The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-20

has been prepared and submitted by our
! general commander ana approved by their
| ex-commander. This provides that:
| 1. The general secretary of young peo-
| pies work, or. if no such officer, the chair
| man of the executive committee on the
young peoples work of the A. r. Church,
| who is appointed by the synod of the
/ church. shall be eX officiO a member of the
| general committee; also. one of the five
| members of the general committee now APP
| pointed by the institute shall be appointed
| from and nominated by the young people
| OF the a. X. Church.
''2. The use of the common name-Young
| Peoples Christian Union.
| %. The support of the same official or
| gan-the Christian Union Herald.
a. The holding of united annual con-
| vention under the administration of the
IS. The amendment of the constitution of
| the institute of the Young Peoples Chris
tan Union so as to provide for this plan Of
| cooperation.
The chairman of the general committee
| was also authorized to undertake the affil-
| lation of the young people of the Holland
| Christian Reformed Church. AS yet the
| young people of that church have no organ
| ization. The negotiations have. therefore
| been limited to correspondence and personal
! interviews with members of that church
Wnlch, we are pleased to say. have gener-
ally been favorable to the project. No ma
teTlal progress has, however. been made"
invitations were also sent by the COM
mtttee inviting the Old and New School
reformed Presbyterian churches to join the
cohVentlon. The New School reformers ac-
cepted and have appointed a delegate to
the institute. The Old School. through DR.
r. j. George, declined the invitation unless
arrangements could be made by which
thelr article Of testimony regarding instru-
mental music would not be violated.
THE JUNIOR WORK.
After the reference of the general com
mittee report to a committee to be an
hounced in the afternoon, Rev w. l.
Wishart. Of Allegheny made a report of the
junior work of which he is secretary. The
report said in part
"A brief comparison of the figures re-
ported to the Philadelphia Institute three
years ago and of those we are able ia re-
port to-day will give some hint of The adj
vance that has been made At that time
10 junior Unions and Junior Endeavor So
10 report PSI Junior Unions and Endeavor
societies in this country and one Junior
Union IN India, making a total of 2S8. Three
years ago the membership in Junior Unions
was reported at 4003. To-day we rejoice
10 report that the membership is 10 440
Qne-third as many members now in the
Junior Union and Endeavor societies as
ere IN the senior societies. Forty-four
PPrf t4i6 teries reported junior work 20 the
preSDyterles report this form of work
among the children. There has been a gain
OF thlrty-nine organizations during the
year, 249 being reported at Omaha, while
we report 2S8 to-day. The membership has
Increased from 1902 to 10440, gain of 1,53S
Inc aggregate contributions Of the boys
deavor Societies this wear amount 70
$4,5291, as against 3,762 last year. There
nave also been reported to the Junior secre-
tary this year 1872 Junior missionary socie-
ties, with ar aggregate membership of
$S,2S7.57. sac '''''ii'"'io" u
IF We're to add the number of Junior
missionary societies to the number of Ju-
nior Unions, it would indicate that 44O o.
our congregations had organized the chill
dren for work. But this would not be an
entirely accurate showing, as some
Of aY,f1
ton. 1t would be safe to estimate that
there are 415 congregations good deal less
than half the whole number in the church
that have undertaken junior work. Let us
hope that ere long the other half of the
congregations will come to recognize their
opportunity and responsibility for training
the children and will organize for the work
Allegheny presbytefy still heads the list
in the matter of giving, the boys and girls
presbytery comes second and New York
presbyterX third. with 1913 and 1903 respect
lively. Allegheny presbytery still reports
the largest number of Junior Unions, with
the largest aggregate membership. Phila--
delphia presbytery stands second, and
Mononganela and New York presbyteries
third"
Mr. Wishart expressed himself as in favor
of making the Office of junior secretary a
constitutional office with term of office
covering three or more years. The great
est difficulty in the way of the junior work
is the scarceness of efficient junior leaders
JUNIOR BANNER AWARDED
An interesting feature of the morning
followed the reading of the report, this
being the awarding of the junior banner
for the largest increase of membership in
any presbytery. The banner was held last
year by Allegheny presbytery put this year
the Allegheny boys and girls had to sub
init to its being carried across the river
into the Monongahela presbytery, a pres
bytery which shows a net gain of Alb
juniors, the largest reported gain in the
church.
President Quay presented the banner, the
recipient being 7. c.. Atchison, secretary
of the successful presbytery. Mr.. Achison
made neat speech of thanks and retired
with the applause Of the convention.
The next report heard by the institute
was that of the treasurer, w. j. Stewart
The report showed that at the Omaha con-
Vent1on the receipts We're $l,556 and dis
bursementS 81 069 GA, leaving a balance of
$4S636 The Indianapolis convention fund
shows receipts of 81, 471.00 and disbursements
of $685. leaving balance on Aug. Is,
1897, of $S59.04. The mission fund shows that
about 900 have been received, of which
$2,994.4 has been turned over to the church
board of foreign missions and $412.01 to the
home missions board.
Some slight interruption was occasioned
at this point by the fainting of Miss Eta
Partridge, of Hanna City, H., after which
the general committee reported its selec-
tons for officers as follows
Chairman-C. +. Wishart.
Secretary-Miss Ella Collins.
Press Secretary-OrVille Wilson.
Treasurer-W. J. Stewart.
The chairman announced that as the
election was executive business, none but
voting delegates should have voice in the
election. The vote was by rising, and as
no other nominations were made Mr..
Wishart was elected by reclamation. Chair
man Quay appointed three former presi-
dents-J. M. Cleland, T. j. Gillespie, c. =.
Campbel-to escort the new executive to
the chair. Mr. Quay made a little speech
taking leave of his office and introducing
Mr.. Wishart, who also made a few appro-
pirate remarks.
A reception to Rev. J. S. Moffat, of Ches-
ter, S. c., was the next thing on the pro-
gramme. He represents the Associated
Reform Church of the South and the greet
ing extended to him very cordial Cen
eral Secretary Duff introduced him to the
institute, after which DIR. Moffat received
the Chautauqua salute and made a notable
address to the institute.
A
TWO MORNING ADDRESSES.