Delaware gazette and state journal., 1899-11-02
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Middietown. Oct. 27. The Delaware !
Christian Endeavor Union, yesterday, |
sent greeting TO the Wilmington Dis |
trict Epworth League.
In his annual report, State Secretary
| Burns said: blf M
To-day enrolled beneath the banner
OF Christian Endeayor there arc 56,062
societies and 3,363. 100 members. Every
county and continent, as well as the
far-off islands OF the sea are contributing
to those magnificent and soul-stirring
numbers. The day is growing brighter
when oil young peoples societies of
whatever name shall be still more
closely united.
From the Philippines news comes
to us of q society started in the United
States army, the first on those islands;
and the latest children of Christian
Endeavor are the Cuban societies in
Juniors. On board ships of war and
merchant ships, and at life-savine
stations there arc 122 societies. Chris
tian Endeavor has found its way into
State PRISONS societies have been
formed in hospitals, among policemen,
in the army and in the many other un-
expected places.
1--WE have society in the Girls
Industrial School of Wilmington, and
their delegate is attending this con-
vention. N=
GAS a part of the large numbers
already given, Delaware contributes:
6s Young Peoples societies, 2,T39
members; one intermediate Society,
30 members; 30 Junior societies, $50
members; or 80 societies, 3,T24 mem
bers.
'Neyer before in the history Of our
, Union have we to report SO many
societies lsbanded rs this year. Fiji
} teen Young Peoples societies and one
/ intermediate society have been dis
banded this year, and one Y. Z. s.
G. L. has been transferred to Mary
land, it's native State. Eight Junior
| societies have disbanded in the same
time.
, I'VE have added during the year five
, Young Peoples societies, one of which
} has since disbanded. We also have
, enrolled four new Junior societies. The
, net loss in the year is IL Young
. Peoples societies, one intermediate
] and four Junior societies.
, "Just BOA new names have been
t added to the active membership list,
7 and it would seem as if some 500 names
l have been dropped, a wcrk absolutely
Y essential to the welfare of any society.
5 This makes our present active mem
. bership, hy reason of the societies dis
banded and members dropped, not
. withstanding the 394 new members,
] show net decrease Of S0l members.
This with decrease of 10 Inter-
\ | ,larc
makes grand total net decrease of 915
) Chiistian Endeavorers
o New Castle county is credited with
4 80 Young Peoples societies, having an
j active membership Of 1883; Kent
t county with q societies and $40 mem
. bers, and Sussex county with IL
II societies and Cos members. The Pres
0 byterian Church leads with 2S societies
n and 1,130 members; the Methodist
II Protestant Church has II societies and
y $50 members the Methodist Episcopa
r Church, eight societies and 36(
g members; the Baptist Church, si1
y societies and 24C members; the African
n Methodist Episcopal Church, six SO
k ceties and 270 members; Reformed
= Episcopal Church has one society witt
!, 80 members; the U. A. M. E Churcf
I, has ono society with 25 members, ane
1t the Girls Industrial School, on,
n society, with % members. OF the II
n societies that dishanded six were o
,f the Methodist Protestant Church, tive
/, each of the Presbyterian, Baptist ant
ID African u. M. p, churches, and ont
m each of the Methodist Episcopal. Re
W formed Episcopal and African Unioi
.. Methodist Episcopal churches.
'e "There are 80 Junior societies, will
I'd $50 members, So of whom Joined tn
10 past year Three members wer
j. graduated into the intermediate SO
or ciety, and % into the Y. p. S. G. Il
I'd Six societies contributed S5S to mis-
le sions and four societies contributes
n. S139. l6 for other religious purposes.
to Earnestnsss in SERVICE" was tn
le session thought in the afternoon. Mis-
IN Mary q. Wright of Smyrna read tn
I'd report of the State superintendent @
es missionary work. Tho Rev. @. A. Hi
Of Of Smyrna and Miss Frances Nj. Schuy
a ler and the Rev. Edwin M. Poteat
ir u. D., of Philadelphia made addresses
40 Miss Schuyler also conducted an ope
ne parliament.
lb In the evening, the Rev. F. @. Klei
il of Laurel conducted devotional excl
up discs, and the Rev. Il. III. Lewis, d
tn D., of Westminster, Md, and the Rev
IN ID. M. Buchanan, ID. D., of Mauc
ut Chunk, Pa, made addresses. Diploma
n were presented to the Christian Eli
We deayor societies of Forest and Eastlak
u Presbyterian churches, for havin
a made the greatest increase in COZ
We tributions during the year
he
ns Middetown, Oct. 2s.-The 10th annu'
's' convention of the Delaware Uhristia
Endeavor Union closed last light, aftt
ils one of the most successful and pleasal
OF sessions in its history. The election r.
ne suited as follows:
OF President-J. II. Burns, Wilmington.
OF e-presidents-The Rev. ]. p, oti
y, Wilmington; the Rev. j. @. Pierce, Dove
90 the Rev. +. 9. Klein, Laurel, and IL
~ Rev. Caleb Allen, Wilmington.
70 Secretary Miss d. ]. Peacock, Wi
~ mington. 4
all Treasurer-S. ], Horn, Wilmington.
an Directors-The Rev. II. A.. Dawson, {
81, Georges; the Rev. Frederic f. Brigg
ne q, Wilmington, and Miss Edna Barker, Mi
" ford.
lie sold by the sheriff.
=, Sheriff Taylor sold the follcwir
an .na properties Friday afternoon:
ter ter Mary Morrison, No Cos Adams stree