The evening times., 1896-05-08
AL ARE PRESBYTERIAhS
Seven Thousand EndeaVor S.
cieties in That Church Alone.
THIRTY THREE TO ONE
Reports Received Showing the Good
That Has Been Accomplished ana
the Money Cont ributed for Missions.
Whit the Committee of Nine Ap-
pointed at Boston Has Found Out.

the 10000 PRESBYTERIAN Christian Eli
dcavor young people at their denoinnii-
.ioual rally in Boston last July has
aot been idle. As the many inquiries
addressed to il from all parts of the
church indicate an extended interest in
Is work, the following information may
not he unwclcCmc to thousands of ClHs-
ian Endeavor pastors and hundreds of
thousands of Christian Endcayor young
people.
The committee consists of Rev. Henry
9. McCoCk, ID. d, Rev. j. A. Rond-
thalcr. ID. D., Rev. Henry Il. McEwen,
D. D.. Rev. Pleasant Hunter ID. D., Gen.
James A. Beaver, Rev. Samuel j. Niccolls.
D. d.. Rev Howard A johnson, ID. D.,
Rev James NJ. Patterson, with Rev. George
b. stewart, OF Harrisburg, Pa, as chair
man. This list of names Indicates a com
mittce that is representative, with large
experience in young peoples work, ard
competent To oonsi,.er many questions in
volyed in this work.
They have been seeking infornatio
They have gotten some that is most inter-
csting There are over 1000 Presbyterian
Christian Endcavor ana Junior Christian
Endeavor Societies enrolled with the United
SbbltlN vi I-I'ltdNoI. lDt
ana foreign boards report over sos, 900
Of missionary gifts from these Christian En-
dcavor Societies during last year.
QUESTIONS ASKED.
They asked some questions OF the 200
home Preshyteries, and received replies
from ia of them. These reports are in
complete, az many of the Presbyteries have
not gathered the statistics of their young
peoples work. But the reports are accurate
asfaras thcygo. The figuresare significant.
Here are some of them. The | Presbyter-
les report 3,5lO Christian Endeavor So
cieties, with 106. 40 members; SGT Junior
Christian Endcavor Societies with 81 iii
members, "A total OF 1897 societies, having
Christian Endeavor constitutions.
These societies report nearly 100000 con-
trihutcd to home and foreign missions
These figures tally closely with those
given above, and gotten from other
sources. These reports show 122 other
Young peoples societies, including in
some instances mission bands and hoys'
Orgades. with 3,T25 members. and ST26
contributed TO missions. If the societies
were deducted. which can hardly be called
young peoples in the same sense as the
such these 122 would probably he reduced
20 100. In three cases the member of
?resbytery signing the report expressed.
some mid criticism of the Christian Eli
leavor societies. In the remaining III
reports are found the most cordial and
enthusiastic expressions of the church
loyalty and usefulness of these societies.
These figures tell one story, and tell IL
with an emphasis that is impressive The
story is that the Christian Endeavor is the
young peoples society-it outnumbers all
others 33 TO lin the PRESBYTERIAN Church.
and enjoys the confidence of pastors and
presbyterles. Evidently Christian En-
leavor has come to stay in the Presby-
terian Church.
A HEARING GRANTED.
The committee on Young peopIe's socie-
lies appointed by the last general assembly
recently accorded this committee hear
ing They were received with the greatest
courtesy and consideration. and they We're
impressed with the ability and fair-nind-
.dness of that committee. They stat ed that
fhc present status OF the young peoples
societies Is satisfactory to the GOO rem
resented by them. They reioiced that there
nation for one form Of organization as
against another. Each pastor and ses-
sion are now allowed to carry on their
young peoples work according to their
Judgment. The Christian Endeavor host
does not ask to be made the official society
Of the church. though, of course. the COM
mittce states if any society has such rec
ognl,ion II has the first claim to it,
tn" chairman of the committee clcscs his
official report by saying: The present
situation we understand to he well and
fully expressed In the action of the as
semblieS of 1891, 1898 and 1894. These
assemblies clearly egarded the Young nee
Pies work akin to the Suntia y-school. and
left the conduct of IL Ia the local church,
since the control of it is We sted in pastors
and sessions.
'PreSbyterieS are directed to appoint
standing committees on young peoples
societies corresponding to the committee
on Sunday-schools. They have liberty to
form their socities into Pre- sbyteriaI unions
where deemed eXpedient. 1t was the
unanimous judgment of the committee that
this relation ought not to be Disturbed,