. Review of reviews and world's work. is indeed remarkable. The four great objects set before the societiesof Christian Endeavor at the last convention, inBaltimore, were these : 1. That they give $1,000,000 to denomina-tional missions. 2. That they should bring into the Church onemillion new church attendants. 3. That they should induce one million per-sons to join the Church. 4. That they should bring one million newmembers into the Christian Endeavor societies. One outcome of the present widespread cele-bration of this quarter-centennial anniversary isto be a memorial in the form of a build
. Review of reviews and world's work. is indeed remarkable. The four great objects set before the societiesof Christian Endeavor at the last convention, inBaltimore, were these : 1. That they give $1,000,000 to denomina-tional missions. 2. That they should bring into the Church onemillion new church attendants. 3. That they should induce one million per-sons to join the Church. 4. That they should bring one million newmembers into the Christian Endeavor societies. One outcome of the present widespread cele-bration of this quarter-centennial anniversary isto be a memorial in the form of a building forthe international headquarters of the nationalsociety, the fund for its maintenance to be pro-vided by the gifts of Christian Endeavorers. THE IMPRESS OF LEADERSHIP. It is natural that a comparison should bemade between the (Miristian Endeavor movementand the Young Men* Christian Association andthe Salvation Army, each of whicli preceded theorganization of the first Endeavor society bymany years. General Booth and the late Sir. DR. FItANCIS E. (Founder of the Christian Endeavor movement.) APROPOS of the twenty-fifth anniversary ofthe founding of the Christian EndeavorSociety, whicli was celebrated last month, severalof the February magazines have articles outliningthe remarkable history of this unique the most noteworthy of these articles isthat contributed to the North American Revieiuby President Henry B. F. Macfarland, of theBoard of Commissioners of the District of Colum-bia, who is himself an enthusiastic story of how tliis great society had its humbleorigin in Williston CHiurch, of Portland, Maine,and how it gradually spread to other Statesand other countries until it encircled the globe,has been told before in the Review of Reviewsand in countless other periodicals. Mr. Mac-farland declares with truth that no present-dayphilosophy can ignore the significance of suchan organization as the Christian Endeavor So-ciety, which is
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