The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-10-28
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR UNION.
SEVENTH STATE CONVENTION.

"wednesday In Bennington.-The Recep"
tiOn Given Our VisitOrs.-Incidents of
the Convention A Resume of the More
Important Reports. Addresses, Etc.
The Vermont Christian EndeavOr
Union closed its seventh annual conven-
ton in Bennington Wednesday evening.
The opening session was Monday even
ing, October oath. There are local So
cieties connected with the Baptist, Con-
gregational and Methodist churches of
this village and town, and there are nu-
merous societies in the County Union,
Is adult and junior-all in prosperous
condition. We should judge by the num-
Der of delegates and the reports they
made that this is the condition of the
Endeavor movement in all parts of the
commonwealth. The local societies Or
ganized early with the Rev. Chas. r.
Seymour, chairman, the Rev. G. II. Peck,
of North Bennington, vlce-chairman,
and NJ. B. Morgan secretary. Under
the direction of these gentlemen, and
their associates, with the subcommittee
named below, full arrangements had
been made for the reception and enter
tainment of all who came, in the hospi-
table homes of our people. A number,
also, were entertained at our hotels. The
spacious rooms of the Y. NJ. C. A. had
been secured and the front of their part
of Park Block was decorated with the
National colors, and bore the word well
come. The subcommittee were as fol-
lows: Finance, S. B. Hawks, NJ. B. Nor
gan, Miss May S. Sanford, Mrs. E. L..
Nichols, Fl. T. Cushman, with Mr. Hawks
as chairman; entertainment, Mrs. w. D..
Newton, Mrs. W. r. Graves, Miss Carrie
Heaxt, Miss Mary Norton, Miss Florence
Towsley, Miss Mabel White, Miss Alice
Roberts, Miss May S. Sanford, Miss Sarah
Hawks, Miss Lulu Holden, with Miss
Heaxt as chairman; assignment and
badges, E. T. Griswold, Arthur Holden,
Miss Lena Norton, with Mr.. Griswold as
chairman; reception, Chas. Farnham,
Edwin Hudson, Wills White, Fred c..
Colvin, Percy Harwood, Charles Melon
ough, with Mr. McDonough as chairman;
music, Hubert Downs, NJ. B. Morgan, II.
T. Cushman, Judge Robinson, Charles
Bennett, with Mr.. Morgan as chairman;
post Office, Fred Ferguson. The pastors
arranged the places where the sessions
should be held, beginning with the First
Baptist church Monday evening and dur
ing the day Tuesday, Tuesday and We'd
nesday evenings in the Second Congre-
gational church, Wednesday, day SEES
sions, in the Methodist Episcopal church.
The first of the delegates TO arrive was
on the Los p. nj train Monday. There
was car comfortably filled with people.
The flyer from the north brought 119
more and the convention opened with
more than $50 in attendance. These
we're reinforced Tuesday morning by
some 200 more, so it is a fair statement
to make that this reunion numbered
nearly four hundred counting in the To-
cal representatives. When the location
of this town with other parts of the State
are considered, the attendance was sor,.,
thlng pnenolnenH. y; y. ynu history Of YER
mont State Conventions, The delegates
were met at each train, including t Tie
sleeper" and escorted to Y. NJ. C. A.
headquarters on South street, and ap-
pOrtioned to their several hosts and
hostesses; and with no delay and in a
manner rejecting credit upon the gen.
tlemen and ladies having this in charge
Headquarters were finely decorated and
was busy place during the first two
days. The weather was all that could
have been desired-temperature mild,
and sunshine the greater part of the first
two days. Our streets at times were filled
with ladies and gentlemen, reminding
one of the New York convention upon a
somewhat less grand scale.
The opening session was held in the
First Baptist church Monday evening.
The beautiful audience room of the
church with its decorations gave cor
dial though silent, welcome, 10 the up
wards of $50 delegates who attended the
first service. In front of the choir gal.
lery on background of green plush
were the words of the Christian EndeavOl
motto, For Christ and the Church.
The edge of the platform was adorned
with pOtted plants, palms and flowers
The State sc. E." banner and several
county union banners of silk, with mot
toes, among them: zone is your Master
even Christ, and all We are BRETHREN >
also, adorned the rostrum.
The inspiring music of song in the
convention was well led by Prof. H. W.
Downs, instructor of music in Benning.
ton graded schools, assisted by several
ladies in turn, with piano accompani.
ment by Miss Mary LOOMS. The songs
throughout the convention were selected
from Gospel Hymns No. 6, and were rem,
dered with youthful enthusiasm.
The first service was a devo iOnaI
meeting led by the Rev. Thomas Rogers
of South SALISBURY, after which the
audience listened to most eloquent ad,
dress by the Rev. II. c. Farrar, D. D., OF
Albany, N. Y, entitled THE Age OF
Work" DR.. Farrar said: This was an
age of work, said he was not playing on
words to night, but was here to speak
for Christ. What has been achieved in
this world without work-nothing at all
Said to those who are young: God has
locked everything on four letters. l will
tell you how to pick the lock, it is
WORK What we have is earned by
hard work. He said There are thou
sands and thousands of people who are
going to do something bye and bye! In
closing DR.. Farrar spoke of how every
thing nowadays had to have record
said the celebrated Nancy Hanks had q
cent voyage, had broken her record by
over an hour; then he said: shall we
show our record? 1t may be your last
year-work. So live that when Goo
comes to make up His jewels he will
recognize you. The audience gave very
close attention to DR.. Farrar's address
ana Iue same WAS exceedingly eHJoycO
by all. After the address the meeting
closed with the Benediction.
The second day of the convention
opened with bright October morning
At o'clock a devotional meeting wa:
held by the Rev. f. F. Lewis of POultney
with sentence and prayers for diyinC
blessing upon the convention.
The Rev. c. r. Seymour, pastor of the
Second Congregational church anC
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