Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-23


seventy-five voices will add greatly to the
| interest of the meetings. 1t is being care
| fully trained in the singing of both anthems
| and the Christian Endeavor hymns.
Officers for the Year.
| The work of the Christian Endeavor
Union for the year 1S97-0S is already well
under way. The board of officers was Sc
| lected in June, and took office the LIST of
/ September. The president of the union,
Mr.. Grant Leet. is well known to En-
deavorers as chairman of the printing COM
mittee for the late international convention
held in this city in July of last year. Mr..
Leet is member of the Gunton Temple
Memorial Presbyterian Church, is superin-
tendent Of the Sunday school of the 14th
street branch Of the Central Union Mission
and has been active in the Endeavor So
| ciety of his own church for many years,
serving at one time as it's president. He
| brings to his new position, besides his eX-
perience in Endeavor work, considerable
energy and business ability.
Mr.. w. w. MILAN, the first vice president
fas been connected with Christian Endea-
| vor work since 1893. He is a member of
Mt. Vernon NJ. E. Church, is chairman of
| its board Of stewards, teacher Of normal
| class aid superintendent of the home de-
partment in the Sunday school, secretary
of Sunday school convention Baltimore
Conference M E. Church South. and one
of the most active members of the Endeav-
or Society in his church.
Mr.. Edgar E. Kicks. the second vice presi-
dert, is member Of the Nineteenth Street
| Baptist Church. Mr.. Kicks organized the
| first Society of Christian Endeavor among
| the colored Baptists Of the city in 1892.
| He was at one time president of his society.
and is at present an active worker in the
| Sunday School and delegate to the Anti
| Saloon League from his society.
The third vice president, Miss Edith L.
Compton, became Christian Endeavorer in
1880 and is member of the Central Metho-
| dist Protestant Church. She is a member
of the good literature committee of the
| union, and Is secretary of the Woman's
| Foreign Missionary Society and also of the
| Kings Daughters Society OF her own
| church.
| Earnest and Faithful.
| The secretary, Mr.. Paul E. Sleman,
| served the union during the past year as
| assistant secretary and brings to his work
| this year much experience on this account.
| He is a member of the Mt. Pleasant Con-
gregatioral Church, and is librarian Of
| it's Sunday school. He was member Of
the press committee for the international
| Christian Endeavor convention, served as
advertising manager for two years of the
District of Columbia Christian Endeavorer,
| ard is a wide awake hustler, with marked
| social and executive ability.
The corresponding secretary Of the union
is Miss Anna j. Bell Of Calvary Baptist
Church. Miss Bell is perhaps one of the
| best known Endeavorers in the city, hav-
ing been actively associated In Endeavor
| work in her own society and in union work
since 1891. She has served as secretary of
| the Bible Club in connection with Calvary
Sunday school, with the exception of one
| year, since the organization Of the club in
| 1891. She Is the teacher Of large class
| of young ladies in Calvary Sunday school.
and is actively engaged In the work of
! various other organizations in the church
She has served as corresponding secretary
of the union, and by-virtue of that Office
as chairman Of the correspondence COM
| mittee, for the past year.
| no tres Of the union Is Mr.. George
r. Linkins of st. Paufs English Lutheran
| Church. Mr.. Linkins has been identified
with Endeavor work for many years. and is
we'll known as a very energetic and capa-
BILE worker. He is prominently connected
with the Christian Endeavor- Union Of the
| Lutheran societies.
will hold their sixth annual convention
Thursday, Friday and Saturday. October
%, % and 30 The officers Of the union an
nounce that it will be a missionary" con-
vention, with the central theme. Our
Stewardship" On Thursday evening 1t is
| expected that the prayer meetings in many
Of the churches will have special reference
to the work of the Christian Endeavor So
cieties and to the convention. Prayer will
| he requested for the church membership,
that each one upon the rolls of the churches
| Of the city may live consistently, give sys-
tematically and take an active part In the
evangelization Of Washington.
Bright and early Friday morning, at 7
| O'Clock, there will be a prayer meeting at
the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church,
to be led by one Of the ex-presidents of
the union Mr. Miles NJ. Shand. Ten min
utes will be allowed for Scripture recita-
ton by the audience, and all are expected
to bring q text bearing upon the topic of
the meeting. "Our Stewardship"
Friday afternoon, at O'clock there will
be nine committee conferences. all to be
held in New York Avenue Presbyterian
Church All committees are to assemble in
| the auditorium for devotional services for
fifteen minutes, and then adjournment will
be had for the SEPARATE meetings. The
| conference Of the prayer meeting commit
| tees will be led by Mr.. W. s. Robson; look
out committees, Mr. George w. Stose; mis-