The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-10-13


For State Department Leaders-Super-
intendent Junior Work Rev. A. w:
Spooner, Camden; Superintendent Goou
Citizenship Work. Rev. j. Judson PER
son, Bridgeton, editor the New Jersey
Endeavorer;" Superintendent Missionary
Work. Miss Alice 3. Spangenberg, Ne
therwood; Superintendent Evangeiistic
Work, Rev. L. B. Everitt, Trenton
The afternoon session was conducted
by Joseph H. Wright of Trenton. Sub
ject, The World for Christ" The con-
Of Missionary Committees was con-
Quoted by Miss Spangenberg OF Nether-
wood. This was followed by an address,
Youth as Factor in the Worlds
Ottman of Newark.
"The c. e. Missionary Extension
Course" was then presented by William
Dulles and the Rev. A. Dewitt Mason.
The Juniors, Rally was conducted by
Rev. A. w. Spooner, Superintendent of
Junior Work in the State. The Juniors
marched in while the audience gave
them the ChautauqIa salute.
MRS. SCUDDEtTS ADDRESS.
Mrs. Alice Scudder, wife of the Rev.
j. h. Scudder, of this city then gave
the following address on ways and
Means OF Junior Work"
There has never been time in the
history of our country when there were
so many vital questions to be faced, and
knotty problems solved. We of the lat
ter part of the Nineteenth Century, are
living at the foot of Il NesuVius which
is all the time in irritation and often
times in active eruption. Distrust of
man and doubt in God keep the atmo-
sphere under a thick cloud. This Is
time when every man, woman and child
must take time to think, and they must
mediate until some remedy is found
for this national unbelef and unrest.
I 'If our nation is to pass through
troubIous waters, let us not wish that
our children had been born a hundred
years earlier or later, but rather let us
hasten to fortify them for, the oncoming
dangers, that by their aid our snip or
State may triumphantly outride the
."There are two places where the char
acters of children are chiefly moulded,
the home and the church. | have placed
the home first because believe there is
mo hand that can better fashion the
schild life than that of the parent. Let
me enumerate some of the aims of our
junior leaders. We seek to slay either
by a fell blow of by slow poison three
monsters who have an evil eye on the
Doubt, Greed and Intemperance. De-
stroy these and the national life of the
Twentieth Century is safe.
THE GIANT DOUBT.
First let us speak of doubt. We must
not allow the children to grow up i'll un-
belief, but we must in some way. choke
out the inereasing tendency OF the age
doubts and some one must help them to
face and master them If the
little ones can study the character of
set forth as to nj = Him an attractive
model, then not only will distrust vanish
but brotherly kindness will spring up in
their hearts and they will be able to Kill
that second national enemy Greed.
I'm our Junior societies we strive to
root out the greedy and penurious spirit
Christ spirit which goes about doing
good By teaching the children to dis
tribute fragrant blossoms. or write a
letter to a child over the sea, or by ask
tv,r r. v-t,r god nhi
to care for, we teach them the unselfish
spirit, and if our junior societies increase
as they are doing, why may not this
spirit be so multiplied that it shall set
the fashion for our national life?
a'yBut what of our third giant, this
mighty enemy called Intemperanee? How
shall our junior leaders strike death
blow at him when often he is fostered
in their homes? We cannot be careless
when this monster is at work, for at work
he surely is ever with our smaller children.
junior society who startled me not long
since with this remark, / could make
nickle quite often if 1 didn't care how
| made it,
WOULDN'T BUY BEER.
What. have you. been asked to ,do?'
said I. oh, there is a lady who lives
near my house who likes. beer, and she
calls the children and asks them TO go
to the saloon for it, and then she gives
them money, but l won't do it. for
know it isn't right Thus you see at
What mother would have thought it
necessary to say to a child less than
ten, My dear, you must never go INTO
saloon. Friends, we need to be alert
for we know not when nor now the
children will be tried.
"a story is told of a temperance lee
turer who asked the following questions
Tell me- boys, did you ever, in going
along the streets, notice the drunkards
lounging about saloons waiting for some
one to treat them?' Yes, lots. of them.
Well. where will they be IN twenty TIVE ~
the drunkards then? Us boys cried
the little lads. The words may have
been spoken in jest, but who knows but
some of those boys.
Let us burn into their being this
pledge, which is taught in many junior
societies, Trusting IN the Lord I'd JeSns e,;as
will drink no intoxicating liquor; that
/ will use no profane language; that l
will never listen to nor repeat any lnl-
pure story. and that 1 will pray eaeh
day that the saloon may be banished
from our land, and just as far as know
how / will work for what 1 pray and
~ x MIGHTY TRUST
do you leaders realize what q mlenty
trust is yours, and are your heart ana
soul in the work? Do not be dlsoonr-'
looks hopeless We all knew that one
naughty child who worried you more.
than all the rest. 1 remember my own
detection otter one meeting IN Whlch
during the sacred moments of the prayer
service little imp busied himself dis
tributing among the children circus
hand bills Not soon shall forget my
dropping spirits after another meeting
when | asked the children to open the
song service by naming some OF their
faverite hymns, and m vicious nt.le
scamp said, Let's sing Ta-ra-ra-p BOOM
decay Discouragemenrs do come and
we must not lose hope and give up the
work no matter how troublesome the
children are, but remember whenever
child is sacred power is generated
iTeach no theories but Jesus only.
JTse simple language. Don't do as an
English clergyman did who said. Now
Children, | propose to give you on the
present occasion an epitome OF the il1e
St. Paul Now perhaps some of you are
too Young to understand what the word
eritome means, so | will tell you
e sEpitome is in Specification synonym
Gus with synopsis! Copy the style OF
your Master, who caught up flower or
a candle and whatever He saw and used
it to impress a. life lesson on His hearers.
There is great hope IN the rising genera
ton They are to be our rulers. ana II
We give them the spiritual training which
they need 10 fill these responsible posi-
ttsne s-,a sGfe aye s1iai see less OIL
misrule in our great cities, less of war
fare between labor and capital. and
Keep before the children the words,
( Young people, you can do anything. If
we inculcate proper hatred for vice.
if we cry down gambling, swearing,
drinking and Illegal voting, we surely
must leave an impression that shall be
felt in the years to come.
9 The smallest effort is not lost,
Each wavelet on the ocean toSSed;.