Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-07
GROWTH OF CHRISTIAN WORK
Speaker at baltimore Tells of
Progress Made with the
Young People.

BALTIMORE, July 6.--The second day
session of the twenty-second international
Christian Endeavors convention was pre-
sided over by the Rev. George b. Stewart
Of Auburn, N. X.
William Shaw of Boston, delivered the
Following address upon What Christian
Endeavors Have Done" saying in part;
=. twenty-five years ago the ruling Idea IN
the church was that children should pe
lev LEV We're seen, and none were hearu.
twenty-five years of Christian EndeaVoI
mas revealed TO the church that II Is out OF
tne young people that the Kingdom OF
Heaven is to be made
RMS week over 66OO0 Christian EndeaVor
prayer meetings will be held, and tens OF
thousands more by societies that belong
and ought to be. In our fellowship. Twenty
hye years ago the church that had we'll
organized young peoples society was the
exception. Today the church that does not
have such society is a curiosity.
christian Endeavor made the prayer
meeting the heart OF the movement, and
has laid great emphasis on testimony and
prayer, as II ought; for without prayer and
testimony the church would die. The mar
tyrs and cOnfessors rank together.
Through its system of committee work 1t
offers opportunity for training In service
to every member.
Through the executive committee 1t gives
to the pastor a cabinet by w1irh he can
touch and direct every line OF work n
which the young people are engaged;
twenty-five years ago small percentage
Of the churches had MISSION circles com
posed OF girls or young women. NOW we
young men vylng with the young women
In their interest and enthusiasm for mis-
sions Tens of thousands of missionary
committees are at work, and thousands OF
mission study classes are conducted
Last year the gifts Of the young people
to missions reported to the Presbyterian
general assembly amounted to $lAOOO, and
this is sample of the new missionary
asset that has been developed. Less than
10000 societies reporting to the United so
ciety the actual amounts contributed tor
beneficence for a period of five years gave
a total of s2,1s7O00. Not a penny of this
was given to the United society or used IN
Christian Endeavor work. but every dollar
was q contribution TO the missionary and
philanthropic work of the church.
Mrs. Kate L. Hause of st. Louis, field
secretary of Missouri Christian Endeav-
orers, spoke on the call for superintend-
ents and was heartily applauded.
During the afternoon there was con-
ference in the Associate Congregational
church of the officers of all state and loca
Christian Endeavor unions, under the
leadership of General Secretary Won Ogder
vogt, at which the following subjects were
discussed: -."..
1.-The Federation of Unions"
Independent Unions"
Financing Local Enterprises
General Problems"
The afternoon session of the convention
was devoted to Junior and intermediate
rally" presided over by Rev Dr. Ira
Landrith, president OF Belmont college
Nashville, Tenn. The program included a
welcome song" by the Baltimore Junior
choir with a chorus of 1,5OO voices; prayer
by Rev. Alexander Esler, Toronto Canada
THE Story of Christian Endeavor"; q
cantata by the Junior choir; "A Mace
DOMAIN Junior" by Mrs. Tsilka and Eleut'
cha and an address by Rev. c. H. Tin.
dale of New York on Life Preservers.'
1.-THE Brotherhood of Christian En-
deavor" was the Keynote of the two big
meetings tonight. one held in Armory hal
and the other in the .Lyceum. Both were
largely attended.sn In the absence of tho
president Rey. p z, Clark. Rev. Ira
I.andrith, D. D.. president of Belmont col
lege, Nashville, Tenn. presided and intro
duced the many speakers from many lands
Bishop Alexander Walters, d. D., ant
Bishop B. w. Arnett, d. D., spoke on be
half of THE Negro Race"
For THE American Indian" Stepher
Jones, travelling Young Mems Christian as
ISOLATION secretary, spoke. Rev. ]. A
McAllister brought Porto Rico's first greet
ing 10 a Christian Endeavor convention
! and told of the rapid growth OF religion
| and ATnerlCanlSn IN Indt lsldnu JdHldlCd
words of brotherhood were given utteranc'
| to by John e. Randall and Rev. Edward
! j. Hewett, president of the Jamaica Chris
tian Bndeavor union.
! Rev. Henry G. c. Hallock, Phi. d. SPOKE
on behalf Of China. Rev ]. Edward KnipI
spoke for Japan. Jiro Abratani, also rep
resenting Japan, was greeted with ire
mendous applause and waving of flags
handkerchiefs, fans and hats.
Capadas representative was Rev. Alex
ander Esler NJ. A., while for India thu
speakers were Rev. F. g.. Hatch Rev. r
A. Hume and Miss Dora Mohinie Mays
| Das, the latter with her sister, afterwardi
singing an Indian hymn. Rev. Mr.. HUME
nominated the city of Calcutta, India, al
the meeting place of the Christian I'm
deavor convention Of 1909. a proposition
that was applauded.
| At the conference this afternoon of Off
| GERS of all states and local Christian En-
| deavor unions, numbering 1900 from al
parts of the country, a plan was unan
imously endorsed for the celebration Of
the twenty-hfth anniversary OF Christian
| Endeaver by a gift of % cents from eacf
| present and past Endeavorer to a fund FOL
the erection Of an international headquar
| tiers building.