The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-10-13
JUNIOR ENDEAVOR.
Second Day of the Great Con-
vention Considers Their
Work.
MISS sGUDDER's ABLE PAPER.
President Persons scathing Re-
buke Of Duke Thompson
and the Racetrack
Gamblers,
NEW JERSEY MUST BE REDEEMED.
Special 10 The Jersey ci.v Nelps.

opeCtbA u JSTSSh Ci{J NGtcS.
TRENTON, Oct. Is. ls93.-The second
and last day of the convention of the
Christian Eudeavor Union of New Jersey
was even more successful than the first.
Alarge number Of de,eg ties attend d the
S sslcn in the Taylor Onera HOUSE, and
much work was accomplished between
the hours Of half past six A. NJ, and tau
P NJ. when the convention adjourned.
1t WAS estimated that 1000 delegates were
present at the afternoon session. which
was devoted mainly to cons dsring the
m lion branch Of the UGi)n's work. One
of The most interesting pipe S read was
thst Of Miss Allie Scudder Of Jersey City.
Miss Scudder il the Young daughter of
the Rev. John L. Scudder t e progres i've
preacher who raised so much enthusiasm
I.ers on "Wednesday with his address upon
the christian rs q citizen" She is her
father's own daughter. and nelI the
strict attention of the convention from
The beginning to the end of her address.
which was frequently INTERRUPTED by aD-
rlanse. Her subject was Our Juniors
and Missions" an she said:-
THE JUNIORS AND MISSIONS.
mo branch of Junior work is more
important than missions. II this world
Is 10 De Won lot OuTlstt every man anu
woman. every 10y and girl, must WORK
for it. One of cur best missionaries has
said, 1t is my deep conviction, and | say
1t again and again. that IL the church of
Christ were WHAT she ought to be twenty
years would not pass away till The story
of the Cross would be uttered in the ears
of every living man. am afraid it will
be MANY more years than twenty before
the heather will hear the Gospel story,
unless tho Juniors are made TO feel that
they are needed in the great WORK.
And what can we do TO make
them feel their responsibility II
children are Indifferent, it is usually be-
cause they are ignorant OF the heather
customs and approximations which cause
SO much suffering. So. some way must
be provided by which they can hear
about the work in foreign lands. Every
Junior Eudeavor Society shonld take a
chiid's missionary paper, and the child
rem should be taught to read aloud in the
meetings the most Interesting; articles.
There are leaflets with pathetic stories,
which should De distributed among the
Juniors for home reading. II is a good
plan to have a Junior library In which
there are books telling OF the heather
customs, and also stories Of our most sac
rificing missionaries.
sELF-sACRIFICING MISSIONARIES.
when one reads low Mr.. Bingham
spent twenty-sevenNyears in straaslating
the language Of the Gilbert Islanders, and
donated 81 900 of bis own .moneE toward
having IL printed. il CANNOT help making
on. feel small when he gives but a few
pennies for missions. Let US learn our
lesson of self sacrifice from such grand
men, rather than from the boy who
generously % gave a quarter to the
missionary cause. but not until he had
tried TO spend 1t In q candy store, and
found he could not because it had been
punched.
at1EItI-z- -z-1 H. --A $1,000 l.
people OF the whole world as their
brothers aud sisters. for not until they
feel real love In their hearts for these
poor unfortunates can they work for
them with a will. They must have the
spirit of the little girl who, while carry
ing a large baby, was asked by a gentle
man il she was not too heavy for hor. To
which she replied, oh no sir. he isn't teo
heavy he is my brother | am sure that
Mrs. Clark has made the juuiors feel
that the dark-eyed children across the
sea are our brothers and sisters. and we
should gladly follow her instructions of
writing TO them. and remembering them
IN our prayers OF home.
"And our missionary work must not
stop with those who are In far away
lauds. for our own country is greatly in
need of help. When we see every day in
our own streets poor children from
every cline, we must not forget that
they need q Saviour. II we could look
into the home life In some parts of our
great cities q see fifteen or twenty
crowded lpto one room. working early
and late. with almost Bethiug TO eat, we
surely feel that we ought to nave a part
in helping them. Every junior should
read q new book called The Children of
the Poor" which tells of the misery and
degradation of thousands of little child
rem. How much better would it be to
spend our money to help such as these.
rather than waste it for soda water and
candy which do US no good. II each one
of us had a self-denial box, and con-
scientiously saved our money, one wouII
be greatly surprised to fud how geuer-
ously we could give.
JUNIORS AS HOME MISSIONARIES.
Another work our juno $ should be
interested in is home missions. Iu the
Western part of the United States new
towns are springing up, aud new
churches are being started. Oftentimes
the Ministers OF these PLACES do not have
the comforts OF life. for their salaries are
yerv small, snd sometimes unpaid. These
frontier towns need money too for
building churches. for sometimes the
people are very wicked. III one of these
towns they burned Jesus IN efigy, and
In the far west where the cowboys con-
gregate, they have Sunday dances, dur
lug which they fire off pistols to make
things lively.
In such places surely churches and
Sunday SCHOOLS need our upport and
we can help to make the h ONES of these
missionary families more comfortable by
our gifts. The Junior EndeaYor Society
of our church sent a box OF clothing for a
minister's family IN the West. and TO
make 1t seem more like Il present from a
real friend. the members OF the com
mlttee put in their photography, aud the
letter of hearty thanks fully repaid them
for all their trouble.
''There is another branch of Home Mis-.
sionary work for our Juniors, and that is,
helping the Indians. Negroes and Chinese
of our country. One of the most inter-
estiug places / visited at tbs ~Chicago
Fair was the Indian Training School.
u / saw the pretty clothing they were
making for themselves. aud compared it
with the old time blankets. surely one
schools. It was hard to believe that
these girls with their needles aud the
boys with their avis, working 90 quietly.