The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1902-03-21

loHS lives OIL HmlCleSS possibilities for
good before you. Some good deed.
some noble act done every day by ev-
cry ndeavOrer-milliOns of Endeayor-
ers and twice ten thousand DAYS allot-
ted to each. What a spectacle for an
gels to smile upon! And each of these
acts OF love seed to grow and blossom
through all eternity!
There is place for the mere dream
ers, there is place in Gods plan for
the man or woman of mere force; but,
oh! how God wants, how our country
needs men and women of the noblest
Ideals and of the courage and force to
make these ideals effective in uplift-
ing business, political and social life!
Shall our glorious civilization of this
twentieth century fall like that of the
mighty republics of old and -ages of
darkness again enwrap the earth?
The answer is with the Christian
Endeavorers, the Epworth Leaguers,
the mighty companies enroll
ed under the banners Of the several
societies Of young people dedicated to
the cause of Christ. God alone knows,
but in your hands are the possibilities
of the future, on your heads the re-
sponsibility.
Stand to your Christian ideals,
young man, young woman, and as you
take up the duties of life, stamp indel-
libby upon the laws Of the land, it's
political, business and social institu-
tiOns, the imprint of those ideals.
Zone who has carefully recorded his
observations among many hundred
Christians finds that one-half were con-
verted to Christ between the ages of 16
and 18, and "a per cent. between the
ages of and 25. The criminal sta
tistics are startlingly similar. One
half the known criminals were identi-
fed with the court between the ages of
16 and 18 and nearly all between the
ages of and 25.
I'm the light of these facts, the oppor-
tunity of these young peoples Chris
tlan societies becomes more impressive.
All but very small per centage of
those who accept Christ and are iden-
titled with that nobler life for which
His name stands, and practically all
who become confirmed criminals, take
the decisive step during the years in
which they would, if at all, engage in
active participation in the work of
these societies.
Here is lesson too significant to be
lightly considered. The strength and
nobility of our future citizenship is
measured largely by the rank of such
societies as ours. Let our influence be
to enlist the young manhood and wO-
manhood of our country under the ban
ner of Christ. Thus will our ideal re-
public be realized in which every man
is a king, and Christ is the Kink Of
Kings.
Again let me say you are welcome
May every hour of your stay be rich
with pleasure and inspiration. May
the bright glow which shall emanate
from this conference be reflected evel
more and more in the lives of the
young people of our town, and of the
State, showing them and leading then
in the way of purity and Christian en-.
deavor. May you go from us with more
Of the Holy Spirit than ever before
The more you take from us, the more
you leave with us. In the name of the
Tallahassee Society of Christian En-
deavor, welcomed"
Responses we're made by E. S. Up
ham, of South Lake Weir, Fla, in be-
half of the State Union, and Clarence
E. Eberman, Boston, on behalf of the
International Union. The day was
taken up with praise service, reports
addresses and other matters pertain
ing to the convention.