Evening star., 1896-07-10
THE JUNIOR WORKERS.
An Enthusiastic Meeting Held at
Wesley Chapel This Morning.
ELOQUENT PAPERS BY YOUNG WOMEN
They Are Ably Discussed in the
Open Parliament.
o T H E r A D d r E S S E S

One of the most interesting OF the SER
vices held today was the meeting OF the
Junior Workers. held in Wesley NJ. <.
Church. corner Of 9Th and F streets this
morning. Long before the hour for the ex-
ercises to begin the beautiful little edifice
was filled, and the Endeavorers sang one
after another of the Christian Endeavor
hymns until the musical leader, Mr.. Chas.
S. Clark of this city. took charge of the
singing. Secretary John Willis Baer Of
Boston presided, and after a short service
of praise, introduced Rev. N. Ross Fish
burn of this city. who conducted the devo-
tional exercises.
Miss Hyde's Address.
Miss Grace e. Hyde Of Winchendon
spoke Of "A Model Junior Meeting" tell
Ing Of an experiment in London with Chris
tian Endeavor meetings. and the good ef-
fects that followed. Miss Hyde said:
At a flower exhibition In London there
was one plant far more beautiful than all
the rest Beside this plant stood it's owner.
a little girl. in patched calico dress When
the man In charge told her that her
geranfum had won the first prize, he asked
her how 1T happened that. among so many
uriant. The little girl told him how she had
cared for 1t. She lived In large tenement
house. but on the fifth floor, where the air
was pure and the sun shone all day. Each
morning she had put the plant In the east
window. where it would catch the first rays
of the sun: In the afternoon she had changed
1t to the west window, turning II around,
SO that the other side would receive the
warmth until the sun went down. Under
the influence of pure air and warm sunlight
the plant grew in symmetry and beauty.
In a similar way the model Junior Society
expands the lives Of the children into beauty
a md Gofl AAd h.
sunshine Of Gods love, growing into His
likeness by contact on all sides with Chris
tian influences. the children develop into
the most beautiful blossoms in Christ's king
dom.
In a model society the superintendent (who
should be a permanent officer), ie wise, tact
full, loving: she understands children and
guides them trustingly into Gods Kingdom.
The superintendent and her assistants are
present at every meeting
The juniors are attentive, responsive.
They play the piano. sing, lead their own
meetings. They hold regular business meet
ings. and give committee reports They
have frequent socials. They give systemati-
cally for missions. They each have some
definite work to do. The boys and girls are
taught to show Christ in their lives.
strong testimony in favor of our work is
that given by the public school teachers In
town where 1t was thought that, on sc-
count of the sickness Of the superintendent.
the society would be disbanded. These
teachers said: The junior society must
not be given up. You have no idea how
wonderfully II has improved the department
in our schools. We cannot spare it,
A Model Junior Superintendent
Miss J ennie T. Mason of Indianapolis,
Ind, read a paper on "A Model Junior
Superintendent" not perfect superintend-
ent, but one who could advance the work
of the order. She said:
The work OF the junior superintendent lis
10 De done on earth hence the word model
does not mean perfect or angelic 1t means
the best to be had Model junior superin-
tendents are not born but made
Any society can cultivate one provided
there be to start witt, good-tempered
Endeavorer with love for children No go
ciety lacks such member. Indeed, once
In a while In q society can be found
swcet-tempered, children-loving Endeayorer
who can sing and play. give chalk talks,
tell fascinating Bible stories; who has the
power to control: who can be as alert as
the sunrise, as placid as the first lily that
bloomed in the Garden of Eden, as definite
a railroad track, as spiritual as the
thoughts Of an angel, as full grown as a
California potato. Such Is a shining ex-
ception- Gcd evidently is not Christian
izing the world by means Of prodigies
Still the model junior superintendent has
all these qualities. She does not always,
however. combine them in her own person
Happy is she If she can herself teach the
ready lips to pour out the music of Junior
songs. But just as happy may she be to
inspire interest and attention and order
while some singer from the Junior COM
mittee Of the senior society performs the
pleasant duty. She can talk Up such pleas
ed anticipation of blackboard exercise that
even before the artist comes his talk will
have begun to bear fruit. She can love