Evening journal., 1910-07-07

Endeavor Society. Cor l2if-<f'
How shall we make our society
model society? This question is con-
fronting al true Christian Endeavor-
ers.
The Christian Endeavor is a spirit
ual movement and its heart is the
prayer meeting, yet it is as impossible
to have a model society without a
good business meeting, as to have a
good business meeting without a
model society.
The spiritual side Of the work grows
as the committee work grows, and the
society's activity increases as the
spiritual fervor increases, each de-
pending on the other. Uplifting
PRAYER meetings are the result of good
work on the part of the prayer-meet'
ing committee. that committee In
turn is stimulated TO better work by
uplifting prayer meetings. Souls are
won to Christ by the Jealous labore
of the lookout committee, evangelistic
zeal. once implanted in society, will
spur the lookout committee to UNI
selfish endeavors.
If the conservation meetings are
genuine. the business meetings will be
enthusiastic and practical.
But If neither of these thing is true
at which end shall we begin to work!
Shall we first make the body, and
then pour into It the breath Of life!
or shall we seek first the motive and
later supply the machinery? There
is no need of deciding, for we are to
work toward both ends at the same
time Therefore do not spend time
I'm polishing the locomotive when you
should be on the road.
Do not exalt the way above the
goal, the method above the object
But. on the other hand, may the Of
fees magnify their office, enlarge II
with the thoroughness Of Paul. Com
plete the business to the finger nails
as carefully as Angelo would finish q
statue. In our pledge we promise tc
try to do whatever Christ would like
to have US do" Certainly He wants
us to make our prayer-meeting parti'
cipation as helpful as possible, botf
to others and to ourselves, and gen
eral the mere reading of verse o
Scripture without the addition of som'
word. however brief, to indicate tina
the passage is used to express tn'
Fndeavor's feelings and experience
would not be the best possible mod
of taking part in the meeting.
The symbols of the Imperial Housl
of Japan are the mirror, the crysta
and the sword. Each has its mes
sage. The mirror says: Know thy
self" the crystal. BE pure an'
shine" and the sword: BE sharp ant
CONQUER" These might we'll be tn
symbols of the army of model Chris
tian Endeavor citizens that are grow
ing to maturity. To each one tn
lesson comes: Know thyselt; TO
without self-knowledge and self-con
troll. and even self-sacrifice at time
no man can be a good citizen.
The model society is seeking Il
teach its young people also the les
son Of the crystal, BE pure ant
shine" Ten righteous men woul'
have saved Sodom, handful of right
eous men that are willing to let thei
lights shine may save the great citie
of our fatherland. The model societ.
Is irving to make these men out o
the boys of to-day. Civic righteous
ness sometimes means war, not witt
carnal weapons, but with the sword o
the shirt as the knights in the day
of old sought out hideous dragons AM
cleared the land" Of evil beasts, 81
the knights of the cross to-day g
forth to the strife to conquer tn
evils that are sapping the nation AM
to bring in upon the earth the yer,
Kingdom Of God.
We cannot have a model society un
less we are model Endeavors, En-
deavors that have Christ for thei
model When we see a rose evident
" we have in our mind the ideal Of
rose. That idea is not real in tn