{"1": {"fulltext": "I ipwiiiiiiiitiTiriMgiUigWMWiirniiliiiiiMwiiwMMaiw\\nI iliMiiipwimMiiMiwmwnrTTfl*\\nHandbook\\nAmos !^-Weii\\nc\\nAGyiOEfDROFFltEl\\\\S\\nSOCIF", "height": "3828", "width": "2389", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.\\n(Jhap. Copyright No.\\nShelf W^. 5\\nUNITED STATES OF AMERICA.", "height": "3647", "width": "2208", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3647", "width": "2208", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3619", "width": "2142", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "THE\\nOFFICERS HANDBOOK\\nA GUIDE FOR OFFICERS IN YOUNG PEOPLE S\\nSOCIETIES, WITH CHAPTERS ON PARLIA-\\nMENTARY LAW AND OTHER USEFUL\\nTHEMES\\nBy AMOS R. WELLS\\nBOSTON AND CHICAGO\\nUNITED SOCIETY OF CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR\\nI", "height": "3619", "width": "2142", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "5642S\\nUibrttry of Con(y\\nOCT 4 1900\\nOe^Ai.\\\\ 0-17\\nOR0t\u00c2\u00bb\u00c2\u00ab DIVISION.\\nOCT 29 I9UU\\nCopyrighted, iqoo,\\nTHE UNITED SOCIETY OF CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR.", "height": "3619", "width": "2142", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "CONTENTS.\\nChapter. page\\nI. The King s Business 5\\nII. Christian Endeavor Fundamentals. 9\\nIII. The Constitution and By-Laws 16\\nIV. The President s Work 43\\nV. The President in the Prayer Meet-\\ning 47\\nVI. The President and the Committees. 51\\nVII. The President and the Unions 55\\nVIII. The Work of the Vice-President. 59\\nIX. The Recording Secretary s Work. 62\\nX. The Corresponding Secretary s\\nW^ORK 69\\nXI. The Treasurer s Work 75\\nXII. The Organist s Work 84\\nXIII. The Executive Committee 90\\nXIV. The Business Meeting 97\\nXV. A Summary of Parliamentary Law\\nFOR Endeavorers 103\\nXVI. Reception AND Installation Services. 113\\nXVII. The Use of Literature 126\\nXVIII. The Society and the Church 131\\nXIX. A Glance at Christian Endeavor His-\\ntory 137", "height": "3619", "width": "2228", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3619", "width": "2142", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "THE OFFICERS HANDBOOK.\\nCHAPTER I.\\nTHE KING S BUSINESS.\\nChristian Endeavor is a spiritual movement and\\nits heart is the prayer meeting, and yet it is as im-\\npossible to have a good society without a good\\nbusiness meeting, as to have a good business meeting\\nwithout a good society. The spiritual side of the\\nwork grows as the committee w^ork grows, and the\\nsociety s activity increases as the spiritual fervor\\nincreases, each depending on the other. Uplifting\\nprayer meetings are the result of good work on the\\npart of the prayer-meeting committee, and that\\ncommittee in turn is stimulated to better ^vork by\\nuplifting prayer meetings. Souls are won to Christ\\nby the zealous labors of the lookout committee, and\\nevangelistic zeal, once implanted in a society, w^ill\\nspur the lookout committee to unselfish endeavors.\\nIf the consecration meetings are genuine, tlie busi-\\nness meetings will be enthusiastic and practical.\\nBut if neither of these things is true At which\\n5", "height": "3619", "width": "2228", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "6 THE officers HA:^rDBOOK.\\nend shall we begin to work Shall we first make\\nthe body, and then pour into it the breath of life\\nOr shall we seek first the motive and later supply\\nthe machinery\\nThere is no need of deciding, for we are to work\\ntoward both ends at th^ same time. This book\\nillustrates, therefore, only one side of a successful\\nsociety, and what some might call the lower side, if\\nthere were any higher or lower in religious work.\\nFor the other side, I must refer the Endeavorer to\\nthe volume in this series that deals with Prayer-\\nMeeting Methods, and to the numbers of the Ways\\nof Working Series entitled On the Lookout\\nand Our Crowning Meeting. Throughout this\\nbook I must take it for granted that the reader un-\\nderstands that the society mechanism is only a\\nmeans toward an end, and that all Endeavorers\\nknow what is the great object for which alone\\nChristian Endeavor business is conducted, and what\\nis the pervading spirit in which alone it will suc-\\nceed.\\nTlierefore I do not at all sympathize with those\\nthat would minimize the business in our society\\nwork. Do not be petty and fussy. Do not spend\\ntime in polishing the locomotive when you should\\nbe on the road. Do not exalt the way above the\\ngoal, the method above the object. But, on the other\\nhand, magnify your office, enlarge it with the thor-\\noughness of a Paul. Complete the business to the\\nfinger nails, as carefully as Angelo would finish a\\nstatue. Be ashamed of a short business meeting.\\nIf you have little business, it means little committee", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "THE OFFICERS HAXDBOOK. 7\\nvvofk. And be ashamed of a dull business meeting.\\nIt means that your society is half asleep.\\nAnd our Christian Endeavor business should be\\ndone in the very best way. We are about our\\nFather s business. How punctilious are all that do\\nbusiness for a king Letters presented to him must\\nbe handsomely engrossed. The most minute act\\nregarding his w^ardrobe, his food, liis bed, must be\\nperformed with perfect care and according to the\\nstrictest rule. How attentive to details are lovers\\nthat execute commissions for their sweethearts\\nNo least slip is permitted in accuracy, in fiueness,\\nin promptness, in grace. If we truly love God, and\\nserve Him as our King, we shall count nothing too\\ngood for His service. His wash will be enough for\\nus, as David s w^ish for the water by Bethleliem s\\ngate was enough for his strong men. Whatever is\\nworth doing is w^orth doing w^ell, and wliatever\\nGod wants done is w^orth doing. If in his public\\nprayers, and even when he prays in secret, a Chris-\\ntian W ill take pains to use only the choicest w^ords,\\nwiiy should he not also be careful to use only the\\nmost fitting and up-to-date methods in all his relig-\\nious labors Let us be workmen that need not to\\nbe ashamed. Let us permit no slovenly work about\\nthe King s business not even in the King s kitchen.\\nVerily, we want God to toil for us and oh, how^\\nHe labors Look at the business meeting of the\\nspring. What motions are passed by the breezes\\nHow eagerly the fields resolve themselves into com-\\nmittees of the whole What a music committee\\nare the birds, w^hat a flower committee is active", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "8 THE officers HANDBOOK.\\nthrough the woods What a vigilant lookout com-\\nmittee has its headquarters among the clouds\\nWhat a summer business meeting And what a\\nfall business meeting Yes, and what a winter\\nbusiness meeting, too, though all its work is done\\nso quietly. And in the presence of this abounding\\nenergy of God, that spends itself upon us so lavishly\\nand continually, shall we find it onerous to attend\\none committee meeting a fortnight\\nAh, let us be diligent in business That shall\\nbe the motto of this book. That can be our spirit,\\nonly as we enjoy our Christian activities. Diligent\\ncomes from the Latin words meaning to choose\\nout, to love and however we may lash ourselves\\nwith the whip of conscience and tlie thong of duty,\\nwe are not truly diligent, but only pretending to\\nbe, until we have come possibly by dint at first of\\nmere duty-doing to love our work.\\nThe King s business requireth haste. -Whj^? Be-\\ncause the night conieth, w^ien no man can work.\\nThe knowledge of the extreme brevity even of .the\\nlongest life, the thought of the vast reaches of eter-\\nnit3^ the consciousness that upon our life here de-\\npend the eternal issues for us aaid for others no\\none can entertain these great ideas without being\\nspurred thereby to an activity so fierce that it would\\nspeedily burn his life out were it not for the peace\\nand quietness our Master gives His followers. That\\npeace enters our souls and takes away all f retfulness\\nand fever from our toil, while, none the less, we\\nseek the Kingdom first of all, and it is our meat\\nand our drink to do the will of the Father.", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "THE OFFICERS HA ^L BOOK.\\nCHAPTER II.\\nCHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR FUNDAMENTALS.\\nThe officers of our Christian Endeavor societies\\nare the local leaders of the Christian Endeavor move-\\nment. The State and national leaders cannot go far\\nwith their voices, and only a little farther with their\\npens but the local leaders, in the aggregate, go\\neverywhere. It is of supreme importance, therefore,\\nif the movement is to flourish, that all our Christian\\nEndeavor officers shall be able to defend it against\\ncriticism, and to show why tliey believe in it, what\\ngood it is doing, and what are its purposes and prin-\\ncipal methods. A chapter on Christian Endeavor\\nfundamentals, then, stands appropriately at the\\nopening of this officers Imndbook.\\nWhat are the Christian Endeavor essentials?\\nWhat constitutes an Endeavor society How is it\\ndifferentiated from the old type of young people s\\nmeetings that made so manifest a failure\\nFrom the beginning, in 1881, six features have\\ncharacterized the Society. In spite of hundreds of\\nimproved methods that since liave been added, in\\nspite of the adoption of many new interests and the\\ncompleting of many noble achievements, these six\\ncharacteristics are still the summary of tlie Society.\\nThey have proved their value by the test of time and", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "10 THE OFFICERS^ HAXDBOOK.\\nexperience. Societies that lacked them have quietly\\npassed away societies that possessed them have\\ngrown and are yet growing. Formally emphasized\\nin many written and spoken addresses, they have\\ncome to be recognized everywhere as Christian En-\\ndeavor principles, and no Christian Endeavor officer\\nshould be ignorant either of what they are, or of their\\nprofound and fundamental meaning.\\nFirst of these principles stands the pledge. Pri-\\nmarily not the particular form of words set forth by\\nthe United Society no stress has ever been laid\\nupon that the United Society has itself revised\\nthem, and different countries have varied from them.\\nThe pledge idea, however, is essential to a society of\\nChristian Endeavor the willingness, upon recogniz-\\ning that Christ wants us to do certain things, to\\npromise to do them, and to enter into open covenant\\nfor that purpose. This idea all our Christian En-\\ndeavor officers should be prepared to defend and ad-\\nvocate. If any one objects that this takes away\\nfrom the freedom of a Christian, they should be\\nquick to reply that Christian freedom consists in do-\\ning the will of Christ, and that the only question to\\nbe settled is whether the pledge unfolds a part of\\nChrist s will or not. If any one objects that it is im-\\npossible to keep the pledge, they should be prompt\\nto direct attention to the provision for excuses\\nnothing is promised without the proviso, unless\\nprevented by some reason which I can conscien-\\ntiously give to my Saviour. The pledge simply\\nagrees to testify for Christ, attend to the society s\\ncommittee work, pray and read the Bible daily, and", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "THE officers HAis DBOOK. 11\\nsupport the church and its services unless we have\\nsome excuse we think Christ would accept. When\\nour officers ask the critics, Does not Clirist want\\nus to do these things? they must answer, Yes, as\\na general thing. Then why not promise Him that\\nwe will do them, when He wants us to do them?\\nThe pledge makes firm, conscientious Christians.\\nIt educates young people in promise-keeping a\\ntraining much needed in our modern times. It has\\nbeen the backbone of the Christian Endeavor move-\\nment, and any society that grows lax in regard to it,\\nwill grow lax in everything else.\\nOur second fundamental is the monthly roll-call\\nmeeting, first named the experience meeting, now\\nusually named the consecration meeting. Why is\\nit an essential? Because it serves as a test of fidelity\\nto the pledge, a constant reminder of it, a spur to ful-\\nfilling it. To send a message, if one must be absent,\\nand to testify in answer to one s name, if present\\ntliis, once a month, is obviously no unreasonable\\nburden, and if one is unwilling to do this much, not\\neven he himself would think that he ought to be kept\\nin the society. Through the consecration meeting,\\ntherefore, the profitless members are weeded out, and\\nthe society is kept to its standard of efficiency. Our\\nChristian Endeavor officers, having this understand-\\ning of the purpose of the meeting, will be ready to\\nanswer the criticism often leveled against the so-\\nciety because of a misunderstanding of our use of\\nthe term, consecration, and because of the tes-\\ntimony sometimes heard at this meeting, I want to\\nre-consecrate myself. Christian Endeavorers un-", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "12 THE OFFICERS HANDBOOK.\\nderstand that consecration to God, made once, is\\nmade forever that it is not an act to be re-\\npeated month after month and by our consecra-\\ntion meeting we mean only a meeting to bring out\\nnew elements in tlie consecration we have already\\nmade, to remind ourselves of it, to report our ex-\\nperiences concerning it, to emphasize the pledge of\\nconsecration we have taken upon ourselves. A\\nmeeting for this purpose once a month is none too\\noften, and has infused into our society an element\\nof strength to be obtained in no other way.\\nIn the third place. Christian Endeavor believes\\nin systematic, definite, regular committee work.\\nWhy Because the main purpose of the society is\\nto train young Christians for the church, and there\\nis no way to learn liow to do things without doing\\nthem. The advantages of our^ Christian Endeavor\\ncommittee work, so varied, so extensive, so practical,\\nso helpful, are sufficiently manifest, and our officers\\nwill not need to dilate upon them. They need only\\nto remember tliat all of it is an outgrowth of Chris-\\ntian Endeavor, developed as the Society developed,\\nand unknown before to the young people of the\\nworld.\\nPrivate devotion is the fourth plank of our society\\nplatfoiin daily prayer and daily Bible-reading.\\nLike all the rest of the pledge, this part is flexible.\\nIt is left for the individual conscience, kept in touch\\nwith its Lord, to dictate how long and when one is\\nto pray, and how much of the Bible shall be read\\ndaily, and in what way it shall be studied. Here,\\ntoo, as throughout the pledge, the provision regard-", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "THE officers HANDBOOK. 13\\ning reasonable excuses is in force. Nevertheless,\\nChristian Endeavor believes that it is impossible to\\nmaintain in power the outer exercises of religion\\nunless we maintain with fervor this private com-\\nmunion with God, and by courses of Bible-study,\\nand by the Quiet Hour pledge of at least fifteen\\nminutes in the early morning for meditation and\\nprayer, and in many other w^ays, the Society is\\nconstantly reminding its members that their only\\nstrength for any work comes from on high, and\\nmust be drawn from the reservoirs of prayer.\\nDenominational loyalty is tlie fifth Christian En-\\ndeavor principle a principle to which all experience\\nshows that the young people are true. The pledge\\nindicates general church-support, and, in particular,\\nattendance on the midweek prayer meeting and tlie\\nSunday evening service as ways in wliich this\\ndenominational loyalty may be exhibited. It has\\nbeen shown frequently that the Endeavorers are\\nfaithful to their promises in these points. In larger\\nnumbers, proportionately, than the older church\\nmembers, they are to be found at the Sunday\\nevening service and the midweek prayer meeting.\\nThey are loyal to their denominational missions and\\nchurch periodicals. Where their denomination has\\nformed a separatist young people s society, they\\nhave even carried this principle so far as to commit\\nsuicide as an Endeavor society, and drop sadly out\\nof the Christian Endeavor fellowship. The forward\\nmovements in Christian Endeavor, like the Tenth\\nLegion and the Macedonian Plialanx, have all been\\nfor the sole benefit of the denominations. Many", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "14 THE officers HAXDBOOK.\\nthousands of pastors are constantly testifying to the\\nEndeavorers loyalty.\\nSixth and last in the list of Christian Endeavor\\nprinciples is interdenominational fellowship. Chris-\\ntian Endeavor has developed a very complete and\\nbeautiful system of unions city, county, State,\\nnational, and world-vride. In most communities\\nthese unions are the only rallying centers for the\\nChristians of all faiths. Everywhere they are power-\\nful agencies for co-operative action, and delightful\\npromoters of a mutual understanding and brotherly\\nhelpfulness. Endeavorers know that from this\\nsource they gain vast enthusiasm, that their union\\nwork serves to popularize good methods, and that,\\nbest of all, in this coming together they are hasten-\\ning the fulfilment of Christ s command and prayer,\\nthat they all may be one. Our officers should\\nunderstand the dangers that attend this union work,\\nwatching jealously that nothing is admitted preju-\\ndicial to denominational loyalty. They will see\\nthat their union is furnished with a Pastors Advisory\\nCommittee, and in all their relations with other\\nsocieties they will be guided by their pastors wise\\ncontrol. Yet they will not forget how great and\\nblessed is Christian Endeavor s responsibility for the\\nperpetuation and enlarging of this fellowship.\\nThey will see the coming glories of the federation of\\nthe churches. They will believe in church union\\njust as close a union as is possible without violating\\nconsciences. And for this ideal they will be glad to\\nwork.\\nThese, then, are the six objects of Christian", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "THE OFFICEKS^ HANDBOOK. 