Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-07-13

million and a half more in societies
bearing strictly sectarian names, but
patterned after Christian Endeavor
and gaining their inspiration from il
"A net gain in number of societies in
one year OF over two thousand.
This numerical increase, said the
report. will be made vivid when in
the closing session of this convention
the fellowship banners made by En-
deavOrers across the seas are pre-
scented to the states and provinces that
crease in number OF societies during
the past eight months. The following
IS the list to be thus hOnOreJ:
Colorado. New Mexico, Alaska,
Oregon. Louisiana, Georgia. Washing
ton. Oklahoma. Utah, Indiana, Mis-
souri, and Assiniboia.
Great success has attended the
work for the boys and girls through
the junior and intermediate societies.
The idea OF dividing the young peo-
pies society into two or more sections
OF fifty members each so that all the
young people OF the congregation can
be reached and trained, is meeting
with great favor. The Grace Temple
Baptist church, Philadelphia. Rev.
Russell II. COnwell. pastor. has four
teen such societies, and many
churches have two or more. Indiana
receives the Chinese banner for the
largest prOpOrtiOnate gain in Inter
mediate societies and will hold IL unIll
the next convention.
The increase in foreign lands has
been equally marked. Especially
notable has been the progress made
in Germany. Finland. France. Spain,
Sweden. Japan, COrea. Persia, India,
China. and South America. This has
been made possible by the generous
financial help that the Worlds Chris
tian Endeavor Union has been able
to render. thus enabling these coun-
tries to employ a general secretary
who can give his whole time to the
work. Germany is now seif-supOrting,
and has two secretaries.
During the past year 175,000 have
come from the ranks of Christian En-
deavOr into the membership of the
churches. And thousands more would
have come il more pastors had APP
pTeciatei what a magnificent field for
evangelistic effort God had placed at
their hand. This has been a year of
great material prosperity and most
seductive appeals from the secular
side OF life. mere never was a time
han wh fva
selves. but bad when given the SUI
preme place. appealed TO young people
as today.
These young people have not only
given themselves. they have also given
their money. I'm addition 20 their
gifts i'm other channels. the societies
gave last year for benevOlence an
average OF over fifty dollars for each
society by actual detailed reports.
A total for all the societies that would
have 10 be expressed in millions.
Three societies deserve special
mention. First, the oxford Presby-
terrain. Philadelphia. which gave for
missions last year s1.S14. Second,
the Chinese c. f. society in the Con-
gregatiOnal mission, San Francisco,
which gave Sl.5l6. and third, the
Presbyterian society Clinton. H.,
which gave SLIPS.
For the intermediates the West End
Presbyterian society OF New York
stands first with a record OF S311: and
the Park Presbyterian society Of
Newark. n. J.. second with gifts of
S137. The banner junior society in
gifts for missions is the First Presby-
terrain, Omaha, Neb., with a record