Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-03


Endeavor has issued summary
Of reports Of the progress Of
Christian Endeavor on land and
sea, inclusive of every continent
on the globe and the entire island world.
In substance this summary is as follows:
The most significant Christian Endeavor
assembly Of the past year, and in some re-
spects the most significant ever held, was
the Worlds Christian Endeavor convention
in Geneva, Switzerland the city Of the ref
ormation, July 28-August 1. The leading
Protestant pastors of Switzerland, France
and Germany, with distinguished delegates
from all parts of the world, including COM
panies who came In special chartered
steamships from America made up a cos
mopolitan and brilliant company.
The German Endeavorers are publishing
several Christian Endeavor papers, one, Die
Jugend-Hilfe, having a circulation Of 10000
copies. They support several missionaries
in the Caroline Islands, and three secreta-
ries give their whole time to the work: be-
sides. they have been supporting q field
worker among the Lettish provinces of
Russia who has organized Christian En-
deavor societies there.
The Hungarian Endeavorers are taking
an active interest in the quarter-century
memorial. There are now about a score Of
Endeavor societies In Hungary.
The nucleus Of q national union has been
formed in Norway under the name Of the
Central Committee of the Young Peoples
Societies of Christian Endeavor in the Nor
Wegian Church.
Spain enjoys the unique distinction Of
having more mothers societies in proper
ton to its total than any other country
The young peoples and junior work Is also
aggressive.
In Russian Poland there are seven Chris
tian Endeavor societies, part of them using
the German language and part the Bo-
hemian. great deal of literature has
been published in Russian, Polish and Ger
man. There has long been a British
American society in st. Petersburg. and
there are also Lettish and Finnish So
cety. There were in May last thirty-three
societies in the Baltic provinces, not count
ing the twenty-eight in Finland, and there
are several German societies in the south
of Russia. There are 900 Protestant
churches in which Christian Endeavor may
find a foothold.
A young peoples paper has been started
by a member Of the Swedish Christian
council, that will be great help to the
federation of Scandinavian societies has
been formed by leading workers in Sweden,
Norway, Finland and Denmark strong
fellowship is growing between the En-
deavorerS of these lands.
Four hundred and fifty-four new societies
are reported from Great Britain. with 1900
new members. Secretary Chaplin was re-
elected for the fifteenth time and Rev
John Pollock of Ireland was made presi-
dent. Ireland does more than furnish a
president; 1t has noble and growing band
of Endeavor societies, which hold annual
Irish conventions. Scotland, too, has a ma
tional union. with Scottish conventions an
nually. while being an important part OF
the British union.
Tn central Africa al the E1ua for MiSsioD
Boleng1, on the Upper Congo, a thousand
miles from the mouth Is society Of 200
members. and 1t is constantly increasing.
They have the pledge printed in the sign
language. These natives are only six years
out Of savagery. having been cannibals.
They send this message to American and
English Endeavors: Tell them We want
more teachers
There are 327 societies with more than
ten thousand members in the Dutch Re-
formed Church, South Africa, which, added
to the 1913 societies and 1000 members of
the South African Union, make $50 So
cieties and more than fourteen thousand
members.
Beneath the shadow of the Great Pyra-
mid Is the Christian Endeavor Society of
deavor society for English-speaking young
people, there is another for those who
speak other tongues, in which are natives,
Greeks, Copts and Syrians. In all there
ing in connection with the United Pres
byterian College at Assiout.
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Japan is now fourteen years old in Chris
tan Endeavor.. The growth of societies has
been especially encouraging since the
Worlds Union assisted to supply field
secretary The Japanese union has more
sustaining members than ever before, and
Secretary Sawaya expects to bring the num-
Der up to three hundred before the next
convention.
India now has six provincial unions and
twelve local unions, besides the United So
ciety of India, Burma and Ceylon. They
are the most aggressive and forceful En-
deavorers to be found anywhere. For ex-
ample, a Christian Endeavor society In the
Punjab has q "stirring-up" committee,
which goes into nearby villages to spread
, the gospel. More than forty Endeavorers
of the Banjanai Union India, equipped with
tent and stereopticon. made an evangelis-
tic tour of seventy-four villages, reaching
six thousand people. Three missions in In
dia have set apart travelling secretaries,
two of them schoolmasters. Ex-President
William Carey, D. D., of the United Society
in India Burma and Ceylon Is a great
grandson of William Carey, the great mis-
sionary pioneer. He has fifty-one societies