The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-02-17
FLORIDA CHRISTIAN ENDEAvoR
WORK
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Christian Endeavor is fourishing in
IWeirsdale.e
A good many holiday messages
made in the form of mimeographed
letters were sent to the far-away En-
deavor leaders of the other unions in
almost all the states and Canadian
provinces. Cordial answers are al
ready coming in. We here quote one
from the most efficient junior super
indent, Miss Lillian e. Hayes, of Ind
lana II wish to thank you for the
programs and words of greeting, and
to compliment you on the very unique
way of sending same. May you real
ize in this glorious year, 1911, all your
cherished hopes for the Florida union.
| hope to meet you in the city by the
sea-" Miss Hayes here refers to the
International convention coming next
July. in Atlantic City. How many of
us do you suppose will be there to
loyal Endeavorers to be present?
The Endeavor topic for last Sunday
was "a missionary journey around the
world The Jacksonville Metropolis
says in it's church calendar for that
day, Miss Rebecca Painter was to be
the prayer meeting leader for the
Congregational Endeavorers. 1t. also
said that the pastor DR.. Hanscom,
was to. conduct the service on
Christian Endeavor Day. The subject
for meetings then will be ''Why do we
believe in Christian Endeavor?" Our
beloved organization will be thirty
years old in February and it's organi-
ger, DR.. F. E. Clark is still at the
helm, with heart as full of conse-
Grated zeal and with as much faith
in the Endeavorers to do their best as
he had in his early days of Christian
ministry. It does not matter to us
individually if we grow old in years
so the heart remains young.
Let us know how Christian Endeav-
or Day was observed in the societies
of Florida. Let us make it prayer
meeting day of genuine good.
Miss Lelah Brightwell is now our
most prompt reporter of Tampa. She
tells of nice socials and good meet
ings held in the Congregational socie-
ty of West Tampa.
One of the liveliest as we'll as the
youngest societies is that union of
workers in st. Cloud. Some folks
might suppose that in colony of "old
soldiers" there would not be enough
young folks to support society, but
they have both fiourishing Young
Peoples and Junior Endeayor organi-
cation there. Their first visit to the
Florida convention was by attending
the Winter Park district meeting last
fall by two delegates. They must have
gone home "full of it, because note
the following letter from the secre-
tary, Miss Margaret McGill, and the
president, J. H. Kellar: 1--WE wish to
lextend most cordial invitation to the
! Orange and Osceola district c. E. I'M
ion to hold their next annual conven-
ton at ST. Cloud Thanking you for
your kind consideration in allowing
US the opportunity thus afforded to en-
terrain the convention next year, we
remain as ever, for Christ and the
church' So it is to a brand new
convention town we plan to go next
November; that is, all of us who live
in the counties comprising this dis
trict.
1t looks now as if the state increase
banner would go, after the April con.
vention, to the way down southeast.
ern portion of orr union-that sec.
ton of Florida made famous by hav.
ling Miami, West Palm Beach and Co.
coanua Grove. The most northern so.
) ciety now in that division of C. E.,
is at Stuart, where the Endeavorers
are wide awake. Two new societies
We're organized in Miami this Endeav-
or year in the Presbyterian church.
GRACE A. TOWNSEND.
Interlachen, February, 1911