CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOUR.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 63, 20 March 1913, Page 7

CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOUR.

j 'i.ff. J [Contributed.] ! |lt is n'ith pleasure that we looli hack ami’ regard the progress of the Christiait’ Endeavour movement throughout the world. Started only 32 years dgo, the movement has spread to every nation and'every land, until to-day it has established itself on a linn basis in almost every country in Continental Europe, and in all lands where English and American missionaries have gone. That the movement has been divinely blessed is seen in the humble beginning of the first society, in the obscurity of the promoter and the young people who formed it, and in the quiet and steady growth of the movement without ecclesiastical aid. In every phase of the society since its beginning, the divine hand is in evidence; in its introduction into England by the letter of a young mechanic; into Australia by the word of a young traveller; into Jamaica through the medium of a paper casually sent to an old sailor, and which fell into the hands of a Christian man; and into China by the humble efforts of young and, at that time, obscure missionaries. These facts tend to show that God is with the movement; and standing out across the whole Christian Endeavour horizon in bold and striking outline is His great" design for the Unity and Fellowship of Christians of many creeds in many lands. Every great convention illustrates this thought with striking emphasis. Every local union declares it, less strikingly but no less emphatically. The spread of the society so rapidly into all lands, and its adaptability to all nations and kindreds and people, again make evident this divine purpose. A small representation of this great movement will be seen in tire Broadway Church, Stratford, to-morrow, when the South Taranaki Union holds its fifth annual convention. Delegates will be present from the various societies throughout the province, and the meetings, of which there are three (morning, afternoon and evening) will be helpful and inspiring not only to the Endeavourers, but also to those not connected with the movement. A cordial invitation and a warm welcome is extended to all to be present.