Evening star., 1898-01-04
CHRISTIAN ENDEAvOR WORK
Meeting of the Executive Committee of the
District Union.
Reports of Officers Received-Mr.
Endeavor in Bible school.

The executive committee of the District
Of Columbia Christian Endeavor Union
held it's regular monthly meeting last even
ing in the vestry Of Calvary Baptist
Church. President Grant Leet presided and
Secretary Paul E. Sleman recorded the
minutes. The meeting opened with devo-
tional exercises. consisting Of singing,
Scripture recitation and prayer
The report Of Treasurer George R. Linkins
showed a balance in the treasury Of $40,
and in the special fund of $40.
The report for the month of December of
the missionary committee was read by the
chairman of the committee, Miss Ella C..
Lyman. The report outlined the system of
visitation soon to be undertaken by the
union committee among the chairmen of
the missionary committees of the various
Christian Endeavor societies. The chair
man of the missionary committee of each
society in the District will be personally
called upon by member of the union COM
mittee, and a conference held between the
two upon the work of the society in mis-
slonary directions.
Proposed Conference.
The report of the good citizenship COM
mittee was presented by Mr.. F. NJ Bradley,
chairman. The report stated that a con-
ference of the good citizenship committees
of the District had been arranged for Fri
day evening, January Z, in the Fourth
Presbyterian Church. The report further
stated that the committee had addressed a
letter Of protest to John Russell Young,
librarian of the Library of Congress, against
the proposed sale Of intoxicating liquors In
the library building. The action of the
committee was unanimously ratified, and
the secretary instructed to inform the Ii
brarian Of Congress of the action of the
meeting.
The report of the lookout committee
showed the work of intervistation among
the societies by members of the committee
to be well under way. The committe rec
omended the admission into the union Of
the Christian Endeavor Society of the Eb-
enezer A. NJ. E. Church, and on motion this
society was admitted.
The report Of the correspondence commit
tee, Miss Anna j. Bell, chairman, stated
that the work of the committee was rapidly
enlarging. Among other items, it was
stated that eleven young people who have
recently removed from Washington to OF her
cities have been followed to their new
homes by messages from this committee to
the correspondence committee in the city to
which they have removed.
After the usual social intermission, the
roll of societies was called, representatives
OF forty-eight responding.
Mr. Wells Address.
Mr.. Ralph Wells Of New York was then
introduced, and spoke upon the topic, The
Christian Endeavor in the Bible School,
Mr.. Wells, who is more than seventy years
of age, has been engaged in Sunday school
work for fifty-one years, and is said to be
the best posted man upon mission Bible
school work in the country. He empha-
sized strongly the necessity of more per-
sonal hand to hand work outside of the
Sunday school, the need of deeper study OF
the Bible and regularity and punctualty in
nf he Srhp lie
address was illustrated throughout by in
cidents from his own experiences in all
kinds of Sunday school work during the
last half century.
The meeting was closed with prayer. and
the benediction pronounced by Rev. G. H.
Rutler