{"1": {"fulltext": "", "height": "4177", "width": "2978", "jp2-path": "endeavorgreeting00well_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "s\\no\\nTjv a* ^iSKW^ .-0.\\nV\\nb\\no c\\na 9\\n^^^A.*o -^x.", "height": "3921", "width": "2480", "jp2-path": "endeavorgreeting00well_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "*.,i- ,0\\n0^ sLVsl v V\\nj5\u00c2\u00b0*.\\n,0\\naO V -\u00c2\u00bb-o o ,0-", "height": "3921", "width": "2480", "jp2-path": "endeavorgreeting00well_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "", "height": "4102", "width": "3004", "jp2-path": "endeavorgreeting00well_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "", "height": "4137", "width": "3004", "jp2-path": "endeavorgreeting00well_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "", "height": "4131", "width": "3004", "jp2-path": "endeavorgreeting00well_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "THE\\nEndeavor Greeting\\nA Manual of Information and\\nSuggestion for New Members\\nAMOS R/ WELLS\\nUnited Society of Christian Endeavor\\nBoston and Chicago", "height": "4137", "width": "2675", "jp2-path": "endeavorgreeting00well_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "TWO COPIES RECEIVED,\\nLJDrary of Cewgragf^\\nAPR 2 1900\\nRegister of Oopyrigftfi^\\n.Wf-\\n60102\\nCopyright, igoo\\nBY THE\\nUnited Society of Christian Endeavor\\nSECOND COPY.", "height": "4112", "width": "3004", "jp2-path": "endeavorgreeting00well_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "Mc Melcome l^ou^\\nWe rejoice that the Holy Spirit has led you to join\\nour society.\\nWe receive you most cordially into our fellowships\\nand ask you to think of us as your brothers and sisters\\nin Christ s blessed service.\\nWe trust that the society will gain much from youy\\nand that you will gain much from the society. Let\\nus be laborers together hand in hand and heart to\\nheart.\\nThat you may enter rapidly and fully into the spirit\\nof the society s and into the performance of your duties\\nand enjoyment of your privileges^ we give you this\\nbooks trusting that you will read it carefully and\\ngain from the reading a clear view of Christian\\nEndeavor, Your friends.\\nThe Members of the Society.", "height": "4162", "width": "3004", "jp2-path": "endeavorgreeting00well_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "", "height": "4137", "width": "3066", "jp2-path": "endeavorgreeting00well_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "THE ENDEAVOR GREETING.\\nWhat the Christian Endeavor Society Is*\\nHRISTIAN Endeavor has two aspects,\\nand you will not gain the whole benefit\\nfrom your membership in the society\\nuntil you enter heartily into both phases of its\\nwork. It is a local organization it is a world-\\nwide movement.\\nIt is a part of our church, under the control\\nof its pastor and the other church officers, and\\nhas the upbuilding of the church for its one aim,\\nas is declared by our motto, For Christ and\\nthe Church. All authority over the society is\\nvested in our church and denomination, and no\\noutside body has a right to govern us.\\nBut we are also in fellowship with the thou-\\nsands upon thousands of Christian Endeavor\\n5", "height": "4137", "width": "3004", "jp2-path": "endeavorgreeting00well_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "6 THE ENDEAVOR GREETING.\\nsocieties that exist in other denominations, that\\nown our Christ as the divine Saviour of the\\nworld. We are also in touch, through Christian\\nEndeavor, with the young people of all nations\\nand races, for the movement has passed into\\nevery quarter of the globe.\\nYou will not be a true Endeavorer, therefore,\\nunless you are loyal, completely, to our church\\nand pastor and denomination and at the same\\ntime you will not enjoy the full blessedness of\\nthe society unless you have some share in our\\ninterdenominational fellowship as expressed in\\nour city, county, and State unions, and unless\\nyou make some room in your knowledge and\\nsympathy for our Christian Endeavor brothers\\nand sisters in all parts of Asia, Africa, Europe,\\nand the islands of the sea.\\nIt is to this two-fold service and double privi-\\nlege we welcome you.\\nfl^", "height": "4082", "width": "2755", "jp2-path": "endeavorgreeting00well_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "THE ENDEAVOR GREETING.\\nWhat the Society Will Do for You-\\n[T will strengthen your will, as you hold\\nyour life firmly to the pledge standard.\\nYou will learn from your failures\\nwhere your life most needs strengthening, and\\nthat is half the battle.\\nIt will give you many opportunities of influen-\\ncing others through testimony and example.\\nYou will get practice in the great art of self-\\nexpression. You will become better able to\\nobey that sensible command, Let the redeemed\\nof the Lord say so.\\nThe Bible-study, the daily prayer, required by\\nthe pledge, will draw you nearer to Christ, and\\ngreatly enrich your life.\\nYour membership in the society will commit\\nyou more decidedly on the side of Christ, and\\nmake you more outspoken for Him.\\nIn the society meetings and the socials you\\nwill increase the number of your acquaintances,\\nand you will learn how pleasant it is for Chris-\\ntians to dwell together in unity.", "height": "4082", "width": "2755", "jp2-path": "endeavorgreeting00well_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "8 THE ENDEAVOR GREETING,\\nThis contact with so many different lives will\\nwiden your horizon. You will gain from others\\na new enthusiasm and many fresh ideas.\\nYou will become familiar with the orderly and\\neffective conduct of business.\\nAs you enter heartily into the committee work,\\nyou will learn how to carry on all kinds of\\nChristian work, and you will gradually become\\nmore efficient in this service, until you can\\ngraduate from the society into the full activities\\nof the church. It is our prayer that you will\\nattain this blessed goal.