15\\nEndeavor. From these essentials all other purposes\\nof the Society spring, and to them they are subordi-\\nnate. Compare the church, as Christ compared it,\\nto a vineyard. Then the pledge is the stake to which\\nthe tender, pliant vine is tied. The consecration\\nmeeting is the rain poured upon it from above. Pri-\\nvate devotions are the foodful soil, strong with its\\nbeautiful hidden strength. The committee work is\\nthe tilling of the plant. Denominational loyalty is\\nthe trellis along which the vines run from stake to\\nstake. Interdenominational fellowship is the entire\\nvineyard, the wind and the rain and the snow that\\nfall upon the whole, the wise plans for the vineyard,\\nfor plowing and fertilizing, for keeping off insects,\\nfor pruning, for gathering the fruit.. How foolish\\nto shut each vine up in a separate coop\\nThe church has scarcely begun to realize what\\nblessings will come to her from this access of ardent,\\nwell-trained young workers. The pledge has given\\nthem spiritual stamina, the consecration meeting\\nhas given them the virtue of continuance. Private\\ndevotions have given them depth. Committee work\\nhas made them practical. Labor for their denomi-\\ntions has made them intense. Fellowship with other\\ndenominations has made them broad. As our Chris-\\ntian Endeavor officers come to understand better\\nand better the purposes of our noble organization,\\nthe results it has already achieved and the still\\ngrander results it is sure to achieve in the opening-\\nfuture, they will believe in the Society with all\\ntheir hearts, and they will work for it with all their\\nmight.", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "16 THE OFPICEES HA]S^DBOOK,\\nCHAPTER III.\\nTHE CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS.\\nWhat is known as the Model Constitution for\\nChristian Endeavor societies that furnished by the\\nUnited Society of Christian Endeavor and used in\\norganizing new societies, though substantially the\\nsame as that formed for Dr. Clark s pioneer society\\nin Williston Church, Portland, Maine, has received\\nseveral revisions, and is now sent out in the follow-\\ning form. Alwaj^s when it is sent out, however,\\nthere goes with it the statement that it is put forth\\nonly as a recommendation, and that, though it is\\nhoped that its main principles may everywhere be\\nadopted, the societies are perfectly free to make\\nwhatever changes are needed to adapt it to local\\nneeds. Tlie constitution itself deals with general\\nprinciples, and it is best for the society to take it\\nwithout modification, while the by-laws represent\\nthe more variable factors, and it is they that may\\nmore wisely be changed. It is not to be forgotten,\\nhowever, what constitutes a Christian Endeavor so-\\nciety, and no modification should be made that will\\nannul any of the six principles stated in the preced-\\ning chapter principles that have confirmed them-\\nselves now by the experience of so many years and\\nof so many thousand societies all over the world.\\nIn this chapter I shall present the Model Constitu-", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "THE OFFICEKS HANDBOOK. 17\\ntion, in company with such explanatory notes as my\\nexperience in answering innumerable questions,\\nboth at conventions and in the colranns of Tlie\\nChristian Endeavor World, has shown to be helpful\\nand needed.\\nTHE MODEL CO^^STITUTION.\\nArticle I. Name,\\nThis society shall be called the\\nYoung People s Society of Christian Endeavor.\\n[Some societies have a double name. The society\\nto which Dr. Clark now belongs, for instance, is\\ncalled The Golden Rule Society of Christian En-\\ndeavor, or, The Congregational Society of Chris-\\ntian Endeavor, of Auburndale, Mass.\\nArticle 11.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Object,\\nIts object shall be to promote an earnest Christian\\nlife among its members, to increase their mutual\\nacquaintance, and to make them more useful in the\\nservice of God.\\n[Three objects, it will be observed. Have you\\npaid much attention to this section Why not print\\nit in large letters and hang it before the society,\\nwith the purpose henceforth of developing the mem-\\nbers along all three lines\\nArticle III. Membership,\\n1. The members shall consist of three classes\\nActive, Associate, and Affiliated or Honorary.\\n2. Active Members. The active members of this\\n2", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "18 THE OFFICERS^ HANDBOOK.\\nsociety shall consist of all young persons who be-\\nlieve themselves to be Christians, and who sincerely\\ndesire to accomplish the objects above specified\\nVoting power shall be vested only in the active\\nmembers.\\n[Of course the word, young, may have some\\nexceptions, and may include those that are young\\nin the Christian life and need the training of the\\nsociety. It is here used, however, to shut out ma-\\nture and experienced Christians who should be\\nworking in the other portions of the church, and\\nfor whom, if they wish to show an interest in the\\nyoung people s society, a place is made as honorary\\nmembers.\\nIt is often asked whether the active membership\\nof the society should be confined to church-mem-\\nbers. I myself came to be a cliurch-member through\\nservice as an active Endeavorer, and I know of many\\nmore that were thus brought into the church, so\\nthat my personal belief on this point may easily be\\nguessed. On the other hand, there are many wise\\nand experienced pastors who think that since all\\nwho believe themselves to be Christians should\\njoin the church, it would be a great mistake to\\nallow them to become active Endeavorers without\\nfirst taking that step. On this point, therefore,\\nsince the opinions of pastors and the iDractice of the\\nsocieties is so divided, no recommendation is made\\nin the Model Constitution, but the pastor and\\nchurch are left to adopt the course that seems best.]\\n3. Associate Members. All young i: ersons of\\nworthy character, who are not at present willing to", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "THE OFFICERS HAXDBOOK. 19\\nbe considered decided Christians, may become asso-\\nciate members of this society. They shall have the\\nspecial prayers and sympathy of the active mem-\\nbers, but shall be excused from taking part in the\\nprayer meeting. It is expected that all associate\\nmembers will habitually attend the prayer-meetings,\\nand that they will in time become active members,\\nand the society will work to this end.\\n[It will be noticed that the associate members are\\nby this definition those that are not willing to be\\nconsidered Christians. No church-member, there-\\nfore, should under any circumstances be permitted\\nto join as an associate member. The associate mem-\\nbers should not lead the meetings, nor serve as\\nchairman of the committees, nor, indeed, should\\nthey be placed upon any of the committees that\\nhave charge of the distinctively spiritual interests of\\nthe society, such as the prayer-meeting and lookout\\ncommittees. If their names are called at the conse-\\ncration meetings, they should not be expected to\\nmake any response except Present, though of\\ncourse all would be glad to have them testify at that\\ntime and their names should be called in a list by\\nthemselves, before the roll of active members.]\\n4. Afflliated or Honorary Members. All j)ersons\\nwho, though no longer young, are still interested in\\nthe society, and wish to have some connection with\\nit, though the} cannot regularly attend the meet-\\nings, may become honorary members. Their names\\nshall be kept upon the list under the appropriate\\nheading, but shall not be called at the roll-call meet-\\ning. It is understood that the society may look to", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "20 THE officers HANDBOOK.\\nthe lionoraiy members for financial and moral sup-\\nport in all worthy efforts. (For a special class of\\nhonorary members, see Article XI.)\\n[The term, honorary members, is in common\\nuse rather than affiliated members. This class of\\nmembers is made up of older Christians that enjoy\\nthe Christian Endeavor meetings, and wish to be in\\nclose touch with the society for the sake of helping\\nit along. The class is also for those that have served\\nfor a term of years in the society, and, graduating\\nfrom it to take up the full duty of the older portion\\nof the church, desire to retain some connection with\\nthe work they have come to love. No young person\\nwhose circumstances do not forbid his becoming an\\nactive or an associate member should be allowed to\\nbecome an honorary member.]\\n5. These different persons shall become members,\\nupon being elected by the society, after carefully\\nexamining the Constitution and By-Laws, and upon\\nsigning their names to them, thereby pledging them-\\nselves to live up to their requirements.\\n[There is also a provision in regard to signing the\\npledge, which, indeed, is embodied in the constitu-\\ntion. See Article VIII.]\\nArticle ly.\u00e2\u0080\u0094Ojflcei^s.\\n1. The officers of this society shall be a President,\\nVice-President, Recording Secretary, Corresponding\\nSecretary, and Treasurer, who shall be chosen from\\namong the active members of tlie society.\\n[Of course, other officers may be added. Some", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0024.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "THE officers HAKDBOOK. 21\\nsocieties will wish to include the organist in this\\nlist. Some societies of small membership give the\\noffices of recording secretary and treasurer to the\\nsame person.]\\n2. There shall also be a Lookout Committee, a\\nPrayer-Meeting Committee, a Social Committee,\\nand such other committees- as tlie local needs of\\neach society may require, each consisting of five\\nactive members. .Tliere shall also be an Executive\\nCommittee, as provided in Article VI.\\n[The number of members to be placed upon a\\ncommittee must vary with the size of the society,\\nthree being the minimum for an efficient committee.\\nSome societies have the excellent custom of placing\\neach member on a committee, assigning each new\\nmember also to a committee as soon as he is elected.]\\nArticle Y.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Duties of Officers.\\n1. President. The President of the society shall\\nperform the duties usually pertaining to that office.\\nHe shall have especial watch over the interests of\\nthe society, and it shall be his care to see that the\\ndifferent committees perform the duties devolving\\nupon them. He shall be chairman of the Executive\\nCommittee.\\n2. Vice-President. The Vice-President shall as-\\nsist the President, and perform his duties in his\\nabsence.\\n[A foot-note to the Model Constitution suggests that\\nthe Vice-President be secretary of the executive\\ncommittee. The suggestion has never found favor\\nwith the societies, and it seems to the present writer", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0025.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "22 THE officers haxdbook.\\nthat the recording secretar} of the society, having\\ncharge of all the records, and being chosen because\\nof fitness for such work, should keep these minutes\\nalso. In the chapter on the work of the vice-pres-\\nident, I have pointed out other, and, I tliink, better,\\nways of utilizing this little-used officer.]\\n3. Corresponding Secretary. It shall be the duty\\nof the Corresponding Secretary to keep the local\\nsociety in communication with the State and local\\nChristian Endeavor unions and with the United\\nSociety, and to present to his own societ} such mat-\\nters of interest as may come from tlie United So-\\nciety, from other local societies, and from other\\nauthorized sources of Christian Endeavor informa-\\ntion. This office shall be held permanently by the\\nsame person, as long as he is able to perform its\\nduties satisfactorily, and his name should be for-\\nwarded to the United Society immediately after\\nelection.\\n[The somewhat common complaint in regard to the\\nefficiency of this officer is doubtless warranted, but\\nthe cause lies back of the corresponding secretaries,\\nin the members of the societies themselves, who do\\nnot realize the importance of the post, nor under-\\nstand what qualifications are required, and therefore\\ndo not see to it that the position is appropriately\\nfilled. See the chapter on the corresponding secre-\\ntary.]\\n4. Recording Secretary. It shall be the duty of\\nthe Recording Secretary to keep a record of the\\nmembers, to correct it from time to time, as may\\nbe necessary, and to obtain the signature of each", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0026.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "THE officers tiaxdbook. 23\\nnewly-elected member to the Constitution also to\\ncorrespond with absent members, and to inform\\nthem of their standing in the society; also to keep\\ncorrect minutes of all business meetings of the\\nsociety also to notify all persons elected to office\\nor to committees.\\n[It might be thought that the corresponding with\\nabsent members should belong to the corresponding-\\nsecretary, and so it should, on any other subject\\nbut the recording secretary has the records, and is\\nthe more suitable person to spur the absent members\\nto their duty, unless, indeed, the lookout committee\\nundertake this delicate task. It should be noted\\nthat the secretary may not correct the list of mem-\\nbers on his owm authority, but only after the vote of\\nthe lookout committee.]\\n5. Treasurer. It shall be the duty of the Treas-\\nurer to keep safely all moneys belonging to the\\nsociety, and to pay out only such sums as shall be\\nvoted by the society.\\n[Of course the society or the executive committee\\nmay give permission to certain committees to draw\\non the treasurer for the needs of their work, and it\\nis not customary for the society to vote upon slight\\nand habitual payments, as for topic cards, postage,\\nand little expenses attending the socials, but only on\\nthe disiDOsition of large sums, such as the gifts to\\nmissions, or of small sums when they are to go in\\nunusual ways. Strictly, too, the treasurer should\\npay out money only on written order from the sec-\\nretary, but in practice this formality is generally\\ndispensed with.]", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0027.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "24 THE officers handbook.\\nArticle Yl.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Duties of Committees.\\n1. Lookout Committee. It shall be the duty of\\nthis committee to bring new members into the so-\\nciety, to introduce them to the work and to the\\nother members, and affectionately to look after and\\nreclaim any that seem indifferent to their duties.\\nas outlined in the pledge. This committee shall\\nalso, by personal investigation, satisfy itself of the\\nfitness of young persons to become members of\\nthis society, and shall propose their names at least\\none week before their election to membership, hav-\\ning first presented such names to the Pastor for\\napproval.\\n[It is especially necessary that the new members\\nunderstand what they promise in the pledge. The\\nlookout committee should have each of them\\nread the pledge, and should question him upon it,\\nclause by clause, making sure that he comi^rehends\\neach section, and means to abide by it. J\\n2. Prayer-Meeting Committee. It shall be the\\nduty of this committee to have in charge the prayer\\nmeeting, and to see that a topic is assigned and a\\nleader appointed for every meeting, and to do what\\nit can to secure faithfulness to the prayer-meeting\\npledge.\\n[In the last clause the duties of the prayer-meet-\\ning committee are made of necessity to overlap the\\nduties of the lookout committee. Broadly speaking,\\nthe prayer-meeting committee looks to the general\\nfidelity of the entire society in the matter of prayer-\\nand the lookout committee", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0028.jp2"}, "29": {"fulltext": "THE officers HANDBOOK. 25\\nspeciaHzes more, having regard to the standing of\\neach member.]\\n3. Social Committee. It shaH be the duty of this\\ncommittee to promote the social interests of the\\nsociety by welcoming strangers to the meetings,\\nand by providing for tlie mutual acquaintance of\\nthe members by occasional sociables, for which any\\nappropriate entertainment, of which the church\\napproves, may be provided.\\n[There can never be just criticism of our socials\\nif the clause, of which the church approves, is\\nfollowed out. All plans for socials should be sub-\\nmitted, in outline, at least, to the pastor.J\\n4. Executive Committee. This committee shall\\nconsist of the Pastor of the church, the officers of\\nthe society, and the chairmen of the various com-\\nmittees. All matters of business requiring debate\\nshall be brought first before this committee, and by\\nit reported to the society either favorably or ad-\\nversely. All discussion of proposed measures shall\\ntake place before this committee, and not before\\nthe society. Recommendations concerning the\\nfinances of the society shall also originate with this\\ncommittee.\\n[It has been observed in Article V. that the pres-\\nident is chairman of this committee. The commit-\\ntee should meet regularly, at least once a month,\\nbefore the monthly business meeting. The object\\nof the committee is two-fold To prevent waste\\nof time in the regular meeting of the society by\\nuseless debate and unnecessary parliamentary prac-\\ntice, which are always harmful to the spirit of the", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0029.jp2"}, "30": {"fulltext": "26 THE OFFICERS^ HAXDBOOK.\\nprayer meeting, aucl also to counsel together con-\\ncerning the society work. See the chapter on this\\nimportant committee.]\\n5. Each committee, except the Executive, shall\\nmake a report in writing to the society, at the\\nmonthly business meetings, concerning the work of\\nthe past month.