The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-07-20

CLOSE
MEETING

The state convention of the Gideons
which closed last night, was the most
successful convention ever held in the
state.
The first meeting of the convention
was held at the Waldorf hotel on Sat
urday at 4 o'clock p. m. This was q
get-together meeting and was much
enjoyed both by the visiting delegates
and the local members.
This meeting was followed by a
banquet at the Waldorf, where all the
meetings were held on Saturday.
1t is needless to say that the ban
quet was a joyous occasion, as those
travelling men are all good fellows and
had many very funny experiences to
relate during the hour.
The wives and sWeethearts of the
Gideons were the guests of honor and
added much to the pleasure of the oc-
casion.
After a sumptuous feast the compa-
ny repaired to the parIors, where a
short program was listened to, follow
ed by the election of officers and 9TH
er business.
DR.. L. T. Guild, Of The Courier
News. was the chief speaker Of the
evening, and ave a very entertaining
and instructive address. relating some
Of his experiences with travelling men
both in this and foreign lands.
Messrs. Bunce and Wallace sang a
very fine duet and responded to an
encore
H. r. Gladding gave a very fine re-
port of the state work. Geo. F. Powell
of Minneapolis gave a talk on Meth
DDS of Bibling the State. N. L. Red
mar spoke on Duty Of Bibling Hotels.
Mrs. Greenwood " two very fine
numbers in the sign language which
were much enjoyed.
A. L. Bishop gave the closing ad-
dress, What We Propose to Do, out
lining the work of the coming year.
Election Of officers resulted as fol-
lows:
State Presidential. L. Bishop, Fargo.
First Vice President-A. J. Nathan,
Bismarck,
Second Vice Presidential. N. Hor-
ner, Finley.
Third Vice President-G. D. Ries-
land, New Leipzig.
Fourth Vice Presidente-F. C.. Up
ton. Minot.
secretary-Treasurer-w. D. Giles
pie, Fargo.
Chaplain-w. L, Redman, Fargo.
State Overseer-H. r. Gladding,
Fargo.
State Evangelist-Geo. F. Powell.
Sunday was a busy day for the Gid
aons. bRt they have had good training
in catching trains and made connec-
tons all right while here. In the
morning at 9 o'clock they met with
the members Of the First M. E. church
in their love feast, who were c~elebrat-
ing the fortieth anniversary of the or
ganization of their church in Fargo.
This was a spiritual feast and very
much enjoyed by all.
The Gideons were at the various
churches in the city for the morning
services.
At 4 o'clock the Gideons had charge
of the meeting at the Y. M. G. A. ad-
dressed by Geo. F. Powell of Mime
apolis-a very profitable time.
At 6:15 the Gideons assisted in the
meeting Of the Epworth league of the
First M. E. church, held in Island
park.
In the evening the Gideons and their
wives assembled at the First M. E.
church, where a special section was
reserved for them. and listened to a
powerful sermon by Dr.. J. M. Walters
Of that church. The sermon was es-
pecially for travelling men and had to
be listened to to be fully appreciated
rs DR.. Walters was at his best, and no
words of the writer could convey the
impression left by the sermon. The
Gideons fully appreciated DR.. Walters
sermon and shall W forget the les
son conveyed.
SA1IC4 J4IS q WHO Ill0 pOyS Sd1u laGlE
%goodbyes and Godspeed and today are
scattered all ove the northwest right
after business as usual.
1t might be we'll to state for the
benefit of the uninstructed among the
readers, that the Gideons are a com
pany of christian travelling men or
ganized In Wisconsin in 1899 by three
men, and has grown until today there
are 10000 members. One of the
things undertaken by the Gideons is
the placing of a Bible in every guest
chamber of every hotel in the United
States and Canada. Already there
have been placed $4,000 Bibles In for
ty-six states and Canada. The work
in this state Is we'll under way and
plans have been laid to complete the
work Of Bibling North Dakota this
fall. This was one Of the principal
matters taken W. at the convention,
and plans are being worked out to do
the work in one day. The public will
be kept informed of the progress of
the work and the privilege will be Civ
en- later to assist in this work,