The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-07-11

At Tent Endeavor Trustee Rev. John
T. Beckley, ID, New York, presided
and George G.. Stebbins, Brooklyn, was
musical director. Praise and prayer SER
vice and devotional exercises were con-
Quoted by II. w. II. Albright. Boston;
Hymn of Welcome, Rev. S. z. Smith,
DID; welcome OF Boston local union, A.
j. Crockett, Boston; welcome of city pas
tors Rev. Martin ID. Kneeland. DID,.
Boston; state of Massachusetts, welcome,
Lieutenant Governor Roger Wolcott;
singing; response I'm behalf of the board
of trustees of the United Society Of Chris
tian Endeavorers, Rev. John III. Barrows,
ID, Chicago; singing; Secretary Baer's
annual report, read by j. E. Checsman,
Cleveland.
The Christian Endcavor Wheel.
The annual report of John Willis Baer,
general secretary Of the society, was read
simultaneously this morning by Secretary
Baer in Mechanics building by Rev. John
Barstow of Medford In Tent Williston,
and by j. E. Cheesman OF Cleveland in
Tent Endeavor. A synopsis Of the report
follows:
Every useful wheel must have It's hub.
Every hub, to be useful, should have its
wheel. Figurativcly speaking, Christian
Endeavor Is n useful wheel; certainly Bos-
ton Is the Hub. AS we are In the Hub let
us turn the wheel upon Its axis, and from
the hub view Its revolutions. Its crcum-
ference equals that Of the globe, and its
spokes number thousands upon thousands.
Each year the circumference of the Chris
tian Endeavor wheel widens; each year
thousands Of spokes arc added. Last year
our wheel was strengthened by 7750 new
societies Tor "spokes," IL you pleaso). This
is the largest increase for anv one year
since the wheel" commenced revolving,
IA years ago.
''Spoke" after "spokc" passes our vision
rapidly In this whirl OF inspection. in all
Al ,229. OF these 4712 are from other lands,
the United Kingdom heading the list with
26i5, which figures include l80 from Wales,
lie from Scotland and 80 from Ireland
Australia now has no less than 1909; AZ
rlca, 30; China, 32; France o. India, III;
Japan, 80; Madagascar, 93 Mexico, 25;
Turkey, 80; West India islands, GO; and
30 on until every country Is represented,
save flve-Italy, Russia, Iceland, Sweden
and Greece.
And now the 'spokes" from the Domin-
Ion of Canada come into view. Ontario,
with her remarkable growth OF the last
year, leads with 1905; Nova Scotia, 3Ss;
Quebec, a84; New Brunswick. i52; Mani
toba, l56; Prince Edward Island, 62; As
90; British Columbia, 20; AL
berta, 10; Saskatchewan, 3. In all, count
ing in Newfoundland, 8l05, an increase
of 1923 during the past year.
And now our view from the "Hub" dis
closes the balance Of the wheel, all bearing
the famous colors Of the "Stars and
Stripes" Pennsylvania still leads with |
4l39; New York next, with 3S22; Ohio.
27s7; Illinois, 2il6; Indiana, 1762; Iowa, |
1888; Massachusetts,, 1890; Kansas. 1917; |
ll33; MIchigyh, l0Se; New Jcr- |
sey, 1915, etc. In all from the United |
States, 33il9, as against q, ,69o last year.
These figures from the United States in |
clude Is senior societies, 33 mothers socic-
ties (a splendid movement, first started i'm |
Kansas), 62 intermediate companies; and |
It includes the societies In our schools, i'm
our colleges, In public Institutions Of va
rious kinds, in prisons and schools Of rc-
form, to the number Of l69. IL includes
that noble regiment of ESQ, known as the
North American Union Of German Chris
tlan Endeayor; the among the "boys i'm
blue In the regular army and i'm the navy
Df the United States; the societies among
The policemen and patrOlnen; the com
panies among the Indians Of the north
and west; our comrades enlisted I'm work
among the life-saving crows, lighthouses
and lightships; tho Travellers Union Of
Christian Endeavor; II includes 1853 float
ing societies aud regiment OF $3.50
junior companies.
And now for the Juniors. In addition
10 the $3.50 Junior "spokcs" from the
United St'ses, there are $50 from Canada,
and 22l from other lands, making i'm all
9l22 Junior societies, with n membership
Of 3i0,0CO. While the numbers OF Juniors
were included In the enumeration by
states, IL will be OF interest 10 know that
Pennsylvania still leads tho Juniors. with
lJ23; New York, not very far behind.
With go; Illinois next, with 7l6; Ohio,
i23; Indiana, i7O; California, ll4, etc.
What the spokes show.
And now we have counted the "spokes'
Is they have swept by our vision. A total
4lal. 4