Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-02-01
THE ENDEAv0RERs
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there was more singing and then the
formal addresses of welcome were
given. Mr.. Hack first introduced heF.
f.. r. Purdy, chairman of the commit
tee of arrangements for this anniVei
sary, to speak in behalf of the commit
tee and the society. Mr.. Purdyin past
said:
Not often is matron OF ~ perhhi.'eo
to welcome to the old hoInesteao VIM
dren. grandchildren and great Sraho-
children We are glad to see you. Many
of you we have never met before ou'
we have heard of you ana your naihes
are in the old family record Come H.
children. God bless you. Make your
selves at home. We offer you the free-
dom of our town, and we want you to
have the best of times in this city by
the sea which history has SO beautiful
ly adorned.
lyon have come to us from far and
wide. bringing your reports to cheer
our hearts on our Goth birthday and
10 send us forth into a decade of bet
ter work Friends. we need to have
brought back to us just that which we
have scattered widely to others. Speak
TO us your very best words and when
this convention is over we will clasp
hands and feel more fervently than
ever that Christian Endeavor lives
ION behalf of Portland pastors l well
come you. l believe you will find among
us the heartiest sympathy with Chris
tian Endeavor work
Mr.. Purdy was loudly applauded at
various points in his remarks. He was
followed by L. d. Marshall, president
of the Portland local union, who IN
part said:
This is our birthday party. OF
course we are glad to see you ALL We
invited you because We wanted you to
come, and we are more than glad you
are here. How much endeavor has
meant to us all. young and old. | feel
as if we Portland Endeavorers did not
begin to appreciate what a good thing
under God the movement is, nor do we
realize how highly favored we are to
live in the place where the first society
of Christian Endeavor was started
Mr.. Hack then said that he had for "A
long time been in favor of annexing
Canada. AS a good beginning the
Christian Endeavor Society had al
ready annexed quite a large portion of
it and a worthy representative was
present in the person of Rev. w. F.
Wilson of Hamilton. Ont. who would
deliver the first of the responses to the
welcome.
Mr.. Wilson commenced with refer
ence to the deeply touching evidences
of grief for the death of Queen Victoria
shown by people in this country, which
are fully appreciated by the Canadians.
He then went on to speak of the many
ties that bind the two countries and
spoke of his interest in Maine, eSpec-
tally Portland, which has the double
honor of being the birthplace of Chris
tian Endeavor and of the prOhibitory
movement. Mr.. Wilson spoke briefly
but in a humorous vein which called
out frequent laughs as we'll as much
well deserved applause.
Mr.. Wilson was followed by Rev.
Dr. David Burrill of New York. who
said that he had undoubtedly been sent
here for the reason that he was a tenn
perance fanatic as well as Christian
F,ndeavorer. He spoke at some length
about the temperance question, saying
that he proposed to make it his bust
ness to find out if prohibition really did
prohibit and to carry back the result
of his observations to the states fur
Their south, where the temperance ques-
ton is not handled on the same basis
that it is said TO be here. He also paid
q warm and deserved tribute to Mrs.
Clark.
The third speaker, Rev. DR.. John II.
Barrows of Oberlin. Ohio, spoke brief
~ but earnestly of the value of prayer.
He said that the most salient point
of the original plan of Christian En-
deavor was its formation around the
prayer meeting. He felt sure that
prayer was one of the most stupendOus
instruments of use in the world and
thought that it ought to be employed
much more constantly and more pow
erfully.
Mr.. Hack then introduced as the last
Of the four who were to reply to the
speeches of welcome, Bishop Alexan-
der Walters of Jersey City. Bishop
Walters is a colored man with rich
fund of humor as well as a strong vein
of earneStneSS.
Sharply on schedule time, DR.. Nick
erson took his place in the front of the
church and season of song was en-
joyed for five minutes before DR.. Clark,
''Fatnef EnQeaNOf, as lHey loNe "
call him. was introduced to deliver his
address.
DR.. Clark was given such recep-
ton as is not often accorded man
in this land of cold weather and cold
blood, where people feel deeply without
doubt but are extremely chary of
showing their feelings, especially in
public. The entire hOusefull of people
rose as one person and cheered and
cheered again until the clock on the
wall licked off several minutes and
made the first lapse in the arrange
ments which required speakers to con-
fine themselves to certain limits and
then to give way 10 the next one. But
under the circumstances it was allow
able and nobody tried to stop the APP
plause and cheers. Finally, Dr. Clark
was allowed to step forward and begin
his address
At the close of DR.. Clarks address
there was another wild scene of en-
thusiasm which was finally brought to
a close by the exercises of adjourn
ment.
While q goodly number of Endeavor-
ers arrived, today, the large delega-
tions are due to arrive, Friday and
Saturday.