The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-01-20


Pastors enjoy at these meetings especial
opportunities of studying the methods
of those most successful in evangelical
work.
The convention is made mp of the most
refined and cultured religious men and
women, and includes men of world wide
renown as ministers, lawyers, physi-
clans, bankers, merchants, and other
professions and callings. More than 500
of them come from the north and Can
ada, New England being specially well
represented, but of course the large ma
jority of the delegates are from the
south.
Atlanta has opened wide her gates and
stretched her proverbial hospitality to
its greatest limits to accommodate and
entertain the attendants at the conven-
ton. Sectional and sectarian lines have
been entirely obliterated, and the open
hearted Georgians have gone about pro-
viding for their guests as though they
realized that they might be entertaining
angels unaware. The practical bless
ing of increased prosperity should wait
OH her lavish iberality, and it is not at
al improbable that good results may be
traced to this convention later on from
a material as well as from a purely spir-
itual standpoint.
There is little doubt that many of the
visitors to the convention will be in
duced to stay or to return and make
their homes in Atlanta. The genial eli
mate of the city would be sufficiently at
tractive in itself to insure such a result
even without the spirit of enterprise
that will surprise and captivate north
ern men. Atlanta is no laggard in the
path of progress, nor are her citizens
blind to their own best interests. The
most prominent of them have made
strenuous efforts for the benefit of the
delegates to the convention, feeling that
it was duty they owed their guests and
that they were thereby doing what was
also best for themselves.
The invitation to the convention was
extended through the governor of Geor-
gia, the mayor of Atlanta and the board
of trade of the city, and each and all OF
them have exerted themselves to the ut
most to convince their guests they made
no mistake IN accepting it. Governor
Northen was especially active. He had
a personal interest in the matter as well
as an official one, uniting the earnest
Christian and the chief executive and
working tirelessly in both capacities.
All the meetings of the committees on
preliminaries were held at the executive
mansion, and the governor acted "a
chairman of the local board. To him
much credit is due for the success of the
convention, nor should the delegates for
get the hearty cooperation of Mr.. D. Z.
Luther, the chairman of the entertain
ment committee, and Rev. j. G. Collins OF
New Haven, the international secretary.
Governor Northern is doing good work
for Georgia and winning the hearty ap-
p-oval of the people CT his state without
regard to party lines. He is recognized
as an upright, dignifed and consistent
chief magistrate and esteemed as a safe
and conservative leader. His iDdepend
ence of Judgment and firm adherence to
what he believes to be correct principles
command the respect even of those who
do not see things as he does.
The dignified and courteous manner IL
which he refused to attend a banquet
given to Jay Gould by citizens of Allan
ia illustrates the quality of the man.
His letters of explanation set forth that
Mr. Gould's visit was not of character
emitting it to official recognition and
Mr. Gould's business methods were not
of a kind emitting him to personal con-
sideration, and therefore the governor
must decline TO meet him.
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