The Falls City tribune., 1910-11-11

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stances he told Of the ~inexpert driver
of his hack becoming ~entangled anon
the crowding vehicles of the Strand
and, running afoul of one of them.
Instead of indulging in a p~rofane out
burst, the other driver turned on
BIN with an ironical, "Ho, AIRY,
don't you think this is a poor place
to learn 'ow?'
Surely, a crowded London street is
a poor place for a driver to serve
his apprenticeship in handling the
reigns and guiding his horses through
the maze. He should pass through
the training stage before attempting
this difficult feat.
And it is just as true that the
TIME for the Christian Ito learn how
to serve efficiently is, ordinarily, not
after he has reached adult member
ship in the church, but in the earlier
ard more flexible years of youth.
How many a pastor could cite cases
of reluctance to engage in the various
lines of Christian work, because of
conscious i~nefficiency, on the part of
those who, through some illumination
in later life, have become willing an
eager for service.
Personal workers, teachers in the
Sunday School, active participants in
the prayer meeting program are need
ed. and they would like to respond,
but are restrained by a keen sense
of their lack Of those qualifications
which come from training in youth.
The advanced years of church life
are often a poor place to learn how
how to count for valuable service
in many of the lines of religious ac-
tivity. The London cab drivers re-
tort makes a pat text.
OF course this means that the
years OF youth are the best years for
successful training in church work.
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And, by implication, this means that
some such agency as an organization
specially intended to provide this
very training in the active duties of
the Christian life, is indispensable.
And, finally, this means that the
Young Peoples Society of Christian
Endeavor, which has %abundantly dem
onstrated its special fitness for this
particular task, may be made-is be-
ing made-an inestimably valuable
adjunct to the church of Christ.
1t sounds trite to say-and yet it
needs constant reiteration-that the
young people of a congregation rep
resent its potential energy stored en-
ergy-forecast that congregations to
morrow.
Now stored energy is worse than
~yalueless until it is wisely released,
and wisely brought to bear upon real
ly important tasks.
1t is the one aim of these young
peoples organizations to release and
direct this stored power. And, when
ever they are wisely used they prove
remarkably effective instruments for
Securing desired results. Only as
we gain this conception of the speci-
fc purpose of the Young Peoples So
ciety can we appreciate it's POSSIBLE
tiles for the church and kingdom of
Christ.
As church agencies the Sunday
School and the Endeavor Society are
the h~emispheres of the perfect globe
of this phase of character-culture.
1t is the object of the School to
show WHAT.
1t is the object of the Society to
show HOW.
The School emphasizes CHAR
ACTER.
The Society emphasizes SERVICE.
The school ground is the great
principles of our religion.
The society combines the distinctly
features of the manual training
school and the school of applied
science.
FINE school developes right inn