St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-10-09

society, telling of every communication
and notice received, what disposition
was made OF it, and what answer was
sent.
Tell ofyour Union meetings, what was
done and how many of your members
attended. Thecorresponding secretarys
report is, next to the lookout commit
tees report, the most interesting of the
meeting. Prepare this report and have
your president call for it each mouth.
Conduct your office on business princi-
pies. Have a place for unanswered let.
tiers mot the waste basket, and have a
time to attend to them. Never neglect a
communication.
You are appointed to conduct the cor
respondence of your society; it is your
duty to do it faithfully. You owe it to
your society and TO your correspond.
ents. You should give every notice
clearly and concisely to your society,
call attention to it and have your pres-
dent endorse it with a word or two.
Finally, let me say that no class of
Endeavorers have it in their power to do
as much toward the perfection and
development and the effectiveness OF
Christian Endcavor work as the core
SDoudiug secret n ries
You have, perhaps, looked upon your
office as one OF small Importance. You
are mistaken. There is no more impor-
tant Office than yours in the list. Try
and realize this and give the work the
attention it deserves.
LOCAL UNIONS.
We have the same number of local
unions as reported last year, fifteen,
which are still doing good work.
ASSOCIATE MEMBERS
The societies reporting to me this year,
report 1873 associate members have been
brought into the church OF God during
the past year. Forthis we are thankful.
The days are upon us when Christian
Endeavor is being put to its severest test
A work is like young convert. The
days just following surrender to the
Lord are full of zeal, of uplift, Of sweet
JOY.
The zeal in the case of persons who are
not deeply, truly converted, after a
while dies out, no uplift of soul is expert
enced, disappointment takes the place OF
Joy.
The one who is really devoted to Jesus
experiences an increase Of zeal, a greater
soul-upIift, and deeper, sweeter Joy as
the weeks measure into months and
months into years.
The first days ofneaily any movement
are full of zeal, full OF the pioneer spirit
of heartiness and rugged strength. With
age the real test comes. If the work be
I of God. if those enlisted in it are truly
converted to its principles and its meth
DDS, it will live and increase in power
The Christian Endeavor movement i:
not too old, not too well established tC
prevent our being sometimes anxious.
Societies there are which are not as
strong now as heretofore. Some have
died. In many cases, those who at first
thought of nothing else than Loyalty
keeping the pledge, confess themselves
failing to be true day by day.
Each society is just as strong as the
combined strength of its members. The
whole movement is just as strong as the
combined strength OF all the societies.
Nothing is so much needed today in
the Christian Endeavor movement as a
| deep, earnest remuneration OF heart
soul, body, movements and mind, on the
part of every person whose name is on
the roll of a Christian Endeavor society
In CONCLUSION, | wish to express an
earnest hope that from this convention
there may 60 forth so many consecrated
| Endeavorers to work "for Christ and
the church" that your secretary may be
able to report a glorious work among
the Young people of our state, bearing
fruit in a general quickening in Christian
life and service in every church.
The reports from local unions were Ill
charge of Rev. F. F. Lewis. Every union
but one presented a written report, and
the hour was felt to be one of the best
of the convention. The CHRONICLE has
already published part OF these reports
aud the rest will follow.
Some suggestions were made as follows
Ifyou report the membership of YOU
unions, give the increase or loss from
last year, among what class of members
and ii possible, the reason for it. Use TIT
best methods in your union work. Yol
don't see any high,wheel bicycles now
Safeties have superseded them. lfyol
don't want to be "castaway," fine
and use the best methods.
Have some definite plan of work as {
union. Chittenden county had a first
class citizenship convention. Let then