The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-07-22


IN 1898 Christian Endeavorers gave over
| s44. 600: to home missions over 1900 in
| 1888 little or nothing was recorded from
them.
I'm he Reformed Church in America
in 1898 to foreign missions Christian En-
| deavorers gave s., 700: TO home missions
| nearly 5000. In 1858 their gifts 10 both
| causes amounted to less thar f1ve nun
| dreo dollars, a gain of more Thar so'V0u "
| that denomination. These facts are SUP
| stantiated by other denominations ana
| will soon be published in full. AS TO the
| third inquiry the statistics are equally Ia
vorable. They have been before printed,
| and we will not repeat them; but they
| show that the active members OF lhe
| Christian Endeavor Society attend the
| sunday evening and midweek services. as
| compared with all the members OF the
| church, in the proportion Of nearly Two
| to one"
The Rev. DR.. CLARK. at the Detroit con-
| v~ention. gave an outline for a series OF
meetings to be held by local unions during
| the coming year. Many unions Will ADOPT
| the programme. Provisions is made for
four meetings of the local unions during
the wear. and two meetings of the dis
trict unions.
Following is the programme
Fall meeting-A Forward March
meeting; a Forward Movement in Our
| own Society; what new undertakings?
! how to better the committee work; how
to better the prayer meetings. a
Movement in Our Own Union; the forma-
ton of societies in every appropriate
| place; the establishment and maintenance
of junior and intermediate societies;
where can we form new young peoples
societies? an open parliament as minutes)
by the president of the union A Forward
Movement for Missions; cannot you sup
port a representative on the mission field?
cannot your society; cannot q group OF
societies of the same denomination? adj
dress by some missionary worker.
Winter Meeting A "Chureh and
Home meeting; what are the Endeavor-
ers doing for their churches? gleanings
from the Christian Endeavor world; re-
ports from the societies of the union;
what more can they do? church services;
the Sunday school; beneficence of the
church: the evangelistic life Of the
church.. How can Endeavorers promote
religion in the home? The quiet hour;
family prayers; the family Endeavor So
ciety; a half-hour address.
Spring Meeting-A why and How,
meeting; the reason for Christian En-
deavor; the reason for the pledge; the
reason for the committees; the reason for
the conservation meeting; three ten-min-
ute talks by pastors; how can We make
these fundamental Christian Endeavor
features most helpful practically? fifteen
minute open parliament; questions; a FIVE
minute conservation service.
Summer Meeting-"Our Country meet
ing; Our Country's Peril" fifteen-minute
address; Our Country's Glory" fifteen
minute address; .Our Country's Hope.
ffteen-minute address; a patriotic praise
service of song and a
First Meeting-A .sWorld-wide Endeav-
or meeting; a twenty-minute address.
christian Endeavor as a local society
and as a worldwide a ff-
teen minute address. How the local So
ciety helps the individual through the
Christian Endeavor pledge; a fifteen
minute address, How the local society
helps the denomination; by developing
a company of intelligent and trained, as
well as loyal Observation-Disclosures; by
raising money for UNCONVENTIONAL mis-
sions; a fifteen minute address, How the
movement helps the denomination; by
promoting the spirit of brotherhood with
other denominations; by firing the young
people with the enthusiasm of a world
wide movement; question meeting; adj
dress, How the local society helps the
country; by making intelligent, active,
Christian citizens; by bringing Christians
motives to bear on public actions: how the
world wide movement helps the individu-
al; address, How the local society helps
the church; address, How the world
wide movement helps the church; by
promoting the spirit of loyalty; by sug-
costing new and improved methods Of
work; open parliament, How has the So
ciety helped your church," address, How
the world wide movement helps the coun-
try; by stimulating patriotism through
union meetings and Endeavor literature;
by promoting the fellowship of different
States and sections and races; closing adj
dress, christian Endeavpr in all lands
Second Meetfng-"End of the Century
meeting: address, 1.-The progress of the
world in the nineteenth century; ten
minute address, 1.-The great religious
movements in the nineteenth century;
the Sunday-school; missions; the Y. M. G..
A.; the Y. P. s. C. E.; fifteen minute
| question meeting; four ten minute adj
| dresses. 1.-THE contribution of Christian
| Endeavor to the religious life of the CEN
| tury''; fifteen minute open parliament,
| 'sWhat is the greatest service Christian
| Endeavor can render to the new cen-
fr,rvo ,, thirty rofnute address tfTha out