The Washington herald., 1908-07-07
OFFICERS INSTALLED
EndeaVOrers Hold Meeting at
Mount Vernon Church.
MINISTERS MAKE SPEECHES
Duty of Church to Young People and
Lntter's Duty 20 Church Are Dis
cussed-Rev. DIR. Macleod Shows
How Quickly Reward Follows Upon
SeIf-deniaI I'm n Good Cause.

Offlcers were installed and other routine
business Of the year was disposed Of last
night at the annual meeting Of the Dis
trict OF Columbia Christian Endeavor
Union, held at Vermont Avenue Christian
| Church.
In addition to many prominent clergy
men, representatives, Of churches Of eight
denominations we're present, as follows:
Baptist Disciples OF Christ. COngrega-
tionid, Lutheran. Methodist Episcopal.
Methodist Protestant, Presbyterian. and
United Brethren.
Following the business meeting the
newly installed officers held a reception.
Congratulations were bestowed and prom
ises Of hard md faithful work during the
year were made. After the reception re-
freshments were served.
Devotional exercises preliminary to the
meeting were conducted by Rev. Dr. J.
NJ Waldron, pastor Of Shiloh Baptist
Church. Reports for the past year were
read by the following retiring officers:
Miss Flora Johnson. superintendent Of
the missionary department: Miss Agnes
Suman. superintendent Of the Junior de-
partment; Miss Florence King. superin-
tendent OF the music department; Rev.
Hed A Copp, superintendent OF the citi-
zenship department; Harry F. Lerch. su-
perintendent Of the extension department:
Leonard +. Ruofr. superintendent of the
press department and A. A. Charles. sec
retary.
Going TO Chinn TO Teach.
AT the last monthly meeting Mr.
Charles was reelected secretary. Since his
election he has accepted position as a
teacher in China, which necessitated his
resigning as secretary Of the union. After
the report Of the retiring officers Mr.
Charles rendered his resignation which
was accepted, and another election for
secretary was held, resulting in the cleo
ton Of Albert fNeiss. member Of the
Lutheran Church Of the Reformation
vote OF thanks was given the retiring
secretary By a rising vote
Following the annual reports the new,
oihcers were formally installed. Rev.
Wallace Radcliffe. d. D.. pastor Of the
New York Avenue Presbyterian Church
conducted the installation exercises. He
PAID a tribute 20 the retiring officers and
made short address 10 the new officers.
He said, in part:
1 congratulate you on this mark Of
honor bestowed on you by the Christian
Endeavor Union. II is a high honor and
one for which you should be proud. II is
not only an honor but responsibility.
i wish you success in your new work.
and in your success, more brilliant
achievements FOR the union"
New Officers Installed.
officers were installed as follows: Presi-
dent. A ". Starratt OF Vermont Avenue
Christian Church. vice president. Percy
Gates. Of Emmanuel Baptist Church:
secretary, Albert Nsiss, OF the Lutheran
Church OF the Reformation; assistant
secretary, Bruce Cleveland. Of Mount
Pleasant Congregational Church: treas
urer, Edward Tarring, Of New York Ave
nue. Presbyterian Church.
Rev. DR. F. D. Power. pastor OF Yer
mont Avenue Christian Church. delivered
an add on The duty Of the church
70 -Ie young peeole.' He said. in part:
The greatest @ .estiOn Of the churches
OF this country to-lay should be how TO
apply the forces Of the young men and
the young women. Our young people are
willing 10 receive advice and counsel.
They welcome It and abide by Il. The
duty OF the church 70 the young people
can be summed up under three topics: To
develop and train the young men and
women according 20 the beliefs Of the
church; TO direct the forces of the young