| Show CHRISTIAN CHUIS llAM the golden gates gales have been thrown wide open to the christian who are now gatherer in dan oo everything practicable tine has been adne d ne to make the sojourn on the pacific coast a memorable one aud the lb welcome is as a one of the san ban francisco papers papera expresses it written everywhere tn the sun eun that nines to ao brightly in the waving batem tuat glisten so beautifully ully and in the breezes that lau lao the parched lips alpa and flushed chereka ot of those who had made the weary pilgrimage across the desert deaerts plains plaine PP the christian endeavor eo Ed deavor movement la is one of cl abe too most moil remarkable of this thia century cea iury it seems to have bava sprung up no aa a spontaneous growth bud has baa spread with a rapidity probably with out a parallel in ecclesiastical history rhe first Coole rence was hold on june J une 2 Pon portland laud me MB six societies were represented consisting of member nem berc now N w alter after fifteen years there are organizations with a I 1 membership of the society being represented we believe in every country on the globe waste there are Uhri christiso churches it 16 was waa preceded sued by a so called revival to in the winter inter of 1880 and 1881 at portland me particularly in con i action with too the williston Willie tuo church ot of which bev francis francie E clark was waa ado pastor that nent leman conceived the ibe luca iuta of forming a class for boys boya bud anu hia big wile a similar class or bior girls untiring the progress ot of this work it was felt that abe you ng members could te be permanently interested in church labors by giving them some fild of work for the cause and with that idea in view tha first endeavor society was formal in 1881 the methods and aad ideas soon became popular and the movement spread among christian churches on boch aidea of the atlantia Atla otio antio too toe object of the organization if stated t ti be to promote an earnest Cari christiso life among its members to increase their mutual acquaintances anti and to make them more useful in the service of god 1 it interferes with no existing denomination it iter members belonging bl bel ingin nging fl to all churches it profess to endeavor to carry out in practice the ireat principle always emphasized emphasis ed by the exponents of the gospel of jesus christ that religion la Is not only a matter of sunday serville he but first of all a question of 0 too dally daily me lie something that should exercise exe rolae an influence on the of every citizen whether engaged in busi business neds pursuits or die charging the duties of an office ii alder halder whether the object has been quite bained or not to is another question the triumph of righteousness righteous aesa on earth to 18 necessarily a slow process of tion affecting the very being ot the individual rather than the result of gon an avalanche carrying with it with irresistible force the multitudes on its path did not net flad its ita solid olid foundations among the crowds that went to jerusalem with enthusiastic hosanna Hosson and palm leaves but among a few whose lives had bad been slowly by the he each ings inge of the master still the phe object of the Is an altogether isu laudable dable one and as long as they ar ta able to steer clear of the gauger cauger of at mak ng their ments in the be hands hande of ambitious as pl rante the wishes for their will be general and ere |
