The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-09-23
THE WORLD OF ENDEAVOR
Programme of the State
Convention at Camden
Next Week.

Among the prominent speakers who will
address the annual State Christian En-
deavor Convention to be held at Camden
next Wednesday aud Thursday are
Secretary John Willis Baer. Boston; the
Rev. DIR. Cornelius Brett. Jersey City;
the Rev. Luther r. Dyott, the Rev. Ford
C. Ottmans W. I. Hamilton and the Rev.
Alexander -.-acgeorge, Newark: the Rev.
DR.. A. W. Spooner, Camden: the Rev.
Floyd w. Tompkins, Philadelphia; the
Rev. Bishop Alexander Walters. Jersey
City; the Rev. DR.. Kerr Boyce Topper.
Philadelphia; the Rev. DR.. w P Davis.
Camden; the Rev. DR.. ]. Wilbur Chap
man, New York, and the Rev. w. T.
s. Lumbar, Moorestown-
The report of Miss Stephens, the State
Secretary. to be presented at the Camden
convention next week will show a mark
ed gain over last year, when there were
Ez8 young peoples. Il intermediate. $50
Junior and 3 mothers, a total of 1,1s3.
The active membership Of the young peo-
PIES societies was q. 1856; associate, Clio,
Junior d others, Il, 146, or 40, ISL In all
The societies in the various denomina-
ftons were as ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 20;
baptist. 80; Reforrned. 1ol: missions and
unions, g.: African Methodist Episcopal.
IS, Methodist Protestant, IS; Methodist
Episcopal. 81; Congregational, &c: Luther
an 10i United Presbyterian and Seventh
formed Episcopal and Adventist. 2 each;
German Evangelical, l. In the number OF
societies Essex leads with I40. The others
follow:4Union, 131; Hudson, Sc; Mon
mouth. SO; Cumberland. rs: Passafe, 81:
MEddlesex and Camden, 81 each; Hunter
don, S.; Bergen and Morris, 81 each. Mer-
IS each. Atlantic. 81: Burlington. IS;
Gloucester. Is; Sussex, "a, Cape MAY n
Ocean. IS each.
The report Of the junior societies will be
given by the Rev r. p. D. Bennett, of
Lyons Fzrn1s. Last year the Al junior
societies were divided as foNows.-PFesby-
terisn, 10; Baptist. e; Reformed, s.;
rs Union Il; Christian, 5; Lutheran, A.
and MorayiaD, 1. The Presbyterian will
Head agar this year.
E~ndeayorers everywhere 10 circulate the
Following petition. He advises them to
act quickly TO bring the needed pressure
no the House Of Representatives of the
tf1fty-sixfh Congress of the United
States:
and 4 quarter millions Of Christian En-
deayorers, DO herey most respectfully and
most earnestly call upon you to use pour
utmost endeavor and to exhaus all hon
pu3sfon Of Brigham II. Roerts, of Utah,
an avoWed poiygamist. from the House of
EepIeseptal1FeS, IN accordance Win
the National Constitution in Article l.,
Eectione5. Paragraph 2 which reads as
follows: Each House (of Congress) may
determine the rules of it's proceedings,
punish the members for disorderly behav-
dor and With the concurrence of two
thirds. expe1 a member"
We also DO mostrespeetfully and most
earnestly call upon you to use your ut
most endeavor and 70 exhaust all honor
able means to secure the submission of
an amendment to the National Constitu-
ton, TO the legislatures of the several
States, defining legal marriage to be mono
gamic, and making poIogamy under
Whatsoever guise or pretense, q crime
against the United States. punishable by
severe penalties. including d~isfranehdse-
hold any office of honor or emolument I'M
der the United States, or any State or
Territory thereof.