Christian Endeavor

Located along Buffalo Lake, it was called Merritt’s Landing until 1890, when the name was changed to Endeavor, after the Christian Endeavor Academy, which once was in the village but closed in 1925.

In 1921, a New York Times reporter writing a cute color piece about the meeting of the Junior Christian Endeavor Convention in New York City wrote that the “junior delegates” made the room ring by cheering their adult leaders: “Two, four, six, eight! Who do we appreciate? Dr. Clark! Dr. Clark! Dr. Clark!”

Columbus, we are told, was decidedly missionary in his efforts and felt that he could not make a more significant contribution to the church than to open new fields for Christian endeavor.

With the Christian Endeavor, the Epworth League, and kindred societies looking about for something to try their young strength and enthusiasm on, we may be here standing upon the threshold of something which shall bring us nearer to a universal brotherhood than all the consecrations and badges that have yet been invented.

This wish to read the Scriptures as a whole has ever been held a sign of healthful growth in Christian endeavor.