El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-06-10

w Nearly 100000 young people
Will be represented in the
26th annual international convention,
which viii meet in Los Angeles begin
ming July 9. England and all her
/ colonial possessions, as well as each
/ Of the large countries in which Eng
! disappearing missionaries are engaged,
will be in some way represented at
this mammoth convention, which viii
/ demonstrate an unparalleled growth IN
/ Christian development among the
young people Of the neutrality-suspicious.
/ world.
The first Christian Endeavor society
/ was organized in the Congregational
I church in Portland, Me, in 1881, by
l Rev. +. E. Clark, D. d., who mad the
honor of being selected the president
[ of the Worlds Union Of Christian En-
] deavOr at the triennial conference held
| in Washington in 1896 Twenty-Five
! years ago, in April, 1883, DR.. Clark.
I spurred by the wonderful enthusiasm
with which the Christian EndeavOr
/ movement had spread over MS own
I country, set forth TO England in The
first seriOus effort TO plant Christian
{ EndeavOr in a foreign land His re-
( ception there and the thousands Of
/ Christian EndeavOr societies which
/ sDranE up in England as the result or
| his visit were beyond his highest eS-
l-pectations. The EndeayOr movement
/ has been carried to South Africa TO
0 India and TO Australia, as well as 20
1 Canada, where its growth came natuF-
[ ally from proximity to Maine where
/ the first society was organized
/ Almost LimitIess in scope.
The Christian EndeavOr mOvemenr
! seems almost limitess in scope The
: distinctive feature is its work among
( the young people, leading them 10 con
I secrate their lives to active work Tor
I God. A weekly prayer meeting, which
{ each one pledges him or herself TO at
{ tend unless unavOidably detained, and
Z the conservation meetings, at Wnlcn
{ special efforts have been made TO as
Z certain if the members have been faith
Z full TO their pledge, tend to keep up a
! live interest in the spiritual work or
/ tn organization.
! There is no lack Of practical Work
( also. The Christian Endeavor society
I usually is responsible for the social
Z life of the church. It has committees
! to look after the interests OF strangers
not only those coming TO the churcnr
I but also those who come to the com
: munity and are not In attendance upon
/ any church. In many towns It's slrOhg
I est influence has grown out OF It's eI-
! forts TO aid strangers A pracucal AID
J committee of a Christian EndeaVor so
ciety in a town where great lndls
/ trial strike was in progress was aoie
I to do much TO alleviate the suffering
Z Of the strikers families by securing
{ temporary work of many kinds that
did not interfere with any of the pro-
visions made by the union Whlch ndu
I ordered the strike
Does Social Settlement Work.
In large cities much social settle
ment work is done under the auspices
of the Christian EndeaYOr sOclelles-
I In many instances the entire relief Work
] of the church is dispensed through q
: committee of the Christian EndeaNOr
Z society. the young people IN THIS way
I being given practical experience IN
aiding those in need In many towns
a civic committee OF an EnQeaFOE So
ciety has grown into YLIase IN! m
0 w. We rH n|
/ clean streets, public library, pure va
ter q curfcw law and numDerless oIneE
civic improvements which nave lenue4
toward the practical betterment OF lhe
The growth Of the Christian En-
! deavOr work has been largely aided
by the amount of literature which was
I issued in the early DAYS OF the move
men-- Live periodicals devoted 10 the
/ extension of Christian EndeaTor &C
| Invites. supplied also with interesting
J articles upon various subjects apt 70
| interest young people, together win
many well written books on many sub
! jeCts. are being constantly issued Tor
/ the benefit Of workers In Christian
Music always has been a strong fea-
I ture in Christian EndeavOr work In
/ most societies a song service precedes
/ each Sunday evening meeting me
publication Of the first Christian En-
! deavor hymn book nearly 25 years ago
made special provision for Christian
]
| IT, rhythm and melody 20 be really
| attractive to young people. Many OF
/ the songs and tunes written for that
/ first hymn book were contributed
gratis The selection Of music pleas
: ing TO young people, at the same time
dlgnified and in keeping with the high
| est religious feeling, has not been an
/ easy task. The degree Of excellence
which has been attained by Christian
I EndeavOr music will be demonstrated
Z throughout the great convention by
I the choruSes. anthems. and other spe-
3 cial selections. in addition to the splen-
I did congregational singing which viii
Z be heard at each session. This music
has been supplied not only through
+ American societies, but throughout the
world At one OF the meetings OF the
4 Los Angeles convention a song service
Will be given by the Chinese, the Japa-
nese and the Hawaiian delegations.
Social Purity Work.
| Social purity work viii receive a
! strong forward Impetus from the con-
yentlOn, as in most of the societies
| special committees for this work lately
have sprung into active service. There
will be separate conferences upon this
subject for women and girls and for
men and boys in which specialists will
give advice as TO the best methods OF
increasing interest in the prevention
of the social evil The consideration
Of what the Christian EndeayOr move
ment has done and can do for the
spread Of the peace propaganda VIII
occupy one meeting and there will be
a strong influence toward the lessen
ing Of race prejudice evidenced
throughout the convention.
One reason for the success OF the
| Christian EndeavOr movement from its
/ beginning was the organized effort to
make the weekly meetings of interest
to the members With this in view a
systematic program has been arranged
by means of which even the ineZperi-
7 enced leader could not fail to secure
the cooperation Of the attendants. A
. topic or subject is prepared for each
meeting and suggestive outlines Of the
leaders talks are provided. RecitatiOns
are sometimes given to lend variety.
Each meeting has some distinctive fea-
ture carefully prepared and its details
worked out by a committee of the
United society, which publishes il each
week. in order that all Of the So
cieties may have the same subject each
week. Usually a monthly or quarterly
topic card is provided by each society.
If a member of a Christian Endeavor
society visits in a strange city he is
almost sure to have his attention di-
rected to the same subject being con-
sidcred at the same hour in his home
church, this in itself proving a strong
bond of fellowship
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