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Brooklyn Christian Endeavor Union

 Organization

Biography

Brooklyn Christian Endeavor Union was a subsidiary of the Christian Endeavor Society in 1903, in Brooklyn, New York.

The Christian Endeavor Society was established in February 2, 1881, in Portland, Maine, by pastor Francis E. Clark, and his wife Harriet. The society was formed to help ground young people in their faith and devotion to Jesus Christ. The organization later established separate unions by geographic areas, which included the Brooklyn Christian Endeavor Union, which was active in 1903 in Brooklyn, New York. As of 2023, the World's Christian Endeavor Union was still active.

Citation:
Edmund C. Babcock letters, 1903 July-August ǂb (Brooklyn Christian Endeavor Union, active 1903; based in Brooklyn, New York)

World's Christian Endeavor Union, via www, April 19, 2023 (first Christian Endeavor group was organized on February 2, 1881, in the Williston Congregational Church, Portland, Maine, by pastor, Francis E. Clark, and his wife Harriet; aimed to help ground young people in their faith and devotion to Jesus Christ; As of 2023, it was still active under the name World's Christian Endeavor Union)

Hull, Brian C. A brief overview of the Christian Endeavor Society, 2019 : page 1 (first Christian Endeavor society founded by Dr. Francis E. Clark in February 1881; established with prayer meeting, social, and lookout committees) page 14 (conventions quickly spread the idea and unions sprang up in local areas all over the world; later renamed the World Wide Christian Endeavor, with Clark as its president)

Davis, Harold McGill. City of Endeavor, 1895 : page 47 (Brooklyn Christian Endeavor Union)

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Edmund C. Babcock letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 8992
Scope and Contents

Contains eighteen handwritten letters to Elizabeth B. Lampman, all but one having postmarked envelopes, written between July to August 1903 by Edmund C. Babcock; there are also two letters written by an anonymous person or persons, located in the letter of July 16th written from Cripple Creek, Colorado. Letters document Babcock's travels through Yellowstone National Park as the secretary of the Brooklyn Christian Endeavor Union.

Dates: 1903 July-August
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Edmund C. Babcock letters

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