Evening star., 1905-10-21
fin Local Churches.

There was prompt accounting OF gooo
committee work this month.
| For entertainment later In the evening
the chairman Of the new sociai eomm,t'ee' nm ee
| w. Keck, Mr.. Little. Miss Jessie Shepard
and Miss Annie Peters. had prepared
| penny social" which was a success from
| the admission fee to the lemonade that
was sold in sections-plain lemonade. one
penny; with a cherry, two pennies; with
pineapple, three pennies; with straw
| four pennies. The attendants at the Varl-
| Gus tables were hardly able to supply the
demand for their wares. Many juniors
were present.
During the evening two musical numbers
| were rendered, a solo by Mr.. o. E. Little
and a quartet selection by Mrs. g. l.. Bee
Ter, Mr.. and Mrs. Cummings and Mr.. Lit
tie.
President Metcalf of the District Chris
tian Endeavor Union was a visitor at the
meeting of the Christian Endeavor Society
of the Nineteenth Street Baptist Church last
Tuesday evening. He was given a cordial
welcome and addressed the meeting.
This society has succeeded in raising $ZZ7,
which has been presented to the trustees
toward paying the church debt The de-
mand for Endeavorers to visit the SICK ana
the aged has been so great that special
committee has been formed for this service.
to be known as the sunshine committee,
with William Walker as chairman. The
committee recently paid a visit to Freed
illti I1cSptldls
According to the latest statistics, there
are G7,000 Christian Endeavor Societies, of
which 50,364 are in the United States and
Canada
The normal class in mission study to be
conducted by Mr.. w. II. H. Smith for the
District Christian Endeavor Union will hold
| its first meeting for the present season this
afternoon from . to O'Clock in the west
parlor of the First Congregational Church
The class will continue to meet regularly
Saturdays at the same hour and place.
Echoes of the Baltimore convention con-
tinue to reverberate in the minds and hearts
or EndeaVorerS who attended Last Sunday
evening the Endeavor Society of the Lin
coin Temple Congregational Church held an
echo meeting which was well attended and
in which much of the convention enthu-
slaSm was reproduced. l.. G. Quincy the So
cietyS delegate to the convention made
an interesting half-hour report, which was
| supplemented by remarks by Mr. Stone of
LINCOLN Temple Church. Mr.. Anderson of
Galbraith Chapel and Joseph H. Lee, sec
ond vice president of the District Union
There were several visitors from other
churches The auditorium was decorated
with howers, bunting and Christian En-
deavor flags.
The Christian Endeavor Sociey of the
First Congregational Church has begun
holding a fifteen minute song service Iln-
der the leadership of William w. Gilbert,
chairman of the music committee every
| Sunday evening at the opening of the
prayer meeting. In this way 1t is expected
| that the members will become more familiar
with the music in the new Endeavor
| Hymlal.
A straw ride was enjoyed by the Interme-
dlate Endeavorers of Calvary Baptist
Church Friday night of last week. The
start was made from the home of the chair
man of the social committee. Miss Lucy
Homer, who had charge of the arrange
ments and the party drove to Tenleytown,
ana thence across the country to Takoma
Park. There a stop was made at the home
or MISS Selma Fraser, one of the mem
bers, and luncheon was provided, after
which the return trip to the city was made
Inc wagon was decorated with the Chris
tian Endeavor colors-red and whiteNand
the young people carried Christian En-
deavor flags and sang Christian Endeavor
songs.