Evening Star Newspaper, July 9, 1896, Page 18

REV. FRANCIS Present of the Untted Soc! E. CLARK. lety of Christian Endeavor. THE C. E. PLATFORM ——_+—_—_ Annual Address of Rev. F. E. Clark, President of the United Society. WHAT GOD HATH JOINED TOGETHER The History of Fifteen Years’ Work is Briefly Summarized. ee BANNS PROCLAIMED =e THE lcwing is the annual address of ancis E. Clark, president of the United Society of Christian Endeavor, presented simultaneously in the his morning: ow Christian Endeavorers: This is a goud year to build platforms. ral have been constructed already. From the great metropolis of the west we can almost hear the resounding blows of Pammer and chisel as, in-another platform, lank is fitted to plank. r Christian Endavor platform was for us at the beginning by Providence. ngth has been revealed by our his- | task is an easy one, for I only need in words what I believe God has n in deed: If i do not state our platform correctly, I do not ask you to stand upon it. if I can read our history aright, e its chief planks: Our covenant prayer meeting the magna charta of Christian en- ond. Our corsecration meeting—guar- teeing the spiritual character of the so- ty. Our committees—giving to each member some specific and definite hrist and the church.” ur interdenominational and in- al felowship, based upon our de- »nai and national loyalty. Our individual independence and ent, free from control of unit- state or local union, convention | mmittee; all of which exist for fellow- ship and inspiration, not for legislation. th. Our indivadual subordination as les to our own churches, of which to be an integral, organic, in- able part. Our Christian citizenship plank try for Christ, but, as a society, 1 alliances. Our mis- slank—Christ for the world. Our ultimate purpose—to deepen twal fe and raise the religions | ards of young people the world over. | History Briefly Summarized. For fifteen years Christian Endeavor has | built upon this platform. The history of | th which has wrought out in prac- | th se principles may be briefly sum- | be . So far as words and figures can | arize a movement, as follows: y-six thousand societies have been z millions of Endeavorers have been enrolled, of whom more than 2,700,000 are of others, Endeavorers in t name, have probably been enrolled y denominational societies. 1 million Endeavor meetings have been e million ccpies of the constitution undoubtedly been printed, in forty different languages, and at least 15,000,000 copies of t f our associate members have come into the evangelical churches. with fifty denominations, influ- t at least by the Christian En- and it is certain that over been given In benevolence ‘ough denominational and church chan- at least fs secure,” we say. Not unless we secure the ng the lessons of the past. re stretches before us—ten times a deavor, please e stand yet at } ndeavorers. The t near its source. Our concern ot to ceflect it into any chan- ur ewn choosing. Let God choose n years, and then the future, secur We have but one lamp by h our feet are guided, gnd that is the » of experienc By the past what God t us for the future? as best I may, to draw out Christian Endeavor, as our shows, is a practical paradox, a oncilables. It has married brought into an har- ideas which have been | mutually exclusive. I am} to consider this the most tmport- work of Christian Endeavor, in the © as in the past. Leyalty and Brotherhood. Our platform specifies some of the banns that have been proclaimed by Christian En- deavor. First. It has married the ideas of denomi- national fidelity and fellowship between denominations, and has written on the door posts of the home thus formed: “Fidelity and feliowship, one and inseparable.” Th s have been thought by many to be inconsistent, if not hostile, one to the other. Hence, many ecclesiastics are today afraid of our fellowship because they be- Tie it will weaken our fidelity. Christian eavor, sooner or later, will show them roundlessness of their fears. ._ By combining these disassociated ideas, Christian Endeavor has created a new idea, ‘nh has required a new word—a word which is found only in the very latest dic- tionary—the word “interdenominational;' a denominaticnalism which {s not sectarian- ism on the one side or care-nothing-ism on the other. Mind your prefixes, Christian Endeavorers; net “vn,” nor “non,” but “in- ter. Closely linked with this {dea of interde- Pominational fellowship is that other great idea of international fellowship. Look at these intertwined flags! They tell their g@wn story. They tell of our intense love for our own flag—the stars and stripes, “Old Glory,” if we live in the United States: whe Union Jack, if we live in Canada or Great Britain. Interlinked as they are, they Sell of our worldwide brotherhood. Our geciety is an arbitration meeting which a3 family to be never adjourns, a peace-with-honor conven- tion that is always in session. On these banners is written: “Loyalty and brother- hood, one and inseparable!” Obedience and Independence. Second. Again, if our platform is correct, Christian Endeavor stands for a self-gov- erned society that is yet who'ly governed by its own church. I know of no way of developing responsibility except by bearing responsibility. That man and that society will always be a drawf and weakling that is ever maneged by some one else. In com- parison with such a man, Mr. Caudle be- bind the bed curtain will be independent and self-respecting. Each soclety of Christian Endeavor is in @ sense independent. It works out its own problems. It is responsible for its own suc- cess or failure. It lives or dies according to its own inherent worth. It manages its own matters. It elects its own officers. It plans its own campaigns. But it is always subordinate to its own church, and seeks to find out and obey the wishes of its own church and pastor. Let me here take occasion to pledge my- self to the Christian public, if I may be