\\nWhat You Will Do for the Society.\\nOU will bring us, we hope, a n^s^ access\\nof zeal, so that those of us who may\\nhave grown cold in the service may be\\nquickened by your fresh enthusiasm.\\nYou will bring us new ideas, novel methods\\nof work. If you see a better way to do anything,\\ndon t hesitate to tell us about it.", "height": "4082", "width": "2755", "jp2-path": "endeavorgreeting00well_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "THE ENDEAVOR GREETING. 9\\nYou will bring us a new voice, which we hope\\nwill be heard at every meeting.\\nYou have behind you your experience, of\\nwhich we want the benefit, whatever you have\\nlearned, through failure or through success, about\\nthe will of God.\\nYou can help us by joining your prayers to\\nours, by taking thought for all details of the\\nwork, by contributing your share of the money\\nfor society enterprises and for missions, and by\\ndoing with your might whatever committee work\\nfalls to your lot.\\nWe are sure that you have learned the truth\\nof our Master s word, It is more blessed to\\ngive than to receive, and that in joining our\\nsociety you are as eager to assist our labors as to\\nwin the blessings the society has in store for you.", "height": "4082", "width": "2755", "jp2-path": "endeavorgreeting00well_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "lO THE ENDEAVOR GREETING,\\nMake Yourself at Home*\\nHIS is your society. Just as much\\nyours as the president s. Just as much\\nyours as the pastor s. We want you to\\ntake a personal pride in it, and to have a feeling\\nof personal possession. You have read the story\\nof the street urchin who gave five cents to a cer-\\ntain mission, and who was seen not long after,\\ndressed in his best, smartly stepping up to the\\ndoor of the mission to see what they were\\ndoing with his money. We want you to have\\njust such a feeling of ownership in this society\\nand you will have it if you put something into\\nit, some time, some thought, some careful\\nplanning. You will be at home in the meet-\\nings, if you take part in them with force and\\nregularity. You will feel at home in the socials,\\nif you try to make some one else feel at home\\nthere. As you give yourself to our society, it\\nwill become truly yours.", "height": "4082", "width": "2755", "jp2-path": "endeavorgreeting00well_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "THE ENDEAVOR GREETING. II\\nDon^t Wait to Be Told.\\nUR society lacks original members. We\\nhope you will be one of them. Mem-\\nbers that move without prodding.\\nMembers that have their own ideas, and are\\nnot afraid to express them. Members that are\\nnot all the time asking to be excused. Members\\nthat actually hunt around for work to do. Auto-\\nmobile members.\\nWill you not be one of that kind\\nPrepare for the Meetings.\\nON T put it off. Good thoughts never\\ncome at the last moment.\\nHave a prayer-meeting note-book,\\nputting at the head of the blank pages the topics for\\nseveral weeks to come, and writing under each the\\nthoughts that occur to you, or the suitable quota-\\ntions and anecdotes you come across in your read-", "height": "4082", "width": "2755", "jp2-path": "endeavorgreeting00well_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "12 THE ENDEAVOR GREETING,\\ning. You will be astonished to see how many\\nfish run into your net when once it is spread.\\nRead the daily readings. One of them will\\nsurely give you a hint.\\nAsk yourself some question on the topic, and\\nthen answer it. That answer will be your speech.\\nConsider whether you have ever had any ex-\\nperience bearing on the subject of the meeting.\\nIf sOj give it. Life is sure to influence life.\\nKeep a collection of scraps, in envelopes la-\\nbelled with general topics, such as Faith,\\nCourage, Missions, Temperance, The\\nBible, Prayer. These will be a rich reservoir.\\nTalk with your Christian friends about the\\ntopic. Every such conversation will set your\\nbrain to working.\\nPray to God, and ask Him to give you a mes-\\nsage. He will.\\nConsider whether the topic might not be illus-\\ntrated by some recent event. That will always\\nbe helpful.\\nDo you not know some passage in a book\\nsome paragraph, some poem that bears on the\\nsubject of the evening?", "height": "4082", "width": "2755", "jp2-path": "endeavorgreeting00well_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "THE ENDEAVOR GREETING, 1 3\\nRead the comments on the Christian Endeavor\\ntopics published in the denominational and Chris-\\ntian Endeavor papers. Expand some idea you\\nfind there.\\nTry to put in practice the truth of the lesson,\\nand tell the society the result.\\nNow one of these ways will work and now\\nanother, but some of them will always give you\\nsomething to say that is well worth saying.\\nTaking Part in the Meetings\\n^EVER take part merely by calling for\\nthe singing of some hymn. If you\\nreally wish to do this, give some value\\nto it by adding a few words, telling why you want\\nthat hymn sung what feeling of yours it ex-\\npresses, what experience it voices, or how you\\nthink it bears on the subject of the meeting.\\nThe same remark applies to Bible verses.\\nCommit to memory what verses you give, thus\\nstoring your mind with rich treasures, and always", "height": "4082", "width": "2755", "jp2-path": "endeavorgreeting00well_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "14 THE ENDEAVOR GREETING,\\nadd some sentence, however short, which will\\nmake of the verse a personal testimony. In that\\nway, going from your life, it will reach other lives.\\nWrite out, if you wish, what you are going to\\nsay in the meeting. It is always best to do this,\\nno matter how fluent you are, because thus you\\ngive point and pith to your testimony. Then\\nyou will do well to burn up what you have writ-\\nten, and trust to your memory.