St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-18
MINNEAPOLIS.
CHRISTIAN ENDEAyoR.
Enthusiastic Young People---Pro.
ceedings of the State COnven.
tiOn

EntuuSi0SttC Dung feOple..-trO.
ceedings of the State Conyen-
ton.
The state convention of the Young
Peoples Society of Christian Endeavor,
was held at the Rennepin M. E. Church
yesterday with some 200 delegates in
attendance representing the following
churches: Albert Lea, Cannon City,
Dover, Duluth, Elk River, Faribault,
Congregational and Baptist, Farming
ton, Hutchinson. Makato, Methodist,
Baptist. CONGREGATIONAL, Mime
polls plymouth Congregational, Dis
cples, Franklin avenue Pres
byterian, Second Congregational.
Emmanuel Baptist. Bloomington,
Free Baptist. Highland Park Presby-
terrain, First Free Baptist, Franklin Az
enue Methodist, Simpson Methodist.
Gethsemane Episcopal, First Congrega-
tional, Westminster Presbyterian, For
est Heights Methodist, Hennepin Ave-
nue. Methodist, Centenary Methodist,
Stewart Presbyterian, Como Ave
nue. congregational, Central Bap-
fist, Andrew Presbyterian, Pilgrim
Congregational, Open Door Congrega-
tiOnal. Lyndale Congregational, First
Presbyterian, Riverside Presbyterian,
Paynsville. Pine City, Red Wing. Roch-
ester Congregational. Baptist, Presby-
terrain, MethodisD. Rush City, Sank
Rapids. Springfield. st. Paul blouse of
Hope Presbyterian, Goodrich Avenue
Presbyterian: First Presbyterian. First
Methodist, Congregational, Park Con-
gregational); Wabasha. Zumbrota.
Minneapolis, MiZpah Congregational;
MankatO Christian; OwatOnna Congre-
gational; st. Paul, Atlantic COngrega-
tiOnal and Emmanuel Baptist; Crystal
Bay, Minnetonka Presbyterian; Month
cello Congregational; Montevideo Con-
gregational; An0ka Congregational;
Minnetonka Congregational; LIE Sueur
Presbyterian.
st. Paul, Peoples church; Minneap-
oils Tabernacle, EmmersOn avenue and
Memorial Baptist Missions and Lake
street Methodist; High Forest, Howard
Lake; st. Paul, First Baptist and Grace
Methodist; Rock Greek, st. Anthony
Park Congregational; Union COngrega-
terrain; Sleesy Eye, Congregational;
Fergus Falls, Presbyterian: Chatfield,
|, Presbyterian; Rushmore, Presbyterian:
|. LIE Sueur, Baptist; Castle Rock, Con-
gregational.
|. After devotional exercises, led by j.
|. Il. Elliott, secretary of the MinneapO-
/ lis Young Mems Christian association,
I an address of welcome was delivered by
Rev. r. N. McKing, which was re-
sponded to on behalf of the society by
7 F. G. Holman. of st. Paul. The con-
! yention was then called to order by
, Secretary E. B. McClanahan, Jr., of St.
Paul, and Mr.. Holman was elected
chairman. He appointed j. W. Bell, of
RocheS ter, assistant secretary. and the
following committees:
{ Nominations: s. N. Davis, Minneapolis,
. chairman; Miss May Armstrong, Albert Lea;
sJ L. Keough, Minneapolis; Mr.. Laird, Wi
S mona; Miss F. L. Hoxie, St. Paul.
Resolutions: E. A. Ford. Faribault; Miss
Chapel, Pennington; Miss Titus, Rochester;
j. R. Campbell, Minneapolis; F. B. Moore,
st. Paul.
The remainder of the morning was
taken up with reports and discussion
of means to be employed to secure the
selection Of Minneapolis as the place
for the next state convention.
AT THE AFTERNOON SESSION
the following report of the committee on
nominations was received and unani-
mously adopted.
House of Hope Presbyterian church,
st. Paul; first vice president, j. W.
Baer, Presbyterian church, Rochester,
Mimi; second vice president, Miss F.
A. Elmer, Congregational church,
Winona: third vice president, Miss
Stella G. Sanford, Congregational
church. Fariba ult; secretary and
treasurer, j. L. Keough, Hennepin
Avenue Methodist church, Mime
apolis; executive committee, F. r. Nc
Manigal, chairman, Emmanuel Baptist
church. st. Paul; II. A. imports. West
minister church, Minneapolis: E. j..
Fairfield, Central Baptist church, Min
neapolis; Miss Carrie HoIbrook. First
Methodist church, st. Paul:J. NJ. Irwin,
First Presbyterian church, Albert Lea.
E. B. McClanahan Jr. read a paper
upon "Our Society and Its Mission"
Rev. E. NJ. Moves was absent, but his
paper Oh Society Unions was read.
Miss Stella G. Stanford, of Faribault,
read paper upon ''How to Raise Funds
for Society Wor k" in which she recon-
1nended the systematic envelope plan
for securing contributions.
A business session followed, during
which the report of the committee on
resolutions was adopted. extending
thanks for the hospitality of the Henne-
pin Avenue NJ. E. church, recommend
ing the raising of voluntary cOntribu-
lions the amount of $500 to pay off in
debtedness and provide for the coming
year, recommending the appointment
by the president of committee to pub
liSh the minutes of the convention; in
dorsing the publication of the paper
known as the Golden Rule; recon-
mending that the executive committee
assist IL the formation of dis
trict unions and the holding of
local conferences; urging large at
tendance at the national convention
at Philadelphia, and inviting the hold
ing of the convention of 1890 at Mime
apolis; recommending that the execu-
tive committee be instructed to arrange
the programme of future conventions SO
that each session shall open with de-
votional exercises, and that bible in
-struction and personal Christian work
shall be topics of discussion.
{ Papers were read by Prof. L. G. Jahe-
not, of Minneapolis, upon 1.-The I'm
portance of Music and Society Work."
and by Mrs. Herman H. Schultz, of st.
Paul, upon 1.-The Affiliate Member
ship"
In the evening there was a vesper
service. Rev. John Henry Burrows, of
Chicago, was absent, and in his stead
Rev, F. o, Holman gave an extern
poraneous address upon the topic,
s.Christian Enthusiasm" which was
followed by discussion and consecra-
ton service.
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