The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-08-08
OUR CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR
WORK.
The Twenty-Sixth International Con-
ventiOn at Los Angeles.


The twenty-sixth international
Christian Endeavor Convention is nov
a matter of history but it will rank
in results accomplished, and new
movements inaugurated, with the best
of the great series of conventions
held by this worldwide organization,
"After five days journing over hills
and through plains and desert, Los
Angeles was reached early Wednes-
day morning, July Goth.
When our long train with its sew
eral cars of Endeavorers stopped,
Los Angeles entertainers were on
hand with great armfulls of flowers,
varieties grown yin Florida but of
more gigantic size; my share in this
lioWer-Welcome was bunch Of beau
tltul, long-stemmed carnations.
Our train was but one of nineteen
to arrive on Wednesday. Loyal Los
Angeles Endeavorers met all these;
also the California delegates who ar
rived by boat from San Francisco,
and other points, and from Hawaii
from whence came a fine delegation
who spoke well in English, and sang
beautifully in their native language
of the "bIown race"
Leaving the depot, the Florida and
Alabama car delegation climbed into
a comfortable street car, and were
soon at Fiesta Park, 'the tented CITY"
for Convention days. Registering,
we not only received handsome orange
emblem badge, program and song
book, but also a printed request to call
at the California booth for a souvenir
which proved to be boxes of figs, ar
tistically put up.
wednesday was the day of prepa-
ration, thirty-three headquarter booths
were being decorated by their res
pcctive owners. The sound of ham.
mers and voice Of greeting between
friends of the United States, Canada
and other lands, mingled in hap
Ply, busy, musical uproar.
There were rest rooms, a hospital
presided over by Endeavor nu1 SEES
and doctors; hundreds of redo ,plal
pages, who were lads in their taaG,
many older young men and women |
ushers, in white uniform, and the iif. |
teen splendid young men who had
0eeh working for many months as the
convention Committee All were
dressed alike in white suits so as ia
De distinguished from others in the
great throngs. So did Los Angeles
not only welcome but make tie five
lays comfortable and pleasant to us
all. W '
Early in each auditorium session.
he seats for 10000 or more ouickly
illed, but above was a large platform,
where only special workers given tick.
ITS by Genl Secretary Shaw could
ut, and which was never crowded. |
This was where Secretary Grace"
pent many happy hours. Above, at
car OF our platform was tie cleya-
ION OF seats for the 1000 singers Of
he Convention chorus. The musicilr
md the great piano were near me
md had the use, when desired, of
able at which to write, just like {
real i've reporter"
When the Convention opened, We'd
csday evening, the thousand voices
n the chorus sang song composed
or the occasion, 81 love you Califol
Ia mat genial musical director
rom Washington, D. C. Percy Foster,
rged forward enthusiasm, ard thu
reat audience joined in the line a
I'VE you California" The Chauta
ua salute was given DR.. Clark as be
ose to speak. He held a gavel. the
andle of which was carved from q
mall branch Of tie first nvael orange
rec planted in California. Dr.. Clark
and that small beginning of Christian
Ede&vor Society in Portland, Maine
'hlcA, started in 1881 has now The
reatest aggregation of the youths Of
hnstlanity to-d2y. And then from
re great chorus, and tenfo,d larger
1dlence rose the beautiful hvmn
Blest be the tie that binds"
The Alabama delegation, with Mis-
elah Brightwell, who is Florida
production superintendent, and the t
iorlda secretary spent the conven. Il
on nights at the Abbey Hotel, but '
tween A. NJ. and II P. NJ. we were $
iuaily attending services at the au. t
tori1m or churches. =
GRACE A. TOWNSEND, .