al- lowed to speak in any sense as a represen- tative of Christian Endeavor. No united society and no convention, no union, and no committee of evangelism, good citizen- ship or missions, shail legislate for, or seek to control, any society in the wide world. More and more strongly every year is this principle of Christian Endeavor es- tablished, which indeed has been funda- mental from the beginning—that each so- ciety owes allegiance to its own church. Some churches have taken advantage of this principle of subordination to compel their Christian Endeavor societies to com- mit suicide, to go out of existence, or to label themselves with a local or se-tarian name. Is this entirely fair? I appeal con- fidently to the Christian public of the fu- ture, to the sense of justice in the church at large, for my answer. Nevertheless, and in spite of the advan- tage sometimes taken of this principle, Christian Endeavor has proclaimed the Lanns once more over these two appar- ently dissimilar ideas—self-government and subordination. It has married these dis- associated thoughts, each of which is in- complete without the other; each of which is puny and weak without the other; each of which is complemented and supple- mented by the other. It has married them, and has written on the lintel of their door: “Obedience and independence, one and in- separable.” Citizenship and Missions. Third. Again, our platform embraces pa- triotism and humanity. Patriotism is a name that 1s used to cover a multitude of sins. “It is the last resort of designing knaves,” said Johnson. It has been made to stand for partisanship and to mask hideous corruption. It needs to be married to an- other idea—the idea of humanity. This Christian Endeavor has attempted to do. ,Our patriotic fervor was born at the same time as our missionary fervor. Good citl- zenship and missions have gone hand in hand. “America for Christ” had not ceased to echo before we took up the ery “Christ for the world.” Good citizenship has too often meant in the lands where its slogan has been sounded, “America for the Ameri- cans,” “Canada for the Canadiatts,” “Great Britain for the British,” “Japan for the Ja "Christian citizenship means scmething more than this. It means our ountry for Christ, and Christ for the it means good rulers and good laws. It means the abolition of the saloon. It means prohibition wherever we can get it. It means Sabbath observance. It means in- flexible epposition to all unrighteousness— not simply that America may be the great- est nation on which the sun rises, not sim- ply that Britain's drumbeat may be heard around the world, but, above all, that “His kingdom may come, and His will may be done, on earth as {t is in heaven.” By Christian Endeavor, then, we marry the too-often disassociated ideas, patriotism and humanity. Christian citizenship and Christian missions, one and inseparable. Organization and Spiritual Power. Fourth. Our Christian Endeavor platform once more stands for organization, it stands for spiritual power. These two great ideas, alus! have too often been set over against one another. They have been divorced and sundered far. Come, Christian Endeavor, thou ite-robed peacemaker, nounce the banns which shail make or. ganization and spiritual power forever one! Two wings are essential to the bird that would sear toward the sun. Organization is cne wing, spirituality is another. A Poor, brok. inged eagle is that church or society that fails to use both wings. Organization without spiritual power 1s the perfect engine standing upon the track with no fire under the boiler, no steam in i“ pipes. It is a dumb, dead, impotent Spirituality without organization is the fire upon the prairie, kindling a blaze, but driving no wheels, turning no turbines, energizing no whirring looms or flying shuttles. This, too, is an impotent, evanes- cent thing. But spirituality and organiza- tion may move the world. We have the organization practically complete—our covenant pledge, our conse- cration meeting, our committees, our unions. Our future conquest is a question of spiritual power, and that, O Christian Endeavorers, you must furnish. Spiritual power abides not in the machinery of itself, but it may be had for the asking. Listen to the promise, Christian Endeavorer: “Ask and ye shall receive; seek and ye shall find.” Spiritual power is as free as the sunlight, as mighty as the tides. It is as abundant as electricity, but, like electricity, it must be generated. It is as omnipotent as God, but it muct be applied. The Christian Endeavor history of this past year is the story of this power. Its dominant note has been “Evangelism.” “Saved to serve” has been its motte. The “new Endeavor” may be summarized the evangelistic Endeavor, and wise evangelism is spiritval power applied. Watchword for the Coming Year. O Endeavorers, this is your supreme mis- sion. Be the conductors of this spiritual electricity. Be the willing wires, the live wires, alorg which may run the power of God to every part of our organization. This is the one, the only, secret of true success—‘‘Not by might, nor by power,” not by organization nor by perfection of ma- chinery, not by commitiees, not by methods, “but Ly My Spirit, saith the Lord,” work. ing through committees and methods and organization. ¥ Oh, that by some word of burning elo- quence I might lay this thought on the heart of every Endeavorer throushout the world! This word is not mine to speak. It is not any man’s to utter. Come, Holy Spirit, Heavenly Comforter, speak Thou the word that makes our organization live. But I can, I do, urge you to make this the Christian Endeavor watchwcrd of the com- ing year. Each year of the fifteen years has been noted for some advance step. Each convention has been signalized by some great thought. “Citizenship,” ‘‘Mis- sions,” “Fellowship,” have been our watch- words at conventions past, and they are our watchwords still; for a step once gained we will not lose. And here is the greatest word, and best of all: Spiritual power. “Washington '96’—may it live in history as the convention of God’s power! 