The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-10
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVORERS WILL
MAKE HARD CRUSADE IN "A
FEW WEEKS.
NEW OFFICERS ELECTED
AT THE UNION MEETING AT HOUSE
OF HOPE CHURCH LAST
-.--- NIGHT.
SPIRIT OF SAN FRANCISCO.
Full of Fire and Enthusiasm, In
spires Large Gathering of
Young Church Workers.

A large audience of Christian En-
deavorers, happy in their practical
Christianity, assembled in the House of
Hope church last evening to attend the
annual meeting Of the st. Paul Chris
tan Endeavor union, and to listen to
reports on the San Francisco conyen-
ton. The auditorium Of the church was
comfortably filed with enthusiastic
Endeavorers.
Propably no organization in the
United States exercises a greater in
huence for good than the 5000, 900 mem
bers Of Christian Endeavor societies
scattered from Maine to California
This great host of consecrated young
Christians, all with the same motto
For Christ and the Church." can not
fail to be power for good.
AND the st. Paul Christian Endeayor
union, through the crusade made nv
the Christian citizenship committee.
mas probably done as much for moral
lty ana good government as any ether
christian Endeavor organiza tiCn in the
west. The first part of September the
Christian citizenship committee are RI
begin an aggressive campaign for the
enforcement Of the laws regulating tho
sale of liquors and the saloon. Many
of the members Of this committee have
been absent from the city during the
summer months, but on their return
this fall the committee will get to-
gether and outline the work for the
winter, which will be Of the same char
acter as that done last spring.
The services last evening opened
with singing and devotional exercises.
Mr.. Ware, chairman Of the nominating
committee, made a report of the com
mittee's selection for officers for the
ensuing year. On motion, the report Of
the committee was adopted. A full set
OF officers were named, with the excep-
ton OF Junior superintendent This
position was left open, to be filled later
The officers for the ensuing year are:
President, w. G. Fordyce; first vice
president, Rev. John Pringle; second
vice president, A. w. Bailey; third vice
president, Miss Emma Miller; secre-
tary, Miss Gertrude M Cakes; treas
urer, c.. E. Barnett
Mr.. Fordyce and Miss Cakes were
reelected, they having served three
terms.
Miss Cakes then read her report as
secretary and also the report Of the
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report showed a total membership of
Z,323l, of which 700 were members of
junior societies, and 179 were associate
members. The Baptists had four Junior
societies, the Congregatfonalists eight.
the Methodists four, and the Presby-
terians nine. There were forty-foi,r
senior societies, and thirty Junior So
cieties. making a total of seventy
four Christian Endeavor societies i'm
st. Paul. There had been no increase ir
the number of societies, but there had
been an increase of several hundred
i'll membership. Taken all in all thew
had held their own. Three Methodist
societies had been absorbed by the
Epwortb league. The largest society
i'll the city was the Central Presby-
terrain, which has 10 active members,
and the smallest society has eleven
members, the average membership be-
ing thirty-four.
Miss Cakes called attention to the
four large rallies which had been held
during the year, the Easter sunrise
services, which were held Easter
morning, the open air services, which
had been held during the summer, the
work of the Christian Citizenship
committee, the big rally held in Mime
apoliss last spring, the placing of ice