Evening journal., 1911-04-28
YEAR'SWORKOF
ENDEAVORERS
26 City Societies Have AIS AC-
tive Members Doing
Much Work
GIVE $1,000 TO
WORK OF The CHURCH

The annual spring rally Of the VIII
mington Christian Endeavor. Union, in
Second Baptist Church last night in
numbers, enthusiasm, and in excel
lence OF reports, was the best rally
the city Union has ever held. AS
the speaker OF the evening. the Rev.
Willis L. Gelston, looked over the
crowded auditorium, two-thirds Of the
audience being Endeavorers. he was
stirred into hearty congratulations,
saying it was one of the best rallies
he had ever attended and he had been
to many. He was pleased with the
number Of ministers present--there
were nine Of them, the largest num-
her ever attending rally
Tho platform was decorated with
palms, loaned by the florist, George
Carson Boyd, and with Endeavor flags.
First Presbyterian Church Society had
it's entire membership present and was
awarded the banner for largest pro-
portionate attendance. This society is
only a few months old. Central Pres
byterian Society was given the pen
nant for largest average attendance al
the weekly prayer meetings. Second
baptist Choir furnished excellent
music. and the young men OF the en-
tertaining church acted as ushers.
After devotional exercises and words
of welcome from the Rev Thomas p
Holloway, pastor of Second Baptist
Church and retiring pastoral counsel
lor of the union, the president. A. Rae
duBell, gave report, saying that last
years attendance at city union meet
ings had been very good although hall
the nights were stormy. At the annual
flower meeting held every June. II
took six members to carry the bou-
Quets brought for the Home for Aged
Women. At the monthly meetings, in
cluded in the special programs were
talks on the Immigrant question and
the Young Italian by the Rev. David
l.. Cleland, a talk at the December
meeting by Dr. Frank Goddard. a mis-
sionary from China, upon Chinese be-
trothal and marriage customs. The
union gave S72 TO the National Mem
orial Building fund. and raised $50 TO
support a temperance speaker the
Rev r. J. Richardson during a fort
night Of the campaign The president
of the city union has visited all the
societies. and has led Sunday even
ing c. r. service in seven different
churches since this plan was started In
December.
Miss Mary Eastman in the secre-
tary's report, spoke of six new So
cieties gained in the year making a
total of &c. with AIS active and 81
N~eociate members, and 91 active and
90 associate intermediates; 1873 new
emhers We're added last year. Las
ar the societies gave Sa57 to hom,
nd foreign missions and over SOL
fH7iher purposes
T'e new officers were installed hy
o Rev J. Ernest Litsinger, State
osident They are: President. A.
e DuBell; vice-president, G.. Gill
bert G. Pyle; recording secretary,
Mics Helen II. McIntire; correspond
. ing secretary. Edmund M Blaken:
treasurer, Harold Foster; junior and
intermediate superintendent. Mrs. ].
Earle Edwards; chorister. Miss
sophie Preston; pastoral counsellor,
the Rev. Henry Cunningham.
The Rev. Willis l.. Gelston asked
the union TO bear In mind four points
which would mean improvement.
First. entire conservation; second,
LOYALTY 10 church aud pastor: third,
the need Of generosity: fourth, En-
deayorers should try, not to prosely-
tie, hut to gather in the unchurched.
The Rev. Henry Cunningham. pas
toral counsel, gave the benediction.