The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1908-03-02
FLORIDA ENDEAvOR NEWS

home Of Mr.. ard Mrs John Hopkins.
in Ocala, during the trip to Atlanta by
her son. Mr.. Fred Powell. where he
Is receiving treatment for eve trouble
A few more such Endeavorers in
the Brick City" rs Mrs Clinard ana
her son. and there could hardly help
being a g. f.. society, for enthusiasm
is catching like less desirable things
I'm life.
State President WinnarJ organized
union society at Sarasota. Hills
borough and Manatee district, in jan
uary. There were thirty-eight MEM
bers to commence with and prospects
for more. The Secretary. Miss Nina
Kinnedy, and President, f. NJ Hebb
learned how to do &. T.. work when
the latter lived in Auburndale Polk
and DeSoto district, and Miss Kinne-
dy served as secretary for the Win
ter Haven society, in the same dis
trict. Such absent members are
worth owning, we think.
Our State Convention at Jackson.
vile. April 1-3. will be held at the
First Congregational church. The
Christian church comrades wanted to
entertain us, but great revival meet
ing then to be under way made il i'm
possible for the Florida Endeavorers
to take possession.
The State G. f. Secretary reviewed
an invitation to attend the Sixteenth
Annual Convention OF the Churches Of
Christ i'm Florida which meets at
Hampton, March 1916. Missionary
themes is one of the leading thoughts
OF the program. and Rev. +. f. Hagin.
"a real live missionary" from Japan,
will deliver the sermon Sunday morn
ing. Several well-known workers are
to take part. among others, Miss i. d.
Woodruff, OF Jacksonville. Rev. w. HI.
/ coleman. the Tampa G. z. pastor, and
ttev. Il. o. Denham, who is such a
favorite of the young people Of Winter
Haven, for which he is the faithful
shepherd while pastor of the Presby-
terrain church. .
The papers say that Editor Powell,
of the ST. Petersburg Independent, de-
clined contract which would havel
netted him $104. because it was AMI
advertisement for a wliskey distillingl
company. We think there are other
editors in our state who would havel
withstoOd such a temptation just as
bravely.
low railroad rates to, Jacksonville
Convention Letters to many officers
bf the nine divisions OF the Floridal
Union were sent out last week. TheyI
made emphatic the need Of hustlingi
in each district to send good delega-
,tions, that the officers should attendl
and that as far as possible all the rep
at the same time, over, the same
route. 1t was also suggested that the:
Christian Endeavorers OF each dis
trict have their own badge which
should be worn when journeying to|
Jacksonville. Please let US know how
many are planning to go. and who will
volunteer. to help on the program.
The first break in the East Jackson
vile Presbyterian society occurred
Jan. 81. I'm the death of Mrs. Melissa
Il. Ffoulkes, very suddenly. "A hand
some Horal offering bearing the G. E.
monogram was sent by her society Of
which she was a good worker and will
be greatly missed.
1t is a good program arranged for
the 25th meeting of the General Con-
gregational Association of Florida and
the Southeast, which will be held at
st. Petersburg, April 29-3O, 1908. Rev.
Fred Ensminger, president of Hills
borough and Manatee district, will
speak on Christian Endeavor in
Training the Young People for the
Church" c. F. will also be made
/, prominent by the annual report of
Rev. 8. j. Townsend, secretary for
this work in the Congregational
churches Of Florida. Temperance is
another strong point of the program.
Mr.. H. C. Norcross. secretary for
Mr. Shaw. wrote us that our General
Secretary started Feb. 18th on his
Southern tour. Let us pray earnestly
for the success of this visit to our
Southland, where Christian Endeavor
has more obstacles to hinder progress
than has some sections of the United
States and Canada.
Mr.. Ralph w. Pattison. district
president for Northeastern district.
was called from Jacksonville to his
former home Del and on account of