The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-09-01
county Endeavor conventIon.

dict of all who attended the first county
convention ofthe Young Peoples Society
of Christian Endeavor of Red Willow
county, held at I~ndianola, August 26-7.
Every society in the county was repre-
sented,-Red Willow, Lebanon, McCook
and Indianola.
SATURDAY.
The convention was called to order at
2:3o O'Clock, Saturday afternoon; and
opened with devotional exercises in
which all participated with the willing
ness and gladness that is so characters
tic of Christian Endeavorers wherever we
meet them in the Masters work. After
this came an address of hearty welcome
by George c. Hill, president of the In
dianola society, to which Mr.. Boyd of
Lebanon responded in a pleasant man.
ner. The delegates then listened to an
interesting paper on prayer Meeting
Ruts," by Miss Mary Canaga of Red
Willow. The meeting was then closed
with singing and prayer, after which the
visiting delegates were assigned to their
various places of entertainment.
At 8 p. m. the Congregational church
was filled with Endeavorers and their
friends, all anxious to go on with the
service, which was to be one of song and
praise, and it was indeed good to hear
them sing, for their hearts were in their
words, and they filled the whole church
with gladness. After the song service
Mr.. Joseph A. Wells read a paper on the
"Social Aspects of Christian Endeavor,"
in which he set forth some of the social
difficulties of Endeavorers and the way to
remedy them in a way that was both
events of the evening was a paper by
Miss Tillie Barnes of Indianola, "Junior
Work" The subject was set forth in a
way that softened everyone's heart for
the little ones, into whose innocent
hearts the love of God can be so easily
instilled. After the close of this session
the Endeavorers all repaired to the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Quick for a good social
time. Ice cream and cake were served
by the entertaining society, and when
the time came to disperse everybody left
with a hearty good night and a high
opinion of the hospitality Of the people
of ~Indiano1a.
Morning session. $50 a. m. is pretty
early, but it found nearly all of the En-
deavorers at the sunrise prayer meeting,
which is always one of the characteristics
of a Christian Endeavor convention
they lose no time. At 10 O'Clock all at
tended Sunday school; and at II O'Clock
listened to an able sermon by Rev. W. c.
Stevenson, in which he urged the neces-
sity of a more earnest and thorough
study of the Bible, which he held forth
as Gods great medicine book for moral
and spiritual ills.
Afternoon session. At ago the En-
deavorers again met for devotional ex-
e~rcises, after which the business part of
the convention was attended to. A
county union, consisting of all the So
cieties in the county, was formed, for
the purpose of helping along the Christ
ian Endeavor movement. The following
officers were elected: Geo. c. Hill, In
dianola, president; Miss Mary Canaga,
Red Willow, vice president; J. E. Boyd,
Lebanon, secretary and treasurer. The
business meeting was then adjourned,
with an invitation from the Lebanon
society to meet there in convention six
months from date, and the same was
unanimously accepted. An interesting
paper was then read by c. T. Watson, of
McCook, who convinced the Endeavorers
that "Works Without Faith are Nought."
The Question Box" was then very in
terestingly conducted by the Rev. c. D.
Gearheart, pastor of the Indianola Con-
gregational church, after which the af-
ternoon session was adjourned.
Evening session. Song service was
held again at 8 p. M, during which the
audience were favored by a very pretty
duet by Rev. w. c. Stevenson and sister,
entitled "The Pearly Cate" after which
all the delegates listened with a glow of
pride to Mr.. A. Baxter Colvin, of Arap-
ahoe, as he outlined the great influence
for good that the Christian Endeavor
movement was having all over this entire
globe. At the close of Mr.. Baxter's adj
dress a conservation meeting was held
an impressive and uplifting service, in
which nearly all the young people once
more offered themselves to God for re-
conservation in his service, closing with
prayer and benediction.
Resolutions were passed thanking the
people and society of Indianola for the
cordial welcome and kind hospitality
shown to the delegates. and thanking
God for the convention and the blessings
and profit gained therefrom.