Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-19
Christian Endeavor Hour
Conducted by Grace Livingston Hill-Lutz.
Snndar Santar,hnr ~ 1908

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Sunday September %. 1908.
Topic: Commenting Our Society. III. By Sup
plying Church Workers. ii Timothy, i'll, 2;
Proverbs, xxii:6
Timothy, i'll. Thou therefore, my son,
| be strong in the grace that Is in Christ
Jesus.
And the things that thou hast heard of
me among many witnesses, the same
| commit thou to faithful men, who shall
| be able to teach others also.
| Proverbs. xxi Train up a child in the
way he should go: and when he is old he
will not depart from it.
Are you after money again for your
mission SCHOOL," asked a beautiful woman
of her pastor. We'll, here is So
| No. said the pastor. smiling II do
not want money this morning; 1 want
you
That is what almost every pastor wants
to help him-"You." There is always need
for workers in the church, willing work
ers. obedient workers, humble workers.
framed Workers-but workers. There is
some place waiting for every one of YOU
And where should the pastor turn for
! helpers but to his young peoples society
or Christian endeavor? What is Chris
tan endeavor but church work. and what
arc YOU oISdHlZeQ LOT Dut TO get you
ready to work when you are called upon
You cannot better commend the work of
your society than by being ready to an
swer a call when it comes. to teach a
Sunday school class, to call on some
stranger who is lonely to help some poor
family or to lead meeting in the mis-
sion school. 1t may be you can sing and
the pastor will want you to sing to the
prisoners in the great prison in your
nelghborhood, or to the sick people in the
| ho
flowers in your garden he would like you
to carry to lonely, sad woman who
works hard for her living and has few
bright things In her life. There Is plenty
or work First. tell your Savior you are
willing, and ask Him to make your heart
right. Next. tell your pastor you are
willing, and ask him what he would like
you to do. Consider your own qualifica-
tons and see If you need to prepare your
self in any way for the work before you
If you are asked to take class in Sun
day school, try to attend some one of the
large normal classes for training in Sun
day school teaching that are held In most
of our large cities and many towns. If
that is Impossible get some books on
teaching and find out what you need to
know. Know the book you are to teach
The Bible is the greatest book ever writ
ten. You cannot effectively teach it If
you stand up before your class and can
not find the book from which the lesson
Is taken. You must learn the books OF
the Bible and he acquainted with the
theme of each You must study the spe-
ctal lesson you are to teach so well that
you will not be confined to your lesson
leaf 10 ask questions. You must think it
out and live it out during the week if YOU
would teach well on the Sabbath. Then If
you are to help others you must begin to
study human nature and be ready to en-
ter into the lives of those whom you are
to help and learn to love them that YOU
may lead them to Him who is all love
There are enough Sunday school teach
ers now who spend the precious half hour
of the lesson in reading off a few ques-
lions perfunctorily from the lesson book
and then turn to gay talk about foot ball
and dress. as If I'll the duty was done and
the scholar only needed Ito be amused
Don't be one Of that sort. Young Chris
tianS need to learn the fact of individual
responsibility. and because you shirk out
Of work you do not therefore shift your
responsibility upon some other shoulders.
for wherever you have opportunity to
work there you have an individual re-
sponsbility to God.
Daniel Webster one day at dinner held
at the Astor House in New York was
asked by some of his friends in order to
draw him out. this question: Would Won
please tell us. Mr.. Webster what was
the most important thought that ever oc-
cuped your mind?" 1t is said that Mr.
Webster merely raised his head and, pass
ing his hand slowly over his forehead.
Sstlu Is there any one mere VINO dOeSnt
know me?" No sir" was the reply:
we all know you and are your friends
Then" said he. looking over the table,
1.-The most important thought that ever Or
cupied my mind was that of my individual
responsibility TO God" After this he
spoke for twenty minutes on this sub
ject.
That is what every young Christian
needs to feel when he takes upon him
self the solemn responsibility Of the Chris
oil for
cry one with whom he comes in contact.
and just as surely as he enlists in Christ's
army, the captain has some work for him
to do. He may not merely be on the roll
of enlisted and do nothing. Battles are
won by the soldiers at the front, not by
those who stay idly at the back.
One of the great dangers OF ocean
travel comes from derelicts. which are
abandoned ships at sea. There are now
supposed to be more than thirty such YES
sells floating about at the will Of the
current on the Atlantic ocean. One of
them has a cargo of mahogany on board
and is level with the waters edge. 1t
has been drifting since 1891. The route
of east and west bound steamers is fifty
miles apart. and there is little likelihood
that they would come into collision. but
these derelicts have no pilot or captain
on board, are steering for no port. and
no amount of sounding will give warning
of their nearness. So 1t is with so-called
Christians who are drifting about on the
of the world. OF no use whatever. and
serving only as a stumbling block for
others who are really trying to do Gods
work and go His way. If you do not
go to work in the church. you may be-
come spiritual derelict abandoned. pilot
less and without port. Could any life
have a more terrible climax?
In a prayer meeting one night 1t was
suggested by the leader that for the time
being they consider the church as a loco
motive engine. and ask each one what
part he would prefer to be. One said
he would like to be the whistle and wake
up the sleepy land: another chose the
bell to cang out ''all aboard" One took
the drive wheels, another headlight, an
other the cowcatcher, another the safety
valve. another the crank or lever. But