. History of the Pennsylvania Railroad Department of the Young Men's Christian Association of Philadelphia . epartment sang virile choruses, stirring hymns,which filled the building with spiritual melody. As the delegatespassed up the stairway to the reception room the club sang: Were marching upward to Zion,The beautiful city of God. This was followed by the chorus When the Roll is CalledUp Yonder Ill be There, and Fanny Crosbys ever-beautiful hymn,Saved by Grace. The delegates passed from the reception-roomto the gymnasium floor, where they were served by the LadiesAuxiliary en masse with a
. History of the Pennsylvania Railroad Department of the Young Men's Christian Association of Philadelphia . epartment sang virile choruses, stirring hymns,which filled the building with spiritual melody. As the delegatespassed up the stairway to the reception room the club sang: Were marching upward to Zion,The beautiful city of God. This was followed by the chorus When the Roll is CalledUp Yonder Ill be There, and Fanny Crosbys ever-beautiful hymn,Saved by Grace. The delegates passed from the reception-roomto the gymnasium floor, where they were served by the LadiesAuxiliary en masse with a substantial repast. At half-past sevenoclock the delegates assembled in the auditorium, which had beentastefully decorated with bunting gracefully festooned, exoticplants and flags of all nations, intertwined with the flag of the UnitedStates and ropes of electric lights in red, white and green—thosebeing the colors of the local department and possessed of doublesignificance, red being the railroad color, signifying danger, whitesafety and green caution, whilst in spiritual significance red repre- 162. CHARLES E. PUGH,First Vice-President, Pennsylvania Railroad Company, 1909 to the service October 1, 1859. sents love, white purity, and green immortality. The platform wasornamented with potted palms and festoons of flowers. As thedelegates were gathering, C. B. Willis, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin,conducted a testimony meeting, a large number of the delegatesreciting special passages of Scripture which they had found helpfulin their lives and work. Just as the hour arrived for formally open-ing the Conference Mrs. A. J. Cassatt and Mrs. Charles B. Pughentered upon the platform from the rear, accompanied by Mrs. Sageand Miss Gould. As these ladies appeared the vast assemblagegreeted them with tumultuous applause, which continued for severalminutes. Upon its subsidence Clarence J. Hicks, SupervisingGeneral Secretary of the Railroad Department of the InternationalCommitte
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