The Portland daily press., 1901-02-04

conferred upon rs In placing over the en-.
tranos OF our mesting-houss enc peauhtu.
memorial tablet OF the organizsnon =.
the society. We promise you tnst me
memorial shall remain there while this
building stands, and when In the course
Of time, another temple shall take tts
place. then the memorial shall ind as ap
propriate q place upon its walls. After
generations shall have come and gons,
there it win remain, armemorial OF one
OF the greatest spiritual movements In
the history OF the church.
Then there was singing By the congre-
CATION after which MIR. Bser read many
cablsgrams and kilograms of consratula'
tion from many distinguished people and
from all parts Of the world. Some Of
them were as follows:
From President william MoKinley MIR.
Baer read letter OF Generalization, the
last lause OF which was as follows;
81 wish tha society TOD spsed In It's
good work"
When this was read the large audience
remained standing and united in singing
one verse or America"
Other congratulations which were
received with enthusiasm were as fol
10 ws:
From Australia: "watoh ye, stand
last, be strong
Prom Japan: "Be confident nf this
very thing, that he which hath begun
good work in you viii psrform 10 until
the day OF Jesus Christ"
From India: "Sesina then that we
have a great high priest, that is passed
into heaven, Jesus the son Of God, let us
hold fast our profession"
From France! Admiring love from q
tiny sister"
From Spain: "The Christian Endeav-
orers Of Spain send hearty greetings to
their colleagues now assembled at Port
land with the hope that it will always
prove one OF the strongest ties of Chris
tian unity between the countries.
From Germany: "The Christian En-.
dsayorers OF Germany are joining with
Portland in praising the Lord for having
given the world the Christian Endeavor
movement"
From England: Britain grsets you. ="
From China: "Continue thou In the
things which thou has learned and have
been assured of, knowing OF whom thou
hast learned them"
From Liverpool. Eng: Hearty greet
ings.n
From Jamaica: "Twentieth anniver-
cary greetings from Jamaica. Attempt
better thing"
From Hawaii. "Greetings from first
Endsavorers organized outside OF the
United States, We are now In the union
with five nationalities among our few So
oieties, ready with Williston church 10
ioin in the work of the new century"
In presenting the greetings MIR. Baer
SAID: 81 question II ever In the history
of any religious movement or any other
mo vement, so many greetings ever were
sent to a convention in this or any other
land"
Then followed the reading Of the follow
ing greeting from the NewburypOrt soci-
ETY.:
Newburyport, Mass Feb 2, 1901.
IN the Young Peoples Society of Chris
tian Endeavor OF Williston church,
Portland Me-:
Dear Frisnds:-We, the Young Peoples
Society Of Christian Endeavor OF the
North Congregational church, Newbury-
port, Mass, send you greeting.
For ten years it has been fragrant
memory with us that you sent to US, the
| first Christian EndeAvor society 10 or
Raniza after yourselves. ten oeautltui
roses on the occasion of our tenth ami
vsrsary, October Is, 1891. They were
brought to us by your pastor at that time,
Rev. Dwight Nj Pratt, who with grs-
eious words interpreted to us your loving
MESSAGE through the flowers.
How that ten years have rolled around,
we rulrl our eager desire, long cherished,
TO reeiprooate ana herewith convey 70
you twenty roses at this, your twentieth
1nuiyersarg The message that they
speak is 80 tender and intimate that we
turn to the song of songs to ntly declare
it It expresses, first our rejoicing that
sixty thousand other societies are today
giving you tribute as having been to
them "a fountain OF gardens, we'll OF
living waters, and streams from LepA-
non It declares for ourselves that for
nearly twenty years I'VE have sat down
under Your shadow with great delight,
and your fruit has been sweet to our
taste.
And It heralds the hope that divine
grace may ba q iVen unto you TO mother
Into life and strength all societies OF the
future for full service on earth TO our
common Master until the day break and
the shadows tiee away.
We have the honor to subscribe our
selves in behalf OF the Society, with con-
| HrALQlhGIOub bnAb BIOW WIN SAS" va
OF Christian Endesvor.
(Signed) Msbel Bartlett,
Charles Perry Mills.
To this DIR. Baker, speaking for the
president OF the Williston Society. made a
fitting response.
Afterwards came the addresses of the
afternoon, ALI OF them interesting and the
most of them eloquent. The first oi
these was from Rev. Charlss Perry Mills
of Newburyport, who spoke In part al
} ollows:
The birth OF Christian Endeavor is en-
inentiy worthy or a memorial tablet on
the church In which 1t was born. The
inscription on the tablet is not an cpl
taph for a person, but an epigraph for an
event.
The day we celebrate is the germinal
point OF movement, not the terminal
point of its mover.
OF the woman's act OF devotion In
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