Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-10-05
[IDEAVDR WORK
BY WILLIAM SHAW
Series Of Meetings Conducted I'd. f"
East Side Baptist
Church.
NEED OF CHRISTIAN l'FE'
,v.., inc Kingdom of God lie
said Md Happiness IS sure
10 Follow.

nee'''s ,rch The first meeting was
Bap''n' '~ ,r,yer meeting which was Wen
ssun',e, and at 10 o'clock the visitor
Nsn' On First Things First no
sS "'d attention to the Importance ., .,
''l'sD ,iny Christian life early anu
oesp'n 'n,o IN the work without oessa-
| Conlln1Ips said seek first the Kingdom
ton. rle other things necessary 10
Of Goa, a,a bapplness viii then he
The spnittWge neace and happiness WI
sddeo, nose who do not heed the
be aeniV9 THE true Christian IL tns
command h, he ever ready, and pre-
"sred for death - e,Ioa at the af-
Iue meeting when Dr, SliaW spV ne
u christian EndeaVor PosS'p''''''
said IN part
FUTURE is BRIGHT
.srwsnty.flye years ago It was nol
lSeni mat Christian EndeaVor hau
eolsiute,bilties. Twenty years ago
any p"sl,@,ons leaders said that tne
many as fad. and ten years would
soNe.y snjsh II would be an inspiring
see Jus mus, ~ rohsarse the history of the
priyl'ss 's,'s,ntv.dye years. with It's ever
pasl LING chain OF societies, now nav
ebs lhs,,.in "a 400 Inks, girdling tine
W. NV az binding nearly four mili'ot
sope, S saorie with It's golden chain OK
,.si g prayer and service. ,o ' .,,r
.srnne Of God. Christian h .hn ,lsst
nv hor, not made DURING the pee.
% years the attitude OF the
NJ ,Ses toward the children mas oeel'
cAuIs.u,;oriyed and the fellowship OF the
INaasa If different denominations
cn'l shsr made a real and vital thing;;
@. U Endeavor has had no small
CIl' ~ securing these results; but am
4 Id. 10 look at the past, but NJ tno
neie Nv Cbristlan endeavor IL not IKE
lusu,V ;orriiies OF whom John Il. Gougn
sone Nov we're like u hill OF potatoes,
sslO ss, nart OF them being under mo
VIZ The best days OF CHRISTIAN"
4 trnSsayor are IN the future o.
ta wv, ,s among the Christian EndeaVor
,tn,,,os that every church VIII
.ome day appreciate the supr supreme '' g.,
,ortance Of training the omlareh ~,
,Jlyous life and service Nnris.,a..
vrSsayor makes possible TINS tfailnns
, ionS scientific and commoh-sehse
N.Y. All through the centuries inc
l 1srchss have been facing the problem
,sen, m 40 the work commltteu 10
MI with an unframed membership
r .,a, Of pastors has been prac :
a..,i, unanimous that the work or the
4 , STh ia done by about ten per CEN
uu ..a r,ornbership, The only way 10
4 .orrsrt this condition Is to peglh wiz,
Wy..hjidren without a primary ana
wy school there can be no nisii
ssool' college or university WITHOUT
W. o .n,rantjce there can be no master
~. without the training school
IN ths church there can De no "o'N''''''
INA, neede,h to be ashamed
M, BEDROCK PRINCIPLE.
~ts srong the Christian Endeavor
possibilities that every pastor who Is
ar ought TO be. the acknowledged lead
roi he church, shall be as Thoroughly
trained IN the modern methods OF CHRIS
IAN nurture as In the ancient history
Of The church. that he shall feel as
much al home and be as familiar with
he little children of his congregation
as With the records Of the fathers OF the
church on his library shelves. Possl-
biltssl Why do You know there Is
accessibility that some time every pas
tor and Christian worker will so I'M
tsslsnd the bedrock principle oil
Christian Endeayor--that it Is the place
where young people can begin to serve
CD by making blunders and mistake:
for Him-that they will be patient
With us and all the time they Will be
rolling burdens upon our shoulders and
will he developing stalwart Christian
manhood and wOmanhood for the
a church Of the future2 Yes, it is a
II possibility that some day in the history
n o. Christian endeavor, every pastor IN
every church viii be leading his young
ri people and developing them along the
n Ines OF Christian service and testino-
n BY, There is possibility that every
oihcial board Cf every church will see
81 N the young people tho material out OF
N which the future church IL to be made
ana they will be Interested, not In crit
lclsng, not In finding fault, but In de-
q Weeping and encouraging, until we
slall have in our churches 100 per cen
zoe members who shall be able to dc
Ne Lords work under the leadership
our shepherds.
RELIGIOUS TRAINING.
Rkwlthin the possibilities that some
uaI We shall have In all our theologi.
"a, Summaries a chair OF Sunday schoo
leaehlng and Christian Endeavol
ua,nlng as Well endowed as the chail
" HulnlleuCs, Of Greek, or Hebrew, OF
,I aS'yn history. II is among the Chris
u iisi Endeavor Possibilities that the re
,r e9ls training of our boys and girl
n ou Us taken out of the electives ant
H. 'Ya III me regular course: and tina
ss e l,iiluehce OF the church will, as 4
WA SIMPLY supplement the innuenc,
,sa autaotlty Of the home In tn
lining and training of the youn,
r soC II is perfectly possible tina
ur my gay every father and mother vii
sW SSis.and they have some responsi
n M, sos their children along the lin,
bac, ns training; that they viii
ana TX an your efforts to win the boy
i ronrs suS lor Christ; that they will en-
ds,.se their children to loin the So
fs,,S VI christian Endeavor and b.
M u 10 Il: and that you will hav,
q. o pas!eI and sympathy and activ,
:, IN pr.auon or every father and moth
Cs,is,your church and congregation
fessr'.do Endeavor makes possible IN
he s aeon on all young people OF al
M na,ta,nnsehcan denominations and o
our Topu,S ana thus win help to answe
be onea prayer that they all ma.
10 SEE EYE TO EYE.
ana Soa when the churches see ove 70 ov
possbrS hand to hand. IL viii max
that m, ne fulhlment OF the prophec
be,o1%a " kingdoms Of this world shaI
Of M c me kingdoms of our Lord an
Ana ~ shall begin at onr ro,,so,..
cipes ~ our future citizens tho prir
realize I, civic righteousness. We sha
come ~, ulIt our kingdom can meyer hs
he booS,S Nnsdom Of Christ 40 long a
and IN and CRATER mi the once
and ~, saloonkceper and gamble
We my" ,nlse briber dictate tho nolIc,
the prly, spun high license fees ~
men, as h ,Sa or destroying our fello,
ey for wbioh sS sccrned the blood mon
shan eiva 'iuh he sold his Lord w
grants MN W the million or more am
come a nno come to our shores ,,,a v snl
lion. Wua example OF a Chris,ia,, We
misslon' snail make tho syraaa , ne
send, me- our commission. aud 90 on
MAJ, t,sat the gOsnel % 50 i,