The Portland daily press., 1901-02-02
wILLIsTON CHURCH.

Christian Endeavor gave them their
places. 1t revealed to them their mead oi
the church.
Third, It has made the expression OF
religious experience anu love for Christ
as natural and simple as no expression
OF love OF father and mother. 1t used
to be hard for the lambs to lind place
In the told; now 1t is easy. The church,
unconscioueiy perhaps, had but one con-
osptlon OF conversion, ana that was oil
the type OF Petsr and Paul. Christian
Ende lvor emphasizes the Timothy type.
1t holds that acceptance with God does
not depend upon the sinner agony and
tears and wrestling, but on faith and
love tnst prompts Obedience. The first
experience is natural for the mature
man, bat the second is the appropriate
one for the child.
Fourth, 1t has given to the young
people an appropriate channel for the ex-
preston Of their Christian life. and at the
same time has provided the means for
Its deyeIonIaent and growth. We have
apprensic sships in trade and grades in
education. How foolish to think that
you can put the child, tne young person
and the adult In one service ana meet the
needs OF all. Tue soul is as real thing
as the hand or the brain, and the develop
ment of the soul life requires at least as
much skill and care as either hand or
brain, Tne cry OF over-orgauization be-
cause the church is realizing the necessity
of having Special dspar tments for the
training OF her children Is as senseless as
it 10 untrue. We have not yet begun TO
give to the culture OF the soul life the at
tention that we give TO the physical and
mental life, but that good time ID COM
ing.
Fifth. by Its practical methods 1t has
brought religion down out of the clouds
of sentimertality and maue it the center
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and expression OF face that like our Sun.
day clothes, were considered necessary for
the Lord Day. Now this emphasis Is on
a religion for every day. Smiles are as
pleasing TO God as sighs. We used TO
call ourselves "poor worms OF the dust.
Now we realize that we are "Amtassa-
dors for Chriss," representatives OF His
Kingdom with its honor to maintain.
Sixth, IL has given them fellowship
as large as the revelation OF God aud as
wide as the world. Some people seem to
think that the name Christian Endeavor
is not Important, hut l balieve that 1t 10.
III ths society organized by Dr. Clark In
WiIIistrp church had been called this Con-
Rregational Leagus, 1t might have spread
through that denomination, but IL would
nave stopDed there. But Christian En-
deayor is an aII-inolusive name. The
one common denominator that every de
nomination or Christians can use, ana
that viii be understood In every land
where Christ Is proclaimed. Let US mold
to the name as well as the principles. for
the name has had much to do with the
world wide spread OF the movement.
Seventh. In all these and many other
ways that could be mentioned If time
psrmit ted, the young people have,
through Christian Endeavor, gained such
wholesome and practtoal views OF what
faith In Christ confession OF Christ, and
service for Christ demands, that they ara
prepared 20 enter with a new enthusiasm
and deeper conservation upon the WORK
OF the twentleth century to win ell men
ana ali OF man 20 chs Lord Jesus Christ.