Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-14

lDR, CLARK I Returns N
FOUNDER or CHRISTIAN HnDEA-
Won nAcI1 FROM EUROPEAN TOUR.
1T WAS A sue eEssFUL TRIP.
Work Of world-wide Christian En-.
denvor That VIII Be Of Interest to
the soc1etie. IN virstnia-what
Young People Can Do.
II. WAS a SUCCESSFUL TRIP.
Work Of World-wide Christian En.-
Young People Can Do.

The monthly bulletin issued by the Unit
ed Society Of Christian Endeavor. with
headquarters in Boston, MASS. monthly.
ts out for September. The paper records
the return OF DR.. Clark after most sue
cessful trip ever Europe IN the interest OF
the Endeavor work. The bulletin win be
OF interest to the members Of the two hun
dred and fifty societies In the State. It
is as follows:
The Endeavor societies Of Japan have
passed the one hundred mark
Between twelve and fifteen papers in
schuylkill county, Penn, publish Christian
Endeavor columns
The Prison Endeavor Society in the
United States prison at Ardmore, I. T.,
has succeeded in winning eight men for
Christ
An evangelistic and rest tent was main
tanned at the county fair by the Oak Park,
n. II. Christian Endeavor Union. Free.
ice-water was provided, and mothers
with children were especially cared for.
Packages were checked free, and daily
song service held.
Tho Christian Endeavor summer train
ing school was hold for three weeks in the
academy at Yarmouth, Ne. Tho atterS<
dance was over eighty. The experiment
was successful, and will be continued
next year.
A series Of tent meetings has been car
ried on during the past summer by the
Christian Endeavor Union OF Milwaukee.
They Purchased a tent at az expense of
500, and the pastors OF the various
churches did the preaching.
! u - al .
The Royal Japanese navy now contains
three Floating Endeavor societies, the
first Of which was formed several years
ago. The gunboat on which it was formed
sailed away with thirteen Endeavorers
and came back, six months later, with
thirty.
An old blind lady is taken out to do
her shopping by the Melbourne, Australia,
E'ndeavorers Another society owns an
invalid's chair, which they loan to
crippled lady whom some Of them have
wheeled to lime-light lecture, and to
harvest festival
Six Junior Endeavor girls were distri-
buting notices Of the meeting, during the
recent great revival in japan. A very
wicked man was attracted to them be-
cause he thought one of the girls was
Ills own. - lie 1ol1eWe0 CnSl1 TO the lNeeS-
ing. was converted, and IS to-day an Ell
Gent Christian worker among the rail-
road men Of Japan.
An unusually large number or Endeavor
societies in Chicago have been holding
open-air evan8eustic meetings this sum
mer. Ten societies did such work In tho
South district alone. Sons used tents,
others held services in front of the
churches, others in the streets. One So
cety held a meeting on the baseball
grounds while the Sunday game was in
pre- sresS.
The Moody Institute. Chicago, has pub
lished a pamphlet describing the wonder
full revival in Melbourne, Australia, in
which Superintendent R. A. Torrey, D.
D., has been so used Of God. Over $500
people have accepted Christ. and the
whole city has been powerfully stirred.
Two hundred and fourteen churches were
united in this work, with 1000 personal
and chorus of 200. An as-
gresate OF 117,oeo people attended the
meetings and thousands we're turned
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