Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-07-15

societies.
The honor roll Of the States that Sc
cured their fun apportionment CT
more is as follows: California, District
OF Columbia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana,
Kansas Nebraska, Texas, Virginia.
Worthy of especial mention is the
| splendid record made by the Allen
and varick Leagues Of Christian En-
deavor a token of the new day of OPP
portunity and leadership that is COM
ing to the young people in the colored
churches CT our land.
The list of States organizing one
hundred or more new societies during
the campaign includes California, Ill
inois, Indiana, Kansas, Massachusetts,
Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ne
braska, New Jersey, New York, Ohio,
Pennsylvania, and Texas.
| Every State, Territory, and Pro-
vince is represented In the increase
Campaign.
These figures do net, of course, rep
resent a net gain, as it must be re-
membered that Christian Endeavor,
unlike every other organization in the
church, is steadily graduating its
| members out of the society into the
wider work OF the church, and has to
| fill their places with new material,
and that Junior and intermediate So
cieties fluctuate according to the de-
| mands of the churches.
The total worldwide enrolment of
societies is now 1907 with member
ship Of 5953,S50, the largest in the his
tory of the movement. OF these So
cieties 1883 are in the United States
J and Canada, and 81 ,4SS in the world
4 field, with practically every country
represented Notable among the for
eign countries showing marked gains
in Christion Bndeavor is China, with
total OF ISL societies. an increase of
3S1 over the last report, or nearly
: one hundred per cent, and India with
1897 societies.
| intermediate and Junior Work.
i Two of the most hopeful and sue
cessful divisions Of our Christian En-
!. deavcr army are enrolled under these
/ headings They stand for men and
+ women in the making. Their dreams
d and visions of today will become the
realities of tomorrow.
: If the church has real work to do in
; the world, it must arouse itself to the
need Of training Is future members
for that work. The hour week In
D 10 mt cTfHRtpnf in
r time, nor the teaching method
E alone an adequate plan for the proper
D equipment of these workers. The Sc
: cret. social, and athletic organizations
whose name is legion, are not suffl
Gent. These young people need the
definite religious training that Chris
tian Endavcr supplies, and this train
Il ing should begin in the Junior society
and continue through the Intermedi
ate and Young Peoples societies in
to the Senior grade of active church
q service.
Il Other Activities.
That the Increase Campaign has not
absorbed all the time and energy o
the Endeavorers is shown by the
lsplendid progress reported along many
! lines of effort. First in order and i'm
portance should be mentioned
al The International Headquarters
al Building.
e For thirty years Christian Bndeavol
has demonstrated its usefulness to tn;
churches and the wider work of thu
i Kingdom. Reports show that the large
proportion of efic 'ent workers in the
churches and the trained leaders ii
other organizations found themsel
ves," and received their call to ser
: vice, while engaged in the definite
work that Christian Endeavor pro
= vides for each member.
Il Among all the varied organizations
A for young people, Christian Endeavol
stands supreme as the most practica
|. and efficient training-school for nor
g NAL church workers.
n During all these years OF demonstra
el tson Christian Endeavor has not onl,
# given literally millions CT dollari
through the missionary and benevo
d lent channels of its own churches
e but it has paid its own bills. Fo
more than twenty years the United
d Society has carried on its work from
II the profits CT its publication depart
e ment, without receiving contribution
r from either societies or churches.
i OF the 100000 needed for the In
ternatio1al Headquarters Building
S155,021.15 has been secured in casl
and pledges. Building banks hav'
/ been distributed which should yiel'
t $4,000 more. leaving balance G.
$4,000 that should be raised at thi
= Convention, so that Christian Eadeav
d or can start on it's fourth decade witt
e the memory Of a glorious past and thu
: assurance of a suitable equipment TO-
a still greater future.
Manifold Activities.