The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-08
SECRETARY BAER'S REPORT
REVIEWING THE WORK AND PROG
RESs OF THE SOCIETY.
Gather CIarlx's Address on the Duty
of the Organization and Its Fruits
Message from Mckinley.

| come by Professor Kinds. of Lebanon,
| Tenn. Rev. ]. w. Jacobs, of Columbus,
| Miss, conducted the devotional exercises.
The addresses Of welcome were delivered
| by Rev. DR.. Ira Lanrith and Rev. James
l. Vance, D. D., of Nashville and Governor
| Taylor E. f. Metcalf, of Providence, r.
l.; G.. Tower Ferguson, of Toronto, Ont,
/ and H H. Grotthouse, of Dallas, Tex.
| made the responses. An excellent musical
| programme was rendered. Secretary John
| w. Baer read his annual report. He said,
| in part:
In its native land Christian Endeavor
still moves forward. There are now. within
| the borders of the United States, 1922 So
New York with 3,117, Ohio with 2450, Illinois
! with 2,072, Indiana with 1,414, Iowa with
1,35S, and Michigan with 1912, are the States
| at the head of the procession, and in the
order named. These figures do not include
| the Junior, intermediate and other societies.
| so far AS we know, Russia is the only
country in the world without it's Christian
Endeavor Society England has 4,647; Can
| ada, 3.456; Australia, 2,2S4 Scotland, 535; In
| Africa, no. The list is too long to be re-
ported fully here and at this time The
| States is, 11,775 societies. The increase in
| South Africa, India, China, Germany and
! throughout Great Britain has been large.
| The constitution for local Christian En-
deavor societies has been translated and
| printed in thirty-seven different languages.
The, total enrolment of worldwide Christian
| Endeavor is 54,191 societies with an indi-
vidual membership of more than three and
| one-quarter millions
The Junior societies continue to increase
| rapidly. There are now nearly fourteen
| thousand societies in the world. One thou
| sand of these are to be found in foreign
| lands. OF those in the United States we
mention Pennsylvania 1885 New York S
1891 Illinois's 1,046, Ohios 992 Indiana's $50.
| CALIFORNIA; and IowaS 552 Massachusetts S
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an enrolment of more than five hundred
| Junior societies.
Last year we reported S66 intermediate
| societies. This year the total has more than
| doubled; we have now 759 intermediate So
cieties. California leads the States. having
| 90; Pennsylvania has Sc: Ohio, 63; Illinois,
| IS; New York 40; Indiana, 80; Michigan and
| Massachusetts each, Sc. The growth of the
! Intermediate societies bids fair to rival the
thrifty life and progress of the Junior So
| cieties.
''You will be interested to know that there
are seventy-seven mothers societies, forty
| flve senior or graduate societies, seventeen
| societies in the United States army and in
volunteers camps, 119 societies in the
| United States navy. and on board mer-
| chant ships. Christian Endeavor thrives in
0ut-of-the-way and unexpected places.
There are societies in prisons. schools of
reform, warehouses;, almshouses, asylums,
institutions for the blind and for the deaf,
schools, and colleges; among car drivers.
coast lighthouse employees. in large fac
tories, etc, to the number of nearly two
hundred
| Christian End in Australia the Wes-
| leyan MethodiSts and in Canada the Meth
odists In the United States the Presbyte-
| cieties and 300 Junior the Congregational
| lists are next. with 4165 Young Peoples So
ce ees az ana s Jun3r tn 5sa follow the Dis
| Societies and 14S3 Junior; the Baptists, 1929
| Young Peoples Societies and 1,13O Junior;
| the Methodist Protestants. 1095 Young Peo-
| pies and 364 Junior; the Cumberland Pres
| byterians, $50 Young Peoples and Ala Ju-
NOR; the Lutherans, S91 Young Peoples and
| $50 Juniors. and so on until more than fifty
| different evangelical denominations have
been listed.
'As you well know, it has been custom
| airy at our annual conventions to recognize
| the States or countries having excelled in
| numerical strength during the year by pre-
| senting them with banners made of the
ribbon badges of al societies. Notwith-
| standing the splendid record made by In
| dia, China, Germany and Sweden, South
| Africa is entitled to the banner for the
| greatest proportionate increase in number
| Of societies
1.-The banner for the largest absolute gain
| in number of societies has been in Eng
| lands possession for four years. England
has this year increased her roll by more
| than 700 societies. 1t has been decided,
However, and we are confident, with Eng
| lands approval, that hereafter this banner
| will be retained for competition exclusively
by the States in America, as 1t is hardly
| fair to put all England's record alongside
| of the growth of one State Pennsylvania
IS entitled to this banner: having made the
| the last year.
THE Junior badge banner for the largest
| gain in Junior societies. taken last year by
| Ohio from Pennsylvania, will this year be
| returned to Pennsylvania. New York was
| not far behind Pennsylvania. and another
year may make it exceedingly interesting
| for the keystone State. The Junior badge
| banner for the greatest proportionate in
| crease in Junior societies is to be awarded
Mine thousand societies in making their
| annual reports mention the money that
they have sent directly to their own de-
Eominational missionary boards. and the
| amount is S19S.000. These same nine thou
| sand societies have given for other
these societies of $423 900. The Clarendon
| street Baptist Christian Endeavor Society,"
| of Boston, has for three years reported the
| largest amount given by any one society.
| and this year it again heads the list with
| $1519.T. The society in the Madson-avenue
Reformed Church, New York city, is sec
THE Tenth Legion has enlisted many
| thousands during the year. Started as it
was but three months before the last con-
vention, it now has an enrolment of 10. 300
| 1t was the New York city union that first
conceived the Tenth Legion. thus crystal
| lizing in very practical and attractive
method the old principle of giving not less
than one-tenth of ones income to God.
Il have reserved for the last the best of
| my statistics. Listen to the following testi-
| mony of Gods blessing, and proof. too, of
| fidelity to His church. During the past
/ year u, bob juniors nave become members or
| the church. From the intermediate soce-
| ties ISIS have joined their home churches,
| and 1860 from the Young Peoples soce-
| ties making a total reinforcement of church
| membership during the year amounting to
| 225, 754''
PRESIDENT CLARKS ADDRESS.
| President Clark read his annual address
| Among other things, he said
THE one and only purpose of the Young
| Peoples Society of Christian Endeavor is to
| bear fruit The divine commission to a
| Christian organization is the same as to
| the individual Christian. Let hear our
| you and appointed you that we should go
| and bear fruit But our chief con-
Germ to-day is with the fruit actually borne
| by Christian Endeavor, and especially with
| the new crop of 1885, 1t is no parody of
Scripture to say that the society within
manner of fruit. Count the varieties on these
Weli-laden boughS:
i. A revived prayer meeting.
-. new sense of conservation.
g. A renewal of the covenant idea
A. A new range or work by young peo-
| pie, for the church. by our committees
of God
% An aroused patriotism and sense of
| Christian citizenship.
u new type of INSTRUMENTATION
hood
3. A quickened missionary zeal, includ-
ing cuickened love Tor the prisoners and