The Newtown bee., 1901-11-01

EndeavOr prayer meeting held at an
early hour on Sunday evening in the
First Congregational church; perhaps
these hints are worth passing on.
''Study your Bible early in the morn
ing. For 20 years have been advising
my young people to have little shelf
at the headboard of their bed, just
large enough to hold a small Bible.
Read it when the dew is yet on the
grass, when your spirits are yet fresh.
Equip yourself thus for the duties of
the day" "Do not try to cover all
the Bible at once. Take d portion and
study that until it's lessons, it's person
al message, sinks into your soul and be-
comes a part of YOU" "MemOrize the
helpful passages of the Bible, a verse
day is a good way to take this food.
|. find I get most help from those
verses which | am able to call to mind
| when I most need them" "My
mother told me when l left home that
if l was true to the reading of the
Bible she gave me, she would not worry
about my going aStray. do not
| think that she has had to worry very
much.' Do you not wish, dear En-
| deavorers, that the prayer meetings in
our owEa societies could always he
counterpart of this one, where so many
did their best to contribute some
thought that would help another to
lead better life?
| nf q
United Society of Christian Endeavor,
made some telling hits as he spoke at
the mems meeting in the afternoon on
| ''Christian Citizenship" He proved
himself a hard hitter as he raised his
heavy blows on some OF the titanic
abuses of to-day. Trusts he defined as
a body surrounded by water. The
capital Of the company is $1,000, 900.
1t is Watered to $4,000, 900, and the
employees are compelled to earn the
dividends on that 100000 900 of stock
that exists only on paper. Down in
South Carolina little children work at
| the looms who have to stand on boxes
to reach their machines. Their en-
plOyerS work these children as many
hours as they will; and this labor COM
petes with the labor Of Massachusetts
where the number of hours in a labor
day is regulated by law and children
are compelled to be in school until
they reach the age of II. Out West
railway company runs excursion trains
on Sunday, putting down it's rates as
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men sought to get law through the
Legislature to curtail this bid for Sab
bath deSecra ton. Five attorneys OF
the railway company sat in the session
when the vote on the bill was taken.
| They simply sat there and watched
how each man voted; they did not ut
ter a word pro or con. Every member
well knew it meant his political death
if he voted for the bill. The bill pass
ed. Behold the power of silence. O
Christian Endeavorers, do you think
there is nothing to do in the world
besides making money, or, what en-
ploys the thought of most young people
to-day, having a good time? Do you
think there are no battles to fight out
side of those you are fighting in your
own soul? DO you think the world
will be redeemed by your sitting still?
Awake to righteousness: the hour of
opportunity is at hand.
But time would fail me to speak of
Ebcrman and Ferris or Stoddard or
the Woman'S meeting, Of which, of
course, | know next to nothing. 1t
was a splendid convention. We have
all been thinking over it ever since:
and as we voted unanimously, accord
ing to true parliamentary proceeding,
on our moonlight ride home, we are
all very glad we went. Do you wish
to know who we were? Well, for once
your Yankee curiosity will be satisfied.
Here we are, delegates from the Chris
tian Endeavor Society Of the NeWtoWn
Congregational church: Oscar Carl
son, Mrs Lucy B. DuncOmbe, Miss
Edna Mott, Miss Emily l. Lowell, Will
lie Macarthur, Mr. and Mrs Henry NJ.
Smith, Carlton Smith, George r.
| Wilson, Miss Emma Wilson, Miss Min
ME II. Thickct, Miss Et1ie L. WolcOtt,
| Mr. and Mrs William A. Garfield,
| Mrs Ida Hamburger, Mr. and Mrs Otis
w. Barker. And, of course, we cannot