Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-06-15
BOSTON'S UNION.
1t Has Planned the Big c. E
Convention.
Has Done II Great Amount OF work
In 10 Months.

The host Of all the thousands OF Christian
Eudeavor delegates that will pour into Bos-
ton to the convention in July will be the
Boston Christian EndcavOr union 1t was
this union which asked the trustees OF the
United Society Of Christian EndeayOr if they
would let Boston have the convention, and 1t
Is the union which is doing all this work Of
preparing to receive the guests that have
been promised.
The Boston Christian EndeavOr union Is
tn" amalgamaton Of all the individual
Christian EndeavOr societies Of suffolk coun-
ty and the town Of l}roOkline. 1t is the United
head Of all these societies, Just as the United
Society Of Christian EndeayOr is the head Of
all the Christian Endeavor societies in the
world.
The Christian Endcay work throughout
this country il practically divided up in this
way There nre individual societies in the
churches; these societies are members of u
union, such as the Boston union, or the
Springfield union, the Plymouth county I'M
ion, etc. to n certain extent all the societies
report to the united organization, and the
united organization in turn reports to the
state union, and the state union reports to the
United society Of Christian EndeayOr, the
head of all the work. The principal work Of
the unions, however is to stimulate the work
VI Nli' llNlNllNWl NO'itll'S. MS 'lSblll/h-
ton for mutual help has now been made 50
complete throughout the country that there
is not u state without state Christian
EndeavOr union the last one was formed
last month bv the Wyoming EndeayOrer4 at
the state convention at Cheyenne, which DIR.
Clark attended on his western trip.
In the Boston union there are 10 Christian
EnleaYor societies, with Il total membership
OF between 5000 and G0OO. The president Is
4. j. Crockett of the South Evangelical
church Of West ROyburv, who was recently
elected to second term. The vice president
is II. q. Dixon. Of Neponset, the secretary
Miss Lillian ]. MacRae. OF Roybury, the
treasurer W. =. Bartholomew OF BOs on
The Boston Christian Endcayor union was
given the privilege Of entertaining the dele
gates to the convention OF 1893 in rather a
peculiar and somewhat unexpected way. Il
w0s decided at the Montreal convention of
1893 that san Francisco should have the con-
vention of 1895, providing that rates could be
secured, and no one drenmcd that any other
place than san Francisco would get the %
convention. After the Cleveland convention
Of last July, some of the members OF the BOs-
ton uniCn put their heads together and de-
cdcd It would hr well for them to boom Bos-
ton for the convention Of 1898. Letter heads
etc., were at once printed aud unions in all
parts Of the country were informed Of BOs-
tons intentions and asked to help IN the
"bOOm.'
In the midst of all these preparations for
Boston 49, word came that 1t would be i'm
possible for San Francisco to get the 80 CON
ventiOn, because rates could not be secured.
That left a blank spot for 1895. The Boston
union officers saw the predicament, aud de
cied to offer to take the convention for
l.nrpnl, hnli.yi,u thaV Nv,nll Cpt il
They got II and instead of having two years in
which to prepare for it, as the cities getting it
are susposod 10 have the Boston union had
from the middle of september, 1894, until the
10th, Of next month, or about 10 months.
Considering the great crowd that the
union must entertain next month, this prep
aratiOn has meant tremendous amount Of
work, the extent Of which the general public
does not realize Although the Boston union
Is properly the host Of the occasion, it doe
not mean that it has done all the work, how
ever for societies all around Boston have
worked rs hard as any Of the Boston union
societies in preparing to receive the guests
while all Massachusetts, societies alike feel
bound to give.
The convention Of 9j is the greatest Chris
ttan Endeavor demonstration that many Of
the members of the Boston union will ever
have part in planning for, probably, for 1t
will doubtless be many years before an
other Christian Endcavor convention is held
in Boston. The next convention will be held
in Washington, and the convention OF 1897
will probably be held in San Francisco
Denver is also in the field for convention ut
an early date. Soon the conventions will go
further south for while, probably, and Eng.
lish Endeavorers are already talking OF Lon.
don for the convention OF 1900.