The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-11-12

could not serve as scribe and j. HI.
Hill, the assistant. was elec.ed chief
and Miss Jennie Allen, of st. Louis
was appointed the assistant.
A number of resolutions, in regard
to the future work of the society, and
oondemning the liquor traffic, charg-
ing it with being the cause of three
fourths of the crime committed in the
state, one half of the paupers, one
third of the insanity and
the greater part of the
other evils that curse the country,
were read and referred to the commit
tee an resolutions.
Rev. III. FL. Russell, the state secre-
tary, followed with an interesting re-
! port showing among other things the
phenomenal growth of the Christian
Endeavor movement in the State.
The unIon was organized in July 1887
with q societies aud $50 members,
to-day there are 100 societies with
Z, 80 members.
The secretary included his report
with a number of suggestions for fu-
ture work.
Miss Olive NJ. Blunt, the as
sistant secretary, presented q
supplemental report showing
/ that thirty five of the Missouri
societies belonged to the Presbyterian
church, SO Methodist, 19 Christian,
10 Union, Episcopal, l Friends, SO
Congregational, 20 Baptist, IA Cum
herland Presbyterian. 4 Lutheran, l
United Presbyterian. 'rwo of our
strongest societies." said the secretary.
''are in African churches"
The treasurer, A. III. Frederick, of
st. Louis, reported the receipts s347.-
30 and expenditures S32S.0S.
Secretary Russell read a letter of
friendly greeting from d. r.
Wolfe, president of the Missouri
State Sunday School Association.
The letter was refe'red to committee
of three, consisting of A. ii. Freder-
lex, II. G. Crouin and Grant Tilden,
To suitably answer.
State Secretary III. III. Bacon, of
the New York society. telegraphed
greetings, referring to First Thes. II
to end. and Secretary Russell was
directed to make proper response.
w. I'll. Mccain, of st. Louis. j.
NJ, Warner, of Kansas City, and Miss
Ella Mertz, of Sedalia, were appoint
ed as a Committee on finance, and
John Rotle, of ST. Louis, Rev.
J. NJ. Irwin, of Warrensburg, Miss
May Pierce, of Kansas City, ID. O..
Mcdonald of Holden and Miss Emma
Long of Potoski, were appointed as
the committee on resolutions.
The next business was q general
review of the work in the state by
III. b Martin of Carthage, A. n.
Hall of Hannibal, S. B. Broadley of
Holden. o. +, Runner of st. Joseph,
who also reported tor Prof. Shieden Of
kirksvile, 5 A. VOORHEES, of Kansas
City, Prof. G. ID. Adams of Spring
field by Miss Olive NJ. Blunt of Kan
sss City, G.. f. Runk of st. Louis
and Alfred Dixon of the Congrega-
tional church of Sedalia.
The remainder of the sessions both
morning and afternoon consisted of
addresses as announced in the pro-
gramme interspersed with fine congre-
satIonal singing.
The convention is composed oil over
400 young people, every one being a
good singer. They entered into the
singing with great spirit and it was
rare treat to hear them.
There is one colored delegate pres
ent, Edward Ross of Kansas City.
The session last night was the most
interesting of the convention. The
capacity of the church was doubled by
the addition of the lecture room.
but every seat and every
inch of standing room was &C.
cupied. The meeting opened with a
praise service of fifteen minutes after
which the committee on resolutions
made their report. The committee
on state organization reported the
division of the states into forty dis
tricts with an organizer for each.
The finance committee recon-
mended raising s1l50 and
,he audience III few Moments
pledged over $500, of the amount.
The nominating committee placed in
nomination the following state officers
George B. Graf, ST. Louis, for
president.
Cbas. E. West, Sedalia, vice-presi-
dent.
Chas. Z. Runk, st. Louis, secre-
tary.
a. T. Lee. Kansas City. assistant