1896-7, the year of God’s energizing might in Christian Endeavor! Then, as steel and copper, hitherto un- weldable metals, are welded together by the mighty, subtle power of electricity in & union so complete that no human eye caii find the seam, so, by the fusing might of God’s spirit in Christian Hndeavor, will be welded together fidelity that is true and fellowship that is large-hearted, responsi- bility that makes strong and loyalty that makes humblo and gentle, patriotism and humanity, organization and spiritual pow- er, now and forever, one and inseparable. And “What God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.” ———— TO BREAK GROUND. New Congregational Church at Mt. Pleasant Planned. It has been decided to break ground for the new Mount Pleasant Congregational Church today, July 9, at 5:30 p.m. The exercises, which are to commence itmmedi- ately after the Congregational rally, will be as follows: Rev. M. Ross Fishburn, pas- tor of the church,, presiding; invocation, Rev. S. H. Brown, Plymouth Church; sing. ing of hymn, “To the Great Builder, God, written for the occasion by President J. E. Rankin, D. D., L.. D., Howard University, a member of the church; reading from the Scriptures, Rev. Adam Reoch, Fifth Church; prayer, Rev. Chas. H. Small, Hud- son. Ohio, former pastor of the church. The following program of addresses is also to be made: Introductory address, Rev. M. Ross Fishburn, pastor; address, Rev. S. M. Newman, D. D., First Church, representing local Congregationalism; address by a min- ister representing national Congregational- ism, and by another minister on behalf of the international denomination. Rev. Dr. F. E. Clark, president of the united society, the pastor, gformer pastor, speakers, offi- cers of the church, officers of the society and others will then proceed to break ground by each removing a shovelful of earth. Dr. Olark is to close the exercises with the benediction, A sketch of the ohurch and history of pastor and people i ppeared in ‘The Star of last Saturday. ees FINES REMITTED. Garbage Contractor Receives Over Five Hundred Dollars. The Commissioners have repudiated the action of the health officer, and remitted $514 in fines that had been charged against the garbage contractor, for poor serv’ during the temporary contract of four months. It will be recalled that the con- tractor received for this four months’ con- tract nearly $28,000, and the contract itself had the conditions imposed that subjected the contractor to a fine for failure to per- form the work satisfactorily. During the first two or three months of the con-ract fines were imposed daily, aggregating no small sum. The fining did not worry the contractor. He objected now and then, and gradually the fines were remitted. But this $514 remained a charge, and although the contractor argued time and time again for the return of the same, the authorities were firm. It was stated today at the District build- ing by one in a position to know, that the remission of these fines was part of a plan to prevent the contractor from going into court and suing the District for adlitional compensation under his regular contract. The features of his claim have heretofore been printed in The Star, and may be briefly summarized as follows: The con- tractor bid $57,000 for collecting and dis- posing of the garbage of thecity. He ob- tained a contract for a four-months’ ser- ce, which consumed about $28,000 of the $0,0:0 appropriation made by Congr°ss. Then he was awarded the regular con- tract for removing the garbage for a period of five years. When pay day came | around he entered a claim for eight- twelfths of $57,000, which, he said, he was entitled to under the terms of his contr: for the eight months’ work of the year re- maining. The attorney for the District de- cided against the claim, and called atten- tion to a schedule of payments which it was claimed the contractor had agreed to. Then it was that the contractor, sp2aking through his legal representative, said in answer to a question, that unless the con- tractor received his payments in propor- tionate amounts each month a suit would be entered against the District. According to the statement of the gentle man above referred to, the District, to pacify the claim of the contractor, remit- ted the fines, and made provision that here- after he was to receive $00) per month reg- ularly for the daily service In connection with the regular payments proportionate to the number of collections made. REGULATIONS, BICYCLE The New Provisions Go Into Effect ‘Today. ; Visiting wheelmen are making inquiries concerning the law governing the disposi- tion of wheels in this city, and in many of the churches are to be found copies of the pohce regulations and amendments. Under the recent amendment of the Com- missioners, which goes into effect today, the regulations provide that: “No bicycle shall be propelfed across any intersecting street in the city of Washington at a great- er rate of speed than six miles an hour, nor at a greater rate of speed between in- tersecting streets and avenues than twelve miles per hour; ror at a greater rate of speed, on any’ public street or roadway outside of said city, than fifteen miles per heur. And no person other than the per- son or persons propelling any bicycle shall be permitted to ride on the same; and the Person or persons propelling the same in Violation of this regulation shall, upon con- Viction, be fined not less than one nor more than ten dollars, and every bicycle shall at all times be under the control of the rider.” Another section of the law provides that all cycles, bicycles and tricycles in motion after dark shall display a suitable light, and at all times have a suitable gong or bell so attached thereto as to be readily sounded to warn persons of their approach. The