The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-31
P:UL PIT AND. PEW
G. E. u YEARS old.
Churches Of the City Unite With
M Societies in Observing the
~ Anniversary.
Results of Twenty-Five Years Of
Work-some of the Things
Done Last Year.

.ss To- morrow marks the twentN-second
4 anniversary of the founding of Christian
Il Endeavor In local, state, national and
international unions the day has been des-
q ignated as Decision Day and a united
effort will be made throughout the world
to. bring young people. into the Christian
life. Pa stors Of churches superintendent
OF Sabbath schools and missions. ,presi-
dents of Endeavor societies and all others
interested in the spiritual welfare of
young people will cooperate in this work.
In this city special services are to be
held in nearly every one of the ffty-odd
societies OF the union, some Of which will
,use:the printed form prepared by the unit
ed society and in many churches special
Christian Endeavor sermons will be
preached either in the morning or even
ing. with appropriate music. et&s -.
-, The rapid and at the same time steady
growth of Christian Endeavor during Its
e twenty-five years of existence has been
almost marvellous; the following summary,
from the editors Of the Christian En-
7 deavor World, the national organ of the
movement is interesting at this time:
{ +; "As the Christian Endeavor movement
comes to it's twenty-second birthday. it
finds 62,132 societies of Christian En-
deavor In the world. OF these. over A, 900
: are young peoples; over $4,000 are junior
societies; about 1,400 arc intermediate So
cieties: and the rest Seniors mothers.
, floating and miscellaneous societies. These
societies contain over 100000 members
From every standpoint the last year has
been one of the best that the society has
never known.
~. Nearly $4,000 societies are found in the
United States, 5000 in Great Britain, 1900
an, Canada, and the other 1900 in Austria
liza, India, China, Japan Turkey the coun-
!. tries of continental Europe, and the
Islands Of the sea- On this twenty second
q anniversary 1t 1seNossible to say. without
.qual1hca,tlon. or exaggerat1on, that the
, Christian Endeavor movement is world
81 Wide. In Italy, Spain. France, Portugal,
Sweden, and Switzerland, national Chris
tlan Endeavor organizations have been es-
tabllshed in the past year.
49,, c. E. Papers Abroad.
a. christian Endeavor papers have kept
pace with the growth of the movement
:: The representative of the society in Great
Britain is The Christian Endeavor Times
> large illustrated 16page weekly. In
Germany an able monthly called the
.Jugend-Hilfe. represents the cause
have their Christian Endcavor papers.
india mas the Indian Endeavorer, Ireland
the Irish Endeavorer. South Africa the
South African Endeavorer Australia has
the Golden Link and the; Roll Call. while
Japan, Hungary and other lands have pa
pers devoted to the cause
= The Christian Encleavor work amono
the sBoer prisoners has been a most inter-
estlng feature of the year lust closed
IN 81. Helena more than one quarter part
cFot the prisoners were active members :of
d1fferent societies in the prison camps In
Tue CeElon camps were a thousand En-
ueaVorers' and in Bermuda MANY more
%E1 re prisoners went back to South Africa
ts Y,1z The purpose of,planting a Christian
q si. ae society in every Dutch church
#of South Africa y, =. ' y . - :
ne prison work of Christian Fndea vor
CURING the past year has been greatly
prospered: The Comrades of tho Onio+
t1our arc those Christian Endea vorers
VINO agre to spend at least fifteen n,i,1
utes every day in meditation, communion
ana prayer. More than 10000 are tine
th The Tenth Legion consists Of
nose Endeavorers who esteem it a. nrivi-
iese to- give at least one-tenth If +hai,
income FOR the spread of the *kineoon, 81
Noo. Nearly 10000 have enrolled tha,,,'
serves under this banner. AT !ea Ct oon
oVV young people come into the ch1rc1,es
every year through the gateway NJ ~.
soclety. In practical work the vounp neo-
pc are DONG much. as reports from a fev
soc'et,es IN single union show: .,
ru nsaaolished circulating library: distrhuted
tels'ls among poor at Christmas; helned close
s "a. Sa'oons: organized a mission: raised s5oo
i .'e nurcnase OF a lot for the new ch;,rch:
alseu f.'," Tor church debt: sunnortcd e;aroai
m ps w, ~ ino1a: contributed to .Homeward
pp,i i'u Nl1ss1op sent money to build cloneI ~