\\n[The recording secretary generally keeps these\\nrecords on file. The executive committee also may\\nproperly present a report, as outlined elsewhere.\\nArticle Yll. TJie Prayer Meeting,\\nAll the active members shall be j:// esenf at every\\nmeeting unless detained by some absolute necessity,\\nand each active member shall take some x:^arty hoio-\\never slight, in every meeting. To the above all tJie\\nactive members shall pledge themselves, understand-\\ning by absolute necessity some reason for absence\\nwhich can conscientiously be given to their Master,\\nJesus Clirist.\\n[Of course the common sense of the society must\\nbe exercised to determine what is some part, how-\\never slight, in the meeting. The pledge itself shuts\\nout singing as a sufficient participation. TJie mere\\ncalling for a hymn to be sung, without adding any\\nword of personal testimony, or the mere answering\\nof Present at the roll-call, should not be considered\\nas meeting this requirement.]\\nArticle YTH.\u00e2\u0080\u0094The Pledge.\\nAll persons on becoming active members of the\\nSociety shall sign the following pledge", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0030.jp2"}, "31": {"fulltext": "THE OFFICER^ IIAXDBOOK. 27\\nTrusting in the Lord Jesus Christ for strength, I jjromise\\nHim that I will strive to do whatever He would like to have\\nnie do that I will make it the rule of my life to pray and to\\nread the Bible every day, and to support my own church in\\nevery way, especially by attending all her regular Sunday and\\nmid-week services, unless prevented by some reason which I\\ncan conscientiously give to my Saviour and that, just so far as\\nI know how, throughout my whole life, I will endeavor to lead\\na Christian life.\\nAs an active member, I promise to be true to all my duties,\\nto be present at, and to take some part, aside from singing, in\\nevery Christian Endeavor prayer meeting, unless hindered by\\nsome reason which I can conscientiously give to my Lord and\\nMaster. If obliged to be absent from the monthly consecra-\\ntion meeting of the society, I will, if possible, send at least a\\nverse of Scripture to be read in response to my name at\\nthe roll-call.\\nSigned\\n[The United Society adds here the important foot-\\nnote If this exact form of words is not adopted,\\nit is earnestly hoped that it will not be weakened or\\ntoned down, but that a pledge embracing the ideas\\nof private devotion, loyalty to the church, and out-\\nspoken confession of Christ in the weekly meeting,\\nwill be adopted.\\nArticle IX. The Consecration Mdeting.\\n1. Once each month a consecration or covenant\\nmeeting shall be held, at which each active member\\nshall renew his vow^s of consecration. If any one\\nchooses, he can express his feelings by an appropri-\\nate verse of Scripture or other quotation.\\n[In regard to this, we should be careful to apply\\nthe section of our pledge in which we promise to try\\nto do whatever Christ would like to have us do.", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0031.jp2"}, "32": {"fulltext": "28 THE officers handbook.\\nCertainly He wants us to make onr praypr-meeting\\nparticipation as helpful as possible, both to others\\nand to ourselves, and generally the mere reading of\\na verse of Scripture without the addition of some\\nword, however brief, to indicate that the passage is\\nused to express the Endeavorer s feelings and experi-\\nence, would not be the best possible mode of taking\\npart in the meeting.]\\n2. At each consecration meeting the roll shall be\\ncalled (or some equally thorough method of making\\ntho record may be adopted), and the responses of the\\nactive members shall be considered as renewed ex-\\npressions of allegiance to Christ. It is expected\\nthat if any one is obliged to he absent from this meet-\\ning, he ivill send a message, or at least a verse of\\nScripture, to be read in response to his name at the\\nroll-call.\\n[This implied suggestion of variations from the\\none form of calling the roll should be heeded more\\nwidely than it is also the hint that some personal,\\nindividual message is to be preferred to the mere\\ncopying and sending of a verse from the Bible.]\\n3. If any active member of this society is absent\\nfrom this monthly meeting and fails to send a mes-\\nsage, the Lookout Committee is expected to take the\\nname of such a one, and in a kind and brotherly\\nspirit ascertain the reason for the absence. If any\\nactive memher of the society is absent and unex-\\ncused from three consecutive montldy meetings, such\\na one ceases to be a member of the society, and his\\nname, on vote of the Lookout Committee and the\\nPastor, shall be stridden from the list of members.", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0032.jp2"}, "33": {"fulltext": "THE officers ha;n^dbook. 20\\n[Note that the lookout committee is expected to\\ninvestigate the very first unexplained absence, noc\\nto wait till there have been three of them. Note\\nalso that if the lookout committee cannot excuse\\nthe three absences, the person ceases to be a mem-\\nber, though the requirement of the consent of the\\npastor is a check on haste and harmful action, if\\nany is likely to be taken. No announcement what-\\never should be made before the society. The name\\nshould be quietly dropped by the secretary, and that\\nis all.]\\n4. Any associate member who, without good\\nreason, is regularly absent from the prayer meet-\\nings, and shows no interest whatever in the w^ork\\nof the society, may, upon vote of the Lookout Com-\\nmittee and Pastor, be dropped from the roll of\\nmembers.\\n[This has no reference to the consecration meeting,\\nsince the associate member has made no promise\\nconcerning it. Hold on to the associate member as\\nlong as you think he is getting good from the so-\\nciety, and not doing a jDreponderating amount of\\nharm.]\\nArticle X. Business Meetings and Elections.\\n1. Business meetings may be held in connection\\nwith the prayer meeting, or at any other time in\\naccordance with the call of the President.\\n[Since our Christian Endeavor business meetings\\nare all concerned solel}^ with religious matters, and\\nwith hearing the reports of religious work, they are\\nnot inappropriate to the Lord s Day, if the society", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0033.jp2"}, "34": {"fulltext": "30 THE OFPICEES HAXDBOOK.\\nmeets on that day. A full Christian Endeavor\\nbusiness meeting ought to be carried through within\\ntwenty minutes. It is better, however, to meet on\\nsome evening when more time can be obtained\\nwithout encroaching upon the time of the prayer\\nmeeting, and not a few societies hold their business\\nmeetings in connection with tlieir socials. The\\nexecutive committee may call a business meeting\\nthrough the president, or, in his absence, through\\nthe officer next in rank. A business meeting should\\nbe held eTery month, as indicated in Article VI., 5,\\nand a good plan is always to hold the business\\nmeeting on the last, and the consecration meeting\\non the first, Sunday of each month.]\\n2. An election of the officers and committees slmll\\nbe held once in six months. Names may be pro-\\nposed by a Nominating Committee aj^pointed by\\nthe President, of which the Pastor shall be a\\nmember ex officio.\\nOnce a year, if jDref erred, says a foot-note in\\nthe Model Constitution, regarding the frequency of\\nelections. It depends a little upon whether the\\nsociety possesses an abundance of material sufficient\\nto warrant semi-annual elections. The advantage\\nof the nominating committee is that it insures a\\nwise and careful review of the whole field, and\\nprevious conversations with the nominees to make\\nsure that they will not refuse to serve. Nomination\\nby this committee should be equivalent to an elec-\\ntion, since it is not best or customary for the com-\\nmittee to present more tlian one name for each\\noffice. A struggle for votes among the friends of", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0034.jp2"}, "35": {"fulltext": "THE officers HAXDBOOK. 31\\ntwo candidates, however exciting and interesting,\\nis not profitable in any way. It will be seen that\\nthe nominating committee is the most important\\ncommittee of the year, and should be made up witli\\ngi eat care. The pastor s presence upon it is very\\nessential.]\\nArticle XI. Relation to the Church,\\nThis society, being a part of the church, owes\\nallegiance only and altogether to the church with\\nwhich it is connected. The Pastors, Deacons, Elders\\nor Stewards, and Sunday-school Superintendent, if\\nnot active members, shall be, ex officiis, honorary\\nmembers. Any difficult question shall be laid\\nbefore them for advice, and their decision shall be\\nfinal. It shall be understood that the nomination\\nof officers or other action taken by the society shall\\nbe subject to revision or veto by the church that in\\nevery way the society sliall put itself under the\\ncontrol of the official board of the church, and shall\\nmake a report to the church monthly, quarterly, or\\nannually, as the church may direct.\\n[It is often asked whether the pastor should join\\nas an active member. That depends entirely upon\\nhis other duties, and upon his judgment as to what\\ncourse will be best for the society and the church.\\nIf he wishes to be an active member, should he be\\nvoted in like any other person He will doubtless\\nwish, for the sake of the example, to come in just as\\nthe others do. The report to the church should be\\nmade by the president or the secretary, as the\\nchurch and the society prefer.]", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0035.jp2"}, "36": {"fulltext": "32 THE officers handbook.\\nArticle XII. Relation of the Junior Society.\\nTlie Young People s Society of Christian Endeavor\\nand the Junior Society being united by ties of closest\\ns^ mpathy and common effort, monthly (or at least\\nannual) reports should be read to the Young\\nPeople s Society by the Junior Superintendent.\\nWhen the boys and girls reach the age of fourteen,\\nthey shall be transferred to the older society. Special\\npains shall be taken to see that a share of the duties\\nand responsibilities of the prayer meetings and of\\nthe general work of the society shall be borne by\\nthe younger members.\\n[In my opinion, the most helpful connection\\nbetween the two societies is made by means of a\\nJunior committee from the older society, which\\nassists the Junior superintendent. Sometimes let a\\nJunior report for his society at the monthly business\\nmeeting. If your church has an Intermediate so-\\nciety, the transfer at the age of fourteen will be to\\nit, and the Young People s society svill stand in the\\nsame relation to the Intermediates as to the Juniors.]\\nArticle Xlll.\u00e2\u0080\u0094FeUoicship.\\nThis society, while owing allegiance onl^^ to its\\nown church, is united by ties of spiritual fellowship\\nwith other Christian Endeavor societies the world\\naround. This fellowship is based upon a common\\nlove to Christ, is cemented by a common pledge\\nand common methods of work, and is guaranteed\\nbv a common name, Christian Endeavor, used", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0036.jp2"}, "37": {"fulltext": "THE officers han^dbook. 33\\neither alone or in conection with some denomina-\\ntional name.\\nThis fellowship is that of an interdenominational,\\nnot an undenominational, organization. It is pro-\\nmoted by local-union meetings, State and national\\nconventions, and still further by the work of the\\nInformation Committee, w^hich it is hoped will be\\nadopted by each society. (See By-Laws, Article X.)\\n[The compound name, such as Epworth League\\nof Christian Endeavor, Baptist Union of Christian\\nEndeavor, is extensively used. With the excep-\\ntion of only one denomination, Christian Endeavor\\nsocieties are permitted by their churches to belong\\nat the same time to their denominational union and\\nto the Christian Endeavor interdenominational fel-\\nlowship.]\\nArticle XIV.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Withdrawals,\\nAny member who may wish to withdraw from the\\nsociety shall state the reasons to the Lookout Com-\\nmittee and Pastor, and if these reasons seem suf-\\nficient, he may be allowed to withdraw.\\n[No announcement is made of this withdrawal the\\nsecretary is simply instructed to drop the name from\\nthe roll. Such a person, if he wishes to return to\\nthe society, must be voted in as if he had never been\\na member.]\\nArticle XY .\u00e2\u0080\u0094Miscellaneous,\\nAny other committees may be added and duties\\nassumed by this society wdiich in the future may\\nseem best.\\n3", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0037.jp2"}, "38": {"fulltext": "34 THE officers handbook,\\nArticle XVI. Transfer of Members,\\nSince it would in the end defeat the very object\\nof our organization if the older active members, who\\nhave been trained in the society for usefulness in\\nthe church, should remain content with fulfilling\\ntheir pledge to the society only, therefore it is ex-\\npected that the older members, when it shall be-\\ncome impossible for them to attend two weekly\\nprayer meetings, shall be transferred to the honorary\\nmembership of the society, if previously faithful to\\ntheir vows as active members. This transfer, how-\\never, shall be made with the understanding that the\\nobligation to faithful service shall still be. binding\\nuj)on them in the regular church prayer meeting.\\nIt shall be left to the Lookout Committee, in con-\\njunction with the Pastor, to see that this transfer of\\nmembership is made as occasion requires.\\n[This is quite different from dropping a name from\\nthe roll, and as it is a step in Christian Endeavor\\nwhich should be emphasized, it is desirable to rec-\\nognize such graduation by some public exercise, such\\nas is outlined in a later chapter of this book.]\\nArticle XYIl.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Amendment,\\nThis Constitution may be amended at any regular\\nbusiness meeting, by a two-thirds vote of the entire\\nactive membership of the society, provided that a\\nwritten statement of the proposed amendment shall\\nhave been read to the society and deposited with the\\nSecretary at the regular business meeting next\\npreceding.", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0038.jp2"}, "39": {"fulltext": "THE officers hakdbook, 35\\nBY-LAWS.\\n[These by-laws are only specimen rules, given as\\nsuggestions, to be adopted in whole or in part as the\\nneeds of each society require.]\\nArticle I.\\nThis society shall hold a prayer meeting on\\nevening of each week. The\\nregular prayer meeting of the month shall be a con-\\nsecration meeting, at which the roll shall be called.\\nArticle II.\\nMetliod of conducting the Consecration Meeting.\\nAt this meeting the roll may be called by the\\nleader during the meeting or at its close. After the\\nopening exercises, tlie names of five or more may be\\ncalled, and then a hymn sung or a praj ^er offered.\\nThe committees may be called by themselves, or\\nother variations of the roll-call introduced. Thus\\nvaried, with singing and prayer interspersed, the\\nentire roll shall be called.\\nArticle ni\u00e2\u0080\u009e\\nThis society shall hold its regular business meeting\\nin connection with the regular prayer meet-\\ning in the month. Special business meetings may\\nbe held at the call of the President.\\nThis business meeting, says a foot-note of the\\nModel Constitution, w^ill usually be simply for the\\nhearing of reports from the committees, or for such", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0039.jp2"}, "40": {"fulltext": "36 THE officers ha:n^dbook,\\nmatters as will not detract from the spiritual tone\\nof the meeting. All matters requiring discussion,\\nit will be remembered, are to be brought before the\\nExecutive Committee, and not oefore the society.\\nOf course this remark does not apply so closely to\\nthe business meetings that are not held in connec-\\ntion with the prayer meetings.]\\nArticle IV.\\nThe election of officers and committees shall be\\nheld at the first business meeting in\\nA Nominating Committee shall be appointed by\\nthe President at least two weeks previous to the\\ntime for electing new officers. Of this committee\\nthe Pastor shall be a member ex offlcio. It is under-\\nstood that these officers are chosen subject to the\\napproval of the church. If there is no objection on\\nthe part of the church, the election stands. The\\nfollowing clause of the By-Laws may be read at the\\nsociety before each semi-annual election of\\nofficers\\nWhile membership on the board of officers or\\ncommittees of this society should be distributed as\\nevenly as the best good of the society will warrant,\\namong the different members, the offices should not\\nbe considered places of honor to be striven for, but\\nsimply opportunities for increased usefulness, and\\nany ill feeling or jealousy springing from this cause\\nshall be deemed unworthy a member of the Society\\nof Christian Endeavor. When, however, a member\\nhas been fairly elected, it is expected that he will\\nconsider his office a sacred trust, to be conscien-", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0040.jp2"}, "41": {"fulltext": "THE OFFICEES HANDBOOK. 37\\ntiously accepted, and never to be declined except for\\nmost urgent and valid reasons.\\nArticle V.\\nApplications for membership may be made on\\nprinted forms, which shall be supplied by the Look-\\nout Committee and returned to them for considera-\\ntion.\\nNames may be proposed for membersliip one week\\nbefore the business meeting, and shall be voted on\\nby the society at that meeting. Tlie Lookout Com-\\nmittee may, in order to satisfy itself of the Christian\\ncharacter of the candidate, present to all candidates\\nfor active or associate membership one of the follow-\\ning cards to be signed\\nActive Member s Pledge.\\nTrusting in the Lord Jesus Christ for strength, I promise\\nHim that I will strive to do whatever He would like to have me\\ndo that I will make it the rule of my life to pray and to read\\nthe Bible every day, and to support ray own church in every\\nway, especially by attending all her regular Sunday and mid-\\nweek services, unless prevented by some reason which I can\\nconscientiously give to my Saviour and that, just so far as I\\nknow how, throughout my w^hole life, I will endeavor to lead a\\nChristian life.