Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-09-08

tan Endeavor union since it's organ
,ization have been as follows. Rev.
C. A. Towle, Congregationalist; Rev.
]. K. Fowler, Presbyterian; Roger
Leavitt, Congregationalist; r. W.
Peterson, Presbyterian; Rev. ]. X.
Fowler, Presbyterian; Rev. A. D.
Wright, Christian; Rev. D. w. Fahs,
Presbyterian; Rev. A. d. kinzer, Con-
gregationalist; Rev. c. w. Sweet,
Friends; William Orr, Christian; Rev.
R. C. Sargent, Christian; Rev. ]. W.
Day. Presbyterian.
The state conventions have been
held as follows: 1886, Des Moines;
1887, Waterloo; 1888. Sioux City; 1889,
Des Moines; 1890, Grinnell; 1891, Bur
lington: 1892, Cedar Rapids; 1898,
Muscatine; 1894. Sioux. City; 1895,
Des Moines; 1896, Council Bluffs; 1897
Dubuque; 1898, Marshalltown; 1899,
Creston; 1900, Ottumwa; 1901, Cher
okee; 1902, Cedar Rapids; 1908, Sioux
City.
The following tabulated statement
which appeared upon Christion En-
deavor program in Denver, Colorado
bulS IL, lvOo, SolNCo Gil lhlSlSctlhSo LIS
toroy of the growth of the Christian
Endeavor society year by year as told
in the annual meetings which grew
from simply a birthplace anniversary
of the first society organized to state
national and finally to international
or worlds conventions:
1SS1-,rhe first Christian Endeayor soci-
ETY. was formed in Portland. Me-, in 1881,
and its object was the same then as now,
to help its members to be Christians, and
| to teach them to work for Christ.
| 1SS2-'rhe first Christian Endeavor con
vcntion was held lin Wiliston church, Port
! land. Me-. in 1882. with about 300 people
present There were only six Endeavol
! societies in all the world then.
| tSS3--In June, 1888. the second conven
| tion was held in Portland in the Second
| Parish church. BY this time there were
! ffty-threc societies. with about 1000 mem
hers Forty of these societies were in
| New England.
/ 1Sst--lm 1884 there were two or three
! Junior Endeavor societies in different
places This year there was a two days
convention held in Lowell Mass, and 15l
| societies We're reported. This WAS the first
/ convention held outside the state of Maine
1855 News came this year to the con
vention at Old orchard, Me-, that Chris
tian Endeavnr had landed on foreign
shores: in Hawaii, China and Ceylon.
1SS6-The first large convention was hello
in Saratoga. The early morning prayer
meeting was held for the first time thi;
| year In October the Golden Rule became
the Christian Endeayor paper.
| 1857 Christian EndeaVor in China wa
now three years old. They called it il
toochow 1.-THE Drum-and -Rouse-Up Soci
CIV" China has now a National Christian
| Endcavor union, and national convention
| 1SSS-This year few societies of Chris
| tian Endeavor We're formed in England
and the number has increased every yea
since until there are now about 5000 soci
cites in all Great Britain, and more THAI
| 1000 in Canada.
lSS9-In these eight years Christian En-
dcavor grew from one society to more thai
coo. There are now about fifty socie
I ties in far away countries all over thu
world.
| 1s90--ln 1890 the first Floating Endeavo
society was formed by twelve sailors. 9th
ers followed their example, and there ar
now 1.3 Christian Endeayor societies ol
board ships of war, and merchant vessels
and in life saving stations
4 1S91-'rhe tenth birthday of Christian En-
denyor was celebrated In the city where |
4 was born Some Of the Christian EDdeayo
+. leaders crossed the ocean and gave ad
dresses In many large cities of England
! There are now 10000 societies in all part
z. Of the world,
1s92-At the convention In New York thi
i Immediately after the convention d