The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-11-09

| mccttuE tuie year Wc haNc Hou tu
 chairman of one committee Gas the look
 ouD. from each society meet with u
 each month and devote the evening t
 that committed; and the next monti
 take another committed. and in tha
 way bring the workers in touch witi
 each other. At our next meeting VI
 have the prayer meeting committe'
 with us for special prayer for the con
 version of souls during the winter"
 The Willimantic union reports enter
 taining 100 fresh air children for tw'
 weeks. sent from Boston and Hartford
 This suggests the possibility which
 desire to emphlaize. Of two unions diff
 ferently located-in the city and in tn,
 country-,joining forces in caring fol
 fresh air children:-for instance. thu
 funds necessary being raised by tn, city union. while the entertainment ant care of the children should rest with tn,
 country union as its share of the goo! work
 More briefly, there Is good work being done In missionary extension. In secur.
 ing able speakers on Christian citizen.
 ship and other kindred live topics, ir
 planning special work for young men
 and many another special work.
 Nearly every union report makes the
 mention of the increasing interest In
 junior work, and 1t Is earnestly hoped
 that this department of the work will
 continue to develop until each regular society has its junior work we'll in hand.
 In closing this report desire to refer
 to the importance of the office of core. spending secretary of the local union and the regular society and again re. mind those holding that office that much Of the success of the unions and the so- cieties depends upon your faithfulness and that upon you the president of the unions and the state officers must de- pend as the medium of communication. The report of the treasurer showed receipts of s7OO.59, and the disburse- ments were $7O1.1S.
 The secretarys report was discussed by Attorney Frank s. Bishop of this city. He spoke of the need of doing | more for the associate members and commended the reorganization of the local unions upon business principles. He spoke of the value of having the newspapers help in spreading the news of the doings of the unions. He advised having a. paper owned by an individ- ual or individuals, but run in the inter- est of the union and having an editor- ial board of advisers consisting of off, cers of the union. He did not think it wise for the union to assume the finan- cial responsibility of an organ.
 Mrs. EM c. Smith of Bridgeport read a report of the junior work in the state. She said there were now 1SO junior so- cieties with 76S0 children under four teen as members. She said the number ought to be doubled next year. She spoke of the difficulty in getting infor- nation about the work being done by the junior societies. Three years ago there were forty junior societies in the state with 1,600 members. More lead CTS for this work are needed. There should be 415 junior societies in the state, as there should be junior soci- ety in every church where there is a young peoples society. She gave a very interesting account of the junior work and earnestly advocated the, enlarge ment' of the junior work. f"
 Rev. w. G. Fennell of Meriden dis cussed the report. This was followed by the annual address of the president, delivered by Rev. c. H. Barber of Manchester. He spoke of the immense growth of the work that had already been accomplished. The world was now open to the gospel and this army has been raised up flor the purpose of carrying the gospel of the world" Last year the main theme of the con- vention was "The Culture of the Inner Life" This year it Is Outward Ac- tivity." The order of the themes is a natural one. The fact is being rec ognized more and more that the Chris tian Endeavor society is not an end in itself, but a means to an end. If the society is to grow it must recognize the possibilities of the movement. It must give life of loving. loyal and heroic service. The needs of weary sin-burdened world demand such con- secration on the part of active Chris tians. I pity the Christian who can look out into the world and see> its needs and not hear the voice oe God calling him to go forth into the world to do Gods work. We ought to do this work for ourselves as well as for the good we can do to others. urge you to do this work also for Christ's sake. Give to him your love. your loyalty, your life. ~
 The Rev. A. T. Pierson, D. D., of Philadelphia gave an address on "The Study of the Bible and Work for Christ" He said that the tongue was made prominent in the scripture be- cause words constitute a large part of the work that can be done for Christ. Spoken and written words form two thirds of the proper work that can be done for Christ. All forms of true Christian work represent the word of God assimilated and transmitted into. Christian activity. The Bible consti- tutes the substance of the message to an unsaved world. The thoughts of God should be taken from the written word and assimilated. Words have a great influence upon thought. What every Christian needs is as much as he can to assimilate the truths and the language of the Bible. It Is a great thing to give Gods message in Gods words. A minister in the pulpit should confine his message within the limits of his divine instruction. The Bible is VI Hf-. " s