\\nAs an active member, I promise to be true to all my duties,\\nto be present at, and to take some part, aside from singing, in\\nevery Christian Endeavor prayer meeting, unless hindered by\\nsome reason which I can conscientiously give to my Lord and\\nMaster. If obliged to be absent from the monthly consecration\\nmeeting of the society, I will, if possible, send at least a verse\\nof Scripture to be read in response to my name at the roll-call.\\nSigned", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0041.jp2"}, "42": {"fulltext": "88 THE officers ha^^dbook.\\nAssociate Member s Pledgee.\\nAs an associate member, I promise to attend the prayer\\nmeetings of the society habitually, and declare my willingness\\nto do what I may be called upon to do as an associate member\\nto advance the interests of the society.\\nSigned\\n[Some societies think it more suitable and im-\\npressive to receive new members at the consecra-\\ntion meeting than at the business ineeting. The\\nbest order, in my opinion, is for the names to be\\nproposed at the business meeting, and voted upon at\\nthe consecration meeting which follows the next\\nweek, the new members being at once received into\\nthe society, and joining with the other members in\\nrepeating the pledge.]\\nArticle VI,\\nPersons who have forfeited their membership may\\nbe re-admitted on recommendation of the Lookout\\nCommittee and Pastor and by vote of the members\\npresent at any regular business meeting.\\nArticle VII.\\nNew members shall sign the Constitution, w^iicli\\nshall contain the pledge, within four weeks from\\ntheir election, to confirm the vote of the society.\\nArticle VIII.\\nAny one who cannot accept the office to which he\\nmay be elected shall notify the President before the\\nnext business meeting, at which the vacancy shall be", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0042.jp2"}, "43": {"fulltext": "THE officers HANDBOOK. 39\\nfilled. In the meantime, the former officer holds the\\nposition.\\nArticle IX.\\nLetters of Introduction to other Christian En-\\ndeavor societies shall be given to members in good\\nstanding who apply to be released from their obli-\\ngations to the society, this release to take effect\\nwhen they shall become members of another society\\nuntil then, their names shall be kept on the Absent\\nList. Members removing to other places, or desiring\\nto join other Christian Endeavor societies in the\\nsame city or town, are requested to obtain Letters of\\nIntroduction within six months from the time of\\ntheir leaving, unless they shall give satisfactory\\nreasons to the society for their further delay.\\n[These letters of introduction do not take the place\\nof regular election to membership, which must be\\ndone by the new^ society just as by the old.]\\nArticle X.\\nOther committees may be added, according to the\\nneeds of local societies, whose duties may be defined\\nas follows\\nInformation Committee. It shall be the duty of\\nthis committee to gather information concerning\\nEndeavorers or Endeavor work, in all parts of the\\nworld, and to report the same. For this purpose,\\nfive minutes shall be set aside at the beginning of\\neach meeting.\\nSunday -School Committee. It shall be the duty of\\nthis committee to endeavor to bring into the Sunday\\nschool those who do not attend elsewhere, and to co-", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0043.jp2"}, "44": {"fulltext": "40 THE OFFICEKS^ HANDBOOK.\\noperate with the Superintendent and officers of the\\nschool in any ways which they may suggest for the\\nbenefit of the Sunday school.\\nCalling Committee. It shall be the duty of this\\ncommittee to have a special care for those among the\\nyoung people who do not feel at home in the church,\\nto call on them, and to remind others where calls\\nshould be made.\\nMusic Committee. It shall be the duty of this\\ncommittee to provide for the singing at the young-\\npeople s meeting, and also to turn the musical abil-\\nity of the society to account, wlien necessary, at\\npublic religious meetings.\\nMissionary Committee. It shall be the duty of\\nthis committee to provide for regular missionary\\nmeetings, to interest the members of the society in\\nall ways in missionary topics, and to aid, in any\\nmanner which may seem practicable, the cause of\\nhome and foreign missions.\\nFlower Committee. It shall be the duty of this\\ncommittee to provide flowers for the pulpit, and to\\ndistribute them to the sick at the close of the Sab-\\nbath services.\\nTemperance Committee. It shall be the duty of\\nthis committee to do what may be deemed best to\\npromote temperance principles and sentiment among\\nthe members of the society.\\nRelief Committee. It shall be the duty of this\\ncommittee to do what it can to cheer and aid, by\\nmaterial comforts if possible and necessary, the sick\\nand destitute among the young people of the church\\nand Sunday school.", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0044.jp2"}, "45": {"fulltext": "THE officers HANDBOOK. 41\\nGood- Literature Committee. It shall be the duty\\nof this committee to do its utmost to promote the\\nreading of good books and papers. To this end it\\nshall do wliat it can to circulate the religious news-\\npaper representing the society among its members,\\nalso to obtain subscribers for the denominational\\npapers or magazines among the families of the con-\\ngregation as the Pastor and church may direct, It\\nma} if deemed best, distribute tracts and religious\\nleaflets, and in any other suitable way which maj^ be\\ndesired introduce good reading-matter wherever\\npracticable.\\nOther committees not here found may be added\\nas occasion may demand and the church may desire.\\nArticle XI.\\nMembers who cannot meet with this society for a\\ntime are requested to obtain leave of absence, which\\nshall be granted by the Lookout Committee and\\nPastor and withdrawn at any time by the same, and\\ntheir names shall be placed on the Absent List.\\n[Do not permit this absent list to become a\\ncatch-basket for the slothful. It is intended only\\nfor temporary absentees. If the member returns,\\nnotify him that he is restored to the regular list and\\nis expected to return to his duties. If he is to be\\nabsent for a long time, suggest his joining a society\\nwhere he is sojourning,]\\nArticle XII.\\nmembers shall constitute a quorum.\\n[It is my opinion that a quorum should consist of", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0045.jp2"}, "46": {"fulltext": "42 THE officers handbook.\\na majority of the members, and if you cannot get a\\nmajority at your business meetings, you would bet-\\nter educate the society until you can.]\\nArticle XIII.\\nThese B^ -Laws may be amended by a two-thirds\\nvote of the members present at any regular meet-\\ning, provided that notice of such amendment is\\ngiven in writing and is recorded by the Secretary at\\nleast one week before the amendment is acted uj)on.\\n[Of course such a notice should be given at some\\nmeeting of the society.]", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0046.jp2"}, "47": {"fulltext": "THE officers HANDBOOK. 43\\nCHAPTER IV.\\nTHE president s WORK.\\nThere is no cliaracteristic of a good Christian\\nworker that a Christian Endeavor president will not\\nfind useful in his important undertaking. If I were\\nto name in order the qualities that are most essen-\\ntial, I should say consecration, judgment, tact, per-\\nseverance. Consecration, because his work will\\namount to nothing if it is done for himself or for\\nthe society it must be done for God. Judgment,\\nbecause it is as necessary for him to know what not\\nto do as what to do, when to keep silent as when to\\nspeak, what plans to leave alone, as well as what to\\nadopt he needs a level head. Tact, because he is\\nnot to do things so much as to get them done, and\\nall his plans will fail, and his consecration have\\nslight result, if he does not know how to influence\\nothers and set them at work. Perseverance, be-\\ncause he will meet with many difficulties, because\\nplans will not carry themselves out, and because\\none thing actually accomplished is better than\\nmany things merely begun or only desired.\\nIn my opinion, the president should be a young\\nman, not because a young man can always do the\\nwork better than a young woman, but because lead-\\nership is man s natural and God-appointed office,\\nand because Christian Endeavor, like all good causes,", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0047.jp2"}, "48": {"fulltext": "44 THE orncERs haxdbook.\\nhas the young women any way, but must use every\\ninducement to win and hold the boys and young\\nmen and certainly they can be better won and held\\nwith a young man in the chair.\\nOne of the president s most necessaiy qualifica-\\ntions is that he should not be afraid or reluctant to\\nlead. Quietly and modestly he should keep the\\nwlieels in motion, propose plans, and see that they\\nare carried out. and always take his rightful place\\nin t)ie forefront of society enterprises. All this, of\\ncoiu se, should be done with the most entire open-\\nness to suggestions from others, and with constant\\nremembrance of his fallibility. Lead them, but do\\nnot be pig-headed and lead them into a i^en.\\nThe president must keep in intimate contact with\\nall his officers and committeemen. He should work\\nwith the Junior superintendent as heartily as if h^\\nwere as he actually is her assistant. Whether or\\nnot he is placed by the church upon its official\\nboard, and, in my judgment, that recognition\\nshould be given him for more reasons than one, the\\nChristian Endeavor president should cultivate the\\nclosest relations with the pastor and the Sunday-\\nschool superintendent. He should know all the\\nmembers of his society, and should prove himself a\\nfriend of all.\\nIn every ix)int the president should endeavor to\\nmake- himself a model. He is a sort of pattern for\\nthe society, and his excellencies and defects will\\ncrop out in many unexi ected jDlaces. He should\\nadd enthusiasm to the work of all the committees,\\npitching in and taking with them the first steps, at", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0048.jp2"}, "49": {"fulltext": "THE officers HANDBOOK. 45\\nleast, in all their enterprises. He should be ready\\nto s^Dend time and money in the society work. He\\nshould be the most social at the socials, and the\\nmost devout at the prayer meetings. He should by\\nall means take part regularly in the church prayer\\nmeetings, and be a faithful Sunday-school worker.\\nLet him prove by his own activities that Christian\\nEndeavor does train a young Christian for all the\\nwork of the church. Though he should speak in\\nevery meeting, the president should not keep him-\\nself before the society with offensive prominence,\\nbut should make every appearance of his before the\\nsociety tell, planning with care wiiatever he is to\\nsay, even to the announcement of a union meeting,\\nand storing up for these utterances the best he can\\nfind of anecdote, quotation, the cream of his own\\nthoughts and experiences.\\nLet me say in passing that it will be of the great-\\nest helpfulness to the president if he carry with him\\na small note-book, especially and strictly reserved\\nfor memoranda of society plans and engagements.\\nShould the president accept re-election That\\ndepends upon the condition of the society. If it is\\nweak, with only a few possible leaders, it might be\\nbest for the president to serve for more tlian one\\nterm. Alwa3\\\\s, however, it must be the president s\\nconcern to train up some one to be his successor, and\\nto retire just as soon as that successor is ready to\\nstep forward.\\nI have discussed in separate chapters the four\\nmost prominent phases of the president s activity,\\nnamely, his work in the prayer meeting, his super-", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0049.jp2"}, "50": {"fulltext": "46 THE officers handbook.\\nintendence of the commit tees, his labors in connec-\\ntion with Christian Endeavor unions, and his con-\\nduct of the business meetings. To these chapters I\\nmust ask those presidents to turn that honor me with\\nreading this book. In conclusion, however, let me\\nsay that no- labors in which you could possibly engage\\nwould do more for you than this leadership in your\\nChristian Endeavor society. As you build up the\\nsociety, it will build you up. You will become a\\nmore efficient speaker. You will gain ability in\\nbusiness. You will develop tact, and priceless skill\\nin directing others. Courage and confidence will\\ncome to you and with it all, and as the basis of it\\nall, you will be gaining power with God, which\\nunderlies all genuine and noble power with men.\\nIs it not well worth while", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0050.jp2"}, "51": {"fulltext": "THE officers HAIS DBOOK. 47\\nCHAPTER V.\\nTHE PRESIDENT IN THE PRAYER MEETING.\\nThere is a business meeting once a month, but\\nthere is a prayer meeting every week, audit is in the\\nprayer meeting that the president can best impress\\nthe society with his ideas, and stimulate the mem-\\nbers to better work. In the first place, if the society\\nhas the very helpful custom of holding with the\\nleader a meeting for prayer before the regular meet-\\ning, he should be present with the prayer-meeting\\ncommittee, and though the meeting should be led by\\nthe chairman of tlie prayer-meeting committee, he\\nshould inspire the little gathering all he can. Espe-\\ncially he should see that it does not hinder the fol-\\nlowing meeting, but is begun and closed on time.\\nIt is well to establisli in your society the custom of\\nrequiring the leaders always to call for items of\\nbusiness at the outset of the meeting, after the first\\nsong. If, however, you have not this custom, the\\npresident should always inform the leader before-\\nhand when he has matters of business to present.\\nSince this preliminary business gives, in a\\nsense, the keynote to the meeting, it is of im-\\nportance that it should be well managed. It is an\\nart to give out a notice in the best way. Do not\\nread it. Have the points distinctly in mind. Do\\nnot introduce needless particulars, but give the", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0051.jp2"}, "52": {"fulltext": "48 THE officers handbook.\\nessentials only, and nothing that does not concern\\nthe society. Repeat in different ways the chief\\npoints, such as the times and place of meetings, to\\nwhich the society is invited. Be brisk, but not\\nclownish. Be earnest, but never scold. Indeed, if\\nyou can get a little fun into these opening announce-\\nments, it will act like a tonic upon the meeting to\\nfollow.\\nIn the meeting proper the president will constitute\\nhimself an unobtrusive, but none the less real, assist-\\nant leader. If the leader, for instance, fails to call\\non the information committee for its usual report,\\nor forgets to save the pastor s five minutes at the end\\nof the hour, the president will not hesitate to remind\\nhim of these matters. If a hymn is called for\\nwhether by the leader, or by any one else in an in-\\ndistinct voice, he will ask for the announcement\\na^in, or, if he heard it, he will repeat it in a louder\\ntone. If there is no music committee, he will not\\nhesitate to start hymns impromptu. If a hymn is\\ncalled for toward the close of the meeting, when\\ntime is precious, he will feel free to suggest that that\\nhymn be held in reserve till the last. If the leader\\ndoes not call for sentence prayers, the president will\\ndo so, beginning them himself. If he wants to en-\\ncourage some of the faint-hearted members, he will\\ncry, Good! after their testimonies; or, when\\nsome helpful thought has been uttered almost in-\\naudibly by some frightened Endeavorer, he w^ill\\nrepeat it, with a word of praise. Occasionally he\\nwill interject a pointed question to stimulate the\\ndiscussion.", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0052.jp2"}, "53": {"fulltext": "THE OFFICERS HANDBOOK. 49\\nIf there is any disorder, it is the president s duty\\nto quell it at once. It is his duty, also, to see that\\nthe Endeavorers conduct themselves properly in the\\ninterval between their own meeting and the church\\nmeeting that follows. If there is no committee,\\nsuch as the w^hatsoever committee, to whom this\\nwork might be assigned, the president will himself\\nsee that the room is ventilated, that the song- books\\nare in the racks, and the chairs restored to order for\\nthe meeting. All points in which the society s good\\nname is at stake should receive the president s jealous\\ncare\\nIf a stranger is present, the president should go to\\nhim at once, even during the meeting, and learn his\\nname, tell him the evening s topic, and invite him\\nto speak. To be sure, the social committee should\\ndo this, but the president, as representing the so-\\nciety, should not fail to do it also. Later in the\\nmeeting, if the person is one that will be ready\\nto speak, the president should introduce him to the\\nsociety and say how glad they will be for a few* w^ords\\nfrom the stranger, either now or in the course of the\\nmeeting.\\nEqual attention should be paid, of course, to the\\nolder church members that may visit the society,\\nand to the pastor. Indeed, it will do much to inter-\\nest the church in the society if the president will\\nmake it a x^oint to invite some one man or woman to\\nattend each meeting and say a word to the young\\nfolks. The evening service of the church should\\nalways be announced in the Christian Endeavor\\nsociety, and the president is the proper person to\\n4", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0053.jp2"}, "54": {"fulltext": "50 THE OFFICERS HA:NrDBOOK.\\nmake this announcement, coupling with it a hearty\\niuTitation to strangers, and emphasizing the pledge\\nthat all the members have taken.