The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-13

tertalned in the homes of their Chris
tan friends
SECOND SESSION
The 8 o'clock hour found the Endea-
vorers good natured and ready for
business. President Caskey opened the
business session with prayer The first
order of business was roll call of vot-
| ing delegates. For the first time in the
history of this union the business was
T, transacted upon a pro rata basis, the
apportionment being on the basis of
one delegate for each society and for
every twenty-five active members OF
traction over one-half that number, one
delegate additional. Next came the
ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
The nominating committee furnished
through it's chairman Rev Golen
Wood, the following names from which
the convention was to select it's pres.
ident and. secretary treasurer for the
ensuing year:
Judge J. NJ. Breeze.
J. B. Caldwell.
Prof. Robert j. Caskey.
B. l.. Corum.
A. ]. Gothram
c. T. Hawkes..
c. D. Slavery.
Harry n. Tolles.
Upon first ballot Robert J. Caskey
was reelected for a fourth term as
president and Harry n. Tolles was
elected to serve the third term as secre-
tary- treasurer. Mr.. Tolles declined to
serve and requested that he be released
on the ground of being over worked
and that he had other lines of work
! he was DESTROYS of pursuing which he
could not now do. After deliberation
request was granted and Mr.. Charles
| d. Slavery was elected his successor.
The other officers elected were as fol-
lows:
First vice-president, Harry N. Tolles;
second vice-president, Mrs. Fannie
Hurst of Ogden; third vice president,
Ben L. Corum of Salt Lake City.
Three new directors for two years, as
follows: Miss Dare Stump of Hyrum,
/ Hattie Randolph of Salt Lake City,
Miss Gertrude Whiteman of Coalville.
The directors holding over for one year
are: Rev. B. F. Clay and Mr.. o. S.
! Bowman, of Salt Lake City, and Miss
Maud Lucas of Ogden.
The secretary's report was then re-
ceived. 1t was in part as follows:
1t is a pleasure for me with such
an environment to present a Christian
E,ndeavor report to Christian Endeav-
or convention in a Christian Endeavor
/
deavor year.
A year fraught with arduous labors
to maintain the cause of the master
for Christ and the Church" A year
not marked with a mighty stride for
ward along the line of increased men,
bership, but decidedly a year of spir-
itual down-reaching. uplifting, ever
permeating Christian growth. This is
the year that ushered in to Utah,
statehood.
From the convention one year ago
today in our sister city, we left rous-
! ingly enthusiastic assembly of jolly
consecrated Endeavorers, bidding fare
we'll to a very hospttable people many
of whose faces some of us have not
seen from that time till this. [ say,
! left it with a conSecrated desire to do
more faithfully than ever before the
Masters work for Utah's youth. This
desire has heen voiced in many a
prayer and God has answered in many
cases more than we thought to ask.
Your executive officers and committee
have tried in their best way to meet the
need of the union work by executive
sessions, by visitations, by their careful
oversight and earnest prayers, not only
/ for the work IN general but for the
specific needs. We have endeavored to
| present, and we believe we have given
you a programme worthy your individ-
ual attention and support. Your presi-
dent and secretary have visited all
the Salt Lake city societies. The for
mer has made four trips into the state
visiting thirteen societies, and other
points where societies are possible,
while the latter has made six trips
on official business, visiting eight diff
) ferent societies.
Now for figures:
Last year we had 81 societies; with
1883 members, today we have SO so
cieties with a membership of l ,433 Now
listen to the best of all, 116 have joined
our churches from our ranks since last
we thus met. Should our song not
be Praise God from Whom All Bless
ings Flow?"
The Endeavorers' purse string has
been more frequently and harder
pulled than before. Listen to the
money jingle in the home mission box
| $223.64; in the foreign mission basket
! $100.57; into the miscellaneous funds,
such as pastoral and church support
society expenses, etc, S794.S2; a total
contribution of s1.119.03, as against
last years total of 1896.
Our Endeavor work is broadening
into the army. Fort Douglas has the
honor to have, in my mind, one of the
very best societies in the union today.
! We have one senior society, one COL
! lege society, sixteen junior organiza-
tons and thirty-five young peoples
societies. Seven societies were organ
lied during the year-Fairview Pres
byterian, Fort Douglas, Ogden Chris
tan Junior Lynne Congregational
Junior Benjamin Presbyterian Junior,
| PaySon Presbyterian Junior and Mer-
/ cur Baptist; while those reorganized
were: Provo Junior and Young Peo-
pies society. Salt Lake-First Con-
gregational Junior and Plymouth Con-
| gregational Junior The societies
abandoned this year are the Burling-
ton Baptist Young Peoples society on
account of the migration of its MEM
bership and three junior societies
! Logan Presbyterian, and First Baptist
and Third Presbyterian, both of Salt
Lake. The reason assigned for the
| loss in the junior ranks was the lack
of sufficiently trained junior superin-
| tendentS
Now in closing permit me to leave
with this business meeting a little food
/ for thought. First, with reference to
/ our succeeding conventions. The desir-
ability of holding them in The summer
/ season; of perpetuating the present
voting delegate syStem; and last by
holding the ninth annual in some place
other than Salt Lake city or Ogden.
Second-The election of a state
junior superintendent. Third-That
each Endeavorer subscribe for the
of the Endeavor cause, the Golden
paper the Christian Endeavorer, which