The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-03-22
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVoR.
PRAYER Meeting Committee Pointers.
TOPIC MEMORANDA.

Ao'S Ou eA'SN euS pan VI oAuuu't,
up with your topic cards or your
"daily reading" seven or eight blank
pages? You will thus convert your
list Of topics into a convenient book
of memoranda, III which can be iotted
down many helpful thoughts for the
meetings.
PASTORS EVENINGS.
The pastor Of the Endeavor society
in Clinton, Mass. has been called
upon by his Endeavors to take entire
charge of one evening in each month.
These pastors evenings will be de-
voted to various phases of CHI rch
work, and one of the interesting
features will be a question box, open
to all the members, and conducted by
| the pastor.
A LETTER SERVICE.
The Endeavor society of Water
bury, Conn.,, recently held u service
that must Lave been exceedingly in
teresting, 1t was called letter
service. Through their own friends
or their friends friends the Endeav-
ors got a correspondent from every
state in the Unien, each of whom
wrote on the topic for certain
evening, which was, "Nictory through
Christ"
HOW TO FIND VERSES.
There are probably some in your
society, members of the praver-meet-
ing committee, who do not know how
to use concordance or Bible index
to find suitable verses for repeating
in Christian endeavor prayer meet
ing. Find out who these are, and
give them some kindly assistance.
And wouldent it be we'll for some
competent member to give little
talk ON this matter at some Christian
Endeavor prayer netting, giving
practical illustration with Bible and
concordance in hand.
PIN THEM ON.
a writer in The West Virginia
Christian Endeavor Banner suggests
a novel way of presenting to the
members such questions to be
answered in the meetings" as the
Golden Rule suggests for every topic
n certain West Virginia society
copies these on slips of paper, places
them with button-hole boquets and
pins both on every person who comes
to meeting. They have especial and
pointed questions for the associate
members and for strangers. "We
are praying for you, won't you pray
for yourself?' was one qesti0n
which led one young man to ask for
prayers.
| MEMBERS MEETINGS.
The twenty-third street Baptist En-
deavorsers of New York have adopted
a plan which has been mentioned
before in the Golden Rule, deserves
frequent mention until it has
become common custom. They
hold what they call members monthly
meetings on week day nights. From
80 to s o'clock the members are
grouped in separate committee meet
'ngs. From s to $50 is a business
meeting From $50 to 8 is the dis
cussion of some interesting topic con-
nected with Christian Endeavor work.
From 9 to $50 is a members social.
| AN OPEN PARLIAMENT.
The prayer meeting committee OF
the First Congregational Endeavors
of Salt Lake City recently held at
the parsonage an interesting meeting,
which was called an Open Parliament
Twelve questions were sent oat to
various members and the holders OF
these were requested to come pre-
pared with two-minute answers.
Twelve other Endeavors were mott.
fed that they would be expected to
discuss these answers in two minute
speeches. The pastor, Rev. {. 2.
Brown, praised over the parliament.
This proved to be very pleasant
and successful way of bringing be-
fore the society Christian Endeavor
principles and problems.