The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-11-22
FridaY's Proceedings.

At the afternoon session Ol tuo
Christian EndeavOr Union Friday,
a good audience was assembled, COM
DOS. d of the delegates from various
other places, particularly OF MlooIe
Tennessee, and of local church goers
and members OF the Endeavor
Society hare.
The session was opened with a
prayer and praise service conducted
by Rev. b. r. Hyde, of Nashville.
Tie music was led by the excellent
choir OF the church, but the whole
congregation joined in with fine
effect. Superintendent Alexander
himself has an excellent voice and
CONT buted much to the harmony;
After this came Junior Work"
Admirable papers were read on this
subject by Misses Kercher, Burnam
and Staddan. Then came "Confer-
eLce on Missions" led by i. M.
Hurst, of Nashville, sabbath Observ-
ance," led by Hon. L. P. Padge and
popular Amusements" by q, w.
jackson Of this city. Interesting
talks were made by each of these
gentlemen. General discussion by
Various members and delegates fol-
lowed the talks of the leaders on
each of these subjects.
The Question Box was then opened,
by Mr., Ed. L. Grace, son of Rev. Mr..
Grace who was formerly pastor OF the
Baptist Church here but who now
| lives at Hartman in East Tennessee.
| Mr.. Grace and his family are sttectioL-
! ateIy remembered by people OF all
denominations here. Eddie was a
favOrite in Columbia as boy, and it
is gratifying to his old friends to see
and hear him since he has developed
| into such q fine specimen OF the
! Christian gentleman. He is Secre-
| tarv of the Christian EBdeavOr Socie-
ties OF the State, and is an honor to
! his position. He is bright ana
ready speaker and performed the
part assigned HIM with charming
grace and spirit. AT the conclusion
of this exercise the convention adj
| iourned until evening.
Evening Session.
The Song and Promise Service"
with which the programme Of the
evening was begun, was conducted
-. by Miss Lizzie Mcdonald Of Bell
| Buckle and was fraught with editi-
cation to all who Leard it. This was
followed by the Pastors Hour" con-
ducted by Rev. A. H. Manley of
| dIettsville. After himself deliv-
ering the initial speech, Mr.. Marley
called on the pastors present, one
after another, to give their expert
ences of the Christian work accom-
pIished by the EndeaVor Societies
| of their respective localities. Every
pastor called upon bore hearty testi-
mony to the fact that he had been
greatly benefited by the assistance
! Of the Eudeavorers and specified va
rious wsys in which he had been
aided by them.
The Farewell service and Testi-
mony Meeting" was conducted by
Rev. e. P. Loose, of Clarksville. MIR.
Loose is Presbyterian minister
and was formerly President of the
Society in Tennessee. He is fluent,
captivating speaker and kept his au-
dience laughing throughout much
this exercise. At the end of his re-
marks, he called for personal expert
ences of those who could testify to
direct answer to prayer.
A number responded and related
instances where they knew that their
prayers for particular blessings had
been answered. The next question
asked was, who had received con-
sciUus good from the convention
Many of the delegates testified that
they had received great Christian
benefit from the meeting and had
gathered Inspiration for their future
work. The convention then adj
journed with prayer and benedictiOn'