The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-09

Rev William Carter. Phi. D., of KAN
sas City, No, pastor of the First Pres
byterian church there, wiz deliver the
principal address. His subject viii be
"Christian EndeavOr. DR.. Carter made
a name for himself in religious circles
at the great meeting of the Internation-
al Society of Christian EndeavOrers
held in Boston, Mass. His address
there is 8 land mark in work ef this
kind At Kansas City a great union
meeting was held last fall under DR..
| Carriers direction, and the result was
so successful that it attracted newspa-
per attention all over the country. DR..
Garter is a young man, but already
noted speaker. He carries a renarla bic
message with him, and the Topeka local
union did well to secure him.
DR.. William Copeland Evans Of the
First Methodist church wiA alsosSpeak.
His subject is, The Topeka UnnAl and
It's Possibilities" DR.. Evans has s1ined
great notice as an evangelist and his
address will be noteworthy.
W. F. ROehr Will preside at the big
pipe organ. A chorus of three hun
dred voices has been arranged for,
many of them members of the big
chorus which sang at the Auditorium
during the revival conducted here re-
Gently by DR.. Wilbur Chapman and his
group of evangelists. An orchestra of
thirty pieces has also been made up.
The music is to be feature of the
meeting / ne SOi4S SCI vice Will bCS III
promptly at 1870 o'clock. and the adj
dresses at s. Everyone who comes is
asked to bring the books used in the
Chapman union meetings. The diff
ferent Christian Endeavor and Young
Peoples societies will meet in their
respective churches and come to the
Auditorium in a body, singing THE
Kings Business.
form on one side for all the pastors of
Topeka churches and others who are
in the city, and on the other side for
the presidents of the young peoples
societies. Plans are made to take care
of an overflow meeting if necessary.
H. B. Howard, president of the To-
peka local union, Will preside over the
meeting. It had been planned to have
Governor Hoch introduce the speakers
for the evening, but he will probably
be out of the city Should he be here
he will attend
All societies in Shawnee county and
the four adjoining districts have been
invited to attend. They will send big
delegations according to advices al
ready received.
The big Auditorium will be arrayed
in festal clothing; the union colors,
red and white, the flags of the Chris
tan Endeavor, Epworth League, Bap-
list Union and Young Peoples Union.
The national colors will also be much
in evidence.
The Street Railway company will run
extra cars on the Oakland. North To
peka and Washburn lines. The first
extra cars viii leave the ends of these
lines at GAS o'clock and the second at
7:1O o'clock Plenty of street car ac-
cemmOdtion will be on hand to take care
of the meeting when it is over.
It is urged that az the ushers and
chorus members take the early cars
and be at the Auditorium promptly at
Z o'clock. for some final song rehearsing
viii be had
Won Ogden Noght. general secretary
of the United Society of Christian En-
deavor today sent Mr.. Howard some
statistics showing the growth of the
organization. In 1881 there was one So
ciety; in 1882. seven societies: 1886. $50
societies: 1891, 16.2 74 SOCIETIES.. 1896. 10
125 societies: and at this time, 81 426
societies The foreign increase is also
very marked. The ret increase per-
centages figure all the way from 10, 20
and So per cent gains in Great Britain,
India ard Africa, up to 1872 per cent in
Hungary. There IS work fOurishing in
frequent places where it is unknown
Seven societies, for example. with 500
members. were found in the Ellice Is
lands In one of the Loyalty Islands
there are a thousand Endeavorers out
of a total island population of 900, first
reported this year. A letter from Ram
Allah Palestine. in January. referring
to the published report says: You count
only one society for Palestine. There
are four here in Ram Allah, and know
Of one in Jerusalem, ard we hope for
more"