Evening star., 1896-10-06
CHRIS TIAN ENDEAVOR
Regular Monthly Meeting Of the Executive
Committee.
business TrEnsacted-The Mass Meet
ing Arrangements for the Coming
SeasOn-Scme Discussions.

The regular monthly executive commit
tee meeting of the District of Columbia
Christian Endeavor Union was held last
evening in the vestry Of the Calvary Bap-
tist Church, at which matters Of general
interest were disposed of, and a discussion
methods of committee work brought
out many points of value to The members
present. Fifty-eght societies were repre-
sented at the meeting.
Already the work for the fall season is
we'll under way. The chairman of the
union lookout committee reported for the
committee that its organization was COM
plete, and that during the past month four
teen visits to societies had heen made.
The missionary committee also reported
that 1t had effected its organization. The
chairman, DR. w. II. Dobson, briefly out
lined the plan of work to be undertaken.
stating that special effort will BE made to
bring the subject of missions strongly be-
fore the Endeavorers. and that meet
ings are being arranged with Armenia as
the subject.
Next week a series of committee confer
ences. participated in by all committee
members of local societies, will be held.
These conferences will be, in most re-
spects similar TO those held for the past
two years, which have been emnenfly sue
ceSsful, and nave proven OF sucn interest
and help to those who have atten led them.
Eleven committees, II WAS announced asst
night will hold conferences Friday even
ing the 10th instant, in several of ihe
churches in The central part of the CITY.
The aim of the conferences VIII be to IA
miliari the members of various commit
tees with their duties, and to give them
points on the best methods of conducting
their work.
The treasurer reported balance on hand
in the treasury. The societies last night
MI Ipei S1Ss toward the EXPENSES OF the
union for the season.
The president announced that the mass
meetings of the union during the coming
wear would be held with the idea Of Reach
ing each section of the city more par
ticularly then in the past. In NoVeInhei
the mass meeting Will be held IN Nes'
Washington in one of the churches, IN
December in the southwest section OF the
CITY. in January will be held the annual
convention of the District union, In Fe5ru-
ary mass meeting On Capitol Hin, II
March one in the central part OF the city
in April in Anacostia, in May in the upper
northwest and in June the annual meet
ing of the union for the election OF officers
The next meeting of the executive com
mittee, which would ordinarily have beer
held on November 2, was by unanimous
| vote changed to November 8.
The meeting then took up for diScussiof
| the topic, How to Organize and Con iuc
| Christian Endeavor Committee Work
| Miss Anna ]. Bell made short talk upor
the topic, orSI iiEa tioii' iiie'hiiiS d ~ ~
| Der of very helpful suggestions. Mr.
| Harry G. Kimball spoke upon The Neces
| sity of Regular Meetings. and Mr.. w. W
| Tuckey upon How to Get Committees To
| gether" Following each talk there wa
| an open discussion.
| one of the noticeable features Of th'
| service was the singing. A number of th'
| most familiar Christian Endeavor song
were sun, enthusiastically by the 200 O
| more E,ndeayorers present. Announce
ment was ma le that Friday evening mex
| the first half hour of the meeting of tn
| anti-saloon revival would be in charge c
| the union and that Mr.. w. n. Pennel
| would speak.