\\nDon t worry about words and forms of expres-\\nsion. Don t mind it if you do stammer and\\nhesitate. It is the breaking voice that breaks\\nhard hearts. Don t be afraid to break down for\\nChrist.\\nIf you are timid, it will help you to resolve the\\nsociety into its elements. There is Mary Brown.\\nYou are not afraid of her. And George Cul-\\nver. You are not afraid of him. And so on.\\nNow since you are not afraid of any of them\\nseparately, why should you be afraid of them\\ncollectively\\nYour fault may be that of speaking too long.\\nRemember that our pledge calls upon each of us\\nto take some part in the meeting, and if you oc-", "height": "4082", "width": "2755", "jp2-path": "endeavorgreeting00well_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "THE ENDEAVOR GREETING, 1 5\\ncupy more than your share of the time, you are\\nkeeping some one else from keeping the pledge.\\nNote how many are present, subtract the leader s\\nintroduction from the hour, and see how many\\nminutes remain for each member, on the average.\\nGovern yourself accordingly.\\nIn no way, probably, can you help the meeting\\nmore than by leading the society in prayer.\\nMake up your mind that you will attain this high\\nability and become master of this noble Christian\\nservice. Always join in the sentence prayers.\\nCommit to memory the Bible prayers, especially\\nthe prayer Psalms. Often read the devotional\\nbooks that are in the form of prayers, like the\\nBook of Common Prayer, and Taylor s\\nHoly Living and Dying. Offer short and\\nsimple prayers in public, and pray much in pri-\\nvate, and you will soon be able to carry the\\nsociety with you, up to the foot of the throne.\\nThrow your whole soul into whatever you say\\nin the meeting. Ten words spoken with ringing\\nvoice and flashing eye are worth ten thousand\\nspoken listlessly.\\nDon t be afraid to use the voice God has given", "height": "4082", "width": "2755", "jp2-path": "endeavorgreeting00well_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "1 6 THE ENDEAVOR GREETING,\\nyou. Remember that you are speaking in order\\nto be heard, and pitch your voice so that those\\nmost distant from you can hear you.\\nIf you wish to gain efficiency in speech, rise in\\ngiving your testimony or in praying. It is the\\nuniversal assertion of those that have tried it that\\nin this way less embarrassment is felt, and cer-\\ntainly what is said when standing is better heard\\nand is more impressive.\\nYou are responsible in part for the spirit of\\nthe meeting. It depends partly on your earnest\\nattention. It depends on your thoughtful, eager\\nface. It depends on your hearty singing. It\\ndepends on your prayers uttered in secret for the\\nsuccess of the meeting. Any meeting, no matter\\nhow bright and wise the words spoken, may be\\nutterly spoiled by a group of tittering simpletons\\nwhose whispering and silly pranks prevent them\\nfrom gaining any good, and destroy the enjoy-\\nment of all around. Where two or three are\\ngathered together in His name, there Christ is in\\nthe midst of them. We count on you to help in\\nmaking our meetings worthy of that invisible\\nPresence.", "height": "4082", "width": "2755", "jp2-path": "endeavorgreeting00well_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "THE ENDEAVOR GREETING. 1 7\\nWhen You Lead the Meeting*\\n,N the first place, please don t say, I\\nreally cannot lead the meeting. Ask\\nyourself, rather, Is this something\\nChrist would like to have me do And if you\\ndecide that it is, be sure that Christ will be the\\nreal leader of that meeting, and you certainly need\\nnot fear.\\nWhen you lead, prepare carefully. The United\\nSociety of Christian Endeavor sells for a few cents\\na variety of most useful helps for leaders.\\nI don t mean Prepare a long opening talk.\\nMake your opening talk no longer than your\\naverage testimony in the meetings. More meet-\\nings are spoiled by too long openings than by\\nanything else.\\nYour chief work as leader is to devise ways\\nof getting the Endeavorers to take part. Be\\na leader in truth as well as name. Sentence\\nprayers, silent prayers, question-boxes, answer-\\nboxes, questions on the topic distributed among\\nthe inexperienced, quotations to be commented", "height": "4082", "width": "2755", "jp2-path": "endeavorgreeting00well_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "1 8 THE ENDEAVOR GREETING,\\nupon, hymns to be started impromptu, Bible\\npassages to be read in concert there are a\\nmyriad ways in which you can stir up your\\nmeeting and give it that snap, that freshness\\nand force, which do so much to vivify any subject.\\nHave a programme, and a written one but\\ndon t hold to it slavishly.\\nIt is far better to speak your opening remarks,\\neven if they must be very brief, than to read\\nthem. Talk it out as if you meant it, and\\nyou will influence others and give a warmth to\\nthe meeting such as the most eloquent essay\\ncould not give.\\nWhatever you can do during the week before\\nthe meeting to spur on the thoughtless and guide\\nthe inexperienced, will greatly contribute to the\\nsuccess of your meeting. It will be more of a\\ntriumph to lead the meeting in which John\\nStevens led in prayer for the first time, though\\nthe meeting is filled with pauses, than to preside\\nover the most cultured assembly without John\\nStevens.\\nGet into your plans for your meeting one new\\nidea, some plan never before tried in your society,", "height": "4082", "width": "2755", "jp2-path": "endeavorgreeting00well_0024.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "THE ENDEAVOR GREETING. 