Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-07-04
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVORERS.

CHRISTIAN ENDEAvoRERS.
A number Of the local Christian Endeavor
societies are preparing to hold special
Christian citizenship services tomorrow
| evening. material for which has been fur
| nished by the District Union.
party Of Endeavors from the Temple
| Baptist. st. Paul's Lutheran. Congress
Street Methodist Protestant and Calvary
| Baptist churches attended the services at
| Washington barracks last Sunday evening.
The meeting was led by Mr.. Owen p KEEL
! lar, president Of the District Christian En-
deavor Union.
The executive committee of societies CO.
operating in religious work at Fort Myer
| has arranged for special patriotic service
| to be held there among the soldiers tomor-
| row evening at o'clock. An address is to
| be made by Rev. Teunis s. Hamlin. d. D..
pastor of the Church of the Covenant. and
| special music of patriotic nature has beer
arranged.
The Christian Endeavor Society of the
West Washington Baptist Church recently
held its semi-annual business meeting and
! elected the following officers for the six
months beginning July i: President, Miss
! Margaret Elizabeth Van Denbergh; vice
president Mr.. Robert Lee Haycock; secre-
taTy, nT. ira cecil 1tayCOCk, treasurer.
Miss Coberth: chairman Of lookout COM
| mfttee Miss Ella Hospital; chairman of
missionary committed Mr.. Frank Louis
Coll; chairman of temperance committee.
Miss Annie Hunter. gain Of eleven new
members since the first Of the year was re-
ported
Miss Flora L. P. johnson. the press cor
respondent Of the District Christian En-
deavor Union has left Washington for a
trip to Boston and the Maine woods.
The Christian Endeavor Society Of East
Washington Heights Baptist Church has
received news that one of its members on
the United States ship San Francisco has
organized a Christian Endeavor society
among the men on board that vessel. The
society conducts a Sunday school class and
mid-week prayer meetings. in addition to
the regular Christian Endeavor services. 1t
is composed of nine members but the aver
age attendance at its services has been
about %. The San Francisco is in the
fleet which was recently at Kiel, Germany.
Miss Flora Crane formerly Of Pleasant
Hill Academy. Tennessee. gave an address
last Sunday evening at the meeting of the
Christian EndeavOr Society of the First
Congregational Church on the subject of
the educational work Of the American MIS-
sionary Association among the mountain
whites of the south.
This society held it's July social Wednes-
day evening at the home of Miss Gilmore in
Mount Pleasant. The affair was in the
nature of a lawn festival and an informal
reception to Rev. Albert E. Wurst of Bos-
ton. who is to occupy the pulpit of the
church this summer while DR.. Newman is
away on his vacation. The attendance was
large. A musical and literary program was
rendered and games were played.
The Christian Endeavor Society of Cal
vary Baptist Church held praise service
last Tuesday night in connection with its
regular prayer meeting. under the leader
ship of Miss Clara M. Lloyd. Mr.. William
Braly played violin solo. the mems chorus
rendered vocal selection and number of
hymns appropriate to the subject were
| sung.
elected by the Christian Endeavor Society
Of the Lincoln Temple Congregat. onal
Church: President. Mr.. Lloyd G. Quincy:
vice president. Miss t,sttie L. Hill: record
ing secretary Miss Helen Webb: corre-
spending secretary Miss Katie E Tayleur:
treasurer. Miss M. e. Brown: delegate to
District Union. Mr.. w. s. Duff1eld: Choir
lister. Mr.. w. B. Johnson: pianist, Miss Ada
Pinckney: assistant pianist. Miss Eva
Johnson.
An enthusiastic mass meeting of Chris
tan Endeavorers of the Ninth Street, Yer
mont Avenue. Whitney Avenue and II
Street Christian churches was held last
Tuesday night at the Ninth Street CHRIS
tan Church, on the occasion of the annual
meeting of the Christian Endeavor Union
of those churches. The president Mr..
James M. Pickens. pres'd The report of
the treasurer. Miss S. A. Sunny. showed
that the union had paid 81. $50 toward the
purchase of a lot for new church in the
southeast section of the city. The $50
necessary to complete the payment was
promptly raised duSing the meeting. Brief
addresses were made by Rev. E. B. Bagby,
Rev. F. D. Power Mr.. r. A Balderson. Mr..
Edgar NJ. Kitchn. Mr.. Fred Maphis Mr..
Henry Brewood and others.
The union elected the following officers
for the coming year: President Mr.. Harry
8. WEIGH of Ninth Street Church: vice presi-
dent Miss Bertha Walker Of Whitney Ave-
nue. Church, secretary, Mr.. Arthur Kitchin
Of H Street Church: treasurer. Mr.. Andrew
Wilson of Vermont Avenue Church. The
new officers were directed to take steps for
the erection of a chapel on the lot in the
southeast This union Is regarded as an
Illustration of how the Christian Endeayor
form of organization is being utilized in the
work of single religious body. while the
societies composing 1t are at the same time
in fellowship with the Endeavorers of other
churches through the interdenomnational
unions.
AT the recent annual meeting OF the Young
Peoples Christian Endeavor Society of the
Mt Pleasant Congregational Church the fol-
lowing officers were elected: President, Mr..
VIM. H. MCDOWELL; vice president, Miss
Nora James; recording secretary Mr. Bruce
Cleveland; corresponding secretary. Miss
NJ. Louise Sleman: treasurer. Mr.. Emery
LASER; delegate to the union. Mr.. Harold
Caverley.
Bessie Hoston colored twenty-three years
old was taken to the Casualty Hospital
about 1:15 o'clock this morning to have
wound in her head treated. The woman
told the police her husband had assaulted
hor With a fork and that she would procure