The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-11
ENDEAVOR SOCIETY
DELEGATES ARE WARMLY WE'LL
 COINED TO GADsDEN.
President Hin Detained at Home in Mobile By Illness, But May
 Attend--Eiectfon of
 0mcers Saturday

Gadsden, April 1o.-tspeciai. )-with
 about half the expected delegates fin attendance. the eighteenth annual con- vention of the Alabama Christian En-
 deavor Union convened here at 7:30
 o'clock tonight for a three days ses-
 sion.
 Owing to lateness of trains, dele gates did not arrive on. schedule time, and some delay was caused in organ king the convention.
 President c. E. Hill of Mobile was not in attendance owing to the fact that illness .n his family at his home prevented his coming today. It was vention that he would arrive tomorrow morning.
 Vice President F. F. Ballard of Bir- minsham presided over the session tonight.
 At the opening of the convention, Rev. W. E.. Hsll. pastor of the First Presbyterian Church. this city. deliv- cred short address, entitled, Why Gadsden Wants this Convention" He said that Gadsden wanted the conven- tion because she desired to meet the Christian workers, and to bid them welcome to the city. She desires to have them see her great steel plants and industries; Gadsden has every req son to want the convention. She Is city of importance in the affairs of the State. She has schools second to none, with churches and municipal improve ments. But. greater than all this. she has honest, conscientious Christian workers who are glad to meet thesr CO., workers from other sections of the State. There was never a time in the history of the world when men and women gathered in convention as they do today for the advancement of re- ra- .A rtas of the work of the Christian Endeavor Society is manifest in th;s convention and should be spread through out the State.
 H. Gait Braxton of Birmingham. re- sponded to the address of. welcome, us- ing as his subject. Why This Conven- tion Wanted to Come to Gadsden." /
 There are various reasons. the speak CT said, why the convention wanted to come to this city. Some wanted to come to have a good time. while others wanted to come to work to the ad- vancement of religion and religious work.
 The speaker said that the delegates feel at home in this city and know that they are welcome.
 The address of the evening was de- livered by Rev. W. E. Elliott of Selma. Training Christians the Hope of the Church and the Salvation of the World" was his subject.
 In opening his address. he said that the title was, all that it implies. It requires training In every walk of life. and training means hard. and honest work. The man or woman who is not we'll trained in this day and age is working at great disadvantage They can never hope to accomplish much. and the same rule is In force in religious as we'll as in industrial and commercial and professional lines.
 The speaker deplored the fact that some people look upon the student of the Bible as fanatic, and that he .s looked upon by some classes of society as a weakling Every man and woman should know the Bible. its history and It's teachings.
 The meeting closed tonight with much interest manifest and with the coming of the remainder of the dele gates tomorrow. renewed vigor will be shown.
 ohicers will be elected tomorrow and other business of importance to the | society will be transacted. . - '