riding of a bicycle or tricycle over, upon, in cr through any sidewalic or foot. walk intended for use of pedestrians is also prohibited, while another section of the law says that no bicycle, tricycle or other vehicle shall be ridden or driven so 4s to collide with any other horse or such Vehicle or vehicles, or with any person, and the driver or rider of such horse or vehi- cles shall inake way for pedestrians at the sueet crossings. — Exchanging Badges. The interesting custom of exchanging badges was commenced among the visiting delegates this morring, and male and fe- male bosoms alike began to present the ap- Tearanca seen at royal functions abroad, where decorations are so profuse. A bright little girl, who was as plump as her face was pretty, was proud in the possession of a California ribbon and badge and the broad red, white and blue token of the Buf- falo, N. Y., society. She received many of- fers to exchange either of them for any uumber of others from three of her young friends, but obdurately refused to part with her treasures. The visitors are making the acquaint- ance of each other also without awaiting the formality of introductions. A Chris- tian Endeavor badge and an amiable ap- pearance are all that is necessary to make the strangers greet ch other and pro- ceed to exchange gostip of a pleasant character. ——~>— Objects of the Convention. Rev. Joseph B. Morgan, president of the National Council, said at the Ebbitt: “The three chief objects that will com- mand the attention of the convention iil be, I believe, the deepening of the spiritual feeling, evangelization and citizenship. I think there could be no more important or inspiring subjects.” ———— Rev. James M. Patterson. Rev. James M.. Patterson, presiding offi- cer at Tent Endeavor this afternoon, 1s pastor of the Westminster Presbyterian Church, Detroit, Mich. He was born and e€ucated in Ohio. His first charge was at inneapclis, where he served from 1884 to 1890. From there he went to Tacoma, Wash., and then to Omaha. During his pestorate of two years in Tacoma the membership of the church increa&td from 250 to more than 990, He was called to the Detroit church in 1894. ~ ENDEAVOR'S EXTENT The Interesting Report of General Secretary Baer, BRANCHES OF THE WONDERFUL GROWTH Prophecy Fulfilled and the Future Full of Promise. PLEASING FIGURES ‘The following annual report of Mr. John Willis Baer, the general secretary of the United Society of Christian Endeavor, was today read in the tents. Christian Endeavor—“It is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and cast into his garden; and It grew and waxed a great tree; and the fowls of the air lodged in the branches of it.” (Luke 13, 19.) ‘Those few lines give a brief and most ac- curate account of the beginning and the progress of Christian Endeavor. Wonder- ful, indeed, has been its growth. Paul has planted, and Apollos has watered, but God has given the increase. Yea, verily, the mustard seed cast into Dr. Clark's garden, the Williston Church, Portland, Me., fifteen years ago, has waxed a great tree, I know very well that there is a law in the vegetable life which says that what grows most rapidly generally decays ear- lest, and that some ‘good and wise men” have for that reason likened Christian En- deavor to Jonah’s gourd, “which,” you know, “came up in a night and perished in a night.” Let me remind those good friends, if their line is still in the earth, that the p-ophet says, “God prepared a worm, and smote the gourd, and it with- ered.” It has been said that “the least in nature is a better illustration of divine truth than the greatest object of art,” and it seems to me that Christian Endeavor, with its mighty, God-given growth, is more appro- John Willis Bae: priately comparable to the life in the little mustard seed, the least of all seeds, than to the most famous creation of art that skilled man has produced. The whirligig of time has sped on these fifteen years, and Christian Endeavor grows, and has already waxed a great tree, and the fowls of the air lodge in its branches; and J, for one, am confident God has not prepared a worm with which to smite It in a night, or in a year, or in a decade; no, never! Extent of It. Now let us count the branches on this great tree. It is a task upon which we enter with enthusiasm. Of the states and Provinces that now have each over one thousand Young People’s Societies of Christian Endeavor, the keystone state of Pennsylvania still heads the lst with 3, New York next, 2,971; Ohio, 2,311; Ontario has now passed’ to fourth place with 1,817; Illinois, 1,802; Indiana, 1,352; Iowa, 1,302. These figures do not include the numer- ous other kinds of Christian Endeavor So- cieties that are bow fast becoming sturdy branches of the mother tree, such as the Junior, the Intermediate, the Mothers’ and the Senior. The Junior “branch” claims our first at- tention. God be praised for its growth. It is sald a root of corn will grow an inch jn fifteen minutes, and the Junior branch bids fair to surpass that. There are now 10,084 Junior Societies. Pennsylvania leads with 1,224, then New York not very far behind with 1,104; Illinois, 836; Ohio, 716; Indiana, 498; Iowa, 468; Massachusetts, 461; California, 442. Notwithstanding many of the states have: made splendid advances in Junior Societies, Pennsylvania will for the third time secure the Junior “badge” banner for the largest gain in number of Junior societi And the other banner, now in the, hands of Assiniboia, must pass across two imag- inary lines to our enterprising neighbors in Mexico, for her record for the greatest proportionate increase in number of Jun- jor societies is far ahead of all others. Intermediate Societies. Next In numerical strength comes the in- termediate society. When this branch first put forth its stem, we know not; it 1s but a few years old, but promises richly. In many large churches there 1s need of band- ing the older juniors together, for