\\nAs to his own testimony in the meeting, the presi-\\ndent should study to make it a worthy model,\\nfor as a model it will certainly serve. Whether\\nhe prays or speaks, what he says should be\\nearnest, brief, and right to the point. And let him\\nnot always take pains to stick to the topic, but let\\nhim often seize the opportunity to commend good\\ncommittee work, or incorporate into his talk any\\nespecial advice or praise the society may need or\\ndeserve\\nAs early as possible in his term of office, the presi-\\ndent should lead a prayer meeting, and on this occa-\\nsion he will endeavor to sound the keynote of his\\nadministration, and push the society out along many\\nlines of noble endeavor.", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0054.jp2"}, "55": {"fulltext": "THE officers HANDBOOK. 51\\nCHAPTER VI.\\nTHE PRESIDENT AND THE COMMITTEES.\\nFor purposes of oversight, suggestion, and inspira-\\ntion, the president should consider himself a mem-\\nber of every committee in his society. He has a\\nright to attend every committee meeting, and he\\nshould often and regularly exercise that right. This\\nwill be difficult, unless he arranges for regularity in\\ncommittee meetings, not only as to time but as to\\nplace, so that lie may always know where to find a\\ncertain committee meeting, and when. For in-\\nstance, if his society has eight committees, he might\\nget them to meet once a month and two each week,\\none on Tuesday and the other on Thursday, at 7 30\\nP. M., and always at the house of the chairman.\\nOnce every month, then, or certainly once every\\ntwo months, the president might meet with each\\ncommittee.\\nEspecially at the opening of the year s work, the\\npresident should look after his committees with\\ncare. It is a fine plan to invite them all to meet at\\nhis house some evening. After some pleasant\\nopening exercises, including possibly a jolly little\\naddress from the pastor, the committees will sep-\\narate and consider in different rooms their work for\\nthe coming term, the president and pastor going", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0055.jp2"}, "56": {"fulltext": "52 THE officers ha:n dbook.\\nabout from group to group. After some time the\\ncommittees are called together, and each chairman\\nreports to the entire company the plans his commit-\\ntee has hit upon, these plans being followed by dis-\\ncussions. The same method may be applied to an\\nindividual committee that is doing poor work the\\npresident may invite it to his house for an evening\\nof fresh suggestion and inspiration.\\nIn all such attendance on committee meetings, the\\npresident should take pains not to usurp the place\\nof the chairman. Though he may occasionally give\\nhints to the entire committee, it is much better to sug-\\ngest plans in private to the chairman, and, if possible,\\nmake liim think that they are his plans. The chair-\\nman will then be more interested in carrying them\\nout. The president, therefore, should not talk much\\nat the committee meeting\u00e2\u0080\u0094 just a word here and\\nthere, when it is needed and especially let liim be\\nlavish of praise, encouragement, and good cheer.\\nHe should hold in memory his own beginnings in\\ncommittee work, remember his mistakes, and recall\\nhow much good such kindness from the president\\nwould have done him at that time.\\nWhen the president finds it especially difficult to\\ngo to the committee meetings, he may adopt a plan\\nwhose very novelty will render it even more effect-\\nive than his visits\u00e2\u0080\u0094 he may send them a letter to\\nbe read at the meeting, \u00e2\u0080\u0094a letter of warm, Chris-\\ntian brotherhood, commending them for all their\\ngood w^ork, and telling them of something he would\\nlike to have them do.\\nThe best thing the president can do for a commit-", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0056.jp2"}, "57": {"fulltext": "THE officers HANDBOOK. 53\\ntee is to use it. He should never do himself what\\nhe can get a committee to do for him.\\nAt the opening of Jiis term of office, the president\\nshould have a clear idea of v^^iat he wants from each\\ncommittee some step in advance for the commit-\\ntee as a whole and as individual members. Tell\\nthem of it, and hold them up to it. Give each com-\\nmittee a year s motto embodying your ambition for\\nit. The giving of these mottoes will of itself make a\\npretty exercise for some meeting at the beginning\\nof the term. Keep your eye on each committee, and\\nsee that they all are at work. One page of a special\\nnote-book sliould be given up to. each committee,\\nand filled with brief notes regarding its plans and\\nprogress, together with new methods that may be\\nsuggested to them.\\nThe president can do his committees a service by\\ntalking with other presidents about their commit-\\ntees, and reporting to his own society whatever\\nmethods he may thus learn. By all means see that\\nyour committees attend the committee conferences\\nof your local union, take part themselves, and carry\\naway as many good notions as possible. Put them\\nin touch also with the best committee helps, intro-\\nducing them to the price-list of the United Society\\nof Christian Endeavor publications.\\nIt is the custom of some societies, and might well\\nbecome the custom in all societies, to appoint every\\nmember to some committee, and even when new\\nmembers join in the course of a year, the president\\npublicly assigns them to some committee as so onas\\ntheir names appear on the society s roll. If a chair-", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0057.jp2"}, "58": {"fulltext": "54 THE OFFICERS HAis^DBOOK.\\nnianship lapses, the president should at once see that\\nit is filled by a nomination from the executive com-\\nmittee (unless your constitution provides some other\\nway), and by the election of the society.\\nOf course this patient, careful, vigorous oversight\\nof the committees will not need to be lavished upon\\nall of them equally. There will be many commit-\\ntees, and possibly the majority of them, led by\\nskilled workers, whose labors will move with suffi-\\ncient smoothness and force without his aid, so that\\nhe can largely concentrate his efforts upon the few\\ncommittees that are weak and inexperienced. In\\nhelping them he will be doing most fruitful service,\\nhe will be training up laborers for the vineyard of\\nhis Master.", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0058.jp2"}, "59": {"fulltext": "THE officers HANDBOOK. 55\\nCHAPTER VII.\\nTHE PRESIDENT AND THE UNIONS.\\nIn probably a large majority of our city and\\ncounty or district Christian Endeavor unions, the\\npresident is a member of the executive committee.\\nBy virtue of this office he is presumably well in-\\nformed regarding union matters, and it is through\\nhis interest that the society is likely to be kept in\\ntouch with the union. How important this is, it\\nought not to be necessary to explain. Christian\\nEndeavor exists not alone for the local society, nor\\neven for the local church with which it is connected,\\nbut for all the brotherhood of churches. One of the\\nspecial advantages of the Endeavor movement is the\\nfact that it is interdenominational, and this side of\\nits work is best brought out in the local union. A\\nsociety that has nothing to do with its local union is\\nquite certain to be of little benefit to its church and\\nits own members, because it will lack the enthusiasm\\nthat comes from numbers and the knowledge that\\nit is a part of the mighty army, and it will not share\\nin the free interchange of new methods which adds\\nto each society in the union the wisdom and practi-\\ncal experience of all. An isolated society is only\\nhalf a society.\\nOf course, if the president is to arouse in his so-\\nciety an enthusiasm for the union, he must attend", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0059.jp2"}, "60": {"fulltext": "56 THE officers HA2s^DB00K,\\nfaithfully the union executive committee meetings.\\nFor the honor of the society wliich he represents, as\\nwell as for the sake of the great cause in which the\\nunion is at work, let him go to these meetings with\\nhis head full of new ideas. In my manual, Our\\nUnions, I have treated union work with fulness in\\nall its branches, and society presidents may be glad\\nto know about the little book. Our president should\\nbe ready to take part in the discussions, tell the ex-\\nperience of his society whenever that experience is\\ncalled for or would be helpful, give his opinion on\\nall points with modesty yet with force, and in every\\nway uphold the hands of the union officers and show\\nthat his Endeavorers are willing to do their full duty.\\nIf speakers are needed for any exercise, he should\\nmention those in his society or church that might\\nperform the duty acceptably. If a sum of money\\nmust be raised for the union work, he should be\\nbold enough to pledge his society to help, and he\\nmay even name the sum, it being understood that\\nhis society must vote on the matter. If a place for\\nthe next meeting is needed, let him offer his own\\nchurch, having previously won permission from the\\nproper authorities.\\nIt is usually the president that has to announce\\nbefore his society the next meeting of the union.\\nThere are several ways of doing this. One is the\\nscolding way, which says, in effect There were\\nnot half as many of you at tlie last union meeting as\\nshould have been there, and I am ashamed of you.\\nAnother is the stupid way, reading hastily in a half-\\naudible tone the notice (often a card, and needing", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0060.jp2"}, "61": {"fulltext": "THE officers hakdbook. 57\\nto be expanded) of the union secretary. Another is\\nthe scattering way, which talks long and tediously\\nabout non-essentials, and leaves out of the notice\\nalmost everything that people want to know. The\\nright way to announce the union meeting is not to\\nread, but to give the information in your own words;\\nto speak with earnestness, as if you meant what you\\nsaid to speak brightly, putting a little fun into it\\nto be business-like, making it very clear just who is\\nto speak, where the meeting is to be held, and just\\nwhen it w411 begin. This notice should be given as\\nearly as possible, with a request that the members\\nreserve the evening of the meeting then let it be\\nrepeated on each succeeding week. The giving of\\nnotices in such a way that they will be heeded, and\\nso attractively as to make people want to attend the\\nmeeting, is really a fine art. It cannot be done off-\\nhand. It needs preparation as much as anything in\\nthe meeting. The society sliould have a bulletin\\nboard, it will prove of value in a great many unex-\\npected ways. The secretary s notice sliould be\\nposted upon this board, together with whatever else\\nmay arouse interest in the coming union gathering.\\nThe best way to make sure of a good attendance\\nat the meetings of the union is for the president to\\nconstitute himself a committee of one to see every\\nmember and urge him to go. Let the members go\\nin a body. Charter an electric car. Agree to meet\\non a certain train. Sit together at the union meet-\\ning. Applaud in a solid phalanx. Carry your so-\\nciety banner. Wear your society badges. A society\\ncannot do good work without a strong, hearty esprit", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0061.jp2"}, "62": {"fulltext": "58 THE OFFICERS* HANDBOOK.\\nde corps, and the union meetings afford an unequal-\\ned opportunit}^ for the cultivation of that spirit.\\nIt is the president s business also to see that his\\nsociety has its fidl share in the activities of the union\\nthat may not be quite so public. For instance, when\\nthe union holds a committee conference, he should\\nmake sure tliat liis own society sends its committee,\\nentire, if possible. If the union carries on a press\\ndepartment, he should see that his own society and\\nchurch report tlieir work with brightness and regu-\\nlarity. He will interest himself in the prompt re-\\nsponse to all requests for statistics from the union\\nsecretary, and for money from the union treasurer.\\nTlie expenses of a Christian Endeavor union are so\\nslight that no society should be remiss in contribut-\\ning its small share. If the union officers do not of\\ntheir own accord visit his society, our model presi-\\ndent will give them a cordial invitation, and when\\nany one of them comes, the president will give him\\na warm introduction to the society, ask him to\\nspeak, and thank ^liim heartily at the close, getting\\nup a little reception for him at the end of the meet-\\ning.\\nMuch of what has been said with reference to the\\nlocal union will apply to the State union and tlie\\nUnited Society of Christian Endeavor, with the con-\\nventions held by these bodies. It is by the president\\nnaturally that the society will be interested in these\\nimportant bodies and assemblies an interest wliich\\nbears rich fruit, not only in the society, but in the\\ngreat work at large.", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0062.jp2"}, "63": {"fulltext": "THE OFFICEES HAIS^DBOOK. 59\\nCHAPTER YIII.\\nTHE WORK OF THE VICE-PRESIDENT.\\nIf any officer has need to magnify his office, it is\\nthe vice-president. From the vice-president of the\\nUnited States down, this office is held to be almost\\na sinecure, with little responsibility and therefore\\nlittle honor. Let it not be so in our Christian En-\\ndeavor societies.\\nFor to neglect the possibilities of the vice-president\\nis not only to suggest inaction to one who is\\nprobably among your best workers, but it is to\\nrob your president of much of his efficiency, and\\nthe society of one of its leaders. The vice-president\\nshould be not only a substitute for the president\\nwhen he is away, but the president s right hand\\nwhen he is at home. The very fact that the vice-\\npresident w411 be obliged in the absence of the\\npresident to do all his work for him is enough to\\nhint pretty broadly at the wisdom of giving the\\nvice-president some of that work to do before the\\nentire responsibility is thrust upon him.\\nA president is indeed foolish if, having furnished\\nhim by the society an officer especially for his\\nassistance a favor granted to no other officer of the\\nsociety-:\u00e2\u0080\u0094 he disregards his vice-president, and carries\\non his work unaided. It is hard to say who is most", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0063.jp2"}, "64": {"fulltext": "64 THE OFFICEBS HANDBOOK.\\nearnestness, your minutes will uplift the society\\nand if to your earnestness you add a bit of spice, you\\nwill win and hold attention, without which no\\namount of earnestness produces much result. I\\npropose, then, three f s for your minutes fact,\\nfun, and force.\\nDo not mind it if your minutes are criticised when\\nthe president calls for corrections, but receive the\\nemendations with Christian humility. Never copy\\nthe minutes into the record book until they have\\nbeen ap]3roved.\\nBecome familiar with the minutes of former\\nyears, since there is no knowing when some mem-\\nber of the society may wish for information in tlie\\nbusiness meetings, or elsewhere, on what the society\\nlias already done in regard to almost any subject.\\nTake tlie book with you to all meetings of the so-\\nciety, and also the book containing the membersliip\\nroll. You will often find occasion to use both.\\nIt is your duty, unless there is a society librar}^\\nto preserve carefully the old record books of the\\nsociety. These volumes, you must not forget, con-\\ntain all the society history there is. Some secre-\\ntaries do a useful and pleasant thing for the society\\nby getting up a card catalogue of society members,\\nold and new, each card containing a condensed his-\\ntory of the member his birthplace, the date when\\nhe joined the society, his full address, and the like.\\nWhen members graduate, or move away, the secre-\\ntary still keeps track of them, and adds the chief\\nfacts that come to her knowledge, such as their\\nmarriage or entrance upon some important under-", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0064.jp2"}, "65": {"fulltext": "THE OFEICERS HANDBOOK. 65\\ntaking. In future 3^ears such a card catalogue is\\ninvaluable for reference.\\nIt is the secretary s duty again in case there is\\nno society library to receive and preserve all the\\ncommittee reports. To this end they should be\\nwritten on uniform paper, which the society might\\nwell furnish, and the reports of one jesii should be\\nbound together, unless you prefer to place in patent\\nbinders the reports of the several committees by\\nthemselves, so that each committee can at any time\\nexamine the history of all work along its line done\\nin the society during the past years. If you follow\\nthis excellent plan, the secretary should still have\\nthe custody of the reports, but she should hand each\\nfile to the proper committee early in the term, so\\nthat the chairman may read it through.\\nIf the president and the society do not insist upon\\nwritten reports, nevertheless the secretary should\\ninsist, and she should urge their value and neces-\\nsity until this most beneficial custom has become\\nestablished.\\nThe secretary s own report at the business meeting\\nshould be a general review of the month s work a\\nsort of condensation of her executive committee\\nminutes. For the secretary should always attend\\nthe executive committee meetings, and should act\\nas the committee s secretary, keeping its minutes\\nas carefully as those of the society itself, since the\\nexecutive committee is more of a deliberative body\\nthan the society. In addition, of course, she should\\nfeel free to make suggestions at any time, and,,\\nindeed, to take as full part in the executive com-", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0065.jp2"}, "66": {"fulltext": "62 THE OFFICEKS^ HA:N DB00K.\\nCHAPTER IX.\\nTHE RECORDING SECRETARY S WORK.