The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-01

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The raising of children. Take them in
the bud. ct their tenderest yesrs. The
speaker dwelt upon this all.important
subject, and although he was down upon
the programme for en- address exclu.
sively to The children, this extempo-
raneous effort was largely enjoyed by
the large crowd Of adults present. This
Is Mr.. Atnslie's first visit to our city,
and the good impression made upon his
audience was instantaneous. He is q
huent, easy speaker. and regret was
to spend Sunday in Roanoke. Mr.. Aims
lie is In charge of one of the most PROS
porous Disciple churches in Baltimore,
and left last night ON the late train to
MI his pulpit In that city to-day.
Papers on committee work was the
pest number on the programme. Rev.
Mr.. Hatcher, OF Lexington, read a
paper by R. w. Wiles, OF Richmond,
upon 1.-THE Lookout Committee Work."
a paper upon duties of the Prayer
Meeting Committee" by w. A.C%renshsw,
of Richmond, was read by T. w. Davis.
1t being impossible for Miss Annie
torsberg, Of %Lynchburg, to be present
to read her paper upon Social Com
mittee Work." her plaza was most ac-
ceptably filed by Miss Apperson, of
L%ynchburg.
Missionary work was then handled
In o masserly manner by D. 8. Bennett,
OF Richmond. His report showed q
most prosperous stste of affairs, and
ere the speaker finished his report it
was plain that the missionary commit
see are not sleeping. but doing q grand
work In carrying the Gospel light to
the dark countries of our land.
a paper upon Junior Work,"b by Miss
Alice Budd, of Richmond, was presented
by Paul Pratt. 1t set forth the mag
innocent possibilities OF h juniors 60
make the future of these little ones
grand and their lives sublime.
Inc hour from AIS till adjournment
OF afternoon session was taken up with
an open parliament conducted by D. S.
Bennett, OF Richmond, and q vast deal
of valuable information was exchanged.
Questions we're asked as to the best
method OF obtaining the best work from
the various committees. The novelty
OF the d was enjoyed by all present.
Hhe committee on resolutions re-
ported, but on motion was continued till
the night session.
The nominating committee reported
the officers for the succeeding year as
follows: President, j. R. ~Oollingwood,
OF this city; first vice president, Row.
VIM. Cummings, OF Staunton; second
vice.president. Rev. A. e. Warfeld, of
~LynchburR; third vice-president. Rev.
y. Armand Miller, of Salem; secretary,
d. M. Lewis, of Staunton; treasurer,
Harry M. Gordon, of Roanoke; Junior
superintendent, Miss Sue Apperson, of
~Lynohburg. The board of directors are:
Rev. a. Q. Garrison, of Richmond; W.
w. Douglass, OF Washington; T.. M.
Hundley. of Riohmend; w. R. Moore.
OF Roanoke; Rev. L. g.. M. Miller, OF
Roanoke; Rev. j. d. Dunovan. of
Sthunton, and w. R Kennedy, of Lex-
lnRton. Inc report was adopted.
Night Session.
The music OF the convention has been
no small feature, and Prof. Rasmussen
has sincere cause for congratulstion.
The soloists, Misses Leila Saunders,
Minnie Lambert and Katie Fahnestock,
deserve special mention. Miss Lam
5ert's rendition Of the solo in the beau-
tiful hymn, Keep Step With the Mas
ter" was faultlessly executed, as was
Miss Saunders "Sweet Peace the Gift
OF Gods Son." and Miss Fahnestock's
Onward, Christian Soldiers" Roanoke
should feel proud of her musical talent.
The session was called to order attire
song service by State Secretary Paul
Pratt, and Rev. Peter Ainslie, of Balti-
more, addressed the convention upon
Christian Manhood" Mr.. Ainslie's ad-
dress was in keeping with his usual
happy style. He touched upon the
Christian Endeavor pledge. The pledge
is the backbone of the Endeavorers.
Mr. Ainslie deplored the prevailing ip-
norsnce OF the Bible and cited general
amusing incidents to illustrate how ig-
norsnt some are along this line. He
said that the Christian Endeavor pledge
demanded the reading of the Bible
every day. Not to read at h%aphazsrd;
not to mark where we left off to day in
order to know where to begin to-mor.
row, but to dig deep and extract the
riches therein.
The speaker referred to q dark
cloud that hangs over our fair land,
the lquor question. His illustra lions
OF the dire effects of wine were touch.
Ing in the extreme, and his hearers
were held spell-bound during their re-
cttal. I'VE want men," he said, mot to
only talk prohibition. but vote for it.
God grant that these Christian En-
deavorers may be loyal to this cues
tion, which means loyalty to God" The
speaker then directed his remarks
upon Church Union. His address WAS
listened to with unmarked attention.
The whole audience then arose and
sang. Throw Out the Life Line"
j. A. Spencer, of Manchester then ad.
dressed the meeting. he spoke oil the
great spiritual feast that had been en-
joyed during the convention. He said,
however. that the best thing was to
come, mot q collection" but an offer
Ing which was o great success.
The president announced the follow
Ing committee upon the publication of