The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-11
CRISTIAN ENDEAVoR.
Secretary John Willis Baer's Annual
 Report.

NNA'' hiSNSS LoINdIu. IEeTe dIe iON' within the borders of the United States, 4l,222 societies Pennsylvania with S,679 societies, New York with S,117, Ohio with 2,450, Illinois with 2,072, Indi-
 ana with 1,414, Iowa with 1858, and
 Michigan with 1072, are the states at
 the head of the procession, and in the order named These figures do not in- clude the Junior, Intermediate and oth-
 CT societies.
 So far as we know, Russia is the only
 country in the world without it's Chris | tian Endeavor society. England has 4,647; Canada, 3,456; Australia, 2,2S4; Scotland, 535; India, 49S; Wales, S31;
 Ireland, 213 China, 139; Africa, 11O. 1 The list is too long to be e'reported fully here and at this time. The total en-
 rollment from without the United States is 11,775 societies. The increase in South Africa, India, China, Germany
 and throughout Great Britain has been l large.
 The constitution for local Christian Endeavor societies has been translated and printed in thirty-seven different languages.
 The total enrolment of worldwide
 Christian Endeavor is 54,191 societies
 with an individual membership of more than three and one-quarter millions. The Junior societies continue to in
 crease rapidly. There are now nearly
 fourteen thousand societies in the
 world. One thousand of these are to be found in foreign lands.
 Of those in the United States we men, | o,e. I Vnt.ly'S
 1,391 Illinois's 1046, Ohio's 992, India
 mas 590, Californa's and Iowa's 552, | Massachusetts, 525, as being in the list of states each with an enrolment of | more than five hundred Junior societies. Last year we reported 366 Intermedi-
 ate societies. This year the total has
 more than doubled; we have now 759 Intermediate societies. California leads the states, having 92; Pennsylvania has 1 S6; Ohio, 63; Illinois, 56; New York, 49;
 Indiana, 39 Michigan and Massachu-
 setts each, 36. The growth of the In- | termediate societies bids fair to rival | the thrifty life and progress of the Jun | for societies.
 1 You will be interested to know that | there are 77 mothers societies, 45 Sem for or graduate societies 17 societies In
 the United States army and in volun- l teers' camps, 119 societies in the United l States navy and on board merchant | ships Christian Endeavor thrives in | out of- -the-way and unexpected places. There are societies in prisons, schools of
 reform, warehouses;. almshouses, asy
 lums, institutions for the blind and for 1 the deaf, schools and colleges; among l 5,;,y troIr l{Y,cr an l life-savers on the coast, lighthouse em- ! ployes, in large factories, etc, to the
 number of nearly two hundred l In England the Baptists stand first in l Christian Endeavor; in Australia the 1 Wesleyan Methodists; and in Canada 1 the Methodists.
 In the United States the Presbyteri-
 ans lead, with 5,605 Young Peoples so-
 cieties and 3,109 Junior; the Congrega- l tionalists are next, with 4165 Young | Peoples societies and 2,469 Junior, then 1 follow the Disciples of Christ with ] 326S Young Peoples societies and 1,4S3 j Junior; the Baptists 2,629 Young Peo- 1 ple's societies and 1,130 Junior; the
 Methodist Protestants, ,095 Young Peo- | ples and 364 Junior; the Cumberland 1 Presbyterians, SS9 Young Peoples and | 414 Junior; the Lutherans, S91 Young l Peoples and 355 Juniors and so on un- l til more than thirty different evangeli- l cal denominations have been listed As you well know. it has been custo-
 mary at our annual conventions to rec ! ogniZe the states or countries having
 exceled in numerical strength during l the year by presenting them with ban
 ners made of the ribbon badges of local l societies. Notwithstanding the splen-
 did record made by India, China, Ger many and Sweden, South Africa is en- l titled to the banner for the greatest l proportionate increase in number of so- l cieties.
 The banner for the largest absolute
 gain in number of societies has been Tn
 England's possession for four years
 England has this year increased her
 roll by more than seven hundred soce- 1 ties It has been decided, however, and
 we are confident, with s1nglands appro-
 val that hereafter this banner will be
 retaiped for competition exclusively by
 the states in America, as it is hardly
 fair to put all IGnglands record along
 side of the growth of one state. Penn
 sylvania is entitled to this banner, hav- i sng made the remarkable advance of
 424 societies during 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 Pennsvl-
 vania, New York was not far behind | Pennsylvania, and another year may
 make it exceedingly interesting for the 1 Keystone state.
 The Junior badge banner for the | greatest proportionate increase in Jun 1 for societies is to be awarded to India. 1 Nine thousand societies in making 1 their annual reports mention the mon
 ey that they have sent directly to their own denominational missionary boards,
 and the amount is $198,000 These same nine thousand societies have given for
 other benevolences $225,000, making a | total for these societies of S423000. The 1 Clarendon Street Baptist Christian En- 1 deayor society of Boston, has for three | years reported the largest amount giv
 en by any one society, and this year it
 again heads the list with $1,519,.T. The 1 society in the Madison Avenue Re- formed church, New York city, is sec ] ond, with $1097.69.
 The Tenth Legion has enlisted many