The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-07
CHRISTIAN
81 -MoNTHLY COMPETITION
is INCREASING.
Some. Societies Engage Special Trolley
Cars to Take Them to the
Union Meetings.

1, The competition at the bi-monthly meet
ings Of the Essex Union is on the in
crease. At the rally last Monday evening
In the Memorial Presbyterian Church both
4 the Central Presbyterian and the Eliza
beth Avenue Presbyterian societies went
to the meeting in special trolley cars, the
former having seventy present and getting
the banner. The Elizabeth Avenue So
ciety was second with sixty present,
The next meeting of the Essex Endeavor
1 Union Congress will be held in the Rose
! vine Avenue Presbyterian Church in jan
! uary. and will be devoted to. a discussion OF
: the county. missionary department work,
Z Of which Miss Elizabeth Mattice is the
! newly appointed superintendent.
The second in the series of normal mis-
s SIGN study GLASSES will be held on Monday.
! evening In the Public Library. There VIII
be eight lessons IL the series.
The High Street Presbyterian sEndeavor
Society will celebrate its twentieth anni-
versary with special exercises next week.
1t will have charge Of the Sunday evening
! service tomorrow when State President
RJohn T. Sproull, of the State Christian En-
dkavor Society, will deliver an address.
7 There Will be special music, with a chorus
I choir. This will be followed by a recep-
ftion "wednesday evening, December IL, In
1 the church pariors. when brief addresses.
+ with "reminiscences by persons Interested N
1.-THE founding Of the society, will be made.
. New York has been trying an expert
! rfent with its State convention this year,
ARRANGING a convention that extenhed over
"a period OF six days, two days being gwen
Ito each Of three smaller centres IN the
state. the idea being the carrying Of the
! eorSentfon 10 fhe societies instead of hay-
ling TO bring the societies to the conven-
! tions sat ~
state Secretary Clements, says that the
plan worked admirably i'm practically all
its details. Malone. Cortland and Batavia
! were the meeting places, the registration
end, attendance at The three points aggre-
gazing what the registration at a single
state convention would have been. but
touching more counties and more societies.
{ A strong program with practically the
same speakers at each place served as the
largest drawing attraction. Those VINO had
1part included General Secretary William
SsEsw, state President Kinports, Don o.
shelton, Miss Grace L. Jones. State junior
saperintendent: the Rev. John M. Mac
1 INNS. In some unusual quiet-hour ad-
4 dresses; Field Secretary c. Fl. Hubbell. OF
Ohio. and Field Secretary Edds, OF Ne"
kYsfk. The song features were IN charge
III Professor w. S. Weeden.
Jnhn G. Dana addressed the mems
Brotherhoods meeting of the High Street
on Monday evening.
AT the rally day exercises held In the
gJizabeth Avenue Presbyterian Church on
x,,ndav evening A. Harry Moore. of Jer-
sew civ. one Of the new State Endeavor
vice-presidents made the address.
THE monthly business session OF the
Connecticut Farms Christian Endeavor
Society was held last evening, when ltI
was decided to hold a soeiable on Decem-
,ber. 10 at-the home of Miss Fannie Long
The State secretary, Miss Stephens, IN a
letter 10 union presidents, says;
II would like to hear briefly from the
OF all unions. county and local |
city or. country. Let US hear what are
.fhe responsibilities resting upon the prest-
and how he can bring his union up
I'D O. higir standard Of efficiency. How can
make the union a help to every society !
AN II? How can he infuse into his fellow
s~asscers ambition for greater advance
saent? What kind Of a person must he be
himself to lead the unions forces? Should
he be pastor or layman? / feel this can
be made an exceedingly helpful topic; and
al ann sure every conscientious president
will want to learn all possible from his
feiiow-presidents TO aid him in hls work.
~ can find time just now 10 issue tins
bulletin only once in two months, but l
would suggest that you send answers TO
the question promptly, lest you forget.
.sWfI you not consider the plan or Mer-
Ger, County Union for the celebration OF
Christian Endeavor day, and devise some
plan for making it an opportunity for edu-
cation in Christian Endeavor principles,
which is the purpose of the day."
The Worlds Christian Endeavor Union
viii hold its annual meeting for the cleo
tioh Of officers and the transaction OF any
other business that may legally come be-
fore the meeting at the offices OF the
union, fremont Temple, Boston, Wednes-
dsy. December IL. Following this meeting