The Newtown bee., 1902-05-30

nEfOhIS, ELECFS OFFICERS, THANKS
 GOD AND TAKES COURAGE FOR THE
 FUTURE DAYS.
 The Christian Endeavor Society of the Congregational church held it's semi-annual business meeting on Tues
 day evening, May 27. The rain de-
 scended and the winds blew, but water
 could not dampen the ardor of the En-
 deavorers. They met with consider.
 able more than quorum, then trans
 acted their business in an orderly way. and went home. The reports showed
 that the society has far more than held It's own, the ranks being kept we'll
 together and some excellent work
 being done.
 One of the good fruits that have
 been picked from the tree of useful
 labor has been paying off the last dol
 lar by the society on the Gospel wagon. We now look the whole world in the
 face, for we owe not any man. Over
 SS0 has been collected by this faithful
 band of young people in the last six
 months, very fair showing. Ten
 dollars of this amount has gone to join
 hands with another s1O from the Sun
 day school treasury in purchasing d
 new hymn book for use in the Endeav v-
 or prayer meetings; this is the hymn
 book used in the Moody schools at
 Northtield, Mass, and so popular there. The Good Literature Table has also risen to. give a good account or itself. As Miss Ellie l.. WolcOtt. who has put great amount of palms. taking effort into the work, said in her report: "Our influence has gone from Maine to California and even afar off upon the seas," for a box of papers sent to the New York Port Society will scatter reading matter wherever the zephyrs wait the sailors bark. Many Bibles of large type and copous helps were by means of the Good Liter ature Table placed among the people. The children eagerly seized the chil- dren's papers, The Youths Compan- ion, Men of Tomorrow, The American Boy, Mayflower, and kept asking for more. Some booklets issued by The Perry Mason Go. of Boston, publishers or the Youths Companion, and con- taining reprints from that famous pa- per, went like hot cakes on a crisp winters morning. Over $40 was spent In these six months in this good liter ature work. The corresponding secre tary, Miss Minnie R. Thicket. has shown that this office is not, as it too often is, a mere sinecure. Through the Good Literature Exchange in Chi cago, names were obtained of those leading lonely lives in the West who would like good papers to while away the dragging hours; and now six of our members are mailing their papers regularly to these Western addresses. The papers are kept here, of course. until they are well perused, and so arrive on the ranches little behind ] time; but the print has not with age. It is no fault of l our corresponding secretary that sletter which was meant tO | pass from society to society, as the letter to the Ephesians may have done of old, and report plans of work which were worth the exchanging, got lodged l in pigeon hole in Danbury and stuck there. The largest attendance at any one meeting was on December l, 1901- @6; the smallest attendance has been l5, and the average 26. The Sunday school committee, through Miss Scud- fer, report that with the bright spring lays number of the Home Depart nent are coming out of their winter ;hell and enllsting themselves as rep liar attendants of the Sunday school, } good sign. The necessary visits of hose who leave quarterlies opens some loors that otherwise would receive no 'alls from members of the church. The Home Department is not yet self ustaining; but the Endeavor Society,