Word: endeavor
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Breitkopf & Hartel, Leipsic publishers. They, suspicious of the MS. from Vienna, wrote to one Franz Schubert of Dresden, Royal Church composer, inquired if he had submitted the song. The answer: "With the utmost astonishment I inform you that this cantata was never composed by me. I will use every endeavor to discover who has so discourteously sent you this bit of patchwork and expose the scoundrel who so misused my name." The "patchwork" was written in 1816, accepted for publication...
FRANCIS EDWARD ("FATHER ENDEAVOR") CLARK, 76, Boston; the late founder of Christian Endeavor societies (TIME, July...
...Christian Endeavor movement among young people is comparatively recent. The late Rev. Francis E. Clark, who died last May, founded it Feb. 2, 1881, at his Williston Congregational Church in Portland, Me. Members were obliged to pledge themselves to attend weekly prayer meetings of their local society. So sound was Dr. Clark's idea that 80 evangelical religious denominations have sponsored the movement. It has societies in 60 different countries; has more than 3,500,000 members. Of these members 20,000 went to Cleveland last week...
When they descended from their trains in the grimy, shacklike Union Depot they found one W. H. French, pullman conductor of South Euclid, Ohio, singing to them a song he had composed. It went: "Welcome to you, welcome to you; Christian Endeavor, welcome to you!" The visitors were glad...
...convention sessions no matters of strong controversy came up. Christian Endeavor is too well organized for that. Young people join the societies because they sincerely believe in its simple principles. Two important matters the delegates decided on-one of rote, one of note. They re-elected as president Dr. Daniel Alfred Poling, pastor of Marble Collegiate Church, Manhattan; and they changed the name of their organization from "United Society of Christian Endeavor" to "International Society of Christian Endeavor." Union in their work they knew that they had accomplished. Henceforth they wished to emphasize its international aspect, influence...