Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-21

has been organized in the Centennial sap,
list Church. on Sth street between + aMo -
streets northeast. with Mrs H. W. ""
tan as the superintendent,
President Keilar Of the District Christian
Endeavor SIMON was visitor iaA Synoay
| at the meeting Of the EndeavoreTs OF the
Eastern Presbyterian Church. and spoke
upon the topic. Secretary Metcalf ded the
Christian Endeavor service at the Mary
| land Avenue Baptist Church
| Mr.. Lindley D. Clark of this city was
elected president of the Friends Christian
Endeavor Union at the yearly meeting held
in Baltimore last week. This union COM
prises the young peoples societies in the
churches of the District of Columbia. Mary
land, northern Virginia and southeastern
pennsylvania. Mr.. Clark is well known To-
cally an Endeavorer and a t@inister In
the Friends Church. and more widely
through his writings for the religious press.
The Christian Endeavor Society has been
generally adopted by the Friends as their
official young peoples organization. The
Baltimore meeting was well attended, ana
among the speakers was Mr.. Willis r.
Hotchkiss, a missionary to Africa, who
spoke before the District Christian En-
deavOr Union two winters ago, and who
has also been heard at the international
conventions.
The following new officers have been
elected by the Christian Endeavor Society
of st. Paufs English Lutheran Church:
President, Miss Henrietta Same; vice pres
ident, Miss Gertrude Barron; recording sec
rotary, Miss Angelina Johnson; corresponds
ing secretary, Miss Louise Lentz; treasurer
Charles Linkns; delegate to Christian En-
deavor Union, Mr.. Bateman; delegates to
Lutheran Young Peoples Union, Miss Nellie
Harr and Miss Henrietta Same.
day, by the Georgetown Lutheran Church.
An appropriate sermon was delivered at the
morning service by the pastor. Rev. STAN
ley Billheimer and in the evening reports
were made as to the sowing and reaping
done by the various organizations of the
church. Mr.. Billheimer spoke for the
church whole, Miss Richardson for the
Christian Endeavor Society. H. F. Kunkei
| for the Sunday school. Miss Wenner for the
missionary society. Mrs. H. G. Wagner for
| the Ladies' Aid Society and Mr.. Lester
| Blessing for the mems club. The church
| was decorated in a manner suggestive Of
| the occasion. The altar was laden with
| fruits grains and vegetables, and the pull
| pit and chandeliers were adorned with vari-
| colored autumn leaves and cut flowers, the
| entire arrangement forming pretty scene.
| The Endeavorers of the Church Of the
| Covenant presbyterian held special ami
| Yersary services last Sunday. The new Of
| ficers were installed and song by Miss
| Cowen was a pleasant feature. The follow
| ing are the new officers: President, Walter
! X. Handy; vice president, James Matthews;
| recording secretary, Miss Carrie Ross; cor
responding secretary. Miss A. M. Dutton:
| treasurer, Miss H. E. Crippen Junior SUI
perintendent, Miss Isabel Campbell; dele
| gate to District Christian Endeavor Union,
| Miss E. NJ. Dutton.
+ A Christian Endeavor convention was re-
! Gently held at Ahmednagar. India, reports
| of which have just come to this country.
| Many Of the local Endeavor societies are
contributing to the support of the work In
\ India and other foreign countries. and
! therefore the members feel an interest in
| the progress of the movement there. The
| convention is said to have been unusual in
being largely managed by the natives rather
than by the missionaries. The proceedings
| were conducted in the Marathi language.
| the only English address being interpreted
sentence by sentence into the ;vernacular.
The majority of the addresses were given
| by native pastors or other Indian young
men, and al the principal meeting the chair
man and all the speakers were converted
Brahmins The attendance was close to
two thousand.
The annual business meeting. including
an installation service, was recently held
by the Calvary Baptist Young Peoples So
ciety of Christian Endeavor. Miss Gertrude
Willard, the retiring president, opened the
meeting, which was begun with prayer
and praise service. The officers and COM
mittee chairmen submitted their annual re-
ports, the missionary committee reporting
that S63. "a had been collected by means of
mite boxes. Miss Willard gave brief sum-
mary of the work of the year. after which
the new president, Mr.. B. c. Getsinger, was
introduced and presided for the remainder
Of the meeting. Rev. s. H. Greene. the
pastor, made helpful address, commend
ing the work of the past year. pointing to
the larger possibilities of the future, and
urging each member to reach out after
them. Refreshments were served by the
social committee The other officers and
committee chairmen are follows: Vice
president, Miss Florence Haley; recording
secretary, Frank Cragg; corresponding sec
rotary Miss Irene Burr: treasurer, l.. L.
Hayes delegate to Christian Endeavor
Union Miss Marie Dodd: committee chair
men, lookout, Miss Millie Taliaferro; prayer
meeting Miss Minnie b. Hegeman; mis-
sionary, Mr. Edwin S. Fry: social and stran-
gers, Miss Gertrude I. Willard; flower. Miss
Helen B. Gilman; relief Mrs Charles r.
Schmidt chairman Of the delegation to
Anti-Saloon League. Mr.. James w. Haynie.