Evening journal., 1889-06-18
CHRISTIANS ORGANIZING.
a LOCAL EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE
ORGANIZED LAST EVENING.

Plan and Scope OF the work Proposed.
The City Districted and Supervisors
Appointed.
Rev. Frank Russell, d D., of New
York, field secretary of the Evangelical
Alliance for the United States, organized
a local branch OF the Alliance, for this
city, In the First Presbyterian Church,
last evening. There was fair attend.
ance at the meeting. The pastor of
nearly every evangelical church In the
city was present.
The formation of this organization is
the elimination of movement that has
been gaining ground for several months
past There are now about 200 branch
organizations in the United States. in
cities from 10000 population up. The
local Evangelical Alliance in this city
proposes to treat the Christian
churches as force In reaching
non Christians The work is undenomi-
national as will be seen by the plan Of
work, which is as follows: The work is
under the charge Of an executive com
mittee, consisting Of the cooperating de-
nominations. The cooperating denomi-
nations Of the alliance in this city are
the Methodist, Episcopal, Presbyterian,
Baptist, Lutheran and Reform Episcopal.
The Protestant Episcopal Church has not
expressed desire to cooperate, but 1t is
hoped that 1t will do 50 by the time
active work is commenced.
The executive committee for this city
| is as follows: Methodist, Rev j. d. q.
Hanna. Joseph Pyle; Presbyterian, Rev.
| William p. Swartz. Charles Baird; Bap-
tist, Rev. r. B. Cook, Harry Emmons
| Reformed Episcopal Rev. j. Simpson
Trotter William Y. Warner; Lutheran,
Rev. William II. Sadtler, Jacob 3,
Beetem.
The whole city is distrcted First,
into sections, containing 400 to 500 fami-
lies each Each section has four super.
| visors, one of which is chairman Of the
section. Each supervisor has about 100
| families in his district, which he assigns
to ten visitors, thus giving about ter
families to each. These visitors are to
visit their families at least once a month
constantly. Wherever they find thos,
not members of any Christian church
they seek to find the church preferred anC
report on a card, through their super
visor. the name. address and church pre-
ferred of each family. These cards ar,
handed over to the pastors of tn,
churches preferred and they follow NJ
the opening gained by sending othel
visitors of his congregation; who may
not be visitors of the Alliance, but of hi
own church, to become acquainted witt
the families, encourage them to atten,
church, welcome them and make them a
home there.
At the meeting last evening DIR. Russell
was made temporary chairman and Jacol
S. Beetem temporary secretary. TIL
executive committee before mentione
was elected.
The city has been divided into abou
twentyf four sections, chairmen and 81
pervisors for sixteen of which have bee
appointed. The supervisors appointe
last night, with the ward of the city tha
has been assigned to them, are as TO
lows:
First section-Jacab s. Reetem. chair
man, and G. Hazard. Alfred Gawthro
and j. T. Mortimer, Ninth.
Second sectlon-C. r. Evans, chairman
and William H. Curry, William 7
+. Warner and w. s. Prickett Third.
Third section-John r. McLear, chAii
man, and ]. Harry Cleaver. Joseph Pyl
and G. H. Cantwell. Fourth.
Fourth section-Thomas Curlett, chail
man, and Benjamin Bogia, G. @. Rile
and Thomas O. Dill, Eleventh.
i, Fifth section-Frank Moses, chairman
and H. f. Wallace r. Emmett TrigR
and Maris Taylor Fifth.
Sixth sectioR-W William II. Billany
chairman, and A. p. Stevenson. Georg
Byron and William Renton. To be q
signed.
Seventh section-G George W. Busl
chairman. and G. NJ B. Cam, L. ]
; Jones and Lewis T. Grubb. Fifth.
Eighth section-James Mckay, chat
man, and John Hartman, William I
Foulk and H. S. Valentine. Seventh.
Ninth section-Harry Enmons, chai
man, and Charles Baird, George w. Tod
and Nell b. Forrest Seventh.
Tenth William NJ. Canb'
chairman, and Noah Cunningham, l.. 4
Bower and Charles f. Bordener, Seventh
Eleventh sectional. ]. Rumfort
chairman, and Theodore Triggs, Robel
Humphreys and Edward Spencer, Sixth
Twelfth section-The Rev Mr.. Heatl
chairman, and Edgar NJ Finley, Georl
: Anderson and D. B. Ridgeway Fourth
Thirteenth section-N. B. Culber
chairman, and Hiram Yerger, job
White and Moses Bullitt. Sixth.
Fourteenth section-L NJ Maxwell
chairman, and William White. Arthl
Lewis and Samuel Harris. Fifth.
Fifteenth section-John f. Foste
4. chairman, and w. T. Groves. w.
Hukill and George T. Booker. Eighth.
Sixteenth section. Thomas Davis, Esq
chairman
After some discussion it was decide
to postpone the next meeting until IL
! first Monday in September. The exec
tive committee will nominate pc
: manent officers, who will
elected at the meeting in Sc
: tember. During the summer the work
!. making the boundary lines of the Sc
tions of the city aud assigning the faI
Lies to the visitors will be carried 0
and everything will be ready for acti
work Immediately after the Septemb'
] meeting.
= DR.. Russell was much pleased wi
the encouragement the movement !
> eeived in this city. He had never 9
ganized local alliance in any city whe
there was so little opposition.