Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-26
REPORTS ALL SHOW GROWTH
Nebraska Christian EndsavOr Convention in
Progress at York.
THREE HUNDRED DELEGATES ATTEND
one OF the Largest Meetings In the
History Of the UniOn-Interest-
ing Papers Read-Omcers
Elected.

YORK. Neb.. Oct. 25.-(special.)-Great
interest was manifested in the second days
meeting Of the state convention OF the Ne
braska Christian Endeavor union, which is
holding is seventeenth annual convention in
York this week. Nearly 300 delegates are
in attendance from nearly every county in
the state, and includes many ministers
and lecturers and state ofHcials. not only
from Nebraska, but from other states. The
convention promises to be the largest in
Its history. Every delegate is being taken
care Of by York's hospitable citizens. Due
credit is given the local committees who are
Mr.. Merle Brown. president; DR.. Cross,
vice chairman; Miss Harriet Montgomery,
secretary; Mr.. W. z. Bell, treasurer. and
the following subcommittee who have
spared no pains and labor to make this one
OF the best conventions. Mr.. John Creigh-
ton on entertainment, Miss Catherine
Sedgewick, reception; Mics Clara Foster,
decoration; Miss Lola Sorrick, Junior work
and Miss Grace Reynolds, music. The
many reports of committees and state OFF,
cials show very satisfactory progress Of
the Nebraska Christian Endeavor union.
Long before 8 o'clock this morning. peo-
pie and delegates were arriving at the
Presbyterian church. The report Of the
treasurer showed that there was in the
treasury S42.72 and that collections for
the past year we're nearly twice that Of
any year preceding. The largest gift to the
lsociety was from the Congregational society
Of Omaha, which donated $40 and the next
largest was that of the Pawnee society
which donated S12.
Miss Alice Hunter, field secretary, made
a ranarf ohOugnU Nba4 .ka Ia a-,-.Tza
thirty-four days and had visited forty meet
inss. She recommended more field work.
ers and that one or more be kept in the
field all Of the time.
Rev. R. A. White OF Lincoln opened the
morning service with a very solemn and
impressive quiet hour service.
Mr.. Marshall, one of the speakers. sent
his paper on The Place Of Prayer in En-
deavor Work. which was read by Dr.. Long
and received the approval and response OF
the audience. He urged that the most es-
sentiaI thing In endeavor work was prayer
and that the power Of prayer moved the
world. THE more prayer. the more work
accomplished"
Scribe e. D.. Garlook Of the societies re-
ported sixty Congregational societies pres
ent, hfty-nve Christian, hfty-hve United
Evangelist and about the same number OF
Baptist. Tho largest society in the state
is the Zion German Congregational, 16C
members; second. First Christian, Omaha,
100; third, Salem, a country church, 105
The total contributions for missions were
SssO.S1.
Junior Superintendent Mrs. Carruthers re.
ported forty-six new societies and that
more than that number had been organized
this year, but some had disbanded tenn.
porarily.
Miss Pruyn. on mission work, stated thai
the number OF societies responding with re.
ports was 21s.
After an excellent address on The Homo
Circle" by Rev. J. e. futile of Lincoln
Field Secretary e. B.. Eberman Of Boston
was introduced. He said this was the larg.
est morning audience he had seen in AM
convention this year.
The district secretaries give very encour
aging reports OF the work done by them.
This afternoon two Christian Endeavoi
conferences and rallies were held at thu
same hour. At the Presbyterian churej
a missionary conference was led by Mis-
Mabel Pruyn, and addresses were given b!
DR.. J. w. McKean Of Siam, Rev. William
Hardcastle Of Cambridge, and Rev. ]. z
Wood Of Santa Fe, N. NJ. This lasted 70
one hour and was followed by a Tent
Legion conference. led by L. w. Harring
ton. F.. S. Carruthers spoke on How Doe
Giving systematically Beneht the Giver
Spiritually and Temporarily" and DR.. B.. NJ
Long of Lincoln on 'In Giving System
atically, is Money all that Should be In
cluded in the Gift?" At the Christian
church a citizenship conference was led b!
Addie z. Harris, with addresses by Chic
Hosgland Of Lincoln, Mrs. A. A. Hall o
Lincoln, Rev. Edgar A. Price Of Beatrice
E. B.. Cook OF Omaha, t J. Darnall o
) Lincoln. and Rev. Harry @. Hill of Omaha
/ Following this a Junior workers confer
ence was led by Mrs. Carruthers.
Following is a list OF officers elected to
day. every officer serving last year beinI
reelected: President. Arthur Chase
Omaha; vice president. Rev. r. A. White
{ Lincoln; secretary. Mrs. Edith D.. Garloch
Omaha; treasurer. l.. w. Harrington. Paw
> nee City; junior superintendent, Mrs. Hat
' tie s. C~arruthers, Hastings; missionary su
perintendent, Mabel Pruyn, Hastings; su
perintendent Christian Citizenship, Rev
2 w. Hardcastle. Cambridge; Nebraska En-
deavor News and Field secretary, Mis-
Alice @. Hunter. Lincoln. Pastors AID
visory committee: Christian. Rev. H. !
Kirschstein. Hastings: Congregational, Re,
VIM. Hardcastle, Cambridge; Lutheran
0 Rev. r. A. White, Lincoln; Methodist Pro
Y ~testant, Rev. II. c. Bradley. Waco; Pres
4 byterian. Rev. B. NJ. Long, Lincoln; Unite
Brethren, Rev. G. z. Driver. Ashland
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