Evening journal., 1904-10-21
ENDEAVORERS IN
BUSY SESSION
Much Work Accomplished at
Annual Meeting in St.
Paul's This Morning
SOCIETY HAS STEADY GROWTH

Christian Endeavorers assembled in
annual session in st. Pauls NJ. e.
Church today are busy lot Of peo-
pie They knew what they wanted to |
do when they came here and they are /
doing it with a will. There was vim /
that characterized THIS mornings |
meeting seldom seen at affairs of this /
kind. One item followed another in /
snappy manner and the work assigned |
TO the session was finished within
few minutes Of the prescribed time.
Officers Elected.
The election Of officers for the COM
ing year resulted as follows
President the Rev. Elliot Field, Fell
lton; vice. presidents. the Rev. Z. f.
briggs. Wilmington: the Rev. J. l..
Nichols, Dover; the Rev. J. J.. Camp
lbel, Wilmington; the Rev =. c. Ak
ms Newark; John ID. Brooks. Milford.
Secretary. $. c. Evans. Jr- Milford.
Treasurer George G. Penny. VIII
{miugton.
Board OF Directors. Miss d. J. Pea
cock Wilmington; Rev n. o. Gibson
Harrington; Miss Edna Barker. Mil
ford.
president Worlds Union. J. II,
buillS wilmington.
In all the reports gains were shown.
In the secretary's report the follow
ing membership statistics were sub
mitted: Sussex county, twelve societies.
1862 members; Kent eight societies. 167
members: New Castle. eight societies.
1897 members; Wilmington fourteen
societies, 591 members. Gilbert Pres
byteran Church was awarded the silk
I1.annar fau fha 10 In,
bership. The junior society has had
steady and healthy growth during the
Iyear and now boasts of 1923 members.
n 1.-THE total membership Of the society in
y the State is 24O3.
= Much money for religious and be-
- nevolent purposes has been raised dur
d ing the past twelve months. Altogether
a S2.S66.56 were given to the society.
The next place Of meeting w9s not
d decided upon No invitations were
rendered at the meeting and the mat
ter was placed In the hands OF COM
lmittee to make arrangements for the
next meeting
The Christian Endeabor library in
d the lecture room OF the church has
been attracting MANY of the delegates
It has been supplied with a complete
D. collection of books apropos to the So
in ciety and its work
s. The program this morning In detail
le was as follows:
be s.45-ouiet Hour. led by Rev Fred
e. erick T. Briggs, wilmington.
ie 915. - Conference - "The Commit
" tees" field Secretary Ward.
10.15.-Business session. (a)--An-
nual reports Of State officers. (b)-
Roll call of societies for pledges to the
State treasury. (c)-State convention
1905. Where? (d)-eRport Of COM
mittee on constitution. (e)-Report OF
nominating committee and election of
j. lofficers. CO-New business. An
= nouncements.
Il This afternoons session will embrace
l. the following:
Il 2.OO-Quiet Hour, led by Rev. S. B.
d Hiley, Dover
IS 2.15-The Missionary Department,
70 Rev. Elliot Field. vbgk vbgk
Rev. Elliot Field. O)-Why work for
missions in Christian Endeavor? (2)-
The committee. (3)-The meeting
a l(D-Helps (5)-The library. o.
: Giving CO-In the Sunday School
N (S)-Dificulties? (9)-What viii you
d do?
k S.0O-Conference-M Mission study DR.
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Mis-
sions.
3.OO-(Class room No. 2)-SectionaI
conference for pastors. led by Rev
n Francis f. Clark. d. d.
f 3.5O-Question box, opened by Field
. Secretary Ward.
o. 415-Conference-J Junior work. Mis-.
Z. Annie B. Ellison. Summit Bridge.
y 4.3O-The Juniors March. Address tC
lk the Juniors by Dr. Clark. Graduation
IL exercises.
r. 455-Junior exercise-"The Junior
g Garden"
Isl This evening the following program
j. will be carried out:
n; 745-Song service, led by Mrs. Thorn
p, as Benson.
AK S.OO-Devotional. led by the Rev. A. n
1, Keigwin, ID. d.
nd S.1O-Reports of convention commit
70. tees; awarding of banners; presentation
of new State officers. You must in
crease-or you will decrease"
S.2O-The increase campaign. Fielr
Secretary Ward.
80 Standardization exercises music.
Il S.35-Address, -Four Christian En-
81 deavor Lessons from the Antipodes
m the Rev. Francis E. Clark, ID. D.. pres
,s ident Of the United Society OF Chris
~ tian Endeavor.
Instrumentation.
9.25-"God be with you till we NEE
again"
- The session will close tonight and tn
delegates viii leave for their home
tomorrow.
DIR. Murray had a very unique posi-
ton i'm his address of welcome to tn
convention. He was pastor Of 81
Pauls twenty years ago. when the s.
x Paufs society was organized. Yester
q day was the twentieth anniversary q
X the st. Pauls society. the first c. L. 50
cieyt organized in Delaware.
4 He stated he had been pastor te
* years OF the time and the society ha
\ not vacated in summer nor hibernate
"a in winter-an unusual record for an
young peoples society. The conventio
in talent and interest is one Of the bes
ever held. ST. Paurs Methodist Churc
q is aumost alone in holding to Christia
a Endeavor among the Methodists. A
X other NJ. +. churches have Epwort
4 Leagues.