The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-07
.ENDEAVOR HAS WORLD INFLUENCE
  President Submits Report to
 United Society GROWTH 20 PER CENT
  Head of Great Christian Endeavor Urges Efforts for Worldwide Peace and Social Service
 

aforementioned convention of endeavorers here today. gave his biennial address in which he reported a gain in the -Chris- tian Endeavor movement during the pas, 10 years of 20 per cent, and referred u its new and larger world power ana ii'- huence The title of the address was ''Efficiency," and there listened 10 It Christian workers of most Protes'al' bodies from practically every state III the union and province of Canada. me address dealt chiefly with suggestions for work in the immediate future, and urged efforts for worldwide peace' loi social service and mission study ana warned against young people taking up every new fad that comes along. Among other things President Clark said:
 Promotion of Worldwide Peace
 1. We have become in the broadest sense more than ever during these two years past. an international organization In every land beneath the sun the name Christian Endeavor' is known. and us principles are acknowledged. Almost without knowing it, certainly without much human guidance, we have become a world wide brotherhood that embraces every race and region
 ? What. then, is more natural or more i'm portant than that we should stand IT every land for the fellowship of the na- tions and the peace of the world? What has better chance. or more imperative call to unite the future leaders of the religious world in a pact that can never b. roken by the hideous god of war?
 This is peculiarly the year to press the peace idea President Taft has uttered his ringing note that has aroused tht echoes in every land. Sir Edward Grel parties have seconded his brave words Endeavorers in many lands have already expressed their gratitude that some statesmen dare to refer every question of national import to arbitration. Brit ish Fndeavorers are peculiarly enthusi- astic over the possibilities of a compac' which shall unite Enslish-speaking peo- ples in an indissoluble treaty. Let this go on record with equal UT gency, and let these two years to comt mark a great advance the world over 1T promoting the fellowship of mankind SC far as Christian Endeavor can promote it
 Most of my time for the Wxt two years will be spent among the Endeavorers ot Europe l will try to do my little best there to promote this pact of peace. VIII you do your best at home?
 Fellowship of the Churches
 2 Our duty to promote the fellowship of the churches as well as of the na- tions must never be forgotten or minim- ized. It is our God-given privilege and duty to continue. as in the past, to be, perhaps. the chief agency in bringing the young people of all Protestant denomina- tions together on a non-sectarian basis of love and service to God and man.
 These two years past have seen new de- join our ranks. have seen. indeed. greater advances along these lines than any other years, and should only spur us on to do our best to make the complete.
 g. But our society has not only rela- tions to every nation and denomination. but it's relations to state, county and city are equally important. An Endeavorer must never forget that he is a citizen, and he is not a good Endeavorer unless he is a good citizen. Our state and local unions are every year growing in value and influence and should receive the wisest and most energetic guidance.
 Perhaps the most important contribution of the last two years to Christian En- stn ha beqp tha gn1apdid work of the field secretaries in fully half of our states Their need. their value. their importance, where the right man is found, has come to be recognized everywhere.
 Field Secretaries
 Let one of the watchwords for the com ing biennium be, "A field secretary every state and province in America .' His services may not be needed in every state for the entire F months, but ac- lice field work for at least portion of the year may well De the ambition of every commonwealth and province.
 But unions for world. nation. state, city pr county are but expressions Of our fel- owship, and furnish us opportunities for united service. The most important work of the individual Endeavorer Is done in his own society, under the direction of his own church and pastor. To make this efficient, let me propose one or two plans which every society can enter upon before we meet again in international 
 (a) Mission study classes are already we'll known in our societies. Why should we not have a Christian Endeavor study class in every society? Text books are cheap: the little time necessary Is not wanting. the advantages would be enor- nous. Remember that 100000 new En- 1eavorers join our ranks each year. We must catch them young and train them inceasingly. st
 Because you older Endeavorers of 10 or 70 years ago knew what the pledge meant, and why we adopted It. how to conduct a prayer meeting and carry on commit- tee efficiently. is no proof that the boys and girls who joined week before last these things.
 We cannot afford to omit the education of Endeavorers in Endeavor principles any more than we can afford to shut up our high schools or close the doors of the little red schoolhouses in the coun- try. .
 Christian Endeavor Experts
 In every society should be some, at least, who have thoroughly studied our and propose not only that in every society . Christian Enueavor study class be instituted but that pastor and president confer the degree c. F. E., Christian Endeavor Expert on every proficient student. ltel M (b) I suggest for our local societies that some system of rating be adopted that the faithful may sbe distinguished from the faithlcss and the conscientious from the careless. If our highest uni. versailles find the marking system neces- gary to promote scholarship, why should not this training school of the churct