1 9\\nor seldom tried. One such plan will be enough\\nto enliven the entire evening. For example,\\nhave you ever tried reading a hymn in concert\\nbefore you sing it\\nEspecially, look out for the opening of the\\nmeeting, and keep it away from the stereotyped\\nforms and look out for the close of the meeting,\\nthat it is closed on time and with an earnest and\\nreverent spirit.\\nFew privileges given to the Christian are\\ngreater than this of conducting religious meetings.\\nIt is a blessed opportunity for doing good. We\\nhope that you will avail yourself of it whenever\\nyou are appointed to the post.", "height": "4082", "width": "2755", "jp2-path": "endeavorgreeting00well_0025.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "20 THE ENDEAVOR GREETING.\\nThe Singing, and Your Part in It*\\nE urge you to consider the singing in\\nour prayer meetings as a regular part\\nof the worship. Sing heartily, as unto\\nthe Lord. Don t take a time of your own, but\\nkeep with the organ. As you sing, have regard\\nto the thought of the hymn, and don t sing\\nNearer, my God, to Thee as if it were On-\\nward, Christian Soldiers. Fine, enthusiastic\\nsinging may be as genuine a help to your fellow\\nEndeavorers as anything you can say in your\\ntestimony; remember that. The clause in the\\npledge which promises to take some part, aside\\nfrom singing, is not intended to minimize that\\nportion of the worship. You will find this part\\nof our meeting one of the most blessed of all, if\\nyou sing with grace in your heart to the Lord.", "height": "4082", "width": "2755", "jp2-path": "endeavorgreeting00well_0026.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "THE ENDEAVOR GREETING. 21\\nHow You Can Help the Meetings in GeneraL\\nSIDE from your taking part in the\\nmeeting, there are many little things\\nyou can do for it.\\nYou can call for sentence prayers at a suitable\\ntime, saying, Will not many follow me in\\nsentence prayers? and then giving one yourself.\\nYou can start a hymn without calling the num-\\nber. This is always a stimulus to the meeting.\\nYou can add a word now and then to some\\ntestimony that has been given some experience\\nof yours that corroborates it, some fresh illustra-\\ntion, or some approving comment. This, of\\ncourse, should be done sparingly, and with due\\nregard to the time at the disposal of members,\\nbut it may be made a great encouragement to\\nbeginners in the prayer meetings.\\nYou can make motions promptly when they\\nare needed in the business meetings.\\nYou can listen earnestly and prayerfully.\\nYou can sit in the front seats.\\nYou can be there on time.", "height": "4082", "width": "2755", "jp2-path": "endeavorgreeting00well_0027.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "22 THE ENDEAVOR GREETING.\\nYou can fill the first pause with your testimony.\\nYou can be the first to respond to any request\\nfrom the leader.\\nOur Crowning Meetings\\niHE purpose of the monthly consecration\\nmeeting is to strengthen your Christian\\nzeal, to confirm your determination, to\\nremind you of the vows you have taken, to praise\\nGod for His guidance during the past month, and\\nto make new resolutions for the month to come.\\nDon t say at that meeting, I want to re-con-\\nsecrate myself you have consecrated yourself\\nonce for all, if you have ever consecrated your-\\nself at all. Don t use any stock phrase. Speak\\nvery simply, and right out of your heart s needs\\nand experiences.\\nTell of some joy the past month has brought\\nyou. Express some purpose for the coming\\nmonth. Offer some simple prayer. Repeat\\nsome truth that has lately become precious to\\nyou. Don t make a speech that would be", "height": "4082", "width": "2755", "jp2-path": "endeavorgreeting00well_0028.jp2"}, "29": {"fulltext": "THE ENDEAVOR GREETING. 23\\nforeign to the spirit of the meeting. It is an\\nexperience meeting/ as it was originally called.\\nIts purpose is to get closer to Christ, to obtain\\nfresh zeal in His blessed service.\\nSimply to answer, Present, to your name\\nat the roll-call, is, therefore, no adequate response.\\nNeither is the announcement of a hymn, unless\\nby some added words you make that your per-\\nsonal testimony. Not even a Bible verse meets\\nthe idea of the meeting, unless by some personal\\nword you make it your own.\\nIf you are compelled to be absent from the\\nconsecration meeting, you are to send at least\\na verse of Scripture to be read in response to\\nyour name. But don t be satisfied with that at\\nleast. Often send more,= some warm message\\nfresh from your heart.\\nThis meeting is rightly taken as a test of ear-\\nnestness, and if any one is absent from it for\\nthree consecutive months without excuse, the\\nlookout committee has a perfect right quietly\\nto drop his name from the roll. Such a person\\nhas broken a solemn pledge, made not to us, but\\nto Christ I promise Himr", "height": "4082", "width": "2755", "jp2-path": "endeavorgreeting00well_0029.jp2"}, "30": {"fulltext": "24 THE ENDEAVOR GREETING.\\nIf You Are Away from the Society^\\nE hope that when you are away on a\\nvacation or a visit you will consider that\\none of the things Christ would like to\\nhave you do is to transfer your pledge, for the\\ntime being, to the nearest Christian Endeavor\\nsociety. Join in their meeting as conscientiously\\nas if their society were your own. You cannot\\nimagine how much good may be done by a fresh\\nvoice thus introduced, while the example of your\\nevident zeal for Christian Endeavor and faithful-\\nness to your pledge will be a great stimulus to\\nall the members of that society.\\nAt the same time we hope that while you are\\naway you will take occasion to send a message\\nonce in a while to your own society. Tell us of\\nthe new Endeavor friends you have met, of any\\nnew methods of work you have come across, of\\nanything that will quicken our society life and\\nincrease our faith. Thus during your absence\\nyou will be twice an Endeavorer, instead of being,\\nas so many are, no Endeavorer at all.", "height": "4082", "width": "2755", "jp2-path": "endeavorgreeting00well_0030.jp2"}, "31": {"fulltext": "THE ENDEAVOR GREETING. 