The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-29

Chinese Endeavor society was organ
lied in San Francisco in 1892, and there
were now nearly 100 active members. In
this city the society had collected last
year for foreign missions $577.95, and
for home missions SSe3.31
The Salt Lake society originated
June q, 1898 and is the only Chinese
Endeavor society between San Fran
cisco and the eaStern states. He was
glad to hear that Charley Lung in the
state penitentiary had become menu
Der of the society. He hoped that one
day China through the help of her
American brothers and sisters, would be
for Christ.
Mrs. Lizzie Taylor spoke for the ne
gro work She said that the progress
of the Endeayor work among the ne
groes had been marvellous. She said
that every Endeavorer should speak
with the loudest voice to every negro
woman to exert her powers in the right
direction and the world would feel the
better for it.
Booth Couldn't Come.
]. j. Booth, who is president of the
Penitentiary Christian Endeavor so
ciety, was TO have addressed the meet
ing on prison work, but the warden
would not allow him to attend the
meeting, SO the duty fell on Mrs. E. B.
Rathbone, who is state superintendent
Of prisons and jails for the w. c. T. L.
She. said that her faith in the work of
! the Christian Endeavor society had
! been strengthened since she commenced
| her prison work.
| The society in the prison was organ
/ lied on the both of last July with seven
/ active members; it now had twe1tv-
! three active members. She read a let
ter written by Booth at the penften-
/ tiary TO the effect that the work was
! doing much good among the prisoners,
and that those who belonged 20 the So
ciety went about their daily duties
/ more cheerfully and did better work.
/ Warden Dow also wrote to the effect
that the work had a very beneficial eff
feet among the prisoners and was of
| great value to the management of the
prison.
The first president Of the prison So
ciety is now attending the Moody Bible
school in Chicago. Mrs. RathbOne
thanked the young peoples societies of
this city for the calendars they had
sent the prisoners last Christmas. A
/ collection was taken UP to buy En-
deavor pins for the members of the
prison society.
Trooper Smith Talks.
Horace H. Smith. who served with
the Utah volunteers in the Philippines
/ spoke on the work of the army He
said that if the number Of brass but
tons used for hat pins by ladies of the
society indicated with any degree oil
accuracy the number of men in the
army who belonged to the society there
would be little need of him to say any
thing for the progress of the work ir
the army The young men who went
/ To the cd q hast no
America had to offer.
he spoke in terms of the higheS-
] praise of the work that the Red eros.
society had done to aid the Endeavol
society in the army, and incidentally O
Helen Gould, whose poeketbook wa.
ever ready to render them efficient help
he spoke of the church socials which
had been given by nearly every churcl
IN san Francisco during a period o
seven weeks for the benefit of the sol
der boys. He said that they had tn
secret of going about the matter in tn
right way, that is, to feed the boys frs
and then talk to them.
The blue uniform was a passport int
z the good graces of any of the churcl
! ladies in San Francisco. In enc com
pany, Mr.. Smith said. eighty-four o
the members had signed the Christia-
: Endeavor pledge. and this probably t
( d AeNt 6-oiNC dINOullLEu 1OI MANY q
the deeds of heroism that had been re
: corded of the American volunteer:
1 Some one had said of the army Of tn
Philippines that it was an army @
Y 10000 gamblers, rakes and d--nnkard:
This foolish assertion had been show
' to be entirely unfounded.
DR.. Beach's Remarks.
0 DR.. Beach of Denver spoke a~ain i
= the evening. He will talk at the PEN
S tertiary this afternoon. Among othe
S things he said that he believed TIA
= the time was not far distant when Uta
e might be able to have such a local or
t ton law as had rescued many otae
d states. He exhorted every Endeavore
to familiarize himself with the Bib
s and master it, and cOunseled that the
: should be largely intellectual as well q
spiritual in their work
The quiet hour services for TODAY :
O'Clock will be conducted at the Phi
Y lips Congregational church by Mis-
a Stanley of Mount Pleasant: at ii
n First Presbyterian church by Mi,
S Gourlay of ogden, and at the Fir.
L Baptist by c. z. Brainard OF Oedel
Il At the evening service there will be a
e overflow meeting at the First Metht
n dist church, which will be presided ov,
o by Rev. w. H. Bagley- The meeting
s the First Presbyterian church will |
o conducted by Rev. Clarerce 7. Brow
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