\\nAlas for the society that is burdened with the\\nfussy secretary, or the untidy secretary, or the inac-\\ncurate secretary, or the slow secretary, or the timid\\nsecretary, or the giggling secretary, or any other\\nkind of secretary but the right kind TMie secretary\\nhas much to do with the success of two meetings\\nevery month the business meeting and the con-\\nsecration meeting, and with many important society\\ninterests during the intervening time. But her\\nwork (it usually is he7^s and not Ms) is not difficult\\nor complicated and if it is done promptly, it takes\\nbut little time.\\nIn the first place, as to the minutes of the society,\\nthey should be kept neatly, in a substantial book\\nsolely for that purpose. Fine penmanship is not\\nessential, and, indeed, copybook penmanship is\\nusually very hard to read but distinct penmanship\\nis essential. Of importance, too, is attention to\\nspelling, and the knowledge that paragraplis must\\nbegin some distance in from the margin. Black ink,\\njet black, should always be used, since you want to\\nmake a permanent record.\\nThe minutes should include all motions passed,\\nusing the same words in which the motion is put by", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0066.jp2"}, "67": {"fulltext": "THE officers HANDBOOK. 63\\nthe president. If you are in doubt, get it written\\nout for you. Shorthand is of much assistance to a\\nsecretary. Do not, however, needlessly delay the\\nmeeting to obtain the exact wording of unimportant\\nresolutions, but only of those where the identical\\nwording is likely to come in question later.\\nOften, moreover, it is well for the secretary to\\nrecord the motions that fail to pass, since frequently\\nrefusal to take action is of much significance. In\\ngeneral, all important business, whether positive\\nor negative in its nature, should be recorded. I\\nmyself like the custom of recording also the names\\nof all makers of motions, as I believe that this little\\npiece of recognition tends to increase the interest of\\nthe members in the society business.\\nDo not take notes carelessly. In the course of the\\nbusiness meeting a secretary is often called upon\\nto state just wliat motion has been passed at an ear-\\nlier part of the meeting, and should be ready to turn\\nat once to the motion and read it exactly. Learn\\nto write out the minutes during the discussions.\\nDo not put off transcribing the notes you have\\ntaken, but T\\\\Tite them at once before they get\\ncold. The work will be far easier and more ac-\\ncurate if it is done promptly. Do not let your min-\\nutes be wordy a brisk, business-like style shown\\nin the minutes read at the opening of the business\\nmeeting seems always to add to the briskness of the\\nmeeting. Have regard also to the literary quality\\nof your records. Get rid of awkward expressions.\\nSeek for neat turns of words. They must be accu-\\nrate, of course but if to your accuracy you add", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0067.jp2"}, "68": {"fulltext": "64 THE officers handbook.\\nearnestness, your minutes will uplift the society\\nand if to your earnestness you add a bit of spice, you\\nwill win and hold attention, without which no\\namount of earnestness produces much result. I\\npropose, then, three f s for your minutes fact,\\nfun, and force.\\nDo not mind it if your minutes are criticised when\\nthe president calls for corrections, but receive the\\nemendations with Christian humility. Never copy\\nthe minutes into the record book until they have\\nbeen approved.\\nBecome familiar with the minutes of former\\nyears, since there is no knowing when some mem-\\nber of the society may wish for information in tlie\\nbusiness meetings, or elsewhere, on what the society\\nhas already done in regard to almost any subject.\\nTake tlie book with you to all meetings of the so-\\nciety, and also the book containing the membersliip\\nroll. You will often find occasion to use both.\\nIt is your duty, unless there is a society librar^^\\nto i^reserve carefully the old record books of the\\nsociety. These volumes, you must not forget, con-\\ntain all the society history there is. Some secre-\\ntaries do a useful and pleasant thing for the society\\nby getting up a card catalogue of society members,\\nold and new, each card containing a condensed his-\\ntory of the member his birthplace, the date when\\nhe joined the society, his full address, and the like.\\nWhen members graduate, or move away, the secre-\\ntary still keeps track of them, and adds the chief\\nfacts that come to her knowledge, such as their\\nmarriage or entrance upon some important under-", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0068.jp2"}, "69": {"fulltext": "THE OFFICERS^ HAK^DBOOK. 65\\ntaking. In future years such a card catalogue is\\ninvaluable for reference.\\nIt is the secretary s duty\u00e2\u0080\u0094 again in case there is\\nno society library to receive and preserve all the\\ncommittee reports. To this end they should be\\nwritten on uniform paper, which the society might\\nwell furnish, and the reports of one year should be\\nbound together, unless you prefer to place in patent\\nbinders the reports of the several committees by\\nthemselves, so that each committee can at any time\\nexamine the history of all work along its line done\\nin the society during the past years. If you follow\\nthis excellent plan, the secretary should still have\\nthe custody of the reports, but she should hand each\\nfile to the proper committee early in the term, so\\nthat the chairman may read it through.\\nIf the president and the society do not insist upon\\nwritten reports, nevertheless the secretary should\\ninsist, and she should urge their value and neces-\\nsity until this most beneficial custom has become\\nestablished.\\nThe secretary s own report at the business meeting\\nshould be a general review of the month s work a\\nsort of condensation of her executive committee\\nminutes. For the secretary should always attend\\nthe executive committee meetings, and should act\\nas the committee s secretary, keeping its minutes\\nas carefully as those of the society itself, since the\\nexecutive committee is more of a deliberative body\\nthan the society. In addition, of course, she should\\nfeel free to make suggestions at any time, and,\\nindeed, to take as full part in the executive com-\\n5", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0069.jp2"}, "70": {"fulltext": "66 THE OFFICEES HANDBOOK.\\nmittee meetings as any of the committee chair-\\nmen.\\nAnother very important duty of the secretary is\\nthe calling of the roll at the consecration meeting,\\nthough a few societies assign this task to the leader\\nfor the evening, and a few give it to the president.\\nMuch of the success of this meeting depends upon\\nthe way in which the roll is called. A poky secre-\\ntary, with a low, mumbling voice, can spoil the\\neffect of the best consecration service, while a secre-\\ntary with a clear, loud voice, brisk, business-like,\\nand happy, infuses life into the meeting with every\\nname she calls. She should sit in front, facing the\\nsociety, so that she can see who is present, and not\\nlinger over the names of the absent except long\\nenough to permit the reading of a message if any\\nhas been sent. If the leader does not interrupt the\\nroll-call at intervals by announcing a h3nnn, the\\nsecretary should do that herself. When she comes\\nto her own name, she should read it, and follow it\\nwith her own testimony. It is better, in my judg-\\nment, ahvays to say Mr. and Miss with the\\nnames.\\nThere are different ways of calling the roll, and\\nthe use of variety in this exercise will free the con-\\nsecration service from any danger of monotony.\\nThe leader may arrange for the variation, but if he\\ndoes not, the secretary has a perfect right to do so.\\nTry calling the names in the reverse order, begin-\\nning at tlie end of tlie alphabet. Again, call the let-\\nters of the alphabet, A first, wliereupon all whose\\nnames begin with A will take part, the secretary", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0070.jp2"}, "71": {"fulltext": "THE officers HANDBOOK. 67\\nnoting who speaks then B, and so on. Try placing\\nupon a blackboard the list of members, who will\\nspeak without any roll-call at all, the secretary mak-\\ning the record silently. Try calling the names in a\\nhit-or-miss way, so that no member will know when\\nhe is to be called upon. Sometimes call the names\\nof the committees, and as each committee is called,\\nits members will rise and speak in the order in\\nwhich they stand, its chairman closing with a prayer\\nfor the committee. Try a voluntary consecra-\\ntion meeting, the first j)art of the evening being\\ngiven up to voluntary participation, at the close of\\nwhich the roll is called, those that have already\\nspoken responding merely with present. There\\nare many other ways of varying the consecration\\nmeetings, and for a full account of them I must\\nrefer secretaries to my pamphlet on the consecra-\\ntion meeting, Our Crowning Meeting, which is\\npublished iby the United Society of Christian En-\\ndeavor (ten cents)\\nThe membership roll of the society should be kept\\nby the secretary in a book by itself, at the opening\\nof which is the constitution. There should be sep-\\narate sections of the book for the active, associate,\\nand honorary members. It is the secretary s business\\nto see that each newly elected member signs the con-\\nstitution, and also that he signs a copy of the pledge,\\nwhich he retains to be put in some place where\\nit will serve as a constant reminder of his vows. It\\nis very necessary that the membership lists should\\nbe kept accurately and up to date. The secretary\\nshould never add or remove a name w^ithout proper", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0071.jp2"}, "72": {"fulltext": "68 THE officers handbook.\\nauthority, namely, that of the lookout committee.\\nIt is not within the province of tlie secretary to\\ntransfer a member at his request to the much-abused\\nabsent members list. No change whatever\\nshould be made in the list without the vote of the\\nlookout committee and the pastor.\\nOnly two points more, and the secretary s work\\nwill have been outlined. He should notify all com-\\nmittees of their appointment, and all officers of their\\nelection, and this notification should be in writing.\\nHe ranks next to the president and the vice-presi-\\ndent, and will be the prop^- presiding officer in case\\nneither of these others is present. In that case, the\\nsecretary calls the meeting to order, asks that a\\nchairman of the meeting be nominated, puts the\\nvote, and then returns to the secretary s desk, leav-\\ning the president s chair to the temporary substitute.", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0072.jp2"}, "73": {"fulltext": "THE OPFICEKS HANDBOOK. 69\\nCHAPTER X,\\nTHE CORRESPONDING SECRETARY S WORK.\\nThe corresponding secretary is unique among\\nChristian Endeavor officers in that his office is per-\\nmanent. With the officers changing every year,\\nand in many societies twice a year, a permanent\\nsecretary is a necessity in order that the United\\nSociety and the State and local unions may keep in\\ntouch with the local societies. These could not re-\\ncast their lists continually to insert the names of\\nnewly chosen officers, nor is it likely that the new\\nofficers would often be reported to headquarters.\\nJust because of his permanency, however, the\\ncorresponding secretary is more likely than any\\nother officer to beqome dead wood, to lose his in-\\nterest and fail to do his duty. Then we have con-\\nfusion indeed. Then the United Society and the\\nState and local union find it impossible to gather\\nthe most important statistics. Then the most im-\\nportant communications communications abso-\\nlutely necessary for the success of the movement at\\nlarge and the inspiration of the society s work fail\\nto get further than the corresponding secretary s\\novercoat pocket. Then, the link being broken, the\\nsociety is cut off from its connection with the rest\\nof the Christian Endeavor world.\\nSo let it be distinctly understood that the corre-", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0073.jp2"}, "74": {"fulltext": "70 THE officers HANDBOOK.\\nspending secretary is a permanent officer only so\\nlong as he takes active interest in the society and\\ndoes his work faithfully. It is not hard work, and\\nit is little to ask of him he is inexcusable if he\\ndoes not keep it up, and has no right to feel hurt if\\nhe is quietly dropped and another Endeavorer put in\\nhis place. To facilitate such a change, when it is\\nnecessary, always nominate and elect the corre-\\nsponding secretary with the rest of the officers,\\nthough the same person is chosen term after term.\\nWhen a new corresponding secretary is elected, be\\nsure to send his name to the General Secretary of\\nthe United Society, and to the secretaries of your\\nState, county or district, and city unions.\\nAs already indicated, the corresponding secre-\\ntary s main duty is simply to receive and pass along\\nwhatever communications may be sent to tJie soci-\\nety. It is not his business to sift them, but to hand\\nthem all to the president or the recording secretary\\nof the societ}^ for presentational the executive com-\\nmittee meeting, or for direct presentation to the\\nsociety, as the case may be. There are, however,\\ncertain documents with wliich the society should\\nhave nothing to do, and as the corresponding sec-\\nretary is likely to be more experienced than any\\nother officer, in passing these along he should give\\nhis judgment upon them, and advise that no atten-\\ntion be paid to them. For instance, letters will\\ncome from persons who wish to enlist the Endeavor-\\ners in various enterprises tliat are entirely outside\\nof legitimate Christian Endeavor work. These usu-\\nally call for money, that should be given to the", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0074.jp2"}, "75": {"fulltext": "THE OFFICERS^ HAIN DBOOK. 71\\nchurch and deiioniination with which the society\\nis connected. Some struggling church ovit West may\\nbe trying to pay off its debt, and ten cents from\\nevery Christian Endeavor society will do it, oh,\\nso easily (I should think it would Or some en-\\nthusiast may take it into his head that all the young-\\npeople of the State should support a Christian En-\\ndeavor missionary, and send out circulars for that\\npurpose, quite oblivious of the fact that Christian\\nEndeavor belongs to many denominations, while the\\nmissionary of necessity would belong to only one.\\nSuch wild schemes are proposed to every church or-\\nganization there is not a pastor who has not his\\npocket full of such letters all the time. When they\\ncome to the corresponding secretary, it is his busi-\\nness to see that they are not acted on. The United\\nSociety of Christian Endeavor will send once a year\\na request for statistics. It never asks for money,\\nnor receives a cent of contributions from any soci-\\nety. It is supported entirely by its publication de-\\npartment and by the Christian Endeavor organ,\\nThe Christian Endeavor World. The officers of\\nyour State and city Christian Endeavor union will\\nsend occasional communications suggesting ways of\\nworking, seeking to inspire you to better activities,\\nadvertising tlie State convention and the local-union\\nmeetings, and perhaps calling for a dollar or two\\nnever for more in support of the interdenomina-\\ntional work of Christian Endeavor. These commu-\\nnications should be passed promptly to the proper\\nofficer usually the president. You will often re-\\nceive word from your denominational authorities,", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0075.jp2"}, "76": {"fulltext": "72 THE officers ha:n dbook.\\nand especially the missionary boards and the de-\\nnominational periodicals. These circulars will be\\ngiven all possible attention. As each is received,\\nsay to yourself, The King s business requireth\\nhaste. In fine, whatever bears upon it the legiti-\\nmate Christian Endeavor or denominational stamp,\\nyou are to send at once along the channel of useful-\\nness. If at any time you are in doubt as to the dis-\\nposition of part of your mail, carry it at once to\\nyour pastor, or ask the president to do so. He has\\nthe right to say what subjects and appeals should be\\nbrought before his Cliristian Endeavor society.\\nIt is best for the corresponding secretary to make\\nit a rule never to reply to letters received, unless defi-\\nnitely instructed to do so by the executive commit-\\ntee. Of course, a mere call for statistics from the\\nproper source should be answered without troubling\\nthe executive committee with it. The correspond-\\ning secretary w411 need here the help of the record-\\ning secretary. But he should answer no letters from\\nunauthorized persons those, for instance, that w4sh\\nthe names of the Endeavorers for advertising pur-\\nposes.\\nIt will often be the duty of the corresponding sec-\\nretary to present to the society, when directed to do\\nso by the president, the contents of circulars and\\nletters that he has received. It may be, for instance,\\nan appeal for money made by the home missionary\\nboard of your denomination. Don t be satisfied with\\na dry and lifeless reading of the circular. Remem-\\nber you are, for the time being, the proxy of that\\ngreat missionary societ}^ Study the matter, become", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0076.jp2"}, "77": {"fulltext": "THE officers HANDBOOK. 73\\nfilled with facts, make the appeal in your own words\\nand as if you were a lawyer addressing a jury in a\\ncase where life is at stake.\\nFinally, it is often the duty of the corresponding\\nsecretary to correspond, himself, as well as receive\\nthe correspondence of others. If a member of the\\nsociety is moving to another town, and wishes a let-\\nter of introduction to the society there, it is his duty\\nto give it, on direction of the executive committee.