Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-21
C. E. Is CHURCH
TRAINING SCHOOL
Young People Learn How to
Pray and Sing in
Public

During the past thirty-fve years the
Christian Endeavor organization has
proved itself in many ways Il training
school for tho young, middle-age and
senior church members. From the
beginning of the work in the Junior
society the raw, Inexperienced person
has been taught how 20 pray and sing,
teach and speak in pGDlic and study
up-to-date topics ct least once each
week. After several years of eX-
perience in Junior work the Endeavor
graduates to the intermediate and
then to the Senior Society where he
comes in touch with greater church
work, business principles, political
experiences, in which Christian En-
deavor helps the converted man or
woman, boy or girl to live a clean-cu
Christian life. During the next few
weeks EndeaVorers from many de-
nominations, and varied busines rsela-
tions, will work together as one family
for the success of a record breaker
State c. E. convention, July 11-14.
II has been said that between 5000
and 5000 persons will attend the ses-
sions in the Chestnut Street Hall and
several OF the churches that will open
their doors TO visiting delegates and
c. +. workers.
The Committee OF Cshers is plan
ming 10 use the very best methods in
handling the crowds that will gather
from all points of the state during the
week beginning on Tuesday, July IL,
and closing with an excursion to
Gettysburg on Saturda,, July 18th.
The committee announces that lady
and gentlemen ushers will serve the
delegates in finding seats during the
convention. The large and live corps
OF ushers will work under the direc-
ton of Il livewire Endeavor and promi-
nCnt businessman.
Charles S. Meek, chairman of the
Committee of Ushers is president of
the Fourth Street Church OF God So
ciety, which is perhaps the oldest So
CietH in the city, as lt was organized
in November, 1883. This society took
an active. part in the third State con-
venllor Held in this city IN 1889. In
the twelfth annual convention in 1898
this society again took a prominent
part, Mr.. Neck acting as chairman of
the Entertainment Committee.
The Rev. w. N. Yates, pastor of the
Fourth Street Church OF God, is a
former president of the Pennsylvania
c. E. Union. This society has been
represented at several of the National
and International c. E. conventions.
The city and vicinity societies of
the Churches of God have a Harris
burg and vicinity Union composed of
tN elve societies of which Mr.. Neck is
president and f. E. Elser Of Penbrook
is the secretary This Union is in a
hourishing condition and will hold a
convention rally in the Fourth Street
Church of God, April 27. They will
entertain the denomination delegates
on the first evening of the conven-
ton.
At the coming convention it is the
plan of the chairman to have both
lady and gentlemen ushers, having
the ladies for the afternoon meeting
at the auditorium and in the evenings
at the children's convention in the
Market Square Presbyterian church.
ndeavorers either ladies and gentle
men willing TO serve as ushers can en-
roll by addressing the chairman at lis
Market street, Harrisburg, Pa.