Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-07-05
Fairly Good Attendance
at the Convention
Last Week
lEI colnAHDIEHrs ARE REVISED
Some Acts OF Our stats Exsestive.
Sunday 6ase Nall ssd baad
nusle Conc ls l0s
Seg3es Of Roasts


deavorcss Of the southeastern distrie,
Of Colorado which assembled in our
city last Fridav. Saturday and Sun.
day. did not call out the attendance
OF delegates that was confidently
looked for. The total attendance oi
outside delegates was up to the fifty
limit required to obtain the special
transportation rate. However the To-
cal societies OF the two churches that
have the Endeavos young people AZ.
hliation rallied their forces in good
shape and most OF the sessions went
OIL with q good deal Of enthusiasm.
The lengthy program outlined for tho
gathering was carried ont with Few
dcviaiions.
The devotional opening meeting
Friday night was led by l.. s. Dudley.
after which Mayor Pollock delivered
an address OF welcome to Rocky
Ford. This was responded to by J.
w. Spencer OF Pueblo and the two
talks put the visitors and tho towns
people on very. friendly footing.
The special music was enjoyed by ev-
crybody. a; the opening and through.
out the convention.
DIR. Drichaus OF Las Animas talked
on the work of the c. Z. in connection
in the prisons in the state OF Ohio.
from which lie comes.
Karl Lehman. the Field Secretary.
spoke: some committees were ap-
pointed. and the delegates were as
signed TO the friends who were to en-
terrain them for the night.
Saturday morning Mrs. L. J. Hen
~. President of the Baptist Young
Peoples Union. led a very fratcrnal
devotional meeting.
The rest Of Saturday forenoon was
given up to a general conference on
the things pertaining TO c. E. work in
its many and varied departments. II
was an enthusiastic meeting and
brought out many interesting cx?es-
icncc talks.
Miss Cio,trcr. the state supt. of
missionary work. failed of her en-
Ragcmcnt. and Rev. E. p. Smith of
Pueblo filed the hour assigned to her
with his address on what a Young
Christian can do in the Political and
Moral life Of a Community"
In the Afternoon Rev. L. G. Thomp-
son did not put in an appearance and
Rev. Davenport talked on Mr..
Thompson's topic on the program.
Rocky Ford has in the person of
Mrs. c. II. Prathcr, a member of the
local Christian church, a member of
the first Junior c. E. society organ
lied in the world and she very appro-
priatcly occupied little time with
"a Word from the First Junior So
ciety." Then Mrs. +. w. Whipplc.
Vice President Of the Denver Junior
Union, talked Interestingly on Junior
Endcavor work and organization.
A quite full church listened Satur-
day evening Field Secretary Leh-
mann's picture talk on the wide cx-
tent OF c. E. work and organization.
1t took in the whole round world,
touching some very remote corners
of it.
State Treasurer Allen J. Read made
an appeal for pledges to meet the
5000 indebtedness of the state organ
ization, and got some liberal dona-
tions.
Sunday morning union service OF
young peoples societies convened at
8:3o and was led in a devotional ser
vice by Miss Florence Dunklebcrger,
President of the First Presbyterian
Church society of Rocky Ford
Sunday afternoon and evening were
the busiest periods of the convention,
occupied with Junior" Rally and
"Christian Citizenship" Rally and the
Convention Sermon" and other les
ser matters up to the closing hour Of
the gathering, at night.
For these meetings the conditions
were not propitious. There were 9TH
er engagements on for the afternoon
and the citizenship rally did not near
ly fill the main body of the opera
house. The attendance was almost
wholly of young folks; and of men
folk there were not score who had
passed the half century mark.
Field Secretary Lehman held the
centre of the stage mainly and talked
on the things that might be done in
the line of promoting good citizen.
ship. A leaflet embodying list of
sixteen suggestions was distributed
throughout the audience. The leaflet
also contained the Ten Command
ments as revised for Christian Git
izens at the annual festival of new
voters at Faneuil Hall, Boston. They
were:
I. Love thy country, which has
redeemed thee from tyranny and
bondage
2. Thou shalt not worship any po-
1itical idols, nor bow down to them,
nor serve them, for their iniquity will
be visited upon thee and upon thy
children unto the third and fourth
generations.
4. Thou shalt not take the name Of
patriotism in vain, nor use it to hide
thy selfish motives.
4. Remember the day Of election
to keep it holy.