The Washington herald., 1911-02-25
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR

Announcement has come this week from
the United Society of Christian Endeavor
of the names of the speakers who will
be heard at the International Christian
Endeavor convention at Atlantic City,
July 6-12 In addition to the leaders of
the movement from all sections OF this
country and from lands beyond the seas,
there will be present for one or more
addresses the following: Judge Ben B.
Lindsay, Hon. William Jennings Bryan,
Hon. Charles w. Fairbanks, Rev. Rus
sell H ConweI, Rev. ]. Wilbur Chap
man, Commander Eva Booth, Rev.
Charles NJ. Sheldon, Principal Booker T.
Washington, Rev. G. Fukuda, Japan;
Rev. F. ]. HorsefeId, England; Rev. H
I. Marshall, Burma; Rev. R. S. Gray.
New Zealand; and others equally eminent
The program provides plenty of time for
rest and recreation with no sessions of
the convention between 1880 a m. and
2:45 p. m. The million dollar pier with
its Accommodations for $4,000 people, has
been engaged for the use of the endea-
vorers during the week of the convention
and here the large meetings will be held
in the two great halls and the canvas
covered outdoor pavilion. 1t is already
being described as a convention 'out at
sea- On the pier quiet hour open-air
service will be held in the early morning;
at o'clock the Christian Endeavor In
stitute will meet in sections to discuss all
phases of the work, under expert leaders;
at p. m. and p. n. there will be two
or more simultaneous meetings on the
pier, addressed by speakers of interna-
tiOnal reputation. The convention singing
will be led by large choruses from the
leading cities of the country; on Saturday
evening these choruses will be combined
for a magnificent choral service led by
Percy S. Foster, of this city. AS the
Endeavor organization now has 1000 So
cietieS and about 4,0O0, 900 members it is
reasonably expected that 10000 delegates
will attend the Atlantic City convention,
which will make it a leading convention
in size among all conventions held in
this country. The District of CoIumbia's
transportation manager, Edward Tarring,
who conducted parties to the preceding
conventions at Seattle and ST Paul, is
planning to take 500 from Wash
ington to Atlantic City and has received
to date siXty-five registrations of persons
who will 60 An arrangement has been
made whereby the cost of the trip can be
paid in advance in monthly installments
Messages received this week from In
terstate Field Secretary Karl Lehman
tell of the success Of his present campaign
in the State of California.
Mr.. E. P. Gates. who resigned last
month as president of the District Union,
to become Christian Endeavor field secre-
tary of Illinois, reports that he has trav-
eled 1,o63 miles in that State and has held
"a meetings in 9 counties He has organ
lied or discovered 100 societies.
The Young Peoples Society of the Luth-
eran Church Of the Reformation is devot-
ing ten minutes of each regular meeting
to the study of a different section of its
constitution, under the direction of the
society's president, Mr.. A. B. Mess.
The Ninth Street Christian Church now
has four societies of Christian Endeavor.
The new intermediate Society has chosen
as its officers the following: President,
James Roy; vice president, Virginia
Towers; secretary, Dorothy Shocks; trea-
surer, Clarice Reynolds. The superinten-
dent of the society is Miss Emma Sparks.
Church of the Covenant viii hold a
Christian Endeavor service at 7:3e to-mor-
row evening and the usual Endeavor
meeting will be omitted. The musical
program will include several numbers
from the Christian Endeavor Quartet
Miss Edith Stowell soprano; Miss Joseph
Inc Dill. contralto: Mr.. John ]. Thomas,
tenor; and Mrs. Arthur, Diebert, barytone;
and solos by Master Wilfrid Morrison,
the boy soprano from Toronto. The les
son win be read by President Irving Paul
Taylor. DR.. Charles Wood will preach on
The History of Christian Endeavor."
The new intermediate Christian Endeav-
or Society OF Park Road Methodist Pro-
testant Church has elected the following
officers: President. Ralph Dowen; vice
president, Helen Rose: secretary. Gordon |
Yates; treasurer. Helen Crown; pianist, !
Edna Taylor; Chairman OF prayer-meeting |
committee. Helen Deakins; lookout Al !