aggres- sive work, preparatory to their graduating into the Young People’s Society. There are now 115 Intermediate societies enrolled, and many more of which we have no record. Illinois leads with 17 recorded. California, Indiana and Ohio each have 11 enrolled. Another year’s growth of this branch will be watched with interest, as will that of still two other new branches, the Mothers’ Society and the Senior So- ciety. There are 50 of the former and 20 of the latter. Illinois leads in both, having 21 Mothers’ and 4 Senior societies. New Hampshire and Pennsylvania each report 3 Senior societies, and Kansas 11 Mothers’, and Pennsylvania, 7. These three last branches named, Inter- mediate, Mothers’ and Senior, like the Junior and Young People’s, have great Promise of power, xthrill with life as they are. As the Junior fs for the boys and girls, the Intermediate for the lads and lassies, the Young People’s for the young men and women, the Christian Endeavor succession graduates into the Mothers’ and Seniors. As one pastor says: “It is not too much to hope and predict that the churches will gradually welcome the application of Chris- tian Endeavor principles to all their activ- ities. These principles underlie all Chris- tian work, and by the force of their in- herent reasonableness have the right of general application, and the day draws on apace when the church will foster the Christian Endeavor ‘idea’ as_ another method, like unto the Sunday school, sub- ordinate to itself, and will do through it its manifold work. Numerous Branches. We have not time to investigate the branches in schools, in colleges, in public institutions of all kinds, in prisons, and schools of reform, in almshouses, asylums, institutions for the blind, etc., on board ships, men-of-war, at navy yards, in life stations, and among life savers, among the boys in blue in United States barracks, in large factories, among car drivers, police- men, and patrolmen, in the Travelers’ Union, etc, but we cannot pass by the growth of the Canadian and foreign “branches,” for they next attract our ad- miration. All Canada hag 3,292 societies, and in foreign and missionary lands there are now 6,399 societies enrolled. The United kingdom has over 3,000; Australia, over 2,000; France, 66; West Indies, 63; India, 12 Mexico, 62; Turkey, 41; Africa, 38; China, 40; Germany, 18; Japan, 66; Mada- gascar, 93; and so on until every country in the world is represented, save three or four, making a grand total of 46,125 branches. The “badge” banner, which is given for the greatest absolute gain in number of young people's societies, can again be car- ried back to England's shores. Pennsyl- vania and other states have made a splen- did effort to keep it on this side of the “pond,” but it is evident that our brothers and sisters on the other side have a firm grasp upon it. he banner for the greatest proportionate gain in number of societies for the first time crosses the “briny deep” to Scotland’s shores. What will another year bring forth? Shall both barnérs ‘float on the queen’s domains’ But time ts passing, and we must cease EVENING SPAR, THURSDAY, SULY 4, 1s00-EIGHTEEN PAGES our counting branches, twigs, and leaves, and get to gathering the fruit from this’ mighty paradox of God's planting, this tree with mushroom rapidity of growth and the sturdiness and solidity of the oak. ‘Work Done. The fruits, what are some of them? Sys- tematic Bible study; circulation of good literature; denominational loyalty intensi- fied; pastors encouraged; Sunday schools enlarged; church services attended; pas- torless churches assisted; midweek prayer meetings sustained; cottage prayer meet- ings inaugurated; evangelistic services in asylums, almshouses, prisons, reformator- ies, in factories, in street car stations, at homes for the ed, the feeble-minded, soldiers’ homes and other public institu- tions; open-air Gospel meetings at wharves and coal docks, in parks and at street cor- ners; Gospel wagons employed; public érinking fountains erected; poor children and mothers given free river, ocean and car rides; new churches built; old ones re- palred; city missions revived; young men Preparing for the ministry; Endeavor vol- unteers for home and foreign missionary fields; more money than ever before given to the cause of home and foreign missions. And that leads me to make mention of the missionary roll of honor which will be unrolled in our meetings on Friday. Upon it are the names of over 5,869 young peo- ple’s soeieties and 2,331 junior societies frem thirty-five states, seven territories, seven provinces, four foreign lands. These sccieties have given $154,022.65 through their own denominational boards to the cause of home and foreign missions. In addition to this amount which has been given by these 8,200 societies that we have enrolled upon the roll of honor, we find that $206,150.21 has been given by these same societies for Christ and the church in other ways, making a total of $360,172.89, the largest amounts given by any one s ciety being $1,107.01, by the Clarendon Street Baptist Society of Boston, and a llt- tle over $1,000, by the Calvary Presbyterian Society of Buffalo, N. Missionary Giving. Let me make it plain that the $154,022.68. given direct to mission boards by the 8,000 societies, and their gifts of $206,150.21 for other benevolences, represent only the record of the societies that have asked to be enrolled upon the “missionary roll of honor. But there is other good fruit, such as open hostility to Sunday base ball playing and Sunday excursions, whether by bicycle, train or boat, and every violation of the Sabbath day. Rece track gambling and lotteries antagonized; well planned Chris- tlan citizenship battles fought at the primaries; aggressive and organized voters’ Warfare against che saloon; increase of hatred for the entire liquor traffic and its power in the party politics of all nations. Ay, a more intelligent spirit of patriotism has