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

Rotary Baer's Report.
Cincinnati, July 6.-The twentieth
international Christian Endeavor con-
yention began a five-days' session in
this city. The registration of delegates
and visitors is unusually large, and
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 at
different state headquarters, the busi-
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 at
night. Three large auditoriums and
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 s. IIamlin, of Washing
ton, d. c., presided at one of the night
meetings, with +. II. Jacobs, of Brook
Ign. MS musical director.
Bishop Samuel Fallows, of Chicago,
presided in the other, with Percy S.
Foster, of Washington, d. 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. II.
Keller, of Milwaukee; Rev. A. Miyald,
of Osaka, Japan; Rev. II. 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 CInrk's Annual Address.
President Francis f. Clark, in his
annual address, said in part:
For every age God prepares his agen-
c!cs. As the bee is made for the flower.
rs the birds wing fits the air, and the
nm of the fish the yielding water, so III
the moral and religious world God adaptS
his plans and methods to the needs Of
the time
THE nineteenth century saw peculiar
peIils assail the young man. The saloon,
the brothel, the gambling den, CONNER
cialism, 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 men
In new evangelism.
THE days of the rampant infdel and
atheist are in the past. as l devoutly be-
lieve No Robert Hume could to-day
greatly influence the thought Of the
world. No Votaire or Rousseau could
number his followers by millions. Rob
ert lngersoll to-day is little but men,
DRY of eloquent bathos and pathos.
But something more insidious and
harmful thousand times, than blatant
intidelity is the foe of the church of the
twentieth century. This infdelity is a
sceptcsm of life rather than of talk. II
Is the Indifference that is born of luxury
md of fashion. The twentieth century
church needs the Christian Endeavor So
Ciety because 1t needs the prayer meet
Ing. 1t needs more ACKNOWLEDGING and ef-
fective organization in church life and 1t
needs to be more united.
THE new century will be century of
mighty combinations and tremendous ag-
Eregations of material forces, There
should be combination of the Christian
forces of the land to work together in
harmony for the advancement of the
Kingdom through their own churches
"The Christian Endeavor society does
not aspire to be such a trust for tho
church-at-large, but II does aspire to pro-
mote harmony and brotherly love and
united service for the kingdom of gu.
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:
"In 1891 the close of the first decade of
Christian Endeavor there were l6 ga SO
cieties, and we returned hearty thanks |
20 God for what He hath wrought In this |
year 1901, at the close of Christian En- |
deavor's second decade. we must en- |
ploy the same numerals though different
ly arranged. to tell our, numerical |
come CLAY. The nearly one million mem |
bers have become nearly four millions. |
This growth Is marvellous, and nothing |
comparable TO It can be found in his |
tory. The rapidity with which the So |
cieties have multiplied is so familiar, hav- |
Ing compelled attention around the world. |
that we have in late years accepted that |
fact as commonplace. l remind you OF |
this wonderful numerical extension of |
Christian Endeavor because It proves TO |
me beyond doubt. that ours is not a
man-made society, but a broad inter- |
UNCONVENTIONAL, international, and inter-
racial brotherhood. Man can organize |
a society, God creates a movement
THE net increase in numbers OF new
societies since we met in the great Lon
don convention last July, is nearly two
thousand members. In other words, the
net increase during the past year equals
the total number of societies organized
during the first seven years Of our SPLEEN
did history. There have been more than
2, 900 new societies added to the lists but
the net gain has not been quite that, be-
cause we have had to drop from our fell
lowship societies that have disbanded for
various reasons, or that have become ex-
UNCONVENTIONAL societies.
"The nterdenominatlonal fellowship
hac he - |