Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-13
WITH GRATEFUL FEELINGS And After Accomplishing a Great
 Deal of Good, THE ANNUAL CONVENTION
 s Of the T'ung Peoples Society of Christian En-
Of the E-ung Peoples Society of Christian En-
 deavor of Alabama
sjORNS TO MEET IN MONTGOMERY.
the Song, "God Be With You 'Til We Meet Again,'' and Then
 Came the Benediction.

Came the Benediction.
 The fifth annual convention of the Christian Endeavor Societies of Alabama closed at 10:30 last night after one of the most successful meetings ever held.
 Quite number of delegates came in yesterday to attend the last days ses- sion. making something like 300 in at- tendance. The First Presbyterian church was packed both at the II o'clock and evenig services yesterday, and those present were highly entertained and edi- fled by the talks and services
 The programme, as published in yes terdays Age-Herald was carried out. They were all interesting, and elicited the enthusiasm of the delegates.
 Rev. Dr. Ira Landrith of Nashville preached at the II o'clock service from Proverbs, xxiii, IF.
 He said We judge man by what he does with himself. That is the only way we can judge him. The Christian En- deavor stands for
 Personal devotion to the cause of Christ;
 The covenant obligation embodied in the prayer pledge;
 Constant religious training;
 Strenuous loyalty to the local church; It reaffirms faith in the principles of interdenominational societies.
 Some oppose the Christian Endeavor because they don't believe in pledges. They have taken the Masonic, Pythian and other secret society pledges, yet they object to the Christian EndeaVor pledge.
 Through the influence of the Christian u6a lsrh into the church last year. The En- deavors contributed $350.0 900 to the mis- sionary cause last year and will con- tribute 900 this year. The Chris tian Endeavor teaches loyalty to your own church and liberality to others. It's mission is to save souls. The Chris tian Endeavor believes the Christian should be strong, and believes he can never be strong without exercise. Chris tian exercise he gets as an Endeavorer. Christian Endeayor means loyalty to church, to Sunday school. to prayer meeting and support of all church insti- tutions. In work 1t is denominational, in spirit interdenominationaL Summing it up, Christian Endeavor means an habitual endeavor to be better to do better and to make other people better.
 Evening Session.
 The evening session opened with a praise and promise service lasting-thirty minutes, after which the convention, by request or the president, resolved ltSe1I into testimony meeting.
 A large number of the delegates gave testimony to the good they had re- ceved from this convention, and giving promise of what they intended doing in the future.
 The special feature of the evening ser vice was a talk by Rev. Ira Landrith of Nashville on the Worldwide Endeav- or" The speaker was at home With the subject, and handled it in an interesting a.a1 ft,e.f .f,srrr tixra no o aa principally with the missionary feature of the Christian Endeavor society, giv- ing figures of the work accomplished by missionaries in foreign fields in the past few years.
 The following resolutions were read by Chairman Sinnott of the committee on resolutions, which were adopted:
 Resolved That the thanks of this con- vention are hereby rendered the session of the First Presbyterian church of Bir- mingham for the use of their church building during this meeting; to the Christian families of this city for their abundant and cordial hospitality; to the street car and dummy lines and railways for reduced rates; to the daily newspa- pers for publishing the proceedings of this convention, and for other courtesies, and to our beloved brethren, Rev. Gilby c. Kelly D. D. Rev. J. A. Rondthaler. D. D. and Rev. Ira Landrith for coming so far to visit and inspire us by their presence and by their soul-stirring ad- dresses; to MT. c. II. Reed. florist, for decorations; to Mrs. Martha Spencer, and to Rev. John Barbour for leading music
 Recognizing the need of the hour in the responsibility of our young people to temperance, so that the homes of our country may be purer and the society and government of our nations better,
 Resolved, That recommend to the societies of the Christian Endeavor in the state that they carry out in a more earnest, practical way plans for temper ance work w. I. SINNOTT,
 Chairman.
 Quite number of written questions were handed in which pr. Rondthaler answered. They covered a wide range of subjects and elicited much interest ing information
 Conservation services. conducted by Dr. Landrith, followed the questions and answers. A number of delegates arose and stated ito what cause they had consecrated themselves.
 Sixteen delegates, in response to the re- quest of pr. Landrith came forward, thus signifying their willingness to be- come missionaries if called, to whatso- ever country.
 President Ball requested the conven- tion to sing "God be With You Till We Meet Again." after which Dr. Rondthaler dismissed the congregation with the ben- ediction