been promoted everywhere. Christian Endeavor believes Bishop Berkeley knew what was needed when he said years ago, “To be a good patriot, a man must con- sider his countrymen as God's creatures, and himseif as accountable for his acting towards them.” ‘Then another fruit, and a blessed one, has been the growth of our interdenominational fellowship. To have once tasted it is to turn it like a’ sweet morsel on the tongue. We want nothing to blight it. God has continued to smile upon it, and each year it is expressing itself in new leaf and blos- som and bud, as convention after conven- tion, local, district, state, provincial, na- tional and international, gathers, increases in numbers and spiritual power. Brethren, “forsake not the assembling of yourselves togethe: 4 Let us examine the interdenominational fruitage a little more definitely.. An to Denominations. In the United Ftates the denominational representation i. as follows: The Presbyte- rians still lead, with 5,458 Young People’s societies and 2,599 Junior societies; the Congregationalists have 4,109 Young Peo- ple’s societies and 2,077 Junior societies; the Disciples of Christ and Christians, Young People’s societies and 1,087 Juni societies; the Baptists, 2,67) Young People’ societies and 927 Junior socletics; Method!st Protestants, 975 Young People’s societies and 392 Junior societies; Lutherans, 854 | Young People’s societies and 268 Junior so- cleties; Cumberland Presbyterians, 805 Young People’s societies and 2%) Junior societies, and so on through a long list. In the Dominion of Canada the Meiho- dists of Canada lead, with 1,041 Young Pe: ple’s societies and 150 Junior societies (most of the societies known as Epworth Leagues of Christian Endeavor); Canadian Presbyterians are next, with 1,026 Young People’s societies and 134 Junior societies; Baptists next, with 173 Young People’s so- tieties and 34 Junicr societies; Congrega- tionalists next, with 103 Young People’s so- cieties and 40 Junior societies, etc. In the United Kingdom the Baptists lead, with over 900; Congregationalists next, with nearly as many; then the Methodist: with over 700, and the Presbyterians, E, copalians, Moravians and Friends, in ord: named. In Australia -he Wesleyan Methodists lead, and Congregationalists, Baptists, Presbyterians follow. A Prophecy Fulfilled. Let me refer, in closing, to a propnecy made just ten years ago by Dr. J. E. Twitchell of New Haven, Conn.: “I am no prophet, nor the son of a prophet, but I venture that the fifty thou- sand now composing the Christian En- deavor Society in five years will become five hundred thousand, and I would not be at all surprised if in ten years it should roll up a round million. It is Christian, on the right basis, and breathes the true, prophetic life. God has a place for it, and a work for it and help for it, I am sure. How patriarchal our brother, Dr. Clark, the founder, will feel ten years hence, if he shall become the foster father of a million!” Well, Dr. Twitchell, the ten years have passed, and the “round million” has been rolled up and more, for there is today in the 46,125 socteties throughout the world a total membership of 2,750,000. And the best of it all is that from our juniors 21,500, and from our Young people's societies 210,100, have this year joined the churches of America! ‘Praise God for that! In all, 231,900 have from Christian Endeavor taken their place ‘in the church of the living God. What a ‘blessed harvest for one year! Assurance of Growth. Dr. Charles F. Deems, that sainted friend of our cause, said at the Saratoga Chris- tian Endeavor convention in 1887 that “things that grow have more intrinsic value than things that are made. Growth is natural; manufacture Is artificial. What is manufactured is every moment going to decay. Whatever grows has in itself the seed of its own propagation. ‘The first acorn God made is growing now, mightily multiplied and spread through millions of its descendant oaks.” Christian Endeavor at that time was but six ycers old, and Dr. Deems thus early proved by natural reasons that Christian Endeavor germination would continue year after year. It is because there has been a deepening of the spiritual life that this mustard seed has waxed a great tree. More and more are its fertilizing evangelistic influences giving birth to new converts, new workers, new soul-savers, under God’s guidance. Yes, the Christian Endeavor tree grow: Its tap-root, the active member's pledge, which reaches down into the soil made rich by God’s word, is sending up, growing rearer and nearer to the heavens above, its mighty, sturdy trunk, “for Christ and the church.” And coming from all denomi- nations, all tribes, and all nations, for the fifteenth time we gather under its spread- ing branches, crowned with a blessed fruit- age, and with united heart and voice pra God “that it is a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth His fruit in His scason.” eee Bishop Alexander Walters, D. D. Bishop Alexander Walters was born August 1, 1858, at Bardstown, Ky. He studied treology at Indianapolis and San Francisco, and was licensed to preach in March, 1877, and was stationed at Cory- don, Ky., where he remained two years. In 1883 he was transferred to the Callfor- mia conference, and became pastor of the A.M. E. Zion Church, San Francisco. Later he served churches in Tennessee and New York city. He was elected bishop in 1892. Bishop Walters was elected a trus- tee of the United Society of Christian En- deavor in December, 1895. He is one of the speakers at the First Congregational Church this evening. ee His Career Ended. . From the Chicago Tribune. Friend—“John, your day for prize fight- ing is about over, isn’t it?” Ex-Champion (with a heavy sigh)—“Yes, I'm a has-been. I ain’t good for anything now, I reckon, but trainin’ actresses.” “37 PARADING ON WHEELS Saturday Night's Picturesque Demonstra- tion Being Arranged Fer. A Permit Granted—Easterm Athletic Yesterday's