Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-07-08
{. {. MEETING
At CHICAGO
One Hundred Thousand Societies
Represented in Annual
Convention.
hicago. July 1.-THE thousands Of

Chicago, July 1.-THE thousands OF
delegates to the worlds convention OF
the Society Of Christian EndeaVor
met for their first general session in
the Coliseum tonight. with a program
before them which calls fer consider
9csc1 Of Christian work ii almost
avery ccGntry Of the world,
wcnighg was the first time in sly
wears that many CT the societys lead
srs had ccna together. the last world
convention which had been arra2&ed
e:r~ Australia. having Teen Cancelled
T. r913. because Ct the outbreak 0.
suaalGpcx,
In response to Al address CT weE
one delivered ccG.glt by Henry II,
MG-cCSscn. the chairman, greetings
were given from 2 number Of remote
Countries Ii which the Christian En-
leaycc worsers reported progress
Notwithstanding the abnormal condj
sso~S under which many Of them had
worked. as = result OF the war.
c~nafrr-ar's Welccme.
The c~haLr~2a'S welcome was large
y directed 10 D-, Francis Z, CLARK.
he founder Ct the Christian EnIeaE-
; II soctcc... He said:
This convention will mean much
o you. because o. the privilege
wh:eh is yours at this time 10 come
irto close touch with Dr.. Clark, i
is not often that we have the priv;-
.esa OF 4 personal acquaintance with
men and women whose personal 81
forts have been the starting o: move
nentS whicA haze been nationwide
in their Importance.
we are ali familiar with slci
-rea. movements as Sunday School,
The Young Mems Christian Associa-
lion. the Temperance Movement and
others. Few, ii any, today. however,
have had the privilege OF a personal
acquaintance with those whose con
secration and wide vision were re.
sponsib,e for these great movements.
Ii your coming to Ch:cago was o-ig
% take advantage OF the opp7-tuHity
TO look into the face OF u beloved
rather Endeavo-er CLARK. it would
have been worth your while, foc il
him Christian Endeavor is person..
fed.
c. E. Pledge.
And. TO ycu'~ also, Dr.. Clark. is
the privilege a great one, OF looking
into the faces OF those thousands Of
E~ndeaTorers, who in themselves are
only representative OF the tens OF
thousands who love and revere you
and to whom your life and example
express the highest Ideals in Carts.
tan experience. ..4-
Little did you realize how far
| reaching would be the outcome O.
your planning. when, 81 years ago
| you sat in your study in the Williston
church Of Portland, Me, and wrote
.hese remarkable words cf4our Chris.
tan Endeayor pledge-Trusting in
the Lord Jesus Christ for strength
I will The seed which you thus
planted in the little Christian Endcav.
or society in Portland, Me-, has devel,
oped and expanded under your care
and cultivation to the fruitage which
you have a right to view with the
most devout gratitude, for 100000 So
cieties are now found in more than
50 different denominations, in every
civilized country in the world-North
and South America, Asia, Europe, At.
RIGA, Australia, and the Islands OF
the Sea. a Christian Endeayor host
numbering five millions, all merged
INTO one great interdenominational
brotherhood"
The greetings presented by dele
gates from foreign countries we're
from India. China, Japan, Grmany,
Hungary, Spain, Jamaica, Persia,
Mexico and Africa.