Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-25
CHRISTIAN sENDEAvoR NOTES.

The Metropolitan Presbyterian Church,
4th and streets southeast, has been Sc
of the District Christian Endeayor Union.
which will be held Monday evening April B.
1t Is the policy of the union officers to hold
meetings occasionally in other sections than
the central part of the city, and in carrying
out this plan the January meeting was held
In Georgetown. 1t has been some time,
however, since the Endeavorers of any of
the Capitol Hill churches have had an OPP
portunity of entertaining a gathering of the
District Union.
The program of the coming meeting will
be of practical nature, following up some
of the ideas advanced by Mr.. Vogt in the
last series of meetings and looking for
ward to the international convention at
Baltimore in July. Officers of the union
will present reports for the first quarter of
the year, and reports will be made from
various societies as to the progress of the
work they are doing in the line of earning
special recognition at the Baltimore con-
vention. Then will follow a conference on
the formation of bands, circles or clubs
auxiliary to the Christian EndeaVor society,
as proposed by Mr.. Vogt, so as to cover
the various interests and tastes of the
young, people of the churches and bring
more of the young people into touch with
the society.
The newly organized Bethany Baptist
Christian Endeavor Society, at Sd street
and Rhode Island avenue northwest. has
George l.. Bristi vice president, Horace
M. Gilman; recording secretary, Miss
DAISY Johnson; corresponding secretary,
Mrs. Jessie Rhodes; treasurer, Hogan Will
son; delegate to District Union, Miss Hef-
fernan. The committee chairmen are as
follows: Prayer meeting, Miss 1nez Miller;
lookout, Walter Brooks; social, Miss Geor-
gia FORBES; missionary, Miss Fern Hoskins.
Japan has new sort of Endeavor society,
the name of which, translated into English,
Is the Warriors Families Endeavor So
clety; 1t started in Yokosuka among the
families of sailors. The empress became
interested in the organization and sent a
generous contribution to its treasury. 1t
is established also at the MafZuru naval
yard and cares for needy relatives of abb
sent seamen The Japan Christian En-
deavor Union sets aside one-tenth of all
its receipts for the soldiers.
A study class was started last Saturday
night by the Endeavor society of the Yer
mont Avenue Christian Church with an en-
rollment of twenty-four. The subject is
the history and principles of the Disciples
of Christ, and the course is TO continue
eight weeks. AT the opening meeting three
very interesting papers, Introductory to the
main Line OF study, Were presented, one on
the history Of the Christian Church from
the time of Christ to the middle ages, by
Or. Power; one On the reformation of
Luther by Mr.. SA.5wz StArratt and one ON
the reformations of Calsin and Wesley, by
Mrs. G. III. Deweys tIheA Textbook used is
Concerning the Disciples by B. B. Tyler
Whfch Is one of 5a3serieSfof excellent hand
books issued by the Disciples Of Christ for
their young people, under the title of the
Bethany Christian Bndeayor Reading
Courses. These courses are the outcome Of
movement started satJthe Christian En-
deavor conventioTdn TINS city in 1896.