The Savannah morning news., 1901-02-03

An organization to be known as THE
Society of Converts" has been effected,
and is made up of Roman Catholic priests
and laymen and women who have turned
Protestant The number of members is
about two hundred, two score of them
former priests, and the membership is
scattered in the West and South, as well
as East, and even upon the Pacific coast.
The aims of the society are similar to
those of the Converts League" organ
lied some weeks ago by the Paulists out
of Protestants turned Roman Catholics
These aims are. chiefly, to provide social
fellowship for converts, since it is found
by all of them, which ever way they
turn, extremely difficult to make new
ecclesiastical friends. The necleus of this
attest organization is made up of converts
made at Christs Mission, New York, in
charge Of the Rev. James A. O'Connor,
once a Roman Catholic priest.
An effort IS to be made at a meeting to
be held in Philadelph during the first
week in February to organize a nat. onal
federation of churches. The scheme is
in the direction of Christian comfy. The
movement was begun locally in several
Eastern cities thre or four years ago
and has now resulted not only in many
city federations, but also state fedora
lions in Pennsylvania, Connecticut Maine
and New York. At the Phl Delphi a
meeting addresses are to be made by the
Rev. DR.. John L. Withrow. Pres dent of
the Boston Evangelical A. lance; the v.
DIR. F. Mason North prominent in the
National City Evangelical Union; the Rev
DR.. Charles H. Ricna DIS, President of The
Pennsylvania Federal on, and the Rev
Dr. E. B. Sanford, secretary OF a national
organization The idea behind these fed
erations is that, In the interests of econ
omy Of time, labor and moaey, churches
Of all evangelical bodies uni e in the per-
Torrance of as many forms of common
work as possible.
Portland was the Mecca OF thousands
of Christian Endeavorers during last
week. The vigesimal anniversary OF the
foundation of the Christian Endeavor So
llety was celebrated in chat city begin
ming Jan. 81 and viii end to-day. The
visiting delegations were given a hearty
welcome, and a programme of unusual in
terest was carried out.
This vigorous organizatio is the out
growth of the original society, which was
formed in Williston Church. Portland, on
Feb 2, 1881. one of the interesting fea-
lures of the celebration was the marking
of the birthplace Of the movement by
Church handsome bronze tablet toward
the erection of which members OF the So
ciety in almost every country in the world
have contributed.
Many prominent speakers took part in
the exercises. Besides DR.. and Mrs
Clark the founders of the society, Treas
urer Shaw. General Secretary John Willis
Baer, Amos r. Wells editor of the Chris
Uan Endeavor World; Bishop Walters,
Bishop Arnett, Rev. Dr. Wayland Hoyt,
Rev. DR.. c. Fl. Daniels of the American
Board, Rev. William Patterson of Beth
any Church, Philadelphia Rev DR.. w. +.
Wilson of Canada. Rev. DR.. n. ]. Bur
rell, President Barrows OF Ober,in Col
.ege and a large number of state presi-
dents delivered addresses.
This afternoon a special service will be
held, at which President Francis f. Clark
viii preside. In the morning and even
ing appropriate services will be held In
the various churches
Rather a singular Incident occurred
Jan. 25, In Boston, when a bill to repeal
the law which foIbids hunting Tor sport
on Sunday was Introduced by Repressn-
tative Mac CARNEY Of Rocllind who H.
Ia Of the sociai-democratic party IN the
House and Is Unitarian minister in
ROcklAnd
The Rev. DR. Arthur j. Brown. who
was so prominent Ia details Of the Ecu
menical Conference on Foreign Missions
last year. will start carly this month
on world tour Of mission inspection. ne
Is one ot the secretaries OF the Prosby-