Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-03

iuIil SEdI DE nuCn requlreQ, ana 10 Ntioui
men have committed much, of him they
will ask the more"
Genesis. xii:1-3-1 Now the Lord had
said unto Abram. Get thee out of thy
country, and from thy kindred, and from
thy fathers house, unto land that l viii
shew thee:
2. And / viii make of thee a great ma
ton, and / will bless thee, and make thy
name great; and thou shalt be bless
ing:
and curse them that curseth thee and in
thee shall all families of the earth be
blessed
Gala tians, iii:eSo then they which be
of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.
The popular magazines of today are filed
with suggestions and illustrations of new
ways of working. Strangest OF all. the
craze at present seems to be to go back to
the old ways of working. The stitches the
grandmothers used In their samplers the
tatting our great aunts sat and made in
their haircloth furnished parlorS, the knit
ting our foremothers learned to do at the
earliest age, all these are coming back and
being taught through the printed page with
nnnlte care and many superlative ad1ec-
yves. 1t seems that the old ways of work
even of fancy work, have been effective
ana that the brain and fingers. weary of
renaissance lace or raffa baskets, have
returned TO the simpler work of olden DAYS
Would it not be well in the religious
world of work as well to return to some of
the Old ways of working? For somehow
somewhy, In spite of societies many, and
institutional churches, and new methods
the fact remains that Inany-too many
young people are growing cold in their
Christian work, and that Christian en-
thuslasm is at a low ebb in many places
After ALL there are no better ways than
the ways we tried first. which were so
successful What were they? Why do we
not go back to them?
In the first pIace rrava5 W.. Io,r,oIJ
TO depend thoroughly upon prayer for guild
ance and for help when the way was
blocked and for blessing upon the work
we had to do. Why have we so easily for
gotten its effectiveness? You remember
that meeting where the new president
asked you all to kneel and to pray each
IN turn for spiritual outpollring upon
your society, and how you Quaked in your
heart and decided not to pray, and thought
you couldn't, and when your turn came
your lips were sealed, and yet before the
circle of prayer had been completed YOU
yielded your viii and nurmured a few
feeble words and how that was the begin
nlhs OF a new spiritual life for you. You
know after that you were the first some
times in the sentence prayers, and Won
prayed much by yourself. Why not start
that way again. Begin to pray for the
lilIhg IN your society which you think most
neeuS prayer. Choose some young person
In your midst who is not a Christian and
pray Tor MIN or her with all your soul
Fray as you never prayed before Bring
prove the promises of God. They never
yet nave failed. Pray for the leader of
the next meeting. While YOU dress Sunday
morning look at YOUR tonic card and notice
who is the leader and what is tho tonic
Try to think how that topic will most helm
you ana now you can help it to most help
ti IN whom you are interested. Make
tle topic real and live to yourself and CON
stantly, through all your thought, keep In
MIND that leader, and raise a prayar for
MIN, MN or her that God Will make him a fit
h.
one you do not like personally ask Cod
TO help you not to see his Inconsistencies
ana 10 make your heart open to what he
fi say ana make you ready to follow
ms Iead. Next, keep in mind the special
one, or ones, for whom YOU have heen
PRAYING all the week Try to get them to
Tue Sne meeting; Try to think of some way to
say wise little quiet word to them If nos
siDie, asking God always to show YOU the
I It tlfne and give the wise words to Won
81 81; YOU nave any special enemies or un-
LIleNuIy ones In the society, try to get 70
see them from a different point of via1T
Let nothing in your own heart hinder tha
"pIh when COD may be going to let Won do
sba,,f t4e i are strangers in your town you
shoGId nave enthusiasm enough about yoI,r
WoTk Tor Christ to lead you TO Immediately
can upon them, and. unless thew are IN
Glhed 10 other churches, use all your in
luehce 10 bring them within YOUR circle of
influence. How many Christians do tbat3
iioW large proportion of the societies
nave committee whose business if is fo
can III BODY upon young people lately
moved into the neighborhood? Such q
committee called upon a young girl nroa
Wlthln my knowledge and made her life
iohg friend of a circle of young people. lust
pee because s they gave her at once a welcome
INTO Il young peoples church circle
A company of young girls in small
FHiase nearing concert on Saturday
evening which gave them great pleasure
especially the singing of the soprano Solo
list, and learning that the company was TO
remain In town over Sunday, as there was
no train leaving after the concert resolved
to call Sunday afternoon upon that eoI0ist
ana invite her to their young peoples meet
ing They gathered courage and went 70
her hotel, and were received cordia1lyr
though she seemed surprised. She was a
stranger, lonely, and gladly accented tho
shy girls invitation. staving nof oniy 10
the young peoples meeting but. wtIIingIv
accedIng to the pastors request for n S0IG
she went into the choir in the evening
service and sang alone and with the others
Years after, when she had become a great
singer, she met one of those girls in a
railway station and thanked her for that
klndhess given to stranger. You do not
know what good you may do by mere
Invitation sent to strangers in your city at
the hotel.
There are so many new things. that
really are only old things. you can do 10
help on this great work and make your
Christian Endeavor Society better than the
best society that has ever existed WHY do
you not start in and try? Surely you have
Grated. Bring in your tenth money. See
what it will do. After you have paid out
the money for the regular beneyolences
which you have pledged TO your church So
clety, and the various benevolences in
which you are Interested hunt out some
private benevOlence of your own upOn
which TO put the spare pennies for If YOU
give your tenths to the Lord il is delight
fully true that you are often surprised to
find more in your tenth fund than Won had
expected, Pay for a Bible text to be put
up outside your church, or for an invitation
to your church to be put in a street car
for year. Do some of the little things
that sometimes turn mighty scales for
good. If you want new work and look
for It, you cannot fail to find il all about
you.
Remember the measure Of your labor
Unto whomsoever much Is given" and
count your blessings, then weigh them
over against what you have done
How to Help the Leader.
Speak of some work which you think
might be done in your midst and in which
You are willing to join
Quote what Charles Sheldon says about
the Christian Endeavor Society: 1T is