The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-07-20
cHRisTsAn EnDEAvoRERs.

6Dokes IN the Whesi 81 tAs oress fassrrA-
cia1 Brotherhoed-Thsrs are Nearly
Two and Half MnIoas OF T~hem-Evsry
coantry Save Italy Russia, Iceland
svedea and Greece Represented In the
Ranks Of the mighty ChrisfizE Array
BosToSs July i2.-At the morning
session Of the Christian Endesyorers
the annual report of John Willis Baer,
general secretary. was read simuits-
neonsly by Secretary Baer. in Meehsn-
les building; by Rev. John Barstow.
Medford, Mass. in Tent Wflliston, and
by Mr.. J. E Cheesman, Cleveland, O..
in Tent Endeavcr. 1t saws:
Each year the circumference Of the
Christian Endeavor wheel widens; each
year thousands Of spokes are added.
Last year u wheel was strengthened
by 1880 new societies Tor "spokes," II
you pleaseL This is the largest In
crease Of any one year since the
wheel" commenced revolving, four
teen years ago. Spoke" after spoke
passes u vision rapidly in this whirl
Of inscription, in all, 41,2ae. OF these
4.712 are from other lands, the United
Kingdom heading the list with 2,645,
which figures include 100 from Wales,
liz from Scotland and SO from Ireland.
Australia o has no less than 1909;
Africa, so; China, 80; France, "a; In
dia. 1T; Japan, 80; Madagascar, o3;
Mexico, 25; Turkey, SO; West India
Islands, 90; and so on until
every country is represented. save
FIVE, Italy, Russia, Iceland, Sweden
and Greece. And now the .'spokes"
from the Dominion Of Canada come
into view. Ontario. with her remark
able growth Of the last year. leads
with 1895; Nova Scotia. sss; Quebec,
264; New Brunswick. i52; Manitoba,
156; Prince Edward Island, g.; Assin-
iboin. So; British Columbia, 40; Al
berts. IS: Saskatchewan. 5. In all,
counting FIVE in Newfoundland, 3.105,
an increase Of 1,e23 during the past
year.
And now our view from the hub"
discloses the balance Of the wheel, all
bearing the familiar colors Of the
Stars and Stripes. Pennsylvania still
leads with 4,1s9; New York next with
3.s22; Ohio, 2,7s7; Illinois, e.446; In.
diana, 1,762; Iowa, 1858; Massachu-
sets, 1909; Kansas, l,247; Missouri,
1.1ss; Michigan, 1,os2; New Jersey. l..
o45; etc. In all, from the United
States, 33.412, against 2s,C96 last year.
And now we have counted the spokes
as they have swept by our vision. A
total of 41.229 societies, with an indi-
vidunl membership from every CLINE
and every nation, with skins of vary
ing color, Of which $50 are red, 10000
are yellow. 100. 400 are black and 2,s43.-
$50 are white, in all a great interraciar
brotherhood Of 2.4T3,740.
Upon the missionary roll Of honor
are the names of 5, 55f societies from IS
states, 2 territories, provinces and 4
foreign lands. Each society has given
not less than $40 to its own denomina-
ton home or foreign missionary board
for missionaryeauses The total amount
as reported on this roll of honor is
$40, 71e. 90. In addition to this amount
of money which has been given by
these 1851 societies that we have
enrolled upon the roll of honor, we
find that 500. ss4.45 has been given
by these same societies for "Christ and
the Church." in other ways, making a
total of $40, COS. a..
In 1890, 10000 new church members
were reported; in 1891, $500; in 1899,
100. eco; in 1898, $4,000; in 1894. 1857
$50; and now, in 1895, 2O2, 1s5. In the
last six years s16,3 45. What a ran.
somed host. PRAISE God from whom
all blessings flow