The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-07-11

I nominational world. and every convon-
/ ion Is a conference OF The Hague,
Wherc Christians Of many denonlma.
t.cna can lock one another IN the face,
qyasp enc another BY Inc hana, and
wcar alegtanaa 70 the Gomez = Lord
lana Master Of us all,
Already TIE signs ~ bles "a rnlty
which the world neyer knew eHofe a9
pears On The horizon Ia Canada, ~
/ Aus ralia, In tho United states, %
Great Britain. the FIRST steps are BEING
taken toward federation OF the
churches, while each may hold ~
uaace ana love ITS own views az doc
trIna ana p lity for the thousands Of
tristan Endeavor training classes IN
arctherh0od have not been he'd in
lyain
a Larger Mission Still.
Ana 10 we not feel as, year by year,
b, raans are enlarged ana strength
aned, the lnra us to still greater AMI
1 ore definite wcrE along social lines;
standing together Of rtrue patriotism.
he enforcement Of Law, for justice he
Tween nan ana man, rich and pcof
mike not as fussy, carping critics, BIT
/ in generous cons ruct.ye spirit?
Through the patriots League and
lthe international c y Brotherhool, "
Iaf which you will hear more, great
Things with the Divine blessing, may
be accomplished
What, then is the conclusion of the
whole matter2 Take courage and press
on Endeavorers; see clearly; think
straight; ana act"
| Plainly cur mission Is to furnish
/ nor the evangelical Christian world
5heae training schools in expression,
lin service, in brotherhood. The his
tory b fthese years proves it God has
marked ont our path. Keep IN. then
fla His way
/ Glory in your prayer meeting, It "A
your God-ordained school of expires
/ sion. Shrink from no vow. from no
EFFORT, which will make it more slim
lladna, helpful, ana effective.
Glory in your committees: they are
IgH closes in our training school or
seryice and they deye p WORKERS
for every form Of philanthropy, good
citizenship and practical Christianity
Glory in your fellowship and let
no ruthless sectarian hand snatch i
from you; fer it is a training school
for the universal Christian brother
hood, which one ftheae days. please
God will fulfill our Lords las pray
Nj that taey all may be oae, Rs thnh
Father, art in me and in thee that
they also may he one in us
Report of the Secretary.
In presenting this, my first report
as General Secretary ot-ihe United 50
| c!ety OF Christian Endeavor, | cannot
help contrasting the present mighty
movement # more than sixty-ninc
thousand societies and nearly three
ana d half million members, In more
than sixty evangelical denominations
on every continent rs literature print
ca In eighty languages. its manifoud
activities touching every department
Of life business. SOCIAL, civic. intel
lcctual, moral and spirimal-wlth the
llttle group Of forty-eight struggling
societies hat were in existence when
II joined the ranks of Chris Ian En-
leayor.
| rejoice that | have lived to see
Christian Endeavor tnter upon IFS
second quarter of century larger In
numbers, stronger in organization
broader in its range Of practical &C.
tivities, and deeper in spirit than
| ever before in its history.
Some Figures.
/ shall not trouble you with state.
ment of the thousands of miles travel
ed by your secretary, the tens Of thou
sands of patient hearers addressed, the
scores Of thousands of letters and cir
culars mailed and the millions Of
pages Of printed matter circulated
since our last convention
Ny loved and honored predecessor
as general secretary, Mr. Won Ogden
Vogt reported at the Baltimore Cen.
yention G6. ~ societies in all the
world. 1t is my privilege report the
present net enrolment Of GIBBS so
cieties, net gain of 2,36G societies.
OF these 47,7G1 are Young Peoples
2,265 are intermediates, 1891 are Jun
iors, and the rest are Floating societies
and other classes, with a t-tal mem
bership OF $3.50 800.
From reports received from the so
cieties in this country we learn that
lC7 sos members have united with the
churches during the past year A
reasonable estimate fos an the socie-
ties for the two years would be 4fG-
SIS, or an average Of 22S.344 for each
year.
The gifts for missions. and other
benevol ences, largely local church
work, aggregate SL37S.920 for the two
years since the last report or an aver.
age OF g. 1880 for each year.
A long list Of Junior aud Inferno
date societies report SITS Of over 500
each and a sill longer list of Youug
Peoples societies report contribution
ranging from $3.50 to sl.o50 each.
Ii ! am to j DE fro mthe exports.
many churches use their Christian
Endcav0r society as convenient
agency for raising money for local
needs. ana convinced that much
larger proportion of tao money given
5v the children and Young people