The Ocala evening star., 1911-04-26
CHRISTIAN ENDEAvOR NEWS

Whatever is worth doing at all Is
worth doing Well"
Easter sunday brought to our office
messages from over nifty friends. most
OF them Endeavorers. scattered over
Florida. the United States and even one
from the Canadian secretary, Miss
Bessie Hall OF Quebec. Thank you all
These things smoothing the way are
compensations for many days OF work
and responsibility.
There has just been issued from In
terlachen another secretary's bulletin
II was sent to only Young Peoples So
cieties and officers of districts, as the
Junior superintendent, Mrs. II. w.
Bruce. is tending well to her own end
Of the C. f. row" We here quote the
above mentioned letter that others
may see it who could not if IL We're not
passed on the kindly newspaper space
route.
Dear Society Officers: our thenty-
third State c. L. Union year ended
April lst. We are now trying TO get
in reports necessary for a showing do
ing justice to every society and de-
partment of Endeavor work
The district secretaries are faithful
and competent. am not going to
send your annual report blanks as in
former years. The district secretaries
have sent their societies blanks on
which to close your local society state
year statistics. Return them direct to
the one who mailed them to you-that
i your very own district secretary.
Do this promptly. Upon your help in
this way depends both district and
state secretary reports for the conven-
tion in ST. Petersburg. May 5-7th. We
have only about fifty Young Peoples
societies. and far "a we know, not
any seniors, hence each one counts
largely at report time.
NO certificates will be given at ST.
Petersburg TO either Young Peoples
or Junior societies. Our plan for this
year being a leaflet to be prepared
after the convention. telling the best
thing done in each society Of our
Union. during the year ending April
Hence. pleaee remember
Il Each Young Peoples society is
asked before April 25th to send me a
letter telling one or more Of the best
things YOU have accomplished during
the year closing the first Of April In
This way you viii be listed in the leaf
let above mentioned
lelI me "nEtNeE your society or
any individual member in il has sue
ceeded in organizing or reviving a So
ciety since April LIST. 1910. II 80 t.
this society Young Peoples. Junior.
Intermediate or Senior. Also please
state time Of organization. church IL
no; union. and names Of secretary and
president. WIFE you also try 10 enter
Enthusiastically into the plan suggest
ed recently of one society gained by
each one already existing. TO such an
extent that IL YOU have not already
made such a report possible YOU viii
endeavor 10 do 30 before the limit for
StatiSt!c- 10 be given TO General Sec
retary Shaw about the first Of June
II We 10 not get several new societies
before that time our man on the lad
der in The Christian EndeavOr World
viii be far from the top before he mas
TO come down to start 10 Atlantic City.
We do not want TO embarrass the poor
fellow that way"
IT,. other Southern states are nearly
all now employing field secretaries for
all or part Of the time They are do
ing better than ever before in pray
ing. working and giving for Christian
Eni-avor.
The Lord knows all about our hind
erance~. our lack Of time and strength
and numbers Of workers. He expects
u 10 do our best 10 rise above these
hinderanceS. Christian EndeavOr will
grow more precious TO u for every
sacrifice we make for our beloved or
ganization. Grace A. Townsend.
state c. E Secretary
Interlachen. April 90. 1911.