The Washington herald., 1911-01-07
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR.

IiOW " nave bCttCT HCCS"es
will be the subject for discussion at the
meeting of the District Of Columbia
Christian Endeavor Union next Monday
evening at St. Paurs English Lutheran
Church. Eleventh and H streets. Five
minute addresses will be presented by
three prayer meeting chair.nen on yari-
Gus phases of the work, after which a
conference on prayer meeting methods
will be held. All those interested are
invited to bring their problems for dis
cussion. and 1t is particularly desired
that in addition to the president and
delegates the chairman and members Of
the prayer meeting committee of each
society shall be present.
Owing to the junior superintendents'
social, which will be held later in the
month the conference of junior super
intendents. which usually precedes the
union meeting. will be omitted on Mon
day evening.
Members OF the society in Calvary
Baptist Church to the number OF 12o
met Wednesday evening around the din
ner table to hear reports of the past
years work and to install new officers.
During the year thirty-five new active
members have been received, with net
gain of thirteen members: $9e5 was con-
tr:buted by the members, of which
amount $475 was for missionary pu( Ioses
and $50 for relief work. Rev. S. IL.
Greene installed the new officers. The
new president Is Frank X. Jackson
Members of the society who were present
subscribed 20 for the work of the COM
ing year The new committee chairmen
are: Miss Ray Fisher, prayer meeting;
Mrs George Fraser, lookout: Mrs r. W.
Pulliam. social; Miss Rosa p. Mertz.
missionary: DIR. s. n. Greene, jr., relief;
Hiss Ethel Vestal. flower.
Eastern Presbyterian Endeavorers have
organized mission study class, which
will begin next Tuesday the study Of
Aliens and Americans under the
leadership of RexfOrd L. Holmes.
The young people of the Mount Pleas
ant Congregational Christian Endeavor
Society who have enrolled in class for
the study of missions are holding their
saturday meetings at the homes of the
members OF the class. This evening the
class will meet at the home OF Chandlee
PidCeon. 12U7 Harvard street. and will
hear IL practical address on the work of
the missionary by DIR. Richards. now at
home on furlough from the Baptist
boards mission station on the Congo.
Northminster Presbyterian Endeavorers
invite their friends to to-rnOrrow's meet
ing of the society, which will be led by
Miss Elizabeth Brown. assistant secre-
tary of the Associated Charities. who was
until recently connected with the work
OF that organization in Baltimore.
The Whitney Avenue Christian Society
of Christian Endeavor was reorganized
in December. and is holding regular Sun
day evening prayer meetings.
An intermediate society of Christian
Endeavor will he organized tomorrow by
the young people OF Mount Pleasant
Methodist Protestant Church.
DR.. s. H. Woodrow will conduct to-
mcrrow's meeting of the First Congrega-
tioral Christian Endeavor Society. 1t
will be an evanSelistic meeting on the
topic. "Blessed-to bless" Gen, Xii:1-2:
Psalms. cvii:1-3. A second Christian En-
deavor society will be organized in this
church on ''Endeavor Day." February s
The Endeavorers of Riverdale Presby-
terian Church met to watch the old year
out. and during the evening heard an
interesting debate on the question. Re
solved That the lookout committee is
more important than the prayer meeting
committee" second part of the even
ing was devoted to social features. and
a fter II o'clock a prayer service was held.
which closed with the coming of the
new year.
On February .. 1851. twelve young peo-
pie met in the home of Rev. Francis 4.
Clark in Portland. Me-. and formed the
flrSt society OF CnTlStldH fLnuedNcT Inc
thirtieth birthday of the movement will
be generally celebrated by societies in
every civilized country of the world on
Sunday. February ). Many local societies
are preparing to use for the occasion
speciaI service. entitled Three decades
of Christian Endeavor.'
In the New Years meeting of the Ia
koma Park Presbyterian Society part
of the time was devoted to recommended
tons for the betterment of the society's
work during the year. The executive
committee on Wednesday considered plans
for the organization of new intermediate
and Junior Christian Endeavor societies
in the church.
The District Union is receiving reports
this week of the first months work done
by societies competing in the efficiency
contest The prizes offered to the sue
cessful societies are libraries of Chris
tan Endeavor literature, valued at $3.50
and $50.
The Christian Endeavor Society of
Western Presbyterian Church this week
two new active members and
one transferred from the honorary roll.
On the evening Of December 81 the
society was entertained by Miss Kath-
arine White Lane.
District Union Secretary Horace NJ.
Gilman will visit tomorrow the recently
organized society of the Maryland Ave
nue. Baptist Church, whose president is
H. Walter Cole.