The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1903-02-13


society spend an evening in defn-
itely planning for this increase.
Undeyeloped resources and undis-
covered material for new members
will be found that will surprise you.
fc)Christlan Endeavor Day. Make
much of Christian Endeavor Day,
The FIRST Sunday in February, as
Decision Day. Think of it, pray
for it, work up to it. Get your pas
tor to make it a young peoples day
in sermon and service.
(d) Increase Week. Use the
week preceding Christian Eudeavor
Day as an Increase Week. Some
great insurance companies set apart
a special week in the year for writ
ing an extra amount of insurance,
and every agent is urged to do his
utmost. Why should we not learn
a lesson from the insurance MANI.
Like energy and persistence in the
things of the kingdom would bring
vast results.
Then let the last week in January
be "Increase Week, and .sDecision
Day. will mean more than it ever
has in the past.
RECOGNITION.
Fourth. To mark the boundary
of this definite effort, there will be
at the great convention in Denver
two special forms of recognition OF
those who have entered into this
forward movement.
(f A beautiful banner from ia
pan, China, India, Turkey or some
European country. will be given to
every State, large or small, that
has made the ten per cent increase,
counting the Junior and Intermedi-
ate societies in the aggregate num-
Der.
~ Every society in America that
has added ten per cent to it's rolls,
whether Active, Associate or Hon
orary, will be inscribed on roll of
honor, which will be one of the
lun1oue features of the Denver Con-
vent1on.
A STRIKING FEATURE OF DENVER,
1908.
The presentation of these BAN
ners and roll of honor will be one OF
the striking features Of the Conven-
ton. They will signalize not only
this definite growth, but will de-
clare and emphasize our worldwide
International fellowship, for these
banners will telrof the Joy of dis,
tant parts of the earth IN the
growth of Christian Endeayor in
America, and will link them to us
with new tie of interest and atfec-
ton as their banners float at future
State conventions.
Let.no man say that this numeri-
cal gain is of little consequence and
ought not to be stimulated, and
that the banners, as tokens OF
growth, are unworthy serious eff.
fort for the building up of the king
dom of God. This is all very ia.
miliar and, to me, 1t seems very
cheap talk.
Numerical increase in one sense
is at the basis of all other increase.
Unless we have new members tc
reach we cannot help them. I'm
less there are Associate members
to be brought into active service,
we shall tail in our evangelistie
work. Unless there are new Active
members to be set at work, we shall
circumscribe the efforts of our socie
ties to those who have already hao
the training. Unless new societies
are formed, all the spiritual results
which have come to so many in the
past will be confined to those who
have already enjoyed them.
THE LARGEST RESULTS.
Gldeon's three hundred were q
noble band, but six hundred Gid
eonites are better than three hun
dred, and the whole thirty-twc
thousand, if of the right kind
would have been a hundred times
better than the three hundred
4 That Scripture story is awfully pre-
| verted when it leads us to be salts
fed with reaching few when we
might reach many, and make of oul
societies a little select coterie O.
like-minded, young people who nev
er make a vigorous effort to add t
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