Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-07-28
CONVENTION
A SUCCESS
INTERNATIONAL c. f. CONVEN-
TION GREAT AFFAIR.
MANY FEATURES WERE SUPERB
Attendance Was Greater Than Antic-
mated and Vast Amount of Good
Was Done by the Big Conven-
ton.

The Twenty-sixth international
Christian Endeavor Convention is
now a matter of history, but it will
rank in results accomplished and
new movements inaugurated with the
best of the great series of conven-
tions held by this worldwide organ
iZation.
The Setting.
Los Angeles furnished an ideal
setting for the convention.
The weather, although considered
unusually hot for Los Angeles, was,
with the cool nights, a refreshing
contrast to the intense heat in the
middle and eastern states.
No hall in the city could accom-
modate the crowds expected, so the
large-visioned committee put a can
vas roof over Fiesta Park, making
two auditoriums accommodating
nearly twenty thousand people. One
was used as headquarters for the
states and the other for the great
mass meetings. In addition stimuli
taneous meetings were held in the
Temple auditorium and a score of
churches.
Tn Cnitn Of fhn aDntA1n nrnvicinn
made overflow meetings were neces-
sary to accommodate the tens of
thousands who sought opportunity
to gain the inspiration of the great
meetings, and the second day of the
convention the supply of programs
and badges was exhausted.
Features.
The music of the convention, led
by a great chorus of one thousand
voices trained by Professor Peckham,
and an orchestra of fifty pieces, with
talented soloists, was superb in quail
ity. Service Songs" the new hymn
book, was used for the first time and
became instantly popular Professor
Percy S. Foster led the great audi.
ence in his inimitable way.
The street parade was a new fea
ture, and as the marching thousands
of happy young people with musi
and song passed by, they made ;
profound impression on the tens o
thousands of spectators who crowded
the sidewalks.
The committee under the leader
ship of Mr.. Leonard Merrill provided
for every need, and the immens
crowds were handled as easily ant
the meetings were as orderly as il
an ordinary sized convention. TIL
spirit of devotion and enthusiasm
was contagious. The denominations
rallies were more laygely attende
and successful than in any recen
convention.
Every phase of religious activit
was considered in practical confer
ences or inspirational addresses.
President Henry Churchill King
LID, of Oberlin College, one of ou
clearest and best balanced thinkers
led the great throng that met hin
each morning at $50 into the rea
meaning of "Life's Values"
Rev. John Balcom Shaw, d. D.
conducted most helpful series O
conferences on THE Use of the Bibl
for Personal Growth and Service"
Rev. A. L. Phillips, d. D., openet
up the vast field of missions at hom
and abroad, and challenged tn
church of the future to plan ade
quately for the task committed to il
Rev. Charles M. Sheldon, d. d
had three sessions with the pastor
and older leaders to discuss the ar
plication of the "Old Gospel to Ne,
World Conditions"
Social purity work for men wa
most effectively presented by Re,
e. A. King. author of "Clean an
Strong" and for women by Mrs.
S. Norvell.
Practical conferences on ever
phase of Christian Endeavor wor
were conducted by General Secretar
William Shaw, Field Secretary Kai
Lehman and score of Christia
Endeavor expert workers.
Enormous crowds attended tn
four MONDAY meetings in the Templ
auditorium, when vital questions r,
lating to our civic, social and relis
ious conditions were discussed by d
Ira Landrith. Hon ]. A. MacDonal,
Rev. John Balcom Shaw, d. D., an
BILLY" Sunday.
Fellowship among the denomini
tons, wogld peace, and the attitud
of Christian people toward those {
different race were ably presente
by Rev. C. w. REGARD, d. D., Fran
M. Goodchild, d. d., Bishop Ale