rain and this morning’s show- ers have had the effect of keeping those visiting Christian Endeavorers who brought their wheels with them off the streets, yet the number of riders is large, and they are all anxious to try the smcoth asphalt just as soon as the conditions are favorable. Before the convention adjourns there will be a wherlmen’s parade, the bicycles being Bally decorated and carrying Chinese lan- terns. After the convention has adjourned, but while there will be, it is*expected, sev- eral Christian Endeavor riders in town, another parade is to be given. The first demonstration is scheduled for Saturday evening, when the convention program is so arranged as to allow con- siderable leisure time to Endeavorers, and will permit bicyclists from other sections of the country to wheel into line and ride over the route mapped out—Pennsylvania avenue from Washington Circle to the Peace monument and return as far as the White House. Many May Leave After Monday. It is thought by the local wheelmen who are arranging for the Saturday parade that after the closing convention session Mon- day night a large proportion of visiting Endeavorers, including those that are bi- cycle riders, will leave the city, either for their homes or to take in any of the va- rious side excursions planned by the con- vention excursion committee, or to follow out other plans they may have made. Sev- eral of the local wheelmen, therefore, have put their heads together to provide a ant form of entertainment for Chr: Endeavor riders during Christian Endeavor week and before many of those who would like to participate shall ave left the city. At the same time the convention bicycle committee has announced in its circular that a parade will be given Tuesday cven- ing of next week, and it is believed that those who remain in the city until that time will take part in that parade also. Indeed, the local wheelmen and the Chris- tian Endeavor bicycle committee are get- ting up a double form of entertainment in arranging for the two parades. Most of the wheeling clubs in the city, visiting deavorers and unattached local riders will, it is believed, participate in the first, while in the second as many delegates as ride and remain in the city will probably be found in the ranks of the procession. Chief Marshal Henshaw yesterday ap- pointed assistants for the Saturday parade, ail of whom have agreed to do their best to contribute to the suc of the undertak- ing. They are George % Boyd of the Queer Wheelmen, R. R. Revill of the Washington Road Club, W. T. Wilson, James B. Lo- craft, W. H. Parsons, F. E. Pratt, secre- tary of the United Wheelmen; William Get- tinger of the Arlington Wheelmen, and J H. Johnson, jr. A meeting is to be held to- night at 510 11th street to complete the de- tails in the final arrangements. The Line of March. The plan of formation has been outlined. The parade will start from the Washington Circle, at the intersection of K and 23d streets, Pennsylvania and New Hampshire avenues. The Christian Endeavor riders will be in charge of J. H. Johnson, jr., and will assemble on the west side of the circle, on Pennsylvania avenue. To the south, on Zid street, will be the Eastern Athletic Club, which is to act as escort to the Christian Endeavor guests of the parade. Mount Pleasant riders will be formed on New Hampshirt avenue, north of the circle, and ali unattached wheelmen on K street to the east, under the marshalship of G. W. Evans of the District government offi- ces. The organized clubs of Washiagton li have the right of line, serving as an escort to the Chi ian Endeavorers; the Christian Endeavorers will follow, forming the second great division, and the unat- tached wheelmen of Washington will form the third division. A separate marshal for each of the organized clubs will be ap- pointed Regarding the clubs which turn out in Saturday’s parade, { nounced yesterday that Mr. George Loyd, who is the captain of the Queer Wheelmen, has already issued a formal call for a club run that night, starting from Washington Circle at 8 o'clock and proceeding down the avenue with the parade. The iged Wheelmen have not yet held any regular runs, inasmuch as they are but just organ- ized, but they will turn out Satur ing for the first time. The Wa: Road Club is expected to turn out seventy-five men, and the Altair ¢ are also looked to for a large contriution. The greater portion of the parade, however, will be made up of the Christian © orers from out of the tached wheelmen of this city Mr. W. H. Henshaw, treasurer of the Queer Wheelmen and chief marshal of the purade, has provided 40) Chinese lanterns for use in decorating wheels of those in the Christian Endeavor section of the perade. It is supposed that Christian En- deavorers will use the Washington '96 flag extensively in decorating their wheels, in addition to the lanterns. Novelties Promised. Harry Park, the well-known trick rider, proposes to have thirty-five or forty men in line and make a novel display. This morning J. H. Johnson, jr., called on Maj. Moore to see hin about a permit for Saturday’s parade, and the necessary au- thorization was readily granted. The wheelmen and Endeavorers are now look- ing forward to a pleasant night for the demonstration. Capt. Edgar A. Shilling and I Tralles and C. M. Robinson, § fied Marshal Henshaw of their intention to join the parade with the bicycle contingent of the Morton Cadets, the champion drill company in the United States, and expect to turn out thirty or forty strong. They have been assigned to assist the Eas‘ern Athletic Club in acting as escort to the Christian Endeavor section. The Mortons will assemble on 23d street south of the circle, along with the members of the Eastern Athletic Club. —— The Star and the C. E. Convention. The issues of The Evening Star for the week from July 8 to July 14, inclusive, will contain a complete and interesting record of all the proceedings of the great Chris- tian Endeavor