The Portland daily press., 1901-02-04

went on to say that he expected ntty
thousand sieners to the pslitiops now
being circulated to be presented before
the legislature. At the conclusion OF his
address Dr. knesland took q vote Of the
audIence to see how many favored the
passage of the proposed bill, and found
that the audience unanimously favored
the bill.
The general discussion of the subject OF
Advance steps for the New Century
now commenced, and the first speaker
uncer this head was III. n. Lathrop OF
Boston, who spoke on the "Uninoation
of Local Unions" speaking In part as
follows:
MIR. LATHRoP'S ADDRESS.
1 take for my text the OLD, old adage,
In union there Is strength. Inc gov
ernmentE OF the world reaiizs TINS truthi
and make offensive aud defensive alllAnc-
es. The progr sssive merchant realizes IL,
and operstes a department store. The
laborer realizes It, and joins union.
The oapitalist realizes IL, and forms
trust. In this new century, the churoh
Of Christ will realizs 1t, and adapt, CON
S ecrate and apply to all Its activities this
idea OF cooperation.
Il
Endesvor creed for the 2Uth century, and
ask you to swallow it. L he most that
can be done Is to suggest certain most
important fields OF labor that should be
worked Increasingly and unitedly by
every city, county and state union
lake Greater Boston as an ILLUSTRATION
We have Boston local union In the city
proper. Pilgrim Union on one side OF it,
q Mystic Union on another side,a Middle
sex Union to the north and Cambridge
Union to the east. They altogether are
essentially the working Christian I'm
deavor force Of Greater Boston, ana YET
we can hardly remember time when
they were ever brought together in
meeting, rally, or convention for united
work, AT leaft once year such uis
trict meeting ought TO be held, and there
is plenty of work for such unftGa En-
de eavor force to accomplish
I have just time to mention brieny
some Endeavors that rightly belong 10
the District Union. First, practical rAis-
sionary work OF the sort that strengthens
every society in the district In missionary
interest, and that urges each society 20
nave a definite interest In the support OF
some one missionary.
Don't wait another twenty years for 1t,
either. Have 1t annually, or oftener.
Get funds enough to secure some power
full evangelist, III 1t Is feasible. and let the
whole district unite in his support.
Think OF the power of a live district
union in combating the evils OF intem-
perance. 1t may not make much impress
sion for = few Endeavorers In one town
to agitate the temperance question, but
let whole county or district get aWak-
sned. and their influence is widespread
Let nv last word be one for united
Good CitIz snahip work in district unions.
IL civic rig nteousness ever comes, It must
come through ths work ana influence OF
consecrated men and women.
THE OPEN PARLIAMENT.
The open parliament for the discussion
of Local Union plans was conducted by
Mr.. Mcdonald, president OF the Illinois
state Union. He called upon officers of
local unions or others to, state some OF
their plans for the coming year. Prof.
Wells OF Boston said that the union to
which he belonged had tried the plan of
committee conferences to formulate plans
and exchange ideas.
Another officer present said that in Bos-
ton the local unions were uniting to work
mp a no license vote in the city. This
work had been going on with great sue
cess until last year the no license vote
I6dSUdu ine Va SAtONN SAC So
vote for no license ever thrown. In the
city Of Worcester where no license was
defeated two years ago by two thouFand
votes, last year it was defeated bY only
55 votes.
Another delegate from Baltimore said
that the district union had interested
itself in the fresh air work, and intends
this year to do more in this way than
ever before.
A delegate from New Hampshire said
that the White niountain Union has
devoted itself to the discussion of good
citizenship, and continues to be interested
in this question.
MIR d. IL. Spooner OF Bulls Bridge,
Connecticut, the president of the State
Union, was the next speaker, his topic
being 1.-The Veteran Association of
Christian EIdeavor." He spoke as fol-
lows:
MIR. SPOONER'S ADDRESS.
We in Connecticut claim the honor of
the original Veteran Association, though
It's age is not SO great as one might Inn
agine from the name. AT the State
Convention In 1894 many of the old work
ers met, and In q social way reviewed the
years which they had iaboreo together,
and finally took steps to organizs the
Association. Each year at our State
Convention we hold reunion and in
one way or another get together and talk
over the old campaigns some OF us ara
newcomers, but we find a hearty welooms
to the ranks.
Why should such an organization be
formed, and what may iG accomplish
First, it forms a bond OF union with
the work of today, even though the vet
eran has not kept in close touch with his
own society. In many cases other duties
have come to him, and he has felt that
the true spirit of Christian Endeavor
called him to take them up even at the
COST Of his active membership. How
many pastors, evangelists, Y. n. q. A.
secretaries and Sunday school superin-
tendents have heard this call we can
never know, but one thing is csrt aim
their endeavor work and study fitted
them for those places and willis they do
not count in the membership, the spien-
did influence goes on and counts for
righteousness and the bringing In of the
Kingdom.
Then the Younger workers see that