CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOUR UNION.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 598, 28 August 1909, Page 14

CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOUR UNION.

THE COMING CONVENTION. The ' forthcoming-Dominion Christian En-, deavoui- Convention, winch ■ is- to k held ■in • Wellington from "the • /th to the'" -9th.' of- " September. -■ promises /to be one ;:of ■ the . largest, meetings . of its kindVever.'. here./, The., executive of\toe New Zealand- Christian Eiideavour Union-, ha re for • months had , arrangements in • hand, and the«o arj- now. -complete. ■'• The' programme .of .meetings - is .-full: - cf. interest. to-:. Endeavoured throughout; tho Dominioii, and -through the kind, assistance - of.'; tfib ' AVellingtoil PrpYinciaJ Union success is : assured. ,'. ' , . .., Tho convention'will open with a 'citizens, meeting," on : the'Tuesday,-at which-tho Major is to Welcome tbe: delegates, who are coming from all over, the/island, and th 6, shakers will ■include the Chinese 'Consul, 1 Rev. E> A; Kirwood, of Auckland, Rev. Knowlos Smith,, of Diinedin, -and'others;-. The business session; of the' union will ,be : held in tho afternoon.- , - ~ On -Wednesday the juniors, will give an attractive, display in the' Town. Hall,'and,it is expected'thaf some' 200 children..will represent the/movement.,'.,, , . _■ : ; On' -Thursday;, a,, united '.consecrationmeeting will - take,'place -in tho -Taranaki Street' Methodist Church, when the Kev. C.E. Beecroft, of . the'' Manaivatu Union, will deliver the address, ami .the, induction of'officers and the roll-call of 'tho unions will take place. In the afternoons of Wednesday- and Thursday special,-topics:-.will- be dikiussed , connected with - tho movement/, v/ ; '.: ' . £■-i The rapid advance of the Christian Endeavour' movement' throughout' the world has been phenomenal; - having-'risen ;in numbers from -,1a in'.the first. society : ';to rover 4,000,000 at the -present time. From -this small society in -'VVillistoni.' have - sprung .'.the 70,000 , now flourishing 'in every, civilised'and uncivilised region of the'earth. It is .'estimated that since its .foundation m ; 1881,' between . 35,000,000 and, '-40,000,000.' or young' people' have'pissed through its: ranks. -It's influence' has .been- very ..great; and the' principl&S'upon which-it is based, ha vo beoome incorporated- into nearly every departr nent of church life. The committee system •of employing • the young people" in - Christian. ac-tivity-has- proved-' eminently,, successful, and., is now adopted by other branches ,d( the Church The promotion of , inter-denomina : . tional .fellowship :is 'amongst, its greatest achievements'. The' secretarial, report for. (the Dominion will be looked ( forward. to eagerly. 1.. , ' > f I 'I-.'' • t