Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-09

Rev. DR.. D. w. Skellenger mas returned
from a trip through New York and Penn
| sylvania, where he has been giving his
illustrated lecture on Denver and the Rocky
mountains. which was recently presented
| before the District Christian EndeaVor
| Union In the interest of the Denver con-
vention. He lectured four times in Phila-
| adelpbia and at Albany and other places.
The Christian Endeavor Society of the
Gurley Presbyterian Church welcomed
twenty-nine new members at largely at
tended conservation service last Sunday
evening. The occasion marked the close OF
the membership contest between the
Blues and the Greens" which has been
| in progress for the past two months, Forty
new members were realized by the contest,
and the Greens won by three. The presl-
dent Mr. Arthur II. De Remer, spoke the
greetings of the society to the new mem
bers, after which the entire membership
arose and repeated the active members
pledge in concert. and the pastor, Rev j.
Russell Verbrycke, led in prayer.
| The topic for Christian Endeavor prayer
meetings tomorrow is, What Does the
| Story of Zaccheus Teach TSP The Scrip
ture lesson is, Luke, xix:l-10.
1The Christian Endeavorers of the Yer
nont Avenue Christian Church We're visited
f@st Sunday evening by President Owen p
kellar and Secretary Hermon c. Metcalf of
the District Union Mr.. Metcalf also WIS.,
tied the Christian Endeavor Society OF the
Church of the Covenant on Sunday after
noon. and made short address on Chris
tan EndeaVor foreign mission work.
a new Christian Endeavor Society has
been organized in the Baptist Church at
Hynesboro Park, Nd. This church is a
mission of the Baptist Association of the
District of Columbia.
Rev DIR. Francis e. Clark founder and
leader of the Christian Endeavor movement
is announced as one of the principal SD, q K
erS at the convention of the Christian En-
deayor Union of Northern Virginia. to be
held at Oakton on May 10. DR. Clark is Ie-
turning from an extensive tour of the
south. where he has addressed a number of
conventions and mass meetings
The adaptability of Christian Fndeavor To
the various evangelical denominations i,
eXemplifed by the Methodist Protestants,
who are this week holding their eleventh
national Christian Endeayor convention in
this city at the North Carolina NJ p
Church, corner sth and streets southeast
Rev John f. Cowan. ID. D.. who is at
tending the convention, is one of the, asso-
ciate editors of the Christian Endeavor
World.
The intermediate Christian Endeavor So
ciety of Calvary Baptist Church has re-
Gently increased its membership from thir-
ty-ilve to forty, gain of over II per cent
The Christian Endeavor Society of the
Eastern Presbyterian Church welcomed fts
new active members last Sunday night
Twenty nine of the thirty-six members re-
sponded to their names at the roll call
The Y P. S. c. f. of Assembly Presby-
terrain Church held the largest social gath
ering of that society of the year Friday
evening last at the home of Miss Nellie
Brown. The affair was missionary social
representing an evening in Japan the deco
rauons, amusements, refreshments and cos
tunes being as nearly in accord with the
Japanese custom as possible.
The intermediate Christian Endeavor So
ciety of Assembly's Church, with a mem
bership of twenty five, has made a gain Of
ten.