\\nIf, as sometimes happens not so often, however, as\\nmight be to advantage there comes from some dis-\\ntant society a request for an interchange of methods\\nalong some line of Christian Endeavor work, he is\\nthe one who should reply, and his letter should be\\ncrammed with practical helpfulness and cordial\\nChristian brotherliness. It is a genuine missionary\\nservice to write such letters, and correspondence of\\nthis character, inspiring and fruitful in the highest\\ndegree, might well be initiated by any correspond-\\ning secretary.\\nBut there is a vv ork akin to this that is even more\\nimportant, and that is sending items of interest to\\nthe international Christian Endeavor organ. The\\nChristian Endeavor World, and to the jDapers of\\nyour own denomination. The editors of these pa-\\npers are always eager for such items, provided and\\nthis is an important i/\u00e2\u0080\u0094 they are of general interest\\nand importance. A list of your new officers is of no\\nimportance to the outside world. Even a notice of\\nthat noble young woman who has just died and left\\nyour society desolate would not interest other so-\\ncieties, unless there is some striking and unusual", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0077.jp2"}, "78": {"fulltext": "74 THE officers handbook.\\nfact to tell, since this is, alas so common an occur-\\nrence. But if you have originated some new plan\\nof work or if in some fresh way you have carried\\nout some old plan, if to some notable degree God s\\nSpirit has been working in your midst, leading young\\nhearts to Himself, if you are doing large things for\\nthe mission boards, if you have held a unique social,\\nif you are helping your pastor in some novel way\\nif, in short, any of your endeavors will, in your\\nopinion, be worth the attention of the larger world,\\nthen it is more than your privilege, it is your duty,\\nto pass it on. Tliat is one of the reasons why you\\nbelong to an interdenominational movement be-\\ncause you believe in the widest possible helpfulness.\\nDon t tell your story at great length. Leave out the\\nproper names. Give the essentials, and omit the\\nnon-essentials. When you have written a page,\\nwrite it once more in half a page, and then don t be\\ngrieved if the unfeeling editor cuts it down to two\\nsentences. Eemember, there are other societies, and\\nother corresponding secretaries, and other Endeavor-\\ners, who also are doing things.", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0078.jp2"}, "79": {"fulltext": "THE officers HANDBOOK. 75\\nCHAPTER XI.\\nTHE TREASURER S WORK.\\nIt is no unimportant business to be set over the\\nKing s treasury, even a smaU branch oi it. Our\\nChristian Endeavor treasurers, if they will magnify\\ntheir office, may have much to do in training up a\\ngeneration of generous, systematic givers. The lit-\\ntle sums they will receive are tJierefore more than\\nthey seem they are earnests of far greater sums the\\nchurch will receive in the coming years as the result\\nof this faithful service.\\nThe Christian Endeavor treasurer, then.sliould be\\nan enthusiast in the finances of the kingdom. He\\nshould be a young Napoleon of finance for the\\nkingdom of heaven. He should not be afraid to talk\\ndollars, or ashamed to ask for money in a good\\ncause. He should be a good giver himself, that he\\nmay ask with a good countenance. He should be\\npatient, energetic, orderly, prompt, faithful. These\\nare the exemplary treasurer s qualities.\\nThe treasurer s labors resolve themselves into\\nthree parts getting the money, recording it, and\\npaying it out.\\nThe first part is the most important and difficult.\\nThe only plan for raising money that I can recom-\\nmend is the pledge-envelope system. At the open-", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0079.jp2"}, "80": {"fulltext": "76 THE OFFICEKS HANDBOOK.\\ning of the society year, the treasurer presents to\\neach Endeavorer a card headed\\nFor the expenses of the Christian Endeavor so-\\nciety, and for its gifts to missions, I promise to pay\\nthis year, monthly, the sum that is checked below.\\nThis pledge may be withdrawn by notice to the\\ntreasurer.\\n1 cent\\n2 cents\\n3 cents\\n4 cents\\n5 cents\\n10 cents\\n25 cents\\n50 cents\\n(Date) (Signature)\\nSome societies will prefer to put more figures in\\nthe list between five and twenty-five. These cards\\nmay be worked off on a manifolding machine, or\\nthey may be purchased from the United Society of\\nChristian Endeavor. Just before they are given out\\nto tlie members, the treasurer should say a word to\\nthe society, emphasizing the facts that small gifts\\nbecome big ones if many are added together, that\\nit is especially necessary for the society to train its\\nmembers in giving, tliat every member should con-\\ntribute something, no matter how little, that no one\\nbut the treasurer will know how much each person\\ncontributes, and that, while no one should stop short\\nof the largest gift he can rightfully make, yet all\\nshould remember that what God wants is the spirit\\nof giving, and that He was as well pleased with", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0080.jp2"}, "81": {"fulltext": "THE officers HANDBOOK. 77\\nthe widow s mite as with any gift ever made by a\\nmillionaire.\\nIt is well to announce at this time for just what\\npurposes the money received is to be used. Make\\nthis plain, because no one likes to give without\\nknowing for what he is giving. The executive\\ncommittee should consider the matter with care,\\nand present a plan to the society for adoption. Of\\ncourse, unless you have a more distinct idea of what\\nwill be contributed than most societies have, you\\ncan deal only in proportions, not in amounts. You\\nmight propose to the society, for instance, that of\\nthe sums received each month one-fourth be set\\naside for society expenses, and three-fourths for\\nmissions. Unless the church needs some of tlie\\nmoney, the latter fund should be divided equally\\nthree-eighths to home, and three-eighths to foreign,\\nmissions. I believe, too, that it is most advantageous\\nto fix upon the objects of your gifts as early in the\\nyear as possible just what boards, and missions,\\nand schools, and persons you will give to, if your\\nboards permit such definite giving. Of course, you\\nshould leave some lee-way for unexpected calls to\\nwhich you may want to respond, but you will miss\\nmany noble opportunities of interesting the society\\nin missions, if you do not know through the year\\npretty definitely where your money is going.\\nAs the pledge cards come in, give to each En-\\ndeavorer a bundle of twelve little envelopes, to be\\nobtained from the United Societ}^ of Christian En-\\ndeavor. These envelopes will bear upon them the\\nnames of the months of the year, and also a number", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0081.jp2"}, "82": {"fulltext": "78 THE officers handbook.\\nby which the Endeavorer is known upon the treas-\\nurer s books, and by which his gift is identified in\\nthe collection when it is received.\\nThe monthly offerings should be made at the\\nconsecration meeting. That is the appropriate time,\\nsince it is the consecration of your money as well as\\nthe rest of yourself and your belongings that is to\\nbe emphasized. It should come at the beginning of\\nthe consecration meeting, and might well be pre-\\nceded by a brief prayer. The president or the\\nleader will make the announcement and appoint\\nmembers to take up tlie collection, or this duty\\nmay be imposed upon the treasurer.\\nThe record of each member, according to this\\nsystem, should be kept separately, but the whole is\\nvery quickly done if you have a large sheet of paper\\nbearing a vertical list of the names, and after each\\nname twelve spaces. The names are numbered, and\\nas each enveloi3e is opened its contents is noted in\\nthe proper place opposite the name bearing its num-\\nber. I believe that a treasurer should receipt for\\neverything, if he would get the best results in the\\nway of giving, and so I should even receipt for each\\nof these monthly gifts. Let it be understood that\\nthe return of the envelope, bearing the giver s name\\nin the treasurer s handwriting, constitutes the re-\\nceipt for each month.\\nEmphasize the importance of giving these sums,\\nthough they are small, every month, rather than\\nwait and let them accumulate. Never hesitate to\\ninform delinquents that they are behindhand. Not\\nevery month, possibly, but still frequently, it is best", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0082.jp2"}, "83": {"fulltext": "THE officers handbook. 79\\nfor the treasurer to report to the society, in general\\nterms, how the society finances stand, and how\\nmany pledges remain unpaid.\\nThis bu.siness-like plan is far superior to a collec-\\ntion taken spasmodically. It is infinitely superior\\nto the plan of raising money by pay socials. It is\\nsometimes wise to add to your missionary fund, or\\nraise money for special i^urposes, by such means as\\na lecture course or a concert but such entertain-\\nments should never be the main dependence. The\\nonly way to give is to give\\nI thoroughly believe, however, in special collec-\\ntions. They are a sort of free-will offerings of\\nthe kind so widely used in the old Jewish days. An\\nespecially helpful custom is the self-denial week\\npreceding the annual celebration of Christian En-\\ndeavor Day, resulting in a grand thank-offering\\non our anniversary. This thank-offering is almost\\nalways distributed equally between home and\\nforeign missions.\\nSome societies have found it a good plan to stimu-\\nlate sluggish giving by taking a collection at every\\nmeeting, not pledging the members as to the\\namounts, but earnestly asking that each member\\nshall bring something, however small the amount,\\nevery iveeh.\\nIt is a part of the treasurer s duties to promote\\nmore generous giving, of course in conjunction\\neach time with other officers and committees, if the\\nenterprise lies in the line of their work. An occa-\\nsional diagram may be devised, to be hung on the\\nwall. For instance, he may draw cubes represent-", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0083.jp2"}, "84": {"fulltext": "80 THE OPFICEKS^ HANDBOOK.\\ning by their relative sizes the payments of the\\naverage Christian for missions, for clothes, for food,\\nfor soda-water, and the like. The Tenth Legion\\nour Christian Endeavor organization for tithe-givers,\\nand the Macedonian Phalanx the Christian En-\\ndeavor movement to promote giving to definite mis-\\nsionary objects, may be pushed by no Endeavorer so\\nappropriately as the treasurer. Material for adver-\\ntising these movements may be obtained from the\\nUnited Society of Christian Endeavor.\\nThe treasurer s account-book should be neatly\\nkept. It is especially necessary, if he would not get\\ninto a muddle, that every receipt and expenditure\\nbe recorded immediately. He should give a receipt\\nfor everything, using a regular printed receipt book,\\nor printing blanks upon a manifolder\\n(Place and date)\\nReceived from dollars\\nand cents for\\nOn behalf of the Christian Endeavor Society,\\nTreasurer.\\nHe should be equally j)articular in requiring vouch-\\ners for every cent he gives out from committee\\nchairmen, speakers, mission boards, and every one.\\nA regular printed receipt book may be bought for a\\nlittle, or vouchers may be printed on the society mani-\\nfolder\\n(Place and date)\\nReceived from Treasurer of the\\nChristian Endeavor Society, dollars and\\ncents, for\\n(Signature)\\n(Official position)", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0084.jp2"}, "85": {"fulltext": "THE officers HANDBOOK. 81\\nIf the pledge system is used, as I have described\\nit, the treasurer will open up an account with each\\nmember of tlie society, though for simplicity s sake\\nthis pledge account may be condensed upon a very\\nfew pages. There should also be separate page ac-\\ncounts with each committee that draws money from\\nthe treasury, w4th home and foreign missions, and\\nthe like. Head the left-hand page Dr. and tlie\\nright-hand page Cr., writing in the center the\\nperson or cause or committee with w^hom you are\\naccounting. The full form would be, I, the treas-\\nurer (understood) am debtor to (the social commit-\\ntee, say) in the following appro j)riation made for the\\nuse of that committee by the society, and creditor\\nby the following sums paid to the chairman of that\\ncommittee. Precede the items on the debit side\\nby the preposition to, and on the credit side by\\nthe preposition by.\\nA simpler form of accoulit w^ll record on the debit\\nside of the ledger whatever sums have been received,\\nwith the date in each case and the source, and on\\nthe credit side w^hatever sums have been paid out,\\nwith the date and the object or person receiving\\nthem.\\nNo money should be paid out for any purpose\\nwithout express authorization from the executive\\ncommittee or vote of the society. In some societies\\nit is required tliat the secretary write an order upon\\nthe treasurer for each sum so voted, tlie treasurer\\nkeeping that order as his authorization for tlie ex-\\npenditure but usually that is an unnecessary form\\nin a Christian Endeavor society, since the treasurer\\n6", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0085.jp2"}, "86": {"fulltext": "82 THE OFFICEKS HAKDBOOK.\\nwill be in attendance always upon the meetings of\\nthe executive committee and the business meetings\\nof the society. Payments to the missionary boards\\nshould always be sent to the treasurers of those\\nboards, and they may be sent direct or through the\\nchurch treasurer, according to the preference of the\\nchurch. When the church treasurer sends them, he\\nshould give a receipt to the Christian Endeavor\\ntreasurer and in either case, when the gift is sent,\\nthe mission board should be asked to note that the\\nmoney comes from the Christian Endeavor society.\\nMost boards keep a special record of the gifts from\\nChristian Endeavor societies, just as they keep a\\nspecial record of the gifts from Sunday schools.\\nThe treasurer s report should be given at each\\nbusiness meeting, that the society may always know\\njust how it stands financially. How much detail is\\nto be introduced depends on tlie need of the society\\nand on the amount and complexity of the society s\\nbusiness. It is profitless, for instance, to tell what\\nthe social committee paid out for lemonade, but it\\nmay be useful for the society to know how much\\ntheir topic cards cost, and all gifts to missions should\\nbe given with full particulars. Figures may easily\\nbe made very dry, or, with the exercise of some\\npains and ingenuity, they may be made very inter-\\nesting. If the treasurer is bright, his report may be\\none of the best and most inspiring features of the\\nbusiness meeting. Put it as little as possible in tab-\\nular form, and as much as possible in narrative\\nform. Mass the details so that they may readily\\nbe grasped, and print the more significant facts", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0086.jp2"}, "87": {"fulltext": "THE officers HANDBOOK. 83\\nupon a blackboard or a large sheet of paper, that the\\nimpetus of generous giving may enter through Eye-\\ngate as well as Ear-gate. Be as enterprising as an\\nadvertising agent, I can give no more emphatic\\ncomparison, for is it not the King s business that\\nyou are promoting", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0087.jp2"}, "88": {"fulltext": "84 THE OFflCEPiS HAXDBOOK.\\nCHAPTER Xn.\\nTHE organist s WORK.\\nWhen it is remembered how much of the bright-\\nness and attractiveness of our prayer meetings come\\nfrom the singing, and how far the singing is influ-\\nenced by a good accompanist, or the reverse, it will\\nbe seen wliy I consider the organist one of the most\\nimportant of Christian Endeavor officers. A large\\npart of the success of every prayer meeting depends\\non her. If she enters into her work with enthusi-\\nasm and skill, and with the higher motive of desire\\nto further Christ s cause, and not the low motive of\\nlove for music, or the still lower motive, the wish to\\nshow off. then the members will be likely to sing\\nwith grace in their hearts unto tlie Lord. Such\\nsinging will render every member more zealous in\\nhis Christian endeavors, and, best of all, souls will\\nbe won by it for the kingdom of God.\\nIn some societies the music committee chooses the\\norganist in others, this officer is elected with the\\nothers. I prefer the latter method, provided you are\\ncareful to pass the work around in turn to all that\\ncan do it well. Now and then put a beginner in\\nthis place, remembering that our society is to be\\nfirst and always a training school for service.\\nIn mv own societv we had at one time no fewer", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0088.jp2"}, "89": {"fulltext": "THE officers HANDBOOK. 85\\nthan six organists, each serving for a month at a\\ntime.\\nIt is especially necessary that you organists\\nshould be promptly in your place at the beginning\\nof the meeting, as soon as the leader has taken the\\nchair. Have the book open before you. Most meet-\\nings begin with a song, so that you, even more than\\nthe leader, give the meeting its initial impetus upon\\nwhich so much depends.\\nFind the page quickly, and be sure you get the\\nright one. If you are in doubt what hymn is called\\nfor at any time during the meeting, do not hesitate\\nto ask, rather than guess at it. Remember, if you\\nfailed to hear, doubtless the others are in the same\\npredicament. If at any time you hear the number\\nyourself, but judge that others may not have heard,\\nrepeat it in a distinct voice.\\nNotice carefully what verses are to be omitted in\\nsinging. How often have we seen a careless organist\\nstart out confidently on another verse after the last\\nstanza had already been sung, play a few measures,\\nand then stop in confusion amid the titters of the\\nirreverent That is always a hurt to the meet-\\ning.\\nIf you perceive that the society has become con-\\nfused, and that half of them are singing the wrong\\nverse, do not hesitate at the beginning of the next\\nstanza to call its number clearly. Whether you will\\ndo such things, or not, will depend of course upon\\nwhether there is in the chair a leader who will do\\nthem.