2$\\nWhen You Are on a Committee*\\nON T say, I have no time to serve on\\na committee. This committee work\\nis the manual training-school of the\\nchurch. If you expect to take time to do the\\nFather s business/ you ought to take time to\\nlearn how to do it.\\nDo not say, either, I will serve on a commit-\\ntee, but it must be the social committee or\\nwhatever your preference is. Don t have any\\npreference. I will go where you want me to\\ngo, dear Lord.\\nLearn what the work of your committee is.\\nRead the brief description of it in our society\\nconstitution. Obtain from the United Society\\nof Christian Endeavor some of their inexpensive\\npamphlets with abundant helps for the work of\\nyour special committee, whatever it is. Keep\\nyour eye on The Christian Endeavor World for\\naccounts of the new committee plans that our\\nbright workers are all the time contriving.\\nAttend the committee meetings regularly con-", "height": "4082", "width": "2755", "jp2-path": "endeavorgreeting00well_0031.jp2"}, "32": {"fulltext": "26 THE ENDEAVOR GREETING.\\nsider them always a previous engagement/ if\\nother demands upon your time interfere. It is\\nGod s time, and cannot be better used than in\\nHis service.\\nGet to the committee meeting on time. Your\\nabsence will make the meeting start oif under a\\ncloud, and when at last you come you will render\\nit necessary for everything that has been done to\\nbe repeated in your hearing. What a clog you\\nhave made of yourself\\nAnd when you go, go with the determination\\nto stay until the meeting is comfortably com-\\npleted. We are all familiar with the committee-\\nman who goes bustling in and announces, Now\\nI have to go at eight o clock, so let s hurry up\\nand get it done with. No wise plans can be\\nformed with such impatient, grudging attendance.\\nAt the committee meeting don t be so very\\nmodest that you let the others make all the sug-\\ngestions that is not being modest, it is only\\nbeing stupid. Do your share of the thinking;\\npropose your share of the plans and don t mind\\nif they are voted down.\\nWhen matters are ready to come to a head,", "height": "4082", "width": "2755", "jp2-path": "endeavorgreeting00well_0032.jp2"}, "33": {"fulltext": "THE ENDEAVOR GREETING, 27\\nbe ready to make a motion. Many committee\\nmeetings flash in the pan just because no one\\nhas the wise gift of motion-making.\\nThen do your full share of the work laid out\\nby the committee, and don t be afraid of doing\\nmore than your full share. Set apart a regular\\ntime for committee work. Pray over it, and\\nthrow your whole heart into it.\\nFor whatever is accomplished, give credit to\\nthe committee as a whole. Seek to establish an\\nesprit de corps.\\nAnd don t allow yourself to forget what com-\\nmittee work signifies, and the high ends it has in\\nview. You are to be hands and feet, eyes and\\nears, for your Lord, who ascended to heaven in\\norder that the church might become His body.\\nLet Him not be ashamed of the work you do as\\nHis representative.", "height": "4082", "width": "2755", "jp2-path": "endeavorgreeting00well_0033.jp2"}, "34": {"fulltext": "28 THE ENDEAVOR GREETING,\\nWhen You Are Chairman of a Committee^\\nUCH of what has just been said will ap-\\nply still more to this office. Especially\\nwill it be necessary for you to inform\\nyourself regarding the best committee plans by\\nmeans of the literature of the United Society of\\nChristian Endeavor. Send for the price list, and\\nnotice especially the Worker s Library. If\\nyour local union holds committee conferences\\n(as it easily might, and as it should), attend them\\nregularly and exchange plans with other chair-\\nmen.\\nRemember that it is your duty not to do the\\nwork of the committee, but to see that it is\\ndone. The chairman that has to do it all him-\\nself is an absolute failure as a chairman.\\nThe first essential is regular committee meet-\\nings. Always have them on the same week day,\\nand always meet at the same place. This is an\\nimportant aid to memory. Let the place be\\nyour own house, if that is not very inconvenient.\\nWeekly meetings may be necessary in getting", "height": "4082", "width": "2755", "jp2-path": "endeavorgreeting00well_0034.jp2"}, "35": {"fulltext": "THE ENDEAVOR GREETING, 29\\nthe work started at the beginning of the year.\\nDon t be afraid, at any time, to meet as often as\\nis necessary for the good of the work.\\nHold your committee meetings on a week-day\\nevening, if possible. Hurried gatherings after\\nthe Christian Endeavor meeting or the church\\nprayer meeting are always unsatisfactory.\\nBegin promptly at the time appointed, though\\nonly one other member of the committee is\\npresent. Open the meeting with prayer for\\nGod s guidance in it, and close the meeting with\\nprayer for God s blessing in the work that is to\\ncome. Let one of these prayers be by yourself,\\nand one by a committeeman.\\nPreside with decision. Put motions in a swift\\nand businesslike way. Hold the committee to\\nthe point, and tactfully check aimless discussions.\\nSlovenly chairmen are responsible for a vast\\nwaste of time.\\nDon t call a committee meeting without hav-\\ning definite plans to propose, or at least a clear\\nidea of the matters to be discussed. Set them\\nbefore the committee at once in as few words as\\npossible, and get right down to business.", "height": "4082", "width": "2755", "jp2-path": "endeavorgreeting00well_0035.jp2"}, "36": {"fulltext": "30 THE ENDEAVOR GREETING.\\nBe tenacious in holding on to these plans.\\nAllow no resolution of the committee to remain\\nunexecuted. Bring it up at every meeting until\\nthe thing is done.