The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-18
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVORERS
 HAVE BIG CONVENTION
By J. YELLING TON vANDlvER.

Talladesa, April 17.-(special)-The con- vention of the Christian Endeavorers continues to grow in interest and at tendance. President Hill speaks of 1t as , a magnificent meeting" Karl Lehman conducts the singing, and he is not con tent with one trial of the convention song-'He Will Hold Me Fast" but he makes the choir and congregation keep repeating it until it sounds Hike Chris tian Endeavor convention
 A congratulatory telegram was read to the convention from St. Paul, Minn., the place of holding the next worlds con vention. and a reply was forwarded to the effect that Alabama would be repre- sented in that convention.
 At the opening service Friday evening of prayer and praise, led by H. Gault Braxton of Birmingham. in place of the Rev. F. D. Kerr of Montgomery, who was ill, the house was packed and the inspiration of the convention was man fest.
 At 7:45 o'clock the committee appoint ments were read out, as follows: Nomi- hating committee, Karl Lehman, chair HldU, "A. IT, MOOuys ioii Aiih6 ANNf' Lauren E. Brubaker, Sheffield.
 Resolutions Arthur Wallace, Birming- ham; c. II. Gaston, Fairhope; MT. Ser nard. Birmingham.
 Time and place of next meeting: w D. Shepard, Montgomery; H. Gault Brax- ton, Birmingham; Henry Meador, Mont gomery.
 The Rev George Esves. pastor of the Congregational church, Birmingham, ad- dressed the convention at $40 o'clock Fri day evening on "The Power That Con- verts the Heather"
 Saturday morning Field Secretary Karl Lehman made his annual report, showing, among other matters, the results of two months work in the field. He travelled 22z2 miles, visited 53 towns and 51 so- cieties and A Baptist Young Peoples union societies, Epworth and Westmin- ster leagues. He has delivered Al ad- dresses. conducted 24 conferences reach ing 54s5 people Has written 434 letters, madehA calls in the interest of the state work: has added e7 new members to the societies; brought P new societies into the union, and led nine souls to Christ through personal work He advised that a campaign of two months work be in- dulged in before the next annual meeting of the Endeavor and to this end to hold a workers conference in every town wis tied by the field secretary. Alabama Is falling short of her opportunities in the junior work Ninety-five dollars and 25 cents was charged in the field secretarys s account for hotel bills. MT. Lehman ad- mits that this should not have been, but insists that the local society in each town should entertain the field secretary and thus save hotel bills to the state com mittee.
 Telegrams and letters were read to the convention from various state societies wishing for the success of the Alabama convention, notable among these being Tennessee, Florida and Manitoba, the last two being letters.
 The convention again tackled the song He Will Hold Me Fast" at 10 o'clock this morning, but Conductor Lehman im- medately waived the music down with, '.Stopi Stop!. That was what we call out west bum startl Try 1t again!'- and over and over he drilled the great congregation until the time was satisfac- tory to his musical ear
 At 1o:l0 the subject, Functions of the Executive Committee" was led by F. F. Ballard of Birmingham, who has thought over the matter carefully, while filling the place of vice president of the Christian Endeavor of Alabama. MT. Ballard main tafned that the executive committee was the hub, the crux, the pivotal point of the society, and made various suggestions as to how to make the executice commit tee meetings successful.
 He was asked several questions by the workers in the audience, which were sat- isfactorily answered. One question brought to his feet the Rev. Francis E. Clark of Boston. the founder of the Chris tian Endeavor society, who gave some ex- periences of several Massachusetts socie- ties in relation to executive committees. The quiet hour service was well attended