The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-04-17
NOTED SPEAKERS
AT CONFERENCE
OF ENDEAVORERS

Vor Union announces the completion
Of the program for the state conven.
| tion which is to be held in Lakeland
Nav 1874. A number of prominent
speakers from outside the state win
| be heard among whom are Rev. Pal
mer G. DuBose, recently returned
from the mission field in China; Dr.
Kerr Boyce Tupper of Philadelphia.
who has been heard during the past
winter in his incompatible lectures
on the Bible and S. Wilkes Dendy
Christian Endeavor field secretary 70
"outh Carolina. Georgia. Alabama and
Florida. a prime favorite with Flori
da Endeavorers.
A glance at the names OF the home
sneakers nthe program reveals Flor
iha's remarkably good fortune to pro-
vide group of speakers who indi.
vidualIv have furnished the center
"ttraction on manv strong program
in other states than Florida and on
other platforms than those of a Chris
tan Endeavor convention.
Ar1ong these home speakers are:
Marcus A. Fagg. Florida's best known
aid most loved man. William Jen-
r'ngs BRYAN. newer to Florida Chris
''an Endeavor than to International
Chr'stia1 Endeavor conventions and
International statecraft; Karl Lehman
who has through Christian Endeavor
develCnod more young men for real
i've christian service than any other
person in the organization. and Dun.
raw B. Curry. the efficient chairman
end conscientious leader of Dixie En-
deavor for the past seven years.
The Christian Endeavor pastors
who have endeared themselves to
Christian Endeavorers through out
the state and the faithful, earnest
band of state union officers and de-
partment superintendent all add to
the program of unusual variety and
helpfulness.
Karl Lehman, vice president OF
the State Union and register for the
convention announces a pre-conven-
ton registration of over 500. That
means, the registrar states, that as
many more are yet to register if the
attendance measures up to the pre-
parations Lakeland is making for
entertaining the guests.
Endeavorers of Jacksonville, Orlan-
do and Tampa districts had rare
treat recently in the visit of Edward
p. Gates of Boston, General Secre-
tary for the United Society of Chris
tian Endeavor, and Southern States
Secretary Chas. F. Evans, of Chattan-
ooga, and in the greatly instructive
institutes held by them in these CT
ties. Mr. Evans has property at
Montverde and is welcomed as home
folks by Florida Endeavorers, but
this was Mr.. Gates first visit to
the state. 1t is rumored that he
got sand in his Shoes" and as this
jealous young worker, as refreshing
as breeze from his native state,
Kansas, gave up promising law prac
tice in Washington, and through the
inspiring influence of Mr.. Lehmann's
personal conservation to christian SER
vice. entered upon the larger service
that is his today, it is a pretty safe
conjecture that the said sand in Mr..
Gates shoes is of the Lake county
quality.
Christian Endeavorers who are for
turate enough to be near Jackson
vile and able TO attend sessions of
the world wide Baraca-Philathea con-
vention will have an opportunity to
hear some well known Christian En-
deavor friends from the platform of
this large convention. Karl Leh-
mann has been giving assistance to
/ this organization in some Of the cen.
trail counties of the state where graf
flying results have been obtained and
will be heard during the world wide
convention in some Of his characters
cally appealing addresses. Marshall
Hudson, founder of the Baraca-Phila-
thea organization was for many years
general secretary of the New York
state Christian Endeavor Union and
while the condition of his health now
forbids active work even in his own
organization, the convention commit
tee are highly elated over his appear
ance and assistance at this conven-
ton. Bernard c. Claussen, pastor
of the First Baptist Church at SYRIA
cuse, New York, where the Baraca-
movement originated, claims Christian
Endeavor as a large part of his reli-
Gus nourishment. While this young
man was still a school boy, his faith
er. DR.. Bernard Claussen gave up
his medical practice in Binghampton,
N. Y, and served with unceasing con-
secrat1on as field-secretary Hof the
New York State Christian Endeavor
Union, remaining in active Christian
Endeavor work until the time of his
death. The son showed an equally
jealous devotion to christian service
and it was during his seminary years
that he served as intermediate super
intendent for the Christian Endeav-
or Union OF his state in addition to
an assistant pastorate in the First
Raptis church of Mount Vernon, N.
Y.
During the war he was commission
ed as chaplain in the United States
navy and assigned to duty on the
battleship North Carolina in which
duty he made twenty-six overseas
voyages with troop-shop conveys. The
large church of which he is now pas
tor has membership of nearly TWEEN
ty five hundred while the Sunday CON
gregations average three thousand.
He still gives of his inspiring energy
- Christian Endeavor as well as to
fhe brilliant organization that was
| cradlad in hfc ohuroh--a rnarvoIouo