The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-01-08
FOUNDER CLARK SPENDS
A DAY IN HONOLU[O
Originator Of Great Society Talks to Six Hun
dred Young People Of Its Work and
Tells What They Must Do.

was started here, the first outside G
the United States, for this was no
then part of the United States
Mr.. Clark told of conference a ZOO
many years back when serious consid
Grafton had been given to project L
send Mr.. Ward, the secretary of tn
Christian Endeavor Society. to Homo
lulu to encourage the local society, a
J It was believed that If the society coul,
/ be made to grow in Hawaii, its sue
cess In other countries would be GER
tain. This had not been necessary
however. and the little seed planted
here had grown to great proportions
and was now shown by the great sath
ering in Central Union church.
Mr.. Clark gave an outline OF the
work he proposed to do on this trip
From Honolulu he goes to New Zea-
land. then to Australia and back to
England to attend the big convention
in London on May 20. He told also
of the growth Of the Christian En-
deavor all over the world. California
has $40 societies. In America there
are two or three million members. In
any large city you will receive the
society. In London there are 700
societies. and Mr.. Clark told of the
great meetings in the Metropolitan
Tabernacle. Mr. Spurgeon's church.
and also in Birmingham, which he had
attended. when we are all doing
the best we can" said Mr.. Clark.
then the problem of the day may be
solved. The Christian Endeavor So
ciety Is movement to utilize all the
forces of the church, to make work
for all, the boy and the girl. the BASH
full and the difiident, and even the
ignorant"
The audience was next carried by
the speaker to meetings he had attend
ed In Paris, in South Africa before the
late Boer war, in Spain, Portugal, Ger
many. Finland. st. Petersburg, Poland
and Bohemia. He gave an interest
ing piece of news in his alusion to
Germany. saying that only recently
he had received letter from the Ger
man Christian Endeavor Offering to
pay the expenses of an American mis-
sionary in the Caroline Islands, be-
cause of the reported action of the
German government In warning upon
the missionaries there. A missionary
Is to be sent out by the Board of For
eign Missions. which body, the speaker
said had done such wondrous things
for the Sandwich Islands,"
Even in Turkey, Christian Endeavor-
ers are to be found, although they do
not wear the ribbon or call themselves
societies. "A brotherhood Is tabu in
Turkey and the Christian Endeavor
would be blotted out by the unspeak-
able Turk" said Mr.. Clark. "It is
Just what the Unspeakable Turk does
MT want, that the Christian people do
want" Visits to India. Japan and
China were also described, and Mr.
Clark exhibited banners presented to
him by Christian Endeavor societies
Of China and India.
Mr.. clark said that Christian en-
ieaVor was not the work of any body
of men or any one man, but 1t was
he work of God by which He saw an
opportunity to send His message
lround the world.
In closing Mr.. Clark said that he
wanted the Endeavorers to remember
hree things. Loyalty to Christ is |
irst to support the Sunday school, the |
pastor, to do whatever He would like ,
is to do. Second was the service for /
veryone, to help the work of God, and |
he Christian Endeavors, to be in the
constant service of Christ and in the
constant fellowship of Christian peo-
lie. You will not be called upon to
erve as a martyr" said he in conclu-
ion, after referring to the missionaries
.illed by the Boxers. but you must be
eady to sacrifice yourself, to be will
ng to do hard things. This is the
pirit of Christian Endeavor, not to do
Kings because we want to- but to do
hem because Christ wants me to do
hem"
Il cannot thank you enough for this
netting, and l shall take along with
he a pleasant remembrance of 1t
'herever | go, and tell about how l
let you, about your cosmopolitan peo-
lie and your many languages"
Mr. Clark after a song and benedic-
on held an informal reception be-
wv the pulpit and shook hands with
undreds of Christian Endeavorers.
lie was accompanied to the steamer
many and given farewell salute
) the Sierra sailed