The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-08
MANY NEW JUNIORS.

" union, tne STATE superintendent neeuS
an assistant In your county. Another need
In our work Is more young men. Manly
influence is much needed in every Junior
society Weneed young men to take charge
Of our Christion Citizenship Committees.
VIII not you strong. earnest Christian
young men help US?
Band Of Mercy work has been intrdo-
duced into some OF our societies with sue
cess. We hope that 1t will find place in
every society. Teach the girls and boys
to be kind to Gods dumb creatures. The
intermediate society or class has been
formed In many places. We advise all
Junior societies which have a membership
OF over fifty to organize into two classes.
We recommend that Junior superintend-
ents become familiar with the following
literature. which will aid them In their
work:
The Golden Rule.
Your own church paper.
Amos II. Wells Junior Mammal
Ihinking, Feeling and Doing BY Scrip
Andrew Murray's works.
a Work on Missions.
The history of your own Denomination.
We wish to publicly thank the executive
committee and the superintendents for
dneir d warm corporation and support In
each Endeavorer will this year be the
means OF saving one little soul for Christ.
When we bring child to Christ we bring
TO Him many years Of Christian living.
My earnest prayer Is a great gathering
OF girls and boys for Christ and the church
during W. Cordelia Jamison.
Junior Superintendent Of Pennsylvania.
MISSIONARY REPORT.
Concerning the missionary depart
ment, its superintendent, Rev. w. N.
Hinman, OF Columbus, said:
Pennsylvania Is a big state She leads in
the number Of Christian Endeayor socIe-
Ties as she does In many other things. As
our state secretary knows, 1t Is very diff
hcult to get reports from many Of our 1913
societies: MY report as state superinterfd-
ent or missionary work must deal with the
facts learned from the 1,289 societies from
which reports hay been received. but by
no means does this suppose that others
are not interested In missions. or that they
nave done no missionary work.
bare figures can never tell the mission
ary history Of our societies. but It may be
sending report 4l6, or about one-third,
have active missionary committees. These
1.2SS societies have contributed during
the year, directly for missions. s9,ssl.79, or
other benevolent objects they have given
$s,s2s.20. an average Of S6.s5. making a
total for all purposes Of SIS, us. SO, an aver
age OF N4.52. How I wisht we had the
records OF the other 1000 societies which
have sent no reports.
nave Kept in correspondence, more
or less frequently, with all the district and
county superintendents. and am glad to
attest the fiedelity. faithfulness and warm
enthusiasm OF nearly every one Of them.
Their letters show that an earnest mis-
sionary spirit pervades the societies gen.
orally. Many societies are supporting, in
whole or In part. mission workers at home
and abroad. One society, and by no means
a large one. supports an entire mission-
ary family, at a cost of 81, 900 a year. The
contributions OF several others exceed $500
year. society was organized last July
pn tr1v1 vwztto Ca
road station, and where there was no
church or Sunday school. That society
has developed into an organized congre-
CATION. and Will build church this fall
matte giving, the Fulton 2-csnt-a-week
plan seems to be the favorite, q large
number Of societies having adopted It.
Many societies report missionary boxes,
sionary rallies and mass meetings held,
reading circles formed, literature distrib-
uted, etc.
WORK OF SOCIETIES.
In one Of the large cities the societies
gathered companies Of poor children and
taken them for outings in the city park
Other societies have provided for the care
and entertainment in the country Of fresh
air children from the crowded cities, In
at least one instance, a society renting a
vacant farm house for that purpose, the
children being cared for by committees of
Endeavorers.
Missionary extension has been carried
on as extensively as the time Of busy
pastor has permitted. Under more or less
direct supervision of this department l2S
missionarylectures have been delivered in
missionaries, secretaries Of mission
boards. student volunteers and other
workers. What the results Of these mass
meetings and lectures will be no man
.1ot
have been organized, plans for systematic
giving adopted, men and women aroused
to enthusiasm where before there was no
interest, larger giving, more reading and
praying. and lives dedicated to the actual
work at home and abroad
wish I might share with the conven-
ton the reports that come from all parts
of the state. Some of them are thrilling.
One letter tells Of twenty-five societies
that use the Fulton plan Of giving, and of
forty-seven others In the same county that
have adopted the 1.-THE plan. During one
lecture tour an entire family followed the
speaker to three different places to hear
the same address. In another instance
sixteen persons, after hearing a speaker
one night, walked four miles through the
woods to hear the same address the second
night, one Of these being miner who had
worked all day in the mine, and had the
morrow's work before him.
MISSIONARY EXTENSION.
The entire cost of the Missionary Exten-
sion courses has been met by the fees Of
$500 for each lecture received from the
societies having the lectures. and the
treasury shows a balance on hand Of
SAT- with which to begin the new year.
This slight expense has only been possi-
BILE because all connected with this depart
ment have given their services gratuitous-
ly. Even the lecturers have made will
ing sacrifices of time and money, receiving
no remuneration except their actual ex-
penses.
Fellow Endeavorers, this work Is preg-
nant with bright possibilities, and why
not. since 1t is an effort to obey the divine
injunction to "preach the Gospel to every
creature?' OF necessity the extension
reach. I therefore, in closing my report,
make the following recommendation,
which / trust will receive the hearty en-
dorsement of the convention, viz: That
where courses Of missionary extension lec-
lures are not practicable, missionary mass
meetings be arranged. with an inter-
change of speakers from adjoining towns.
This plan could be carried out in every
Christian Endeavor town in the state, at
slight expense. and believe with blessed
results.
And now, dear Pennsylvania Endeavor-
ers, return to you the trust you commit
ted to me one year ago, hoping that such
attention as l have been able to give It
may be owned by the Master, and our
missionary work crowned with such re-
suits as seem good to Him.
Willis 8. Hinman, Superintendent.
Rev A. B. Philputt, Of Philadelphia,
superintendent Of Christian citizenship,
said:
r. CHRISTIAN CITIZENSHIP
There was a time when Christia1s were