Evening star., 1898-08-27
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR NOTES

The last Sunday in the month tomorrow,
will be observed by most of the District
Christian Dndeavor Societies by a conse-
Grafton service in the evening the tonic
heing with Your Might" Among Other.
sood points on the topic, Prof. Amos r.
wells makes this one: when students
fall in their studies it is usually because
they fail to study with their might. the
secret OF memory is attention When the
Individual energies OF body and soul are
focused upon fact that fact is burrr into
the brain. Those who study with one eve
upon the clock and one hand upon the fem
MS racquet will. find whatever wave of
truth comes from their text book quite ac
curately met and neutralized by the wave
OF lmpatience and the wave of sport"
~, Gma at res hlhsstey said: Il go at what
am about as If there was nothing e;se in
the world for the time being"
me second quarterly conference of Mt.
vernon Pa :e NJ. E. Church South and its
west washington mission was held ar the
church last Wednesday evening
Ihere Is on Admiral Dewey's fagsbin
O,iyipld christian endeavor society. ami
10y 10y supscripe to pledge much more spe-
brethren INCL idhuiupper
"A Nashville echo meeting was held last
SUNDAY eve1ing by the endeayor societv of
Gh cue niaryiand Avenue Baptist Church. ar.
= ~ due presided, and after fay
nearly words Of welcome by the sociats,s
president, Mr.. w. C. Trey, Mr.. M M
ohanu, eX-president of the District mic
siot sspohe upon the missionary and spiritual
features or the convention and Mr.
DIetrlch, hrst vice president-elect of ~.
u Union, spoke upon the patriotic fesfural
IN me enolr sang several hymns from ,ba
church. ''JR Re- song oook: The pastor of the
rev nev. MI Ellison in the conduct of er,a,,,ra
isr1c services In King George county We
me tollo"ing state Christian En5aa1,o-
dnring 'tIas tha are are announced to take place
" u.iunS the next two months: Connactin,t
at w waterbury, October q and 2. Daia'
DWllnlhgton, October 26 to 28: IIl;nnis
teoria' ton,r October 6 to 8; Iowa, Marshall.
town, october 25 to 81: Louisiana Raaar
Rouge, August % to -. Maina S1 5aton
September to s; Massachusetts RronL
Ion, ION, Octoher 10 and 20; Minnesota Nan
ci ctn oeso5er octnhar q 2, and %; Missouri Kansas
Manchester, October 3 to :. Nem fen.n's e.
Asbury Park, September 2s to 40. NJ,
YORK, Utica, October 3 to s: Pennsvivsni
Harrisburg, October to 6; South Dakota
huron, August 25 to %; Vermont AM.
rails October to 6; Virginia. AIexandrio
September % to 25; Wisconsin. Fan CIaira'
october Ii to 16. The fourth Australia sian
convention meets in Melbourne, September
IA to 81. Sp'siioef
DR.. F. E. Clark announces this weeL,s
rollment of Quiet Hour comrades as O e7l
ne FIRST congregational Church is MAX
ing extensive repairs to it's building as
Is also the Maryland Avenue Baptist
Church. "piSe
The Tenth Legion enrolment is now 10 94s.
SO 1ar only one person has asked to have
his name removed
Rev. s; Ward Richter, pastor of the
Hyattsville Presbyterian Church Ia slovIy
recovering from typhoid fever at the Gar
field Hospital
The army and navy Christian commits
sion Y. M. c. A. tent at Washington bar
racks, established for the benefit of the
hundreds of sick and convalescent soldiers
located at the arsenal. is doing noble serv-
Ice. To Mr.. John B. Sleman, jr, a mem
Der Of the local committee of the army and
navy Christian commission, and promi-
nent Christian Endeavorer, is largely due
the success which is attending this work
Mr. Orville Drown. member of the Inter-
mediate Society of Christian Endeavor of
the Vermont Avenue Christian Church. is
present at the arsenal day and night, as
custodian of the tent, and has become
favorite with the men. Good, fresh liter
ature, current numbers of the best maga-
ziress are much needed. Contributions of
this character should be sent direct to the
arsenal, marked ''Y. NJ. C. A. Tent"