The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1897-11-12

part. Sometimes church is referred to
as being q refrigerator, OF strangers after
attending church service say that it is
as cold as an iceberg. In such a case,
the Christian Endeavor society is not
doing its duty. 1t is the duty of the
Christian Endeavor society to be to the
| church what the warm waters of the
Cult stream are to the icebergs that float
| down into it, flow all al ound it, lift it up,
bear it along, and melt it by the warmth
of its own life. II Christian Endeavor-
ers does this tor the church, is it not
ezpending its energy into the best pos
sible service?
A feature of interest of Christian En-
deavor work on Sunday, but not neces-
sarily duty, is that of taking notes on
the pastors sermon. This method is
used by some societies, and furnishes the
means Of connecting the society more
closely with the services of the church.
A committee, called the sermon COM
mittee, gives It's report at the regular
Christian Endea>or meeting. Or an
other way, let ever member of society
| be on this committee, and instead of a
report of the sermon in full at the prayer
meeting. let each give two or more
thoughts CLEANED from the sermon. In
this way all will find employment. The
pastor will be encouraged by the knowl-
| edge of Having such devoted listeners.
Even though all members have heard
the sermon, the weekly report serves as
kind of review lesson and fixes more
! firmly in the minds of all the truths
already heard. This method would also
show the members of the congregation
that the Christian Endeavorers we're
TRYING TO FIND PROFIT
in the preaching service as well
as in their own prayer meetings.
One society of Christian Endeavor
carries out he following plan: They
report one of their pastors SER
mons each Sabbath. Neatly
written copies of these reports are
made and distributed among the aged
and sick of the congregation. With a
little practice they find they can take
down almost the entire sermon without
| the use Of shorthand. The average num-
Der distributed each week is fifteen.
These sermons are appreciated most
highly by those that receive them, and
aside from that, they feel quite repaid
for their work by the benefit personally
derives from having the sermons so
thoroughly impressed on their memoir
| les.
One of the most important duties of
the Christian Endeavor towards their
church services is the duty OF associa-
ton with the Sunday school. They
should aim to get new scholars for the
Sunday school and to assist in other
ways. The best place for faithful
Christian Endeavor in the Sunday schoo
is before class. Christian EndeaVorers
| should make the best teachers. One
Sunday little boy was asked, "What
did you hear about in Sunday school to-
day ?' 'sNothin'." was the answer.
Nothing /" mo nothfn, only jest "Be
still!" Evidently that boys teacher
could not have been Christian En-
deavorer. The Christian Endeavorer as a
teacher should not belong to that class
of teachers who dread the inquiring
minds of their scholars. Those teach
ers avoid making their scholars know
God. It is common to find Sunday
scholars having vague idea that God
is sort of great something like air,
spreading over everything. For is he
not everywhere? Or, that he has a
thousand eyes. Can he not see every
things The poor Sunday school child
who drove her dog back when he fol
lowed her, declaring with tears In her
eyes, that 1t was bad enougo TO have
God following her, had pitiful idea Of
God al sort Of spy upon her actions