\\nGo to your pastor and ask him what he would\\nlike to have your committee do. Address the\\nsame inquiry to your Sunday-school superintend-\\nent, your president, the superintendent of the\\nJunior society.\\nCo-operate with all the other chairmen, and\\nnever push your work without courteous regard\\nfor others. To this end be zealous in your\\nattendance on the executive committee meetings.\\nThis is the co-ordinating body of the society.\\nAppoint a committee secretary, who will record\\neverything done and the substance of all discus-\\nsions. Always have these records read at the\\nopening of the committee meeting.\\nIt is your business to make the report of the\\ncommittee at the regular business meeting of\\nthe society, or else to delegate some committee-\\nman to do it. The report should always be in\\nwriting, and after it is read, it should be handed\\nto the secretary for preservation. All such re-", "height": "4082", "width": "2755", "jp2-path": "endeavorgreeting00well_0036.jp2"}, "37": {"fulltext": "THE ENDEAVOR GREETING. 3 1\\nports should contain three items what the\\ncommittee has done; what the committee pro-\\nposes to do and what help the committee wants\\nfrom the society.\\nHelp the Other Committees*\\nE hope that you will not be a one-\\ncommittee member. That is, we trust\\nthat your energies will not be exhausted\\nby the little work required from the special com-\\nmittee upon which you are placed, but that you\\nwill have an eye to the helping of all committees.\\nFor instance, whether you are on the lookout\\ncommittee or not, be on the lookout for possible\\nnew members, and report them to the lookout\\ncommittee, leaving them to do the rest. Though\\nyou may not be on the social committee, if you\\nhear of a good new game^ just the thing for your\\nsocials, let the social committee have the benefit\\nof your find. We are to be one brotherhood in\\nthis society, remember, and each is to work for\\nall.", "height": "4082", "width": "2755", "jp2-path": "endeavorgreeting00well_0037.jp2"}, "38": {"fulltext": "32 THE ENDEAVOR GREETING,\\nA Word about the Socials*\\nE want you to attend them. We count\\nthem an essential part of our society\\nwork. They should be genuine ser-\\nvices of the Master.\\nYou will get good from the socials, not as you\\ngo to them for a good time, but as you go to\\nmake some one else have a good time.\\nDon t attach yourself to some bosom friend\\nfor the evening, but try to break up cliques, and\\ntransplant the wall-flowers into the midst of\\nthings.\\nBe ready to enter heartily into all the games\\nand other amusements. And don t be so modest\\nas to imagine you cannot furnish part of the\\nentertainment yourself.\\nOur socials are social to save. We are\\nespecially anxious to make them the means of\\ndrawing some that do not know Christ into the\\ninner circle of His friends. Will you not aid\\nus in this endeavor", "height": "4082", "width": "2755", "jp2-path": "endeavorgreeting00well_0038.jp2"}, "39": {"fulltext": "THE ENDEAVOR GREETING, 33\\nThe Society Finances*\\nHRISTIAN Endeavor societies have\\nvery few expenses. Our topic cards\\ncost money, and occasionally some com-\\nmittee needs a little money to do its work most\\neffectively, but in general the demands upon the\\nsociety treasury from the society itself are very\\nfew. We know that you will be glad to do your\\nshare, and more than your chare in this direction.\\nBut for another purpose the society wants\\nmoney, and wants all of it that can be obtained,\\nfor the missions and other enterprises of our\\nchurch and denomination. The church has never\\nbefore enjoyed so many opportunities as the\\npresent affords. Christians may freely send mis-\\nsionaries over the world. Many heathen lands\\nare hungry for the Word of Life. Everywhere\\nthere are open doors and open hearts, and thou-\\nsands of missionaries are trained and waiting to be\\nsent. Never before was the missionary dollar so\\nneeded.\\nChristian Endeavor hopes to raise up a body", "height": "4082", "width": "2755", "jp2-path": "endeavorgreeting00well_0039.jp2"}, "40": {"fulltext": "34 THE ENDEAVOR GREETING,\\nof liberal givers, givers that do not wait to be\\nasked, but pass the contribution box to them-\\nselves Christians that look forward to the mis-\\nsionary collection with great joy. Missionary\\nSunday should be both a holy day and a holiday\\nto them. So it will be, when the grace of God\\ngets into all our pocketbooks.\\nKeep Posted*\\nOU will wish to know about the history\\nof the Christian Endeavor Society, with\\nwhich you have connected yourself, and\\nwe refer you to the Short History of Christian\\nEndeavor, sold by the United Society of Chris-\\ntian Endeavor, Tremont Temple, Boston, for\\nfive cents. It describes the progress of the\\nmovement in all lands and under all its many\\naspects. It is a wonderful story.\\nYou will wish also to know what is going on\\nto-day in Christian Endeavor circles. You will\\nwant to be in touch with the leaders of the", "height": "4082", "width": "2755", "jp2-path": "endeavorgreeting00well_0040.jp2"}, "41": {"fulltext": "THE ENDEAVOR GREETING, 35\\nmovement in all denominations. You will wish\\nto know what your Endeavor brothers and sisters\\nare doing in Africa, Asia, Europe, at the ends of\\nthe earth. You will find all this in the weekly\\nissues of our international organ, The Christian\\nEndeavor World. It is a high-class illustrated\\npaper, employing as writers the leaders of Chris-\\ntian thought in both hemispheres, and it costs\\nonly one dollar a year. If you will send a postal-\\ncard request to The Christian Endeavor World,\\nTremont Temple, Boston, you will promptly\\nreceive a sample copy. In its pages you will find\\nall kinds of helps for committee work, while the\\nprayer-meeting helps contributed by the great\\nwriters of all denominations are marvels in their\\nextent and real helpfulness.", "height": "4082", "width": "2755", "jp2-path": "endeavorgreeting00well_0041.jp2"}, "42": {"fulltext": "36 THE ENDEAVOR GREETING,\\nWhen Elected to Office.