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he fits himself for the largest and best

he fits himself for the largest and best
that life ma bring him.
Growth is. rs much Il duty as work.
The oid. tine-worn saw. There's
plenty of room at the top is rs true
into a provcrb. The need of Christian
enceaVor. the need of church work, the
need If good citizenship. the need OF
every calling and profession is for
Trained men and women, competent to
be real leaders. OF followers thee Will
always be an abundance. and OF per-
sons willing To take the prominent
places there is 10 lack. but of real
leaders, able 10 bear the resDonsibili-
ties Of leadership. and 10 fulfill its
onerous duties. the demand is still! far
short of the supply.
No man's york is wholly successful
unless he has his successor in train
ms. He best does his task who makes
himself unnecessary. The work tina,
dies will the worker is next door To
failure.
\ young peoples society which is SO
good that it retains all its old members.
and so excellent that the boys and
girls hesitate to enter 1t. is n long dis
lance removed from being a successful
society. The ideal organization of
young people proves itself by the num-
Der Of equipped persons whom it gradu-
ates into larger work. and not by the
number ii retains. Its mission is that
OF q trimming school for the church, aud
by this standard it must stand OF fall.
NEWS AND NOTES.
Tine eleventh International Sunday
school convention viii be held in Tor
onto, June 23-27. 1905.
Eva Booth. in charge of the Saliva
ton arny in Canada. will succeed
General Booth Tucker as head of the
army in the United States.
Methodist preachers are discussing
the advisahility of devisinS "A plan for
placing the strongest Methodist
preachers in college towns.
President Francis r. Clark and
Treasurer William Shaw. of the United
Society of Christian Endeavor. will this
month start on a tour of twenty lead
ing cities in the interests of Christian.
EndeaVor.
Pursuant 10 It's policy of more ag-
gressive temperance work, the Presby-
terrain denomination has put it's first
temperance evangelist into the field.
Others will be commissioned later.
The American Sunday school union
estimates that II all the members of
the Sunday schools organized ny its
missionaries during the past year We're
formed into a o,unn. five abreast.
they would make Il solid rhalanX more
NiI'tli tltNtll luIltS IOIt.
The influence of Baptist missions in
Burma is set forth in this recent cpl
gram: "Old Burma sat on an oxcart
and dreamed about his ancestors.
Young Burma is sitting on a bicycle.
goes scorchins towards the flu
ture.
In the business center of London
there are Il number of churches pro-
vidirg rich livings TO their rectors. in
which the Number of worshippers has
dwtndled to almcst nothing. In ten of
these the total attendance to
less than six per cent. of the seating
capacity.
The Presbyterian denomination has
launched Il study curse for its young
peoples societies. 1t consists of three
branches.-the history of the bible, the
history of the Christian church and
the creed OF Presbyterians. Methodist
and Baptist young people have for
Years been pursuing similar study
courses.
The sudden death abroad of Rev. DR..
George II. Lorimer. leaves Rev. DIR,
Robert S. Macarthur, or Calvary Bap-
list church. as unquestionably the
leading Baptist minister in greater New
York. DR.. Macarthur has Just COM
pleted the thirty-fourth year of his
~pastorate,. which is the only one he has
ever filled. He has received more thar
I'M SiOb'hitp PciooHS lltO Cnurc0
membership and has raised more thar
two million dollars for benevolent pur-
poses. The Calvary church property Is
worth a million collars.
The meeting of the Congregational
National council in Des Moines. Octo-
Der 1920. will consider several i'm
portant questions. The closer relation
of the benevolent societies is one and
The a~dvisability of a more centralized
organization is another. There Is
widespread belief that Congregational
independency should be supplemented
by some stronger bono than mere fell
lowship. The present moderator, Rev.
DIR. Amory f.. Bradford, advocates this
position.
The work which was done with the
American troops during the Spanish.
war by the Y. NJ. c. A. is being dupli-
Gated among the Japanese soldiers.
Twelve Christian workers will be per-
initted to accompany the troops for
purposes of visitation in camps and
hospitals, and to maintain Young Mems
Christian Association tents at the great
military camps where stationery, lit
erature. games, music, entertainments
and religious services Will be provided
for the men.
SEVEN SENTENCE SERMONS.
God may have other words for other
worlds, but for this world the word
God is Christ Anon.
| ask, Q Lord, that from my life NAV flow
Such gladstone music. soothing, sweet
and clear
From q %ine-trung harp. to reach the
weary ear
OF struggling men,
TO hid them pause awhile and listen: then
With spirit calnner. stronger than before,
Take up Their work once more.-Anon.
Duty makes us do things well. but
love makes US do them Beautifully
Phillips Brooks
When you can't nave your own way,
don't pose as a martyr at the stake,
earning a halo.-Maltbie d. Babcock.
Life is an arrow, therefore you must
know
What mark to aim at, how to use the
bow,
Then draw 1T to the head and let it
Van Dyke.
Oh, Lord, thou knowest how busy !
L be this day! If forget thee. do
not tho forget me.-Jacob Ashley.
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