The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-09-18

Los Angeles county, Cal, seldom has
fewer than 1000 at its county conven.
ton; MlddleseX county, Mass, had
2,4O6 at its convention this year. The
: twenty-seventh international and fifth
worlds convention is to be held in
Chicago July 7-12, 1915.
! Because this work is worldwide in
its character the time came when II
( was necessary that some one man
should give all of his time to the work,
| travelling from state to state, province
10 province and country to country.
There were no funds available for this
work from which to employ a worker;
but twenty-nine years ago Francis E.
Clark gave up the pastorate of the
Phillips Congregational church, Bos
ton, where he had gone from Portland
and through all these years he has
given himself to this work, without
one penny of salary from the Chris
tian Endeavor movement. Doctor
Clark has earned his own living by
the use Of his pen, the books he has
written, and the special articles for
magazines and newspapers. Not only
has Doctor Clark earned his own sal
ary thus, but he has paid practically
all of his own salary, steamship and !
hotel bills, as he has Travelled in for |
eign countries for Christian Endeavor |
Doctor Clark has gone five times |
around the world, and many times to |
Europe and Great Britain. There is |
no country in which he has not trav-
eled and spoken for Christian En-. !,
deavor, 1t is estimated that he has !
Travelled at least 1926, 600 miles-325, 600
miles of this by water, 435,0O0 miles
by rail, and fully $4,000 by wagon
camel, in jinrihshas, in
hammocks, etc. He has
addressed ct least 100000 people; he
has been in the midst of danger by
and and by sea, in religious riots, in
earthquakes, tornadoes, cyclones, bliz.
yards, shipwreck, train wreck and
score Of similar catastrophes.
Doctor Clark has been received by
presidents of the United States, of
Panama Peru, Argentine Brazil, the
lings of Norway, Sweden, Greece, the
nikado of Japan and scores of other ,
celebrities. There is no American citi-
zen who has been more greatly hon ;
'red, and there is no more modest :
itizen anywhere. ,
Christian Endeavorers have decided Z
hat they wish to build a memorial s
or Doctor Clark in appreciation of the 7
many years of service for the cause. Z
nd they don't want to wait until he r
J dead to do 1t. They want to bring +
oses to him while he is alive. The I
natter was fully considered, and it Y
eemed to all that the wisest and most 8
thing to do was to erect S
building which should be the inter 2
ational Christian Endeavor headquar- q
ers. The plan calls for a flve-story "
lilding, two stories of which shall be Il
sed for the Offices of the movement, o
nd thus save the $4,000 a year that
now paid in rents for that purpose.
I'D three stories of the building to be
.nted to provide an income for the 81
ltension of the movement in this T
Id other lands. This, with the profits fr
the publishing department, which a
IS paid all of the expenses of the ia
ork in North America for more than 81
years, will be sufficient to
finance the worldwide OF
Ork of this movement. cc
This headquarters building is to n;
st, when complete, including lot and ci
100000 One-half of this tV
Mount has been raised, and it is q
e purpose Of the society to raise the w
st $15OOO0 by November Of this year. il
continent-wide campaign is being or dc
nized and will be waged this fall. ex
,ery former Endeavorer, as we'll as si
esent member of the society, will sh
urged to have some part in this tn
after, which will mean so much to ril
g worldwide work of this great So hi
ety. and will be fitting testimonial tn
their appreciation of the great work tn