\\nF the nominating committee proposes\\nyour name for any office, even for presi-\\ndent, don t decline If so many of\\nyour fellow Endeavorers think you fitted to the\\npost, their judgment is more likely to be right\\nthan yours. Treat the call as a sacred one, a call\\nto religious service. Don t allow sloth, or fear of\\nmen, or the claims of worldly interests, to draw\\nyou away from this duty. It often happens that\\nour Christian Endeavor work suffers just because\\nthe natural leaders are too lazy, or too timid, or\\ntoo much engrossed in secular affairs, to take the\\nleadership for which God fitted them. Do not\\nplace yourself in their number.\\nAnd, having accepted the post, throw your\\nwhole soul into the work. Obtain the best\\nprinted helps, relying on the Holy Spirit for\\nguidance, and you will be able to guide the so-\\nciety into ways whose blessedness and fruitfulness\\nyou will never know till the Judgment Day.", "height": "4082", "width": "2755", "jp2-path": "endeavorgreeting00well_0042.jp2"}, "43": {"fulltext": "THE ENDEAVOR GREETING. 37\\nWhat Is Union Work?\\nE urge you to attend the meetings of our\\nlocal union, and to avail yourself of the\\nprivilege, whenever possible, of attend-\\nance at the conventions of our State union, and\\nat the international gatherings. Christian En-\\ndeavor is an interdenominational movement as\\nwell as a local organization. One of its glorious\\naims is to draw close together all that love our\\nSaviour. We are none the less true to our de-\\nnominations because of this wider fellowship.\\nIn this union work, you gain the inspiration\\nthat comes from the knowledge of the great\\nmovement of which you form a part. You catch\\nthe onrush of the mighty army. There is a great\\ninspiration in numbers.\\nYou also get from these union meetings a\\nknowledge of other bodies of believers and new\\nrespect for them, and in just that proportion you\\nfeel new pride in the one kingdom of our Lord\\nof which all His churches are parts.\\nThese union meetings are exchanges in which", "height": "4082", "width": "2755", "jp2-path": "endeavorgreeting00well_0043.jp2"}, "44": {"fulltext": "38 THE ENDEAVOR GREETING.\\ngood methods are passed from one to another,\\nand no Endeavorer can afford to miss this\\ncontact with the most skilled and experienced\\nworkers.\\nBible Reading Every Day.\\nLLUMINATE this, as every, portion\\nof the pledge, by that inclusive promise\\nto strive to do whatever Christ would\\nlike to have you do. Certainly He would want\\nyou to read, as a general thing, more than a verse\\nor two a day, and certainly He would want you\\nto make your Bible-reading count for something,\\nfixing it in your mind by study and meditation.\\nIt is a good plan to read the Bible straight\\nthrough, marking those portions which you find\\nmost helpful, and returning to them again and\\nagain until you have become familiar with them.\\nSome plan of Bible-marking is a great aid in\\ngaining an acquaintance with the Book of Books.\\nUse a good commentary, and don t be afraid of a\\nlittle study, and you will find that some of the", "height": "4082", "width": "2755", "jp2-path": "endeavorgreeting00well_0044.jp2"}, "45": {"fulltext": "THE ENDEAVOR GREETING. 39\\nbooks of the Bible that seem most obscure have\\ngrown to be your delight.\\nTry the plan of reading whole books of the\\nBible at a sitting it will be no more than you do\\nfor other books. Always make it your rule to\\nread on and on until you have received a blessing\\nfrom the Scripture it may be within a few\\nverses, it may be many chapters.\\nGive your Bible-reading the cream of the day,\\nthe early morning. Heart and brain should be\\nat their best for this supreme work of the day.\\nEarly in the week read the Bible passage for\\nthe next Christian Endeavor meeting, and follow\\nthat with the daily readings. Thus you will\\noften obtain just the thought that will be most\\nhelpful in the meeting.", "height": "4082", "width": "2755", "jp2-path": "endeavorgreeting00well_0045.jp2"}, "46": {"fulltext": "40 THE ENDEAVOR GREETING.\\nPraying Every Day*\\nF course the hasty mumbling of the\\nLord s Prayer at night, with your brain\\nhalf asleep, is a technical observance of\\nthis part of the pledge, but it is a violation of its\\nspirit. If you are trusting in the Lord Jesus\\nChrist for strength, as in the first clause of the\\npledge you say you are, then you know where\\nyou can get it, and you know that time is not\\nlost that is spent in communion with God. The\\nQuiet Hour is the most fruitful hour of the day.\\nWe cannot here give a treatise on prayer. Let\\nus refer you to Andrew Murray s With Christ\\nin the School of Prayer, to Professor Phelps s\\nThe Still Hour, and to the other works of\\nAndrew Murray and those of Rev. F. B. Meyer,\\nand to Doctor Clark s devotional books published\\nby the United Society of Christian Endeavor.\\nOne suggestion, however, we wish to make\\nBegin your season of communion with God by\\ntrying to realize His actual presence with you,\\nwhich is just as real as it was when He walked the", "height": "4082", "width": "2755", "jp2-path": "endeavorgreeting00well_0046.jp2"}, "47": {"fulltext": "THE ENDEAVOR GREETING, 41\\nshores of Galilee. Then go on to a period of\\nthanksgiving, recalling every blessing God has\\nbestowed upon you within the last twenty-four\\nhours. Then, and not till then, begin your\\npetitions, and see that the greater part of them\\nis for others rather than yourself.\\nSupporting the ChurcL\\nOU have promised to support your\\nown church in every way. What are\\nthose ways\\nThe most obvious one is by becoming a church-\\nmember, if you are not one already. Hundreds\\nof thousands have been led into the church of\\nChrist through this Christian Endeavor pledge\\nof ours. You remember Christ s promise to\\nthose that confess Him before men, and His\\nwarning to those that do not so confess Him.