Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-07-11
Twentieth Annual Convention Of
the International Christian
Endeavor Society.
CINCINNATI FILLED WITH DELEGATES.
The Gathering Promises TO He the
Largest in the History of the So
ciety--synopsis OF President
CIark's Annual Address and Sec
Rotary Baer's Report.


the indications are that the attend
ance will be The largest in the his
tory of these great gatherings. In ad
dition TO the receptions and rallies al
different state headquarters, the bust.
ness session of the United Society OF
Christian Endeavor was held during
the forenoon. At which the annual re-
ports of the officers and business
agents were submitted.
The annual session OF the trustees
was held during the afternoon.
The grand openings with welcome
addresses and the annual address OF
| President Clark and the annual re-
port of Secretary Baer took place
simultaneously in the Auditoriums az
night. Three large auditoriums and a
large hall have been arranged on the
old exposition grounds adjoining
| Washington park, on Elm street. A
large platform has also been con-
structed in Washington park for
overflow open-air meetings.
Music hall has been designated as
Auditorium Endeavor; Power hall is
called Auditorium Williston. and Hor-
ticultural hall is known as Auditorium
Ohio. Odeon hall is the fourth in this
group.
DR.. Tennis 8. Hamlin, of Washing
ton, ID. c., presided at one of the night
NEE tings, with f. II. Jacobs, of Brook
Ign, as musical director.
Bishop Samuel Fallows, of Chicago,
presided in the other, with Percy $.
Foster, of Washington, ID. C., as mu-
steal director. Eminent soloists as
sisted the chorus of 1900 voices in
each of these auditoriums. In addi-
ton TO the welcome addresses by
members of the local committee, the
city and state governments and 9TH
ers, there were responses by T. H.
Keller, of Milwaukee,; Rev. A. Miyald,
of Osaka, Japan; Rev. +. c. Cleveland,
Atlanta; Rev. Geo. A. Hubbard, of Chi
ma; Rev. Neal A. McAuley, Wilton
Junction, Ia; Rev. Alfred Gaudier,
Toronto; Rev. w. j. Darby, Evans
Vile, Ind, and Rev. VIM. G. Marsh.
Adelaide, Australia.
President Ciark's Annual Address.
President Francis f. Clark, in his
annual address, said in part:
For every age God prepares his agen-
c!es. AZ the bee is made for the flower
as the birds wing fus the air and the
the moral and religious world God adapts
hts plans and methods 10 the needs OF
tie time
THE nineteenth century saw peculiar
perils assail the young man. The saloon,
the brothel. the gambling den. CONNER
eialism. and materialism laid their traps |
for him. But God looked down from !
Heaven upon the children OF men. and In |
the middle OF the century the Young /
Mems Christian association was started /
TO set young men At work for young mon |
In a new evangelism.
THE days OF the rampant infdeI and
atheist are In the past as / devoutly be- |
heVe. No Robert Hume could to-day |
greatly influence the thought OF the /
number his followers by millions Rob- |
ert ingerson to-day Is little but a MEM |
DRY Of eloquent bathos and pathos.
But something more insidious and /
harmful, thousand times than blatant |
Is the foe OF the church OF she |
twentieth century. This inhdelity IL a |
scepticism OF life rather than OF talk. IL |
ls the Indifference that Is born OF luxury
md OF fashion. The twentieth century |
church needs the Christian Endeavor CO. l.
ciety because II needs the. prayer meet
Ing. 1t needs more ACKNOWLEDGING and ef-
fectivs organization in church life and IL
needs 10 be more united
The new century will be a century OF
mighty combinations and tremendous ac-
gregations OF material forces There
should be a combination OF the Christian
forces Of the land TO work together in
harmony for the advancement Of the
kingdom through their own churches
ana denominations.
"rhe Christian Endeavor society does
not aspire 20 be such a trust for tho
church -at-large, but II does aspire 10 pro-
mote harmony and brotherly love and
united service for the kingdom OF ou-
Lord and for their native land"
synopsis of Secretary Baer's Report.
The report of General Secretary
John Willis Baer was, in part, as fol-
lows:
I'm 1891 the close OF the first decade OF
Christian Endeayor, there were 1924 So
'ieties, and we returned hearty thanks
% God for what He hath wrought In this
rear 1901, at the close OF Christian En-
lcavor's second decade. we must em-
10y the same numerals though different
y re ns co. no ,e seI our numerical
'ome 6l,427. The nearly one million mem
,ers have become nearly four millions !
This growth is marvellous, and nothing
10 IL can be found I'm his |
DRY. The rapidity with which the so. |
ieties have multiplied Is so familiar hav-
ng compelled attention around the world. |
hat we have In late years accepted that |
act as commonplace. / remind you OF
his wonderful numerical extension OF
'hristian Endeavor because II proves TO
ne beyond "A doubt that ours IL not a 4
society, but a broad inter- !
UNCONVENTIONAL, International and inter-
acial brotherhood. Man can organize
society, God creates a movement '
1.-THE net Increase In numbers OF new
ccieties since we met In the great Lon q
on convention last July. Is nearly two {
thousand members. In other words, the {
ct increase during the past year equals
he total number OF societies organized
uring the first seven years OF our SPLEEN
ia history. There have been more than
900 new societies added TO the lists, but
he net gain has not been quite that. be- .
ause we have had to drop from our fell
lwship societies that have disbanded for ,
arious reasons, or that have become ex- .
lusively UNCONVENTIONAL societies d
THE INSTRUMENTATION fellowship | q
hitch has been from the first n blessed !,
ruit OF Christian Endeavor, has, during /
ne past year, been fostered as never | u
efore. There was a time when II seemed
nat this unique feature OF Christian En- |
oavor would be imperlled, but those days
ave gone, never 20 return, we believe. |
he denominational loyalty OF local Chris y
an EndeaVorers Is seldom challenged,
mt, on the contrary we find II officially i
nd heartily commended by many el- d
eslastical courts and assemblies In many 4,