convention. Wednesday's Star contained, besides the complete pro- gram for the week, many handsomely illus- trated articles of especial interest to Chris- tian Endeavorers. The other issues will be attractively arranged and present full re- ports cf all events connected with the con- vtntion. A file of The Star for the week will form a valuable souvenir of the nota- ble gathering. All the issues for the week will be mailed to any address in the ited States or Canada for ten cents. Visiting Endeavorers mey, by having The Star mailed to friends at home, give the distant ones the earliest and fullest information of the proceedings in Washington. est es Marriage Licenses. Marriage licenses have been issued to the fellowing: White—Wm. T. Gresset, and Margaret P. Terry, both of Richmond, Va.; Harry E. Beavens and Susie M. Cole; Den- ris Murphy and Sarah Toner; Carl C. King end Viola Henry; Jos. H. Dimmick and Bridget T. McNulty; John C. Metz and Cora Howard; Geo. W. Horman and Mary E. Zimmermann, both of Frederick coun- ty, Md.; Geo. W. Clark of Prince George’s county, Md.. and Mina L. Bartlett of Farnesville, Va.; Malcolm F. Sterrett of Dallas, Tex., and Mary V. Hooe of this city; Wm. W. Green of this city and Jen- nie Banks of Sperryville, Va. Colored—Albert B. Rice and Mary FE. Drew; Benjamin F. Kelly and Blanche Fox; Richard Taylor and Marie Hemsley, both of Fort Foote, Md.; Wm. Jackson and Fannie Lindsley: Wm. A. Mason of Mont- gomery county, Md., and Sarah Barber of this city. pout ee Encke, the sculptor, is dead. A German submarine cable company has been formed to lay a cable from Germany to Spain and thence to the United States. Sir Charles Tupper and his colleagues re- isigned yesterday the Dominion ministry. DEAFNESS OF CHILDHOOD Miss Emma Wenner Finds a New Happiness. HER HEARING IS RESTORED of the Treatment of Doctors McCoy ai THESE CURES OF DEAFNESS, RES’ FROM SCARLET FEVER, DIPHTHE SLES AND OTAER ACUTE DISEASES, HAVE OCCASIONED MANY QUESTIONS AS TO HOW IT 18S THAT THESE DISHASES OFTEN 1 PEOPLE OF HEARING. IT IS NOT DIF To MAKE THE ANSWER PLAIN. SCARLET FEVER, PLEURISY, DIPHTHERIA, BRONCHITIS AND PNEUMONIA ARE USUALLY AcooM- PANIED BY A SORE TE MATION FROM THE THROA' MOUTH OF THE EUSTACHIAN TUBES, THEN EXTENDS INTO THE TUBES, CAUSING A CLOS- ING UP OF THE LOWER END. THE INPLAM- MATION THEN PASSES UP ALONG THE TURES. DISCHARGE RESULTS, WHICH CANN OUT INTO THE THROAT, AS THE ASS aT TH END IS BLOCKED t 80 IT ACOUMULAT IN THE UPPER END, PRESSES AGAINST THE DRUM OF THE EAR, INVLAMES THE DKUM, AND AFTER A TIME BURSTS THROUGH IT. THIS CAUSES THE DISCHARGES FROM TMH OUTER EAR. WHEN, AFTER THE PEVER on TE NESS, THE Pt oF NATURE DO NOT REMOVE THE OBSTRUCTION IN THE LOWER PART OF THE TUBE, DEAFNESS IS THE RESULT. DEAFNESS FROM THIS CAUSE IS AS AMENABLE TO TREATMENT as PROM ANY OTIUR CAUSE. K st. nw, Hearing Re. | mma Wenner, “Esnma is t attack of the tree until the was tr dinary tone yok tek. or bicycle bells, It wasn in order to attrac aut “We tried many doctor: prove her hearing. “Since Ler treatun a Her Improvem could could She wt hear the ssury to shout a im- t they did not Doctors Met y by and t Haw Been Wonder- ful. “The other day she when I called to ber from th wate answered im: find, the clock at She also luears the fire bells ring, so never before to do. A few da md the warly a Weck in many ways and note the great improvement.”” Minn Wenner Says: had been so Deaf from the time I fi member that I could hart 1 not distinguish even ordinary sounds at any tance. At school th her always gave me a front desk, and F the questic withe : eCoy bells at a dista happy to think that I can by always be : McCoySystem of Medicine Dr. J. Cresap McCoy, Dr. J. M. Cowden, Consulting Physicians. 2 Office Hours, 9 to to S p.m.,daily. -m., 1 to 5 p.m., 6 y, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m COPTES Ari ON DI s EMAILED ON APPLICA VION TO THOS! TLY INT TED IN 1E NDITION oF THE Rev. Wesley J. Rev. Wesley J. Gaines, ines, DD. bishop of the African Methodist Church, was born in Wilkes county, € October 4, 18 He wi ised in slavery. He was } 1 to preach in 1865, and admitt path Carolina conference the following year. After serving several churches he was elected and ordained bish pat Indian- is con- apolis, May, 1588. nected with’ sever stitutions of his a particularly active as well as an ¢ t the rally at Church this afte > rank J. Boyer. Boyer, chairman this ore tropolitan A, the noon, Mr. Frank after- noon at Gay Street Baptist Church, ts one of ti enthusiastic deavore of the United Evangelical Church. He was elect- ed treasurer and agent of the C. E. ture Repository of the managing 1 the Keystone League of Chri deavor in 1S! sted in served two president Berks county He ha as . Union. as transportation agent for his ¢ state and international convention: ISM. Mr. Boyer is a resident of R where he is a well-known publisher. ee ee Rev. Winfred R. Ackert. Rev. Winfred R. Ackert, a prominent young minister of Hoboken, N.J., is well known as an active worker among th young people throughout his own denom- ination ard state. Particularly has been successful in his work among the boys’ clubs, with which he has been identi fied for se’ He zealous worker im the advane Christian Endeavor work. He has selected as chairman of the rally this ncon at the Western Presbyterian Chur: scien acces Bishop Abram Grant. Bishop Abram Grant of the A. M. F. Church was born tn slavery in Columbia eccunty, Fla., in 1848. Soon after the close of the war he entered the ministry, and served churches tn Ja onville and Talla- hassee. He then went to Texas, where he had successful pastorates at San Antonto and Austin. In May, 1588, he was elected bishop, and was assigned to Texas, ana, California, Washington and Oregon. In isv2 Bishop Grant was charged to the diocese of Georgia and Alabama, and in 1894 was appointed to.take charge of Flor- ida also. He 1s to deliver an address this evening at Foundry M. E. Church.