Show noted christian endeavor worker speaks to a large audience at the presbyterian church john wills baer general secretary of the united society of christian endeavor was in ane city yesterday the guest of the local organizations there was a great gathering at me first presbyterian by terian church where ha delivered an address on the work and plans of tha docic which ho represented air baer is an exceptionally good speaker and held his audience in rapt attention for more than an hour christian endeavor is now 21 years old said mr baer and I 1 suppose that you held a celebration of some kind here february ad on its anniversary day I 1 think it is a good thing to cele brate for IL gives us inspiration for j future effort in speaking of a celebration e i christian endeavor society bield in ona of tho cities on the coast the speaker said he was reminded of story people cocked into the city from ai over the country said he until every hotel was full and in some places they were sleeping three in a bcd I 1 was reminded ot an old lady with ten who got on a street car at sacramento the conductor looked at the ten children and then at the little woman and said madame are those children all your own or is this a picnics yc sir she replied these children are all mine and it is no picnic in referring to the wonderful growth of the christian endeavor society all over the world he said the growth of christian endeavor shows thai god is in the work it is called an institution but it is not an institution it is an influence and it is not man made dr clark the founder of the movement who is now in denmark built selfishly for williston church but he bowed sowed the all over the world and today every country flies a christian endeavor flag it is common organization with a common name and common principle for 0 common master we thank god that the seed has gone around the world the principles of christian endeavor bind the christian to his church occasionally casio nally when methodists rians and Congregational iata gether under tho name of crristian Cn endeavor movement is al meeting but an interdenominational one wo all claim allegiance to the bloodstained blood stained banner of the cross there arc 40 of theae evangelical aiom gathered into our society it you have principles that are dear to your stick to them for the christian endeavor movement is interdenominational international and I 1 am trying fo make it interesting stated that thero many members of the society who objected to tue page of the chrisian Chri suan endeavor movement on the ground that it wa not necessary 10 mako a to do right lie said that if any person objected to the pledge because it wada he objected to the tho lords covenant was referrer refer reu 10 and it was pointed out that the of matrimony was a pledge 1 have anerd nerd a five dollar biu said the it gay across its faco that tha united totes will pay the bearer on demand civo gold dollars but of course you ia not in pledges and as it la a long way back to boston 1 shall not give it to you j MA em |