Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-07-16
CHRIS TAN ENDEAVOR NOTES

Tomorrow the Christian Endeavorers will
consider the subject christianity COM
pared with other religions taking as a
scripture text Acts II, 22-31. 1t will be
considered from a missionary standpoint
The District delegates to the seventeenth
international c. E. convention at Nashville,
Tenn, returned to the city on Wednesday,
and report it as one of the most helpful
conventions ever held, though attendance
was much lighter than expected. The
Nashville citizens did all in their power to
make 1t pleasant and profitable for their
visitors, and all delegates carried home with
them only pleasant recollections of their
visit to Dixie.
There will be a temperance mass meeting
at Metropolitan A M. L. Church. NJ street
between 18th and 10th streets, at S o'clock
tomorrow evening, under the auspices of
the temperance committee of their Chris
tan Endeavor Society The pastor Rev. J.
A. Johnson talks Temperance, Effect
OF Alcohol Upon the Human System, In
temperance IN the Community, Alcohol in
the Home Miss Sadie Freeman and Miss
Mamie E. Chase will recite, and the Tee
total Alphabet will be repeated by twenty
six children.
The young peoples and intermediate
Christian Endeavor Societies of First Con-
gregational Church will this summer hold
union meetings at I:30 Sunday evenings
inc IoIotueFHoOu OIL Andrew ana PhlllD
joining. The young ladies Of this church
| have made number of comfort bags, the
young men supplying money to purchase
articles to nut in them, which were sent to
the soldiers at Camp Alger. through the
y. NJ c. A.
The following officers and committee
chairmen of Lincoln Memorial Congrega-
Hona1 Church Christian Endeavor Society
have just been elected President, Miss
Maria E. Dean; vice president, Miss Lily
Hill; secretary, Mr.. w. B. Johnson; treas
urer, Mrs. NJ. C. Hill; organist. Miss Emma
Beckwith. Chairmen of committees
Prayer meeting Mr.. Grant Brown; lookout
Miss Ada Pinckney; temperance, Miss Es-
Their Turner; music, Mr.. W. B. Johnson;
social, Mr.. Milton T. Dean; missionary, Mr.
James II. Hill; flower, Miss Hattie Hill;
calling, Miss Marie Smith; good literature,
Miss Nellie Quander Sunday school, Mr.
James Europe; Junior superintendent, Miss
Emma Beckwith.
A bus party of Endeavorers of New York
Avenue Presbyterian Church visited Camp
Alger last Tuesday afternoon; in the even
Ing an entertainment was rendered by them
to the Sd Missouri Regiment, in one of the
Y. M. c. A. tents.
The following were recently chosen as
officers of the Society of Christian En-
deavor of Miles Memorial c. NJ. E. Church:
President, Miss Maggie West; vice presi-
dent, Mrs. w. H. Pearson; corresponding
secretary, Mr.. S. T. Craig: assistant secre-
tary, Miss c. Boykins; treasurer. Mr.. j. H.
Wood; chaplain, Mr.. w. H. Johnson; or
ganist, Mrs A. Johnson
Several Christian Endeavor societies have
Mt Pleasant Congregational Society, Co
lumbia road near 14th street Mt. Pleasant,
have theirs tomorrow evening, led by Mr..
John B. Sleman, jr. Mt. Vernon Place
northwest, hold one on July "a, Rev. ]. w.
Duffey leading, and Calvary Baptist holds
one in a few days. The echo meeting OF
the union will be held July % in ST. Paufs
Itch nth Nh11ra haI nfn mi
program will be presented, embracing con-
vention songs and themes, which will be
published in The Star in a few days.
Union M. E. Christian Endeavor Society
have elected the. following officers to as
sumo charge of the work October /:
President, Miss Belle Meany; vice presi-
dent, Miss Mary E. Emmart; recording sec
rotary, Mr.. Harry S. Garner; treasurer, Mr..
Harry T. Roche: corresponding secetary,
Miss Bessie E. Taylor; chorister, Dr. C. J.
Ladson pianist, Miss BERTHE Hough; jun
Tor superintendent, Miss Evelyn b. Hodge:
delegate to union executive committee,
Miss Emma e. Hunter.
The following interesting statistics are
from the annual report of Mr. John Willis
Baer, general secretary, at the c. E. con-
vention in Nashville last week: Number of
societies in the United States, Al, 222; Penn
sylvania having 3,679: New York, 3,11T:
Ohio, 1850; Illinois, 20I2. These figures do
not include Junior, intermediate and other
societies. Russia is the only country with
out Christian Endeavor society. England
has 4647; Canada, 1856; Australia. 2,2S4;
Scotland, $50: India, 433; Wales, 331: Ire
land, 213; China, 1879; Africa 10, and a
long list of smaller numbers. Total en-
rollment outside of the United States is
Ito societies. Total worldwide enroll
n ent is 81, 191 societies-over $3.50 900 men,
bers. There are now nearly 1900 junior
societies in the world, one thousand of
which outside the United States Penn
sylvania leads with 1 .535, then New York,
with 1891 Illinois, with 1,046 Ohio, with
Sa2; Indiana, with $50; California, with 552;
Iowa, with 552: Massachusetts, with 525
and so on. Last year there were in all 36h
intermediate societies. Now there are 75a.
There are II mothers societies, 40 senior
societies, IL societies in the army and 10
floating societies Also in prisons reform
schools, warehouses;, almshouses, asylums,
deaf and dumb asylums schools, colleges,
among car drivers, policemen, travelling
men, life savers, lighthouse employees and
factories to the number of nearly 200. De-
nominationally the Baptists lead in Eng
land, Wesleyan Methodists in Australia and
In Canada the Methodists. In the United
States the Presbyterians have 5,605 socie-
ties: Congregationalists, 4,165; Disciples OF
Christ, 3,26S: Baptists 2629: Methodist
Protestant, 1905; Cumberland Presbyter-
ian, $50; Lutherans. S91, and so on through
about thirty denominations. Nine thou
sand societies contributed during the year
to their denominational mission boards
Sl9S, coo, and for other benevolences s225
600; total of s423, 000 During the year
21,6S6 juniors became church members,
LOIS intermediates Joined the church and
from the young peoples societies 1856 900
took upon themselves church vows making
a total reinforcement of church member
ship in one year, 225, 754. Tenth Legion en-
roltment is reported as 10, 300 and Comrades
of the Quiet Hour nearly 10000
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Free to Kick.
From the indianapolis Journal
"Widdles must have paid up Have Won
noticed how he has been sassing the land