Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1900-08-30
NEW JERSEY ENDEAyORORS.
They Meet in Jersey City i'm
October.

jersey City, Aug. 27.-Nearly all
the arrangements have been COM
pleted for the fourteenth annual con-
vention of the New Jersey Christian
EndeayOr Union, to be held in Jersey
Clty beginning Wednesday might,
october 10, and concluding Friday
night October II. Representatives
VIII be present from all parts of the
State. An elaborate program is be-
ing prepared.
On the opening night six prelim-
mary meetings will be held in as
many churches. The following morn
ing the delegates will convene in the
Bergen Baptist Church, when Presi-
dent William AlbertS, of the Hudson
County Union, and Rev. DR.. Cor
nelluS Brett, will deliver addresses
OF welcome. Rev. DR.. Arthur Spoon
er, OF Camden, president of the State
Union, will respond. The first oruer
OF business will be the reading of re-
ports of the secretary and treasurer,
AFTER which a quiet hour will be
conducted. The Rev. Luther Dyott,
of this city, will speak on ''Endeavor
Keynotes. -
Two business sessions will be held
in the afternoon, one in the Bergen
Baptist Church and the other In the
First Presbyterian Church. At the
meeting in the former edifice. Miss
Bessie Moore will present the annual
missionary report and an address will
be made by Robert E. Speer, of New
York, on the Macedonian Phalanx."
In the First Presbyterian Church the
Rev. Edward MacMinn will give the
eyangeliStic report, after which
conference on methods will be held.
Late in the afternoon the denom-
national rallies will be held, as fol-
lows; Methodist, Emory Church,
Rev. W. d. Stultz, presiding; Bap-
tist, Bergen Avenue Church, Rev.
W. L. Dorwood, presiding Congrega-
tional, First Congregational Church.
presiding officer not yet elected; Re-
formed, Bergen Reform Church, Rev.
W. ii. Babcock, presiding; Presby-
terian, First Presbyterian Church.
leades to be selected.
Two sessions will be held Thursday
night. In the Bergen Avenue
Church, Rev. DR.. Spooner will deliver
the presidents address, and at the
First Presbyterian Church Rev. H.
W. Hathaway will read the report of
the Sabbath observance department.
A sermon will be preached by Rev.
Dr. Wayland Hoyt, of Philadelphia.
Friday morning there will be a
sunrise meeting held in the Emory
Church, at $50 o'clock. The regular
session held later, will be devoted to
a "free parliament conducted by
II. H. Spooner, president of the Con-
necticut State Union. Rev. Hugh
B. MacCauley, of Trenton, will pre-
sent the report of the State Bible
Society study department, and Rev.
A. Edwin Keigwin, of Newark, will
preach on Evangelistic Possibilities
in Christian Endeavor.'' The State
Executive Committee will meet in
the Bergen Baptist Church at 10
o'clock.
Friday afternoon the Junior rally
will be held in the Bergen Baptist
Church. Addresses will be made by
different clergymen.
The closing sessions will be held
Friday night, at which officers will
be elected for the ensuing year.
This is the second time the annual
convention has been held in Jersey
City. The former session was held
in 1889.
At the last convention the State
Union comprised TIA young peoples
societies, IL intermediate and 1888
junior, with membership of 40, 600.
Fourteen denominations were repre-
sented, the Presbyterians leading,
followed closely by the Baptists. In
that year over $1,000 was raised by
the societies. The report of the sec
retary is expected to show a gain
during the past year.
There are several towns that will
be candidates for the Convention of
1901 A good many of the leaders
feel that the next Convention should
be held in South JERSEY and some of
the leaders stand pledged to Bridge
ton, the county seat of Cumberland.