lord showed unto
him also, She opened his heart to the d.
vine voice and vision, the perils to which
the young in Zion were exposed because
they had no one to train, teach ana leau
the m into strength and service wnere oy
they might resist ana overthrow the enc
mics of their souls,
5--Ihsn the spirit revealed unto MIN
n better way, and commanded him, say
ing, be courageous and OF gond cheer. 1
viii make thee leader OF My Young peo-
pla in Zion, TO guide and inspire them'
aud to train them in the wAye OF right
eousness and service, that they may tesIl-
~ for Me before the whole earth ana may
unite to Withstand the forces Of evil. 20
the good OF men and ths glory OF My
great and holy name.
e-rhen in great trembling and fear the
young man fell before God, saying even
as did Moses, "Mho am j, LORD, tnat
should do this great work.
And the Lord said unto him. eve
rs He snake unto Moses, Certainly, L
will be with thee" And as lie spake
unto HIS servants Of old, so also the LORD
spake unto this His servant saying,
'Fear not be strong and OF good oour-
age will guide thee with Mine eye
1 have chosen thee and set thee for ser
Vice. Will no leave thee nor forsake
thee
Sand bshold, the young man arose
from mis- vision Of service and saidi surely
a md hA
himself in reverence and humility ana
obedience before the will OF the Most
High, a.
seended upon him in power OF perception,
and there was given unto him the idea
and aim and name OF the roung feopie
Scclety of Christian Endeavor, winch
should bind together the young people OF
Zion as one in training for service, 20
the building up of Christian character,
the pulling down OF the strongholds oil
sin, the common defence against the
wiles OF the adversary. the extension OF
righteousness In the earth, and the
glory of God the Father Almighty.
l0-Now, therefore, It cams TO pass In
the year OF our Lord 1881, on the second
day of February thereof, that In oben1-
ence to the viii of the spirit of the Lord,
the Society of Christian Endeavor was
founded, In the branch OF Hlon known as
Milliaton, IN the city Of Portland, Maine,
by the watohman divinely set upon the
walls to gu ard and strengthen and en-
large them.
Ii--and beh old, from small beginning
came great things. Everywhere the
watchm en- In Zion, learning OF the new
strength OF defa nee that came to the
voun9 people OF Williston through the
new method Of training through pledged
prayer and testimony and covenant kesn-
ing, began to inquire saying, what Is
this new thingr
l2-And many received with JOY the
model oonstit utlon that enabled them to
prove for themselves whether the Lord
was In this thing, or whether 1t was mere
Iy a cunning device OF man. But some
Knocked, and some doubted and lew
began to grumble because the spirit CT
the Lord had not first come upon them.
Nevertheless the Lord prospered the
work.
i3-And as the idea extended, and soci-
cites multiplied, the watchmen began
to say one unto another, and TO the
watchman OF Williston, "Go to, now, let
us meet ana tell what the Lord hath done
for us. that we may cheer and help one
another"
14-And so 1t was that the watohmen
came together from their separate places
on the walls OF Zion, and prayed and CON-
ferred one with another and found that
the hand of the Lord was upon them for
good in this work,
I5-And as their hearts were knit TO-
gether in holy purpose and loyalty to
their one Lord and Master, AMI they were
led to see that, though they came from
divisions OF the great host OF Zion differ
ing in name, yet were they one in spirit
and all brethren, they said, This is the
Lords doing, and 1t is marvellous in our
eyes. Behold, how good 1t is Tor brethren
TO dwell together in unity And all
the watchmen assem- bled answered Amen
and Amen.
l6-And BEHOLD, full of the joy Of the
Lord, they said, let us come up annually
to the feast of fellowship, that we may
bless one another and strengthen the
hands Of the young people in this good
work.
l7-So it came to pass that the United
society Of Christian Endeayor was born,
In the year OF our Lord 1885, at the beach
known as Old Orchard, nigh unto the
birthplace of the first society, which was
already becoming famous in the lana.
lS-And now the great work spread
nightly, and all over the land arose the
cry, "Behoid, the young people In Zion
are awake and a. work.
lg--Mhereuuon many of the eluers In
Zion bestirred themselves TO see this new
and Woudrous thing.
20-And a multitude reioiced saying.
"Behold, the Lord has come to Zion and
we hear the psalms OF praise, the EonRs
of service, the voice of the converts, and
our hearts are made glad thereat.'
2I-But some murmurau because they
were disturbed in their slumbers; ana in
fear for their repose they said in wrath,
"Who knoweth whereunto this thing
may grow, and who can cay whether any
rest shalt presently remain for the saints
of the Lord, II this new order continueth.
22-But the young people gave no heed
to these things, being too busy In the
WORK; and verify the slumbers OF the
hitherto serene saints were rudely broken,
and sloth became unfashionable as well
as difficult In Zion.
23-And behold, when Sanballat the
Chronic Kicker, and Tobias the hostile
Dynamite, and the other critics, inolud-
ing some within and upon the walls Of
Zion whose hearts were hardened, cried
out against the mighty movement that
was building the strong walls for the
people of God, and said cunningly unto
the captain OF the host, "Come down,
Father Endeavor, and discuss the mat
ter with us, since we perceive thou art a
man sat for great things,
24-Then answered the leader and said
unto them, al am engaged in great