The evening star and Newark advertiser., 1907-09-07

Ashtabula County O.. Union-The Rev.
J. W Barnett. Congregational.
A number Of New Jersey local unions
have already selected their counsellors.
The vesper service OF the Clinton Avenue
Reformed Christian Epdeavor Society to-
morrow evening viii be conducted by Miss
Elizabeth Sleght.
A Christian Endeavor president IS
preside-enty one who presides.
He Is not to make speeches, but to pre-
side over the speech-nnaking. He Is not to
do things. but TO see that Others do things.
The work OF an overseer is of the
greatest Importance; all other work hats
when it is neglected. The foreman OF a
gang may never lift a tie or raise a ham
mer, but the railroad will never get built
without him.
The president IS to preside over the
executive committee. Here he has in the
chairmen the heads of departments. He
must set them all to planning. He must
spur them on in the execution Of those
plans.
The president is to preside over the COM
mittees He has right to be present at
their meetings with helpful suggestions,
and It is his duty to stimulate them when
they are sluggish.
The president is to preside over the busi-
ness meetings. see that every committee
has written report, provide for each
meeting some interesting and forward
looking business.
The president is to preside in-net over
the prayer meetings, introducing strangers
who will speak. seeing that the meeting
begins and closes on time. and quietly
placing his hand on the helm whenever 1t
is really necessary.
The Rev. Walter B. Greenway, Of Jer-
sey City. former president Of the Essex
County Endeavor Union, preached last
f..u1 pflx--
terian Church.
In the Pacific Islands in 1898. Christian
Endeavor had occupied only two centers-
Samoa with nine societies, where now there
are thirtv-one. and Hawaii with FIVE socie-
| ties where now there are ffty-four. The
| following Christian Endeavor centers have
| sprung up within the last thirteen years:
| Six societies in the Philippines, twenty
| five in the Loyalty Islands, twenty-one in
the Marshall Islands. four in the Gilbert
Islands. three in the Caroline Islands, nine
in the Ellice IslaLds and one in Formosa
Australia has marched from 40 to 2,900
societies.
The survey is closed with Asia Thirteen
years ago Syria had no societies, and now
it has seventeen; Laos had none. now 1t
| has twenty Korea mad none, now 1t
has twelve: Japan has grown from twen-
ty-seven to 147: Persia from two to sixty
India from sixty mine to 592
| In the Girls Boarding School at Luxor,
/ fifteen girls have taken the active mem
| bers' pledge and openly confessed Christ
as their Saviour by uniting with the Chris
| tian Endeavor Society. A boys meeting
/ on the Christian Endeavor plan has been
| carried on enthusiastically by the teachers
| and pupils of the Boys School at Luxor.
| The topic in the meeting tomorrow
/ evening will be: Gods Omnipresence"
/ Psalm cxxxix., ZIP.
| Suggested hymns for the meetings:
| "Come Unto Me-"
Nearer, MY God, to Thee"
Anywhere with Jesus"
| LEAD Us. o Father"
1--WE would See Jesus"
| The daily Bible readings for next week
are the following:
| Monday, THE Deep Things" Job Kill,
22-25 Tuesday, mo Hiding From Him"
| Job xxxiv., 1925; Wednesday, "Looketh
From Heaven" Psalm xxxiii., 1922; Thurs
| day. TN Every Place." Proverb XIV, 1-3;
Friday "Gives Wisdom" Daniel H., 1922;
Saturday, mo Escape" Amos tx, IA.
Sunday September 10. topic, Gods om-
niscience.' Isa xl 12-3l.
The readings on the junior topic for next
week are the following
Daniel Exalted Dan. vi, 1-3; Daniel
Envied," Dan. vi. 40; "David's Custom
and Daniels Ps, ", II; God on on
Showed His Colors,'. Heb XII 24-7; BE
Not Afraid Luke xii, 4. Sunday, Septem.
Der is, topic, How Daniel Showed His
Colors." Dan. vi. 10-11.