Christian Endeavor

Young People’s Society of, a society distinetly religious in all its features; organized Feb. 2, 1881, in Will is ton Church, Portland, Me., by the Rev. Francis BE. Clark, D. D. From one small a ociation it has expanded into over 72,000 societies, in all parts of the world, with an aggregate membership of over 3,500,000. In addition to the main organizations in the United States it has been found nece ary to form branches, among which are the Juniors, organized March 27, 1884, at Tabor, Ya., by the Rev. J. W. Cowan and Mi Belle Smith; the Intermediate, organized by the Rev. A. Z. Conrad, of Worcester, Ma .; and the Mothers’, suggested by Mrs. Amanda B. Fellows, of Chicago, and organized in April, 1893, at Topeka, Kan., by Mr. F. ©. Barton. The first Christian Endeavor Society in England was organized in 1887, and was followed by similar ones in éther countries, and the constitution has been printed in over 30 different languages. The movement is not a denominational one.