The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1910-06-16
ECHOES FROM C. {.
CONVENTION
Helpful Points From
Many Speeches
Excellent Reports We're Given by the
Delegates.

Raptist church vestry Friday evening
under the auspices of the Christian
Endeavor Society. There were about
100 people in attendance. The toast
mistress was Mrs. Mabel Judkins,
who in her pleasing and entertaining
manner presented the various speak
ers of the evening. The speakers
we're the different ones from the Beth
any Baptist church who attended the
State Christian Endeavor Convention
at Lewiston as delegates. They we're:
Mrs. Judkins, Miss Isabel Thomas,
Miss Alice Written, Charles Cleveland
and Mrs. Belle Caswell. Miss Alice
Written gave fine talk on the Junior
work. 1t was spiced with little stor-
les of the Convention that were pleas
ing to the older people as well as the
Juniors. This was followed by sing
ing by the Juniors of the State hymn,
Maine for Jesus" Miss Thomas, last
years secretary of the Christian En-
deavor Society, spoke Interestingly of
the work being done by Miss Margaret
Koch as Field Secretary. In the last
year Miss Koch has visited about 400
towns and cities. People were more
liberal with their offerings in the
rural districts she found. THE litera-
ture of wisdom is the Bible;" BE
what we want others to be-" were
some of the points. A feature of the
evenings enjoyment was a solo sung
by Fred Nye, who was accompanied
by his daughter, Effie. Mrs. Caswell
gave an account of the banquet that
she attended in Lewiston and told es-
pecally of Mr.. Young, one of the
speakers at the banquet emphasizing
the fact that the churches must fur
nish good wholesome amusement for
the young people IL they would draw
them to themselves. The speaker of the
evening to receive the most applause
was Mr. Cleveland. This gentleman is
very pleasing in his manner and his
presence and talk are always appre-
cated at any gathering. He spoke of
the Quiet Hour" services, saying that
the Quiet Hour affords recuperation
preparation, and education for the
work that would follow, through the
day. An incident that pleased the
delegates while at Lewiston and was
told at the banquet by Mrs. Judkins
was, that the Skowhegan delegates
were complimented at the convention
as the best looking.
A thing that was worthy of note at
the banquet was that there was pres
ent the oldest member of the Chris
who is Benjamin Flagg, now ninety
two years old. Mr.. Flagg has been a
constant member of the Christian En-
deavor Society for several years and
is a regular attendant at all its meet
ings. Without doubt the largest dele
cation to the Christian Endeavor Con-
vention was from the Bethany church
which had II delegates. This Chris
tan Endeavor Society is probably the
most prosperous one in the County,
having the largest membership. This
condition has been possible only
through the efforts of Mrs Judkins, it's
president.
Below Is the report given at re-
cent meeting of the Congregational
c. E. Society by Miss Sarah Snow,
their delegate to the convention.
The meetings of the Christian En-
deavor Convention were held at Lew
iston in the Pine Street Congregation
al church. The decorations were of
unusual beauty, being made of pink
and white tissue paper and resembled
bank of sweet peas, massed among
the green. The singing was conduct
ed by F. M. Lamb, who is no stranger
In Skowhegan. Greetings were ex-
tended by the mayors of Lewiston and
Auburn and also by the pastor Of the
Pine Street Congregational church.
Some of the speakers at the conven-
ton were Smith Baker, o. P. Clifford,
William Shaw, Jesse Hill and Francis
E. Clark, father of the Christian En-
deavor society.
Space will not allow an extended re-
port of the good things they said, but
to listen to such men could not fail to
Impress the hearer with the thought
OF what these men stand for, and what
their influence means to the world.
would like to refer especially to
Rev. Smith Baker, who spoke upon
Vision" He said boy or girl with
out ambition was no more than a
worm, and therefore first of all we
Should get ambition; that pure ambi-
ton grows out of a vision and he
spoke of missionary whose de-
termined vision was to show Tur-
Kish girl what a Christian girl is.
lie closed his address by telling US,
10 make heaven as big to ourselves