\\nIs not joining the church one of the things He\\nwould like to have you do\\nSupporting the church means regular attendance", "height": "4082", "width": "2755", "jp2-path": "endeavorgreeting00well_0047.jp2"}, "48": {"fulltext": "42 THE ENDEAVOR GREETING.\\non all Its services, unless you have an excuse\\nChrist would receive. The church prayer meet-\\ning is to be your prayer meeting just as much as\\nthe Endeavor meeting and more.\\nSupporting the church means also taking what-\\never part in church activities you fittingly can.\\nIt means speaking at the church prayer meeting\\nwhenever opportunity is given. It means regular\\nattendance at the Sunday school. It means pay-\\ning your share toward the church expenses. It\\nmeans joining in the church missionary collections.\\nIt means studying the doctrines and the history\\nand the government of the church. It means\\ntalking up the pastor, and getting new mem-\\nbers for the congregation.\\nIn short, the Christian Endeavor Society is a\\nloyal portion of the church, and has for its chief\\naim to train up faithful and enthusiastic church-\\nmembers. You will be one of them, we are\\nconfident.", "height": "4082", "width": "2755", "jp2-path": "endeavorgreeting00well_0048.jp2"}, "49": {"fulltext": "THE ENDEAVOR GREETING. 43\\nYour Excuses^\\n.N the pledge, you promise to do certain\\nthings provided you have no excuse\\nthat would be acceptable, you think, to\\nChrist, to whom, and not to us, you have made\\nthe pledge. We urge you to hold before you at\\nall times this high standard. If you are tempted\\nto read some story and let your Bible-reading go,\\nask yourself whether that is an excuse Christ\\nwould accept. If you hesitate about taking part\\nin the prayer meeting because what you have to\\nsay will not sound as fine as what James Black\\nhas just said, ask yourself what Christ would\\nthink of such an excuse. If you remain away\\nfrom the consecration meeting because you had\\na slight headache, though within a week you went\\nto a party bearing with you a far worse headache,\\ndon t forget to determine Christ s probable opinion\\nof that excuse. If you refuse to lead a meeting\\nbecause you have no time, stop and think\\nwhat Christ, who gave you all your time, would\\nthink of that excuse. If you are minded to omit", "height": "4082", "width": "2755", "jp2-path": "endeavorgreeting00well_0049.jp2"}, "50": {"fulltext": "44 THE ENDEAVOR GREETING.\\nyour prayers at night because you are so sleepy,\\nbethink yourself that you have been sitting up\\nlate to play halma, and ask yourself whether\\nChrist would balance halma off against prayers.\\nThere are sensible excuses, but they are not so\\nplentiful as our inclinations sometimes lead us to\\nimagine. We are not going to set ourselves up\\nas judges of your excuses, and we shall be glad\\nto believe at all times, whenever you may fail to\\nperform any Christian Endeavor duty, that you\\nhave an excuse that you can take with perfect\\nconfidence to your Lord and Master.\\nThe Goal of It AIL\\nUR Christian Endeavor work does not\\nend with itself If it did, there would\\nbe little reason for it. In all your\\nactivities within this society we want you to keep\\nconstantly before you the time when you will\\nleave this society. We count our society a suc-\\ncess, not in proportion as it retains its members.", "height": "4082", "width": "2755", "jp2-path": "endeavorgreeting00well_0050.jp2"}, "51": {"fulltext": "THE ENDEAVOR GREETING, 45\\nbut as it sends them out into the full church work,\\ncompletely equipped for it.\\nTo that end, learn to do everything you can\\nthat will be of use later. Learn to pray in public,\\nto testify with effectiveness, to lead the uncon-\\nverted to Christ. Study your Bible, and become\\nmaster of its treasures. Become filled with the\\nSpirit in your hours of private devotions. Get\\nskilled in all kinds of committee work, in leading\\nmeetings, in conducting socials, in guiding busi-\\nness meetings, in the raising of money for religious\\npurposes. There is no ability which our society\\ncan develop that will not become useful in the\\ngreat work to which you will graduate.", "height": "4082", "width": "2755", "jp2-path": "endeavorgreeting00well_0051.jp2"}, "52": {"fulltext": "Hnb mow fll ai? (5ob Bless l?ou\u00c2\u00bb\\nMay your determination be unwavering.\\nMay your trust be confident.\\nMay your zeal be fervid.\\nMay you never be satisfied with what you have\\nachieve dy but go on front hard things to harder things^\\nfor the glory of God,\\nMay the fear of God be your constant stay from\\ntemptation.\\nMay the knowledge of God be your guide through\\nall perplexity.\\nMay the love of God be your unfailing comfort and\\nsupport.\\nInto the secret of His presence may you go farther\\nday by day^ until you come to know Him whom to\\nknow aright is life eternal.\\nAnd at the close of all your Christian endeavors\\nmay He receive you to Himself.\\n46", "height": "4082", "width": "2755", "jp2-path": "endeavorgreeting00well_0052.jp2"}, "53": {"fulltext": "", "height": "4082", "width": "2755", "jp2-path": "endeavorgreeting00well_0053.jp2"}, "54": {"fulltext": "", "height": "4082", "width": "2755", "jp2-path": "endeavorgreeting00well_0054.jp2"}, "55": {"fulltext": "", "height": "4082", "width": "2755", "jp2-path": "endeavorgreeting00well_0055.jp2"}, "56": {"fulltext": "\\\\^^^w^s .b\\n,-iq", "height": "4082", "width": "2755", "jp2-path": "endeavorgreeting00well_0056.jp2"}, "57": {"fulltext": "", "height": "4082", "width": "2755", "jp2-path": "endeavorgreeting00well_0057.jp2"}, "58": {"fulltext": "", "height": "4082", "width": "2755", "jp2-path": "endeavorgreeting00well_0058.jp2"}}