The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-05-11

| believe in Christian Endeavor be-
cause it believes in youth. 1t Is young
peoples opportunity. Because it is
for youth. of youth and by youth. it
has proved the old truth. which has
to be learned afreSh every decade, |
hat youth is strong and capable. AS
We grow older there is q tendency To
disparage the GUN Yet it is h
young who see visions, who Slay the
giants OF evil, and who dare go up
against all odds for truths sake. The
~conquering armies OF earth have been
armies of youth. It needs the fire
Of the audacity Of enthusiasm TO right
immemorial wrongs, and to glimpse
the new day Of numanity'S welfare in
he supremacy of Christ. Only youth.
dauntless, confident, high-souled
youth, would dare assume the lofty
obligations Of the Christian tndeavor
pledge.
c. F.. stands for Constant En-
thusiasm' and "Conquests Expected"
| and Christ t.nthroned."
Whatever a great Master ON
mands that a great loyalty promises.
] believe in Christian EnGeavor be
cause Christian Endeavor believes in
Christ. The more | see OF life, the
closer l get to cur days perplexities
and problems. the clearer becomes
my conviction that the remedy for
all the needs of our time is one and
simple, namely, the person and pow
err and purposes of Jesus Christ. the
only Teacher who can expOund the
twentieth century's riddles; the only
Leader who can command the allie
glance of all the classes; and the
only Redeemer who can save men
from their selfishness and their sin
Christian Endeavor links life tC
Christ. 1t acclaims Him Master. and
it relies upon His power. This grea1
allegiance Of Christian E.ndeayor Il
its great Lord is the sufficient eXpla.
nation of the movements great sue
cess.
When righteousness and religion
become a habit of life. the power O
temptation is weakened. Christian
EIfdeavor trains young people in tn
regular o~bservances of private an(
public worship, and in systematic
service of a great objective.
1 believe in Christian Endeavor be
cause Christian Endeavor believes il
: the Church. If We were to credi
some Of the current magazine arti
. Cles, we should suppose that IN
= Church had collapsed, and tit 70
! nothing but the junk heap. Will
the administration Of the Church i
far from perfect, the Church hersel
. is the most widely-diStributed. mos
far-reaching, and most beneficent in
I stitution on earth. In the Churc
y one finds the most perfect fraternity
4 the tendereSt service of human need!
+ the highest ideals and the sinceres
devotion to the cause and charaCte
u of God. There is profound reason
ableness in the principle which write
70 on the Christian Endeavor banne
II For the Church"
r Endeavor is good, but Christian Ell
deavor is better. The first word SUI
" plies the inspiration and the motiS
power for the second. If one ash
t. the why of Christian Endeavor, tt
d answer is in the words OF Paul. TT
j. love of Christ constraineth me"
s A potent school Of international. il
n terracial and interdenominatiO
Is brotherhood is Christian Endeavo
y with its members scattered all ov'
lie the earth. To a~ccentuate a your
4. persons identity as a Christian E,
10 deavor is to stress the fact that he
le a citizen of the world.
e. | believe in Christian EndeavOr b
n cause Christian Endeavor believes
the Bible. 1t pledges its meInbersh
S TO study of the book that inform
and inspires and transforms. t.
IS place and potency Of the Scriptur
II. in our new and turbulent times
10 coming to be somewhat of a hobi
al with me. For only therein do [ fiji
IN an adequate life programme and
S adequate motive power for the ma
ing over of the social order. Most
n the ills that current periodicals d
tn scribe and decry may be cured by
,:S reasonable adherence to the Gle