The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-21
FIRST FALL RALLY
COUNTY C. E. SOCIETIES
WILL MEET MONDAY.
Notes of Coming State Convention in
This City and Other Matters
of Interest.

The first fall rally of all the societies in
the Essex County Christian Endeavor
Union will be held on Monday evening in
the Peddie Memorial Baptist Church.. this
city, when the Rev. Walter B. Greenway,
Of Jersey City. formerly president of the
local union. viii make the address.
The program of the State convention. as
printed in the EVENING STAR last Sat
urday, shows that the coming meeting
will be addressed by a number OF promi-
nent Endeavor workers. The Rev. DR.. C.
d. Case, of Brooklyn, is first v~ice-presi-
dent of the New York State Endeavor
Union, while John L. Clements is secretary
and Miss Grace L. Jones is superintendent
of the Junior work of the same union. The
Rev. DR.. William Patterson, of Philadel-
phia; S. d. Gordon, of Madison; the Rev.
DR.. John F. Carson, of Brooklyn; the Rev.
f. w. Stanley, secretary of the American
Sabbath Union. the Rev. DIR. C. H. Tyn-
dali, of Mt. Vernon, and the Rev. DIR. John
w. Phillips, of Binghamton. are all in the
fore rank in Endeavor circles and will adj
dress the State union for the first time.
Essex Endeavorers will be deeply inter-
ested in the report of the State secretary
at the convention. Last year in the com
petition for growth in members the Second
Presbyterian Church. Jersey City. came
first, with $50 per cent. First Presbyterian
Church, Hoboken, second, 1888 per cent,
and the Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church,
Newark. third. 1856 per cent. In the Junior
Society the Knox Presbyterian Church,
Kearny, came first, with 526 per cent. st.
Marks Lutheran Church, Trenton, second,
with 1SS per cent, and the Presbyterian
Church, Metuchen, third, 1853 per cent. In
the intermediate society the First Baptist
Church, Paterson, came first, with IS per
cent. Bergen Baptist Church, Jersey City,
second, SO per cent, and the First Presby-
terrain Church, Hackettstown, third, so per
cent.
Al Millville there were $50 young peoples
societies., 26 intermediate and 3sS junior
societies, making a total of 1904, of
eighteen different denominations. The
Presbyterians lead, the Baptists second
and the Methodists third. There are in all
22,467 members. Sixty-two societies were
added during the year. There were 4.16S
members taken in last year. During the
last three years 305 new societies were
added, representing 10000 new members.
Contributions to missions amount to $40, 713.
Mr.. Abbott's report showed a balance on
hand October 6, 1905, Of $143.29. This, added
to the total receipts for the last year,
swells the figures to 81 1880.
Miss Ida B. Stephens, of Hackettstown,
the State secretary of the New Jersey
State Christian Endeavor Union, was one
of the speakers at conferences of the dis
trict secretaries and county union workers
held Wednesday and Thursday at Camden,
Atlantic City and Trenton
The weekly open-air service in Military
Park tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock will
be addressed by John 7. Sproull, presl-
dent of the State Christian Endeavor
Union. S. S. Smith will preside, and there
will be special music.
John T. Sproull. president of the New
Jersey State Christian Endeavor Society,
lately addressed the young people of the
First Presbyterian Church of Schooley's
Mountain.
The meeting of the Orange Valley Con-
gregational Christian Endeavor Society to-
morrow evening will be addressed by Peter
j. Feitner.
Miss abel Derry will conduct the serv-
ice Of the Clinton Avenue Reformed En-
deavor Society tomorrow evening.
The meeting of the Elizabeth Avenue
Presbyterian Endeavor Society tomorrow
evening will be led by Miss Pierce.
On Thursday evening John I. Sproull.
president of the Essex Union. addressed
the Paterson local union at its fall rally.
Mrs. Matthew Collins will conduct the
vesper service Of the Northfeld Baptist
Endeavor Society tomorrow evening,
At a special meeting of the executive
board of the Elizabeth Avenue Christian
E%ndeavor Society the following chairmen
of committees were appointed: Prayer
meeting. William F. Tunison; ookout,
Miss Louise Molitor; missionary. Mrs.
Raymond T.. Crane; social, Mrs. William
Spanjer; flower, Miss Ethel Colon finance,
Anthony f. Schafer.
The State secretary, Miss Stephens, in
her September letter to the societies., says:
1--WE hope Somerset and Sussex, as well
as Warren, will send their workers to the
one at Newark the morning of October 3.
1t has been impossible to arrange for these
to meet as planned at the April executive
meeting; we will try to accomplish it later,
if possible.
Will you in the counties north of those
meeting at Trenton try to have your
county and local union workers at New
ark? All presidents and secretaries of
unions, so far as / nave their names, have
received five letters and programs each.
with Instructions to pass them along to
the other officers and workers. However,
they will be more impressed with the i'm
p~ortance of the invitation if notified by
you also. Mr.. Clements is a noted worker,
a fertile planner and a fine executive, and
we will all be helped by hearing and meet
ing him. | am anxious that all our leaders
in union work, as we'll as your yourself,
should receive the uplift that 1 am sure
that meeting and all the convention to
follow will give.
Then do not forget Mrs. Dukes confer
ence of junior and intermediate workers In
the afternoon of October 9. None Of US.
whether junior superintendent or not,
can afford to miss that, because we are
Christians, and as such we are anxious for
the prosperity Of the church, which we
know is not possible unless the children