Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-03
nc MOVEMENT COVERS THE WORLD.

I and the state union flfty-ffve The Brazilian
Union has just organized a naval depart
ment of its work. President Braga is now
working out plans to carry Christian En-
deavor among the thousands of immigrants
that are focking to the country. AS a re-
suit OF the Brazilian exposition at St. Louis
large companies have been formed to buy
estates in the interior, to construct railroads
and build electric plants 1t is expected
that II 900 families from the United States
will soon be brought in to aid in these de-
velopments making great opportunity for
Christian Endeavor. A German society has
been organized recently, and Endeavorers
| in Germany are much interested In the prob
lem of thousands of their countrymen who
have emigrated to Brazil, and possibly a
secretary who speaks German may be the
result. Five hundred dollars a year for
few years invested in South America would
yield wonderful returns for the churches of
the future.
This has been year Of steady progress
| In Christian Endeavor in the land where
the Boxer decimated the ranks. In the
Annoy district movement Is on foot to
amalgamate all the odds and ends Of I'M
affiliated young peoples societies Of various
names under the Christian Endeavor ban
ner. One of the results Of this coming
closer together has been the forming of the
South Fukien Christian Endeavor Union, in
which twenty-eight societies are represent
ed, and some unattached people who were
there went home intending to organize So
cieties. One of the interesting societies in
China Is that in the leper congregation at
Canton. The meeting is conducted by the
lepers themselves. Lucy Durham Of the
Presbyterian mission in Canton tells how
some Chinese sold themselves as coolies,
and after they had worked for years in a
foreign land their master refused to pay
them. One of them stole s. of his employ
ers money and started home, walking most
of the way In the Endeavor meeting he
confessed himself a thief and promised to
ma Ike restitution.
In Canada Christian Endeavor has always
had a firm hold among the English and
Scotch settlers. Many of the Canadian En-
deavor societies are doing good work among
the lumbermen, some supporting reading
rooms in the camp. In the British terrific
ries west of Canada there are some strong
Endeavor centers. Winnipeg has a strong
local union. Along the new transconti-
mental lines Of railroad and among the
thousands of new settlers. with their de-
mands on the home missionary societies,
Christian Endeavor has a large field.
Christian Endeavor Is coming more and
more to be. not only the training school Of
the young people for church work, but the
training school of trainers. The number of
schools and institutes for training experts
who in turn train the inexperienced is
multiplying. At Sycamore Beach, Mass,
second assembly of a full week is planned
for this year, with new auditorium.
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More than twenty-five prisons have been
entered by the Endeavor Society. In Texas.
Kentucky, Iowa, Utah, New Mexico, New
York and some other states the work has
been especially efficient. In Baltimore and
Atlanta societies have been organized in
the federal prison, and in Kansas City En-
deavor societies have been organized in sew
eral of the jails. In Camp Turner, a prison
no1 he trl1 rnnc
gational Endeavorers of Dallas have Or
ganized branch society, with one of the
men as president. They count about sew
enty conversions in the camp during the
past two years and a half. In the New
Mexico penitentiary there Is a Prison En-
deavor Society among Spanish speaking
prisoners In Tennessee and Kentucky. and
perhaps others of the southern states there
are societies for both colored men and wom-
en-. There are known to be number Of Sun
day school workers and local evangelists
among the mountains of these states who
were led to Christ by the Endeavorers while
in prison. Through the prominence that has
been given by Christian Endeavor to the
work of Judge Ben Lindsey of Denver the
Grated Father Coffin of Iowa, who work.
ed hand in glove with the prison endeavor
workers Of that state, had provided, at his
own expense, two homes for discharged
prisoners. Many instances might be given
of Endeavorers taking discharged prisoners
into their own homes until they could be
provided with permanent places.
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Christian Endeavor has done much to Sc
cure the benefits of Christian fellowship to
the thousands of men who are cut off from
home and church privileges and subjected
to peculiar temptations while manning our
merchant marine and warships, and lying
in naval barracks or on receiving ships.
There are seventy-one letter-writers in Liv-
erpool and other English cities who are in
constant correspondence with sailors and
nearly thousand letters are sent out each
year to the ends Of the earth. One reply tells
of three marines and two bluejackets hold
ing q meeting on the sea wall at Malta
with hundreds Of jeering bystanders one
of whom aimed a cabbage at the speaker
and struck him in the neck, but the Lord
sent some away serious who had come to
scoff.
The Christian Endeavor societies of Chi
cago are carrying on a splendid work In the
Cook County Hospital of their city 1.-THE
Light-Bearers' Circle" composed of young
men and women from twenty -four different
churches and ten denominations, devote
their Sunday afternoons to doing personal
work in the hospital, distributing tracts and
flowers. They work not only among the
adults, but also teach the little children to
carry back to their homes the MESA pe of
love In word and song. Two hundred and
forty-seven conversions have resulted from
this work.