The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-09
ENDEAVOR NOTES
COUNTY RALLY WILL TAKE
PLACE DECEMBER z.
Echoes of State Convention Held in
This City Heard in secre-
tary's Letter.

VIII be held on Monday evening. December
: in The Memorial Presbyterian Church at
South Orange avenue and South Seventh
street. All tho township districts will seiad
delegates to this meeting.
the Rev. w. H.. M. Augustine. assistant
Ttstor of the Park Presbyterian Ch rch, Is
expected TO address the January congress-
meeting to be held in the Roseville Avenue
Fresbvfcrian Church. The succeeding ell
tsress meetings will be held in March and
May, the June rally being the annual cou,.-
ty convention.
Twenty-aine societies were represented
ut the November congress meeting. The
fresh air work was discussed, the treasurer
reporting 81. 162 in the building fund. \
suggestion was offered by the executive
committee for action by the congress-. that
IL ask that at all subsequent congresses u
silver Offering be made to help defray the
expense Ct the society entertaining. An.
other suggestion was made that an appru-
I~rintion be mace from the general fund
Tor that ptrpo,-. After some debate the
question WAS rererred back to the execu-
tive committee.
The State secretary, Miss Stephens, says
of the work In four counties:
Atlantic County-At last we have a new
secretary TO be introduced in Atlantic
County. Mrs, A. Brownlee, Hammonton,
who is already secretary of the county
dhAOis dhu 10 dO edfIl6Sl En0eaNO1ef. t5ne
vas at the conference and convention at
Newark. In accordance with the request
made of all the secretaries who were
there, she sends her reply to the question
What was the greatest help for youl
years work gotten from the convention?
she SAYS 1t came from Mr.. Clements's
talk al the conference, and from his leaf
let, District Secretary Pen-points,' es-
pecially from the pledge in the last part,
She Is trusting for strength TO do more
than before through Christian Endeavor
She reports an Echo Rally by her own
society, to which were invited the neigh
boring societies, the Rey. A. w. Ander-
son and herself giving the echoes
Bergen County-Miss Leeds was able
to, attend a part of the sessions only. She
felt helped by s. d. Gordon's quiet hour
talks and by DR.. Phillips's address on
The TunefuI Washboard.' feeling that IL
she can always keep in perfect tune with
God her Christian Bndeaor work and all
think. of Nancy Wilkins and her motto,
go all right
Burlington County-Our second new
secretary is in Burlington. Miss Anna l..
curt. of Riverton, one who believes In
Christian Endeavor with her whole soul,
and Will try to have others become like
minded. She was also at Newark. and
says one question has been constantly
with her since. IT is this: What place in
my life does Christian Endeavor %occupy?'
She has tried to answer 1t for herself, and
Is searching for the best way of making
the society count for more in her own
ioWn ana county,, ana she feels that 1T all
rests on the answer made to this question
by every Endeavorer. She believes the
work VIII not be fully blessed until the
members give 10 1t more than the frag-
ments of time and talents. She will try
hard to have the Endeavorers realize that
iney have promised to make the doing of
lives, as the only place worthy of it. She
also attended the fall convention of the
Ihiladelphia Union and heard Or. Clark
who said 'NVhNnpVpr we find a IInto, ar N
society that has failed, it is because of the
loss Of this individual responsibility. Our
young people must be trained so that
work they will say. I have been called
Of God. chosen by my society. and I owe
II 1 C nIo dan 70 d tSsmt y TO pc faGi5 arton was
with US at Newark. He felt the confer
ences and open parliaments were the most
Were suggested In them that can be put
into practise. AT the county convention
held the following week, Mr.. Carton gave
% u some of the good things received al
Newark"
The meeting. Of the Orange Valley Con
sregational Endeavor Society tomorrow
evening will be conducted by Miss Fab
ner.
Matthew Collins will address the vesper
service of the Northfeld Baptist Endeavor
Society tomorrow evening.
On Monday evening at the business meet
~ W AZ iAli>ibtlu AFtiiQe 01TiSIidn I'm
deavor Society at the home OF Mr.. and
Mrs. William II. Spanjer, on Maple ave-
nue.. Lyons Farms, SIS was given to the
church. J. Oscar Young. IT,, was ap-
pointed to select four other members of
the society to make arrangements for
rally day services on Sunday, Decem-
bcr /.
The business meeting OF the Basking
Ridge Endeavor Society was held at the
1an,,,o ~ nTrE UNn,f,no- 80 AHz.H..
ing. Miss Alice Rogers was elected assoc
ciate member. The following persons were
elected as officers of the society: President,
Albert Mullen; vice-president, Leslie
Blazier: recording secretary. Miss Nettie
Allen: corresponding secretary, Miss Mary
Lum; treasurer. Peter Macarthur; pianist,
Miss Edna Bowers.
On Sunday evening Miss Adams adj
dressed the Endeavor meeting In the High
street church. and Miss Mcdowell spoke
before the Clinton Avenue Presbyterian
Society on the work of the Young Wom-
ans Christian Association.
At the fall session of the State executive
committee President Sproull will appoint
the heads of State departments for the en-
suing year.. The present chairmen are;
Bible study. the Rev. DIR. Albert Erd-
man. Morristown; correspondence, Percy
Nuessle, Newark: Christian citizenship and
SdpDdtn observance, the Kew. Dr. +. w
johnson. Washington; fresh air, J. X.
Hartman, Jersey City; work among col
ored people, Bishop Alexander Walters,
ID. D., Jersey City; Junior, Mrs. l.. Ida
Dukes. Camden: assistants. Mrs. A. r.
Baxter, Trenton; Mrs. II. w. Miller, New
ton; Miss Mae Hice, F~lemington; inter-
mediate. Mrs. G. d. Baker. Jersey City;
missionary. Miss Jane r. Morrow, West
field; evangelistic, the Rev. Abram Dur
wee. Cherry Hill.
The Young Peoples League of Bloom
field will hold Its quarterly meeting and
social Thursday night, November Il, In
the German Presbyterian Church.
A Junior Endeavor society has been or
gained Ia the Park Presbyterian Chapel.
Those who will take charge of the organi-
cation at its weekly meetings will be Miss
May Gottchalk. Miss Edith Layden and
Miss Minnie Dudor.
The Rev. DR.. F. w, johnson, of Wash
ington, superintendent OF the State En-
deavor Sabbath observance work. spoke
his week In Phillipsburg and Easton.
The Rev. William r. Burrell. of Liy-
ingston, was at the Camden State con-
vention appointed vice-president Of the
Baptist State convention and ~reappointed
vice-president of the Baptist Young
Peoples Union.
The entertainment given by the Liv-
ingston Baptist Y. P. S. c. h. was a sue