\\nUnless the song is one quite unknown to the", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0089.jp2"}, "90": {"fulltext": "86 THE officers handbook.\\nsociety, do not play it all through as a prelude. This\\ncustom is a great nuisance in many societies, and\\nconstitutes more of a drag than is commonly real-\\nized. A few measures will be sufficient, just to be\\ncertain that every one has found the place then\\nsound the key-note and enter at once upon the\\nsong.\\nThe same remarks apply even more emphatically\\nto interludes. In most cases they are mere imperti-\\nnences, and serve only to impede the swing of the\\nmusic, and make a needless break in our appreci-\\nation of the thoughts of the hymn. If the hymn is\\na long one, a very brief interlude toward the close\\nmay be needed in order to get breath but for a\\nhymn of the ordinary length it is quite unnecessary.\\nMake a slight pause after each stanza, then strike\\nthe key-note firmly, and begin at once with decision\\nthe next verse.\\nDo not leave the organ during the meeting, unless\\nsitting on a stool without a back is ver} wearisome.\\nThe time occupied in taking your place is lost to the\\nmeeting, and your moving about makes always more\\nor less of a disturbance. Hold yourself in instant\\nreadiness for any musical demand.\\nSing, if 3^ou can, and as strongly as possible. You\\nare the natural leader of the music, by voice as well\\nas with the instrument. And you will do the societv\\nan especial benefit if now and tlien you start up\\nsome appropriate hj^mn without announcement of\\nany kind. Of course tlie hj^mn should be sufficiently\\nfamiliar for the Endeavorers to join you without\\nhaving recourse to their books, and this feature will", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0090.jp2"}, "91": {"fulltext": "THE officers HANDBOOK. 87\\nadd much to the vivacity and interest of the\\nmeeting.\\nFor this pui iDOse, and for many other purposes, it\\nwill be a great advantage to you if you will commit\\ntunes to memory as many of the common tunes as\\npossible. That will give you facility in playing,\\nenable you to exchange a poor tune for a good one\\nwhen certain words are desired, conduct sings\\nwhere books are not available, and in many other\\nways make yourself a musical blessing.\\nOf course, whether you commit the tunes to\\nmemory or not, you will become familiar with them\\nall, so that no one can catch you by calling for a\\ntune you cannot readily play. That the society also\\nmay have this familiarity, you will do a good deed\\nif you organize little meetings for practice of the\\nless known hymns, holding the gatherings at your\\nown house.\\nSuch work should be done by the music committee,\\nif you have one and if you have none, you are the\\nfit person to see that this useful committee is added\\nto your society s complement of tools. And, by the\\nway, you will find in my manual for music com-\\nmittees, Christian Endeavor Grace-Notes, pub-\\nlished by the United Society of Christian Endeavor\\n(10 cents), a large number of plans and suggestions\\nthat will aid you in your work.\\nNote the character of each piece before you play\\nit, and try to make your playing harmonize with the\\nsentiment. Do not rattle off Nearer, my God, to\\nThee as if it were Captain Jinks, nor prolong", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0091.jp2"}, "92": {"fulltext": "88 THE OFFICERS HA^ DBOOK.\\nOnward, Cliristian soldiers as if it were Poor\\nold Pidy, she died last Friday/\\nIt is unnecessary^ of course, to say, Don t drag.\\nNo organist ever did drag knowingly, though I havo\\nsuffered under organists that were so sure they were\\nnot dragging that they paid no heed to their audi-\\nence, and came out half a mile behind.\\nIt is far more necessary to say, in writing for\\nyoung musicians especially, Don t race ahead.\\nYou may be conscious tliat the society are dragging\\nfearfully, -but hammering angrily on the instrument\\nis no way to bring them to time it only advertises\\nyour temper. If you find that, on your keeping just\\na trifle ahead of the members, they do not take the\\nhint and catch up, speak a word about it in public,\\nor, better, talk the matter over in private with the\\nleading singers.\\nDo not convert the prayer meeting into a singing\\nschool. It is never wise to stop a hymn in order to\\ntell how it should be sung. Do not give folks the\\nimpression that you mind a false note more than a\\nfalse spirit.\\nA knowledge of harmony, and the ability to\\nchange the key so as bring the music more easily\\nwithin the range of the members voices, will help\\nyou greatly in your work, though of course it is not\\nat all essential.\\nDo not let your position as organist excuse you\\nfrom testifying in every meeting. The very con-\\nspicuousness of your post makes it necessary for you\\nto testify for the sake of the example, if for no other\\nreason.", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0092.jp2"}, "93": {"fulltext": "THE officers HAISTDBOOK. 89\\nAnd put religion into all your musical work. Get\\nin touch with the Master, if you want a beautiful\\ntouch on your instrument. Get a love for this\\nnoble task and an enthusiasm for it, and believe in\\nit with all your soul. In a very rea} way you are\\nhelping to preach the gospel.", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0093.jp2"}, "94": {"fulltext": "90 THE officers HA^ DBOOK.\\nCHAPTER XIII.\\nTHE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.\\nYou will have a good society if you have good\\nexecutive committee meetings. No other committee\\nis so imijortant, because this is the co-ordinating\\nand the focusing committee. It sets the society to\\nwork, and keeps it at work. It discovers flaws, and\\nremedies them. It discovers excellencies, and\\npraises them. It is the pastor s cabinet among the\\nyoung people, and an hour here once a month will\\nenable him to accomplish more than ten times an\\nhour spent in any other way. It is also the pres-\\nident s chance at the leaders of the society, and if\\nhis touch here is firm and sure, he can mold the sor\\nciety to his desire. It is the committees chance at\\none another, so that whatever aid one committee\\nwants from the other members, it will here apply\\nfor, and whatever suggestion it has for the good of\\nthe society, it will here bring to a head. If the\\nlookout committee are the society s eyes, and tlie\\nprayer-meeting committee its heart, the executive\\ncommittee make up its brain, where all nerves\\ncenter, and from which all active impulses properly\\ncome forth.\\nThe committee is made up of the chairmen of all\\nthe committees, together with all the officers. Do\\nnot forget the vice-president. Sometimes let him", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0094.jp2"}, "95": {"fulltext": "THE OFFICEKS HANDBOOK. 91\\npreside, even when the president is there. This\\nwill render him more interested in the meetings of\\nthe committee, and will train him for an emergency\\nand also to become president himself by and by.\\nDo not forget the corresponding secretary, either,\\nan officer most necessary to have at the meetings,\\nbut often left out. The recording secretary should\\nbe there, of course, and should act as the secretary\\nof the committee. The Junior superintendent should\\nbe present to report for that important branch of the\\nwork, and receive help from the other Endeavorers.\\nI should even have the organist there, once in a\\nwhile at least, and when she is present, make it a\\npoint to talk over the music of the society. The\\ntreasurer should never be absent, since questions of\\nfinance are likely to be involved in all kinds of com-\\nmittee work. Certainly the pastor should be present\\nwhenever this is feasible, and every wide-awake\\npastor will be glad of the privilege.\\nThe presiding officer, of course, is the president,\\nand he will hold the committee to as strict rules of\\nprocedure as the regular business meeting of the\\nsociety. A committee meeting is so informal in its\\nappearance that unless it is held in check with a\\nstrong hand, it is likely to fritter itself away in\\npleasant but aimless and fruitless chat.\\nAs to the time for the meeting, once a month is\\noften enough, unless for special reasons an extra\\nsession is needed. The meeting should precede the\\nmonthly business meeting of the society, because\\none of the chief duties of the executive committee\\nis to sift out the business, and discuss it, and put it", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0095.jp2"}, "96": {"fulltext": "92 THE OFFICEES HA]S;DB00K.\\nin such shape that the society can act u^Don it\\nspeedily and with little need for any debate, thus\\nsaving time for the more strictly religious exercises.\\nBut be sure to hold the meeting three or four days\\nbefore the business meeting, since points may come\\nup in the committee meeting that will need several\\ndays to be put into proper shape for the society.\\nHave a regular day of the week for the meeting, and\\nvary from it only when you really must. It is a\\ngreat aid to memory to hold committee meetings\\nalways on the same date.\\nFor the same reason have, if possible, a regular\\nplace for the meeting, and a private house is better\\nfor the purpose far better than the cliurch. Let\\nit be the same house always, and, if convenient, the\\npresident s house.\\nBegin promptly at the fixed time, though only a\\nportion of the committee are present. To wait for\\nthe late comers will only perpetuate the nuisance of\\ntheir tardiness, whereas if they learn that you will\\nbegin on time, they will get there on time them-\\nselves possibly.\\nOpen the meeting with prayer. Sometimes the\\npresident may offer this prayer, or ask some one else\\nto offer it, or call for two or three prayers in succes-\\nsion. Thus you will get into the right spirit at the\\nvery start.\\nCall next for the reading of the minutes of the last\\nmeeting. The secretary should keep these minutes\\nas carefully as those of the business meeting, but in\\na separate book. Never omit the reading of the\\nminutes, since that will recall to mind what was", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0096.jp2"}, "97": {"fulltext": "THE OFFICERS^ HA:^DBOOK. 93\\nff\\ndone at the last meeting, and will remind you of\\nmany points upon which reports at this meeting\\nwill be in order.\\nNext, the president will ask each chairman in\\nturn to report for his line of work. In some socie-\\nties there are read at the executive committee\\nmeeting the reports that are to be presented to the\\nsociety at the coiming business meeting. They are\\nread here in order that the entire committee may\\ncriticise them, suggesting corrections, omissions, or\\nadditions and the custom is a good one.\\nA good committee report contains four elements\\nit should tell (1) what the committee tried to do,\\nand could not do, and why it failed (2) what the\\ncommittee succeeded in doing (3) what the com-\\nmittee wants to do (4) what help the committee\\nwould like from the othermembers in carrying on its\\nwork.\\nDiscuss each report before going on to the next.\\nThe president should be ready to start this discus-\\nsion with some suggestive thought. Indeed, it is\\nbest for the president before coming to tlie execu-\\ntive committee meeting to run over in his mind the\\nlist of committees, and fix on some one matter to\\nbring up in connection with each. It may be a plan\\nfor the future, or a hint of improvement along some\\nline, or a word of praise for what has been done\\nsomething to set the members of the committee to\\ntalking about that work.\\nA model committee will not send its chairman to\\nthe executive committee meeting without some\\ndefinite, practical plans to propose for its work, or at", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0097.jp2"}, "98": {"fulltext": "94 THE officers handbook.\\nleast some perplexity to present for their solution^\\nAs each report is made, bear in mind what was de-\\ncided at the last meeting concerning that particular\\nkind of work, and see that in some way the success\\nor the failure of last month s plans is presented to\\nthe committee and discussed. Progress is more surely\\ngained by sticking to a few points than by proposing\\nmany plans. As the new suggestions are brought\\nup, do not let any one of them pass without nailing\\nit by a motion put it in concrete form on the\\nrecord book. At the close of the reports, the pres-\\nident will do well to summarize all of these determi-\\nnations by way of review, fixing in the minds of the\\ncommittee a sort of programme for the next month s\\nwork.\\nNow and then in the course of these reports,\\nwhen any subject of special importance comes up,\\nor when a report is given from any line of wof k in\\nwhich the members are especially interested, stay\\nthe proceedings until an earnest prayer has been\\noffered for just the one committee or just the special\\nservice.\\nHear next from the ofificers. The treasurer will\\ntell how faithfully the members are j)aying up their\\npledges. The corresponding secretary will place be-\\nfore the committee whatever communications have\\ncome from the outside world, and pastor and com-\\nmittee will decide whether they will go any farther,\\nand what is to be done with them. The secretary\\nwill state^he result of the last consecration meeting\\nroll-call. The Junior superintendent will tell about\\nher beautiful work, and will lay before the commit-", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0098.jp2"}, "99": {"fulltext": "THE OFFICERS^ HANDBOOK. 95\\ntee for their advice whatever important plans she\\nhas for the future. The president will say a few\\nwords on the general tone of the society and any\\nplans ho may have that have not come under the\\ncommittee reports. Finally, the pastor will speak\\nfor a few minutes on the ways in which the young\\npeople may be brought closer to Christ and be more\\nfaitliful in His service. The pastor, of course, has\\nbeen taking part witli the others throughout tlie\\nevening, but this is his special opportunity for\\nwords of helpfulness, of wise suggestion, strong in-\\nspiration, and cheering praise.\\nBring the meeting to a prompt close. Do not al-\\nlow it to fray out at the edge. When the reports\\nhave all been made, and if no one has general busi-\\nness to introduce additional to what would naturally\\ncome under the reports from chairmen and officers,\\nask the pastor to offer prayer, and with that prayer\\nclose the formal session of the committee.\\nI strongly recommend, how^ever, that the mem-\\nbers be not permitted to return to their homes at\\nthis point, but that you draw them still closer to-\\ngether with some game or other social entertain-\\nment. Pass around a plate of apples. Adjourn to\\nthe kitchen and pull molasses candy. A half-hour\\nof fun together will not be out of place, but it will\\ngive your committee a mutual acquaintance that\\nwill do wonders for their spiritual work.\\nThen, when tlie first move is made to go, draw\\nthe happy band of ICndeavorers together around the\\npiano, sing some of the good old hymns of the church,\\nrepeat the Mizpah benediction, and separate w4th", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0099.jp2"}, "100": {"fulltext": "96 THE officers handbook.\\nthe love of Christ and zeal for His blessed service\\nburning brightly in your hearts.\\nIt onl}^ remains to add that the report of the ex-\\necutive committee meetings, if made to the society\\nat all, should be made by the secretary, and should\\nbe very brief, taking up only those points that are\\nnot covered by the reports of the other committees.", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0100.jp2"}, "101": {"fulltext": "THE officers hajs^dbook. 97\\nCHAPTER XIV.\\nTHE BUSINESS MEETING.\\nIt is far better that the monthly business meeting\\nshould not be held on Sunday in connection with\\nthe prayer meeting.- This is not because there is\\nanything in it that is not appropriate to the Lord s\\nDay, but because all the time is needed for the\\nprayer meeting, and a good business meeting should\\noccupy a full hour by itself. It is coming to be a\\nwidespread custom, therefore, to hold the business\\nmeeting in connection with the monthly social, and\\nthis plan has very much to commend it. One hour\\nfor the business meeting, followed by one hour for\\nthe social this can easily be compassed your social\\nis given solid worth and dignity, and you have se-\\ncured your attendance on the business meeting.\\nAnother capital way of gaining the same end is to\\nhold the business meeting at some private house.\\nAll will come, for the novelty of it, and out of com-\\npliment to the host or hostess. After the opening\\nexercises, the committees will separate and discuss\\ntheir various interests, including the reports soon to\\nbe presented. Tlie society will next come together\\nand listen to those reports, discussing each as it is\\ngiven. Some pleasant general exercises will close\\nthe evening.", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0101.jp2"}, "102": {"fulltext": "98 THE officers handbook.\\nRefreshments Yes, perhaps but let them come\\nas a surprise.\\nIf the business meeting must be held on Sunday,\\nmake sure of written reports, and that they shall be\\nbrief. If any chairman fails to bring a written re-\\nport, make it a rule to refuse to hear him, postponing\\nhis report to the next week s meeting, when he must\\nbring it, written. The reason for this requirement\\nis that the reports will be better if written, and they\\ncan then be preserved by the secretary. Besides, a\\nwritten report is a formal affair, and it is not so\\neasy to say in black and white, Our committee has\\ndone nothing this month, as it is to rattle it off by\\nword of mouth.\\nWhat is a good committee report It will tell\\nfour things what the committee planned to do\\nwhat it succeeded in doing what it wants to do\\nduring the next month and how the society can\\nhelp it. A good report will have much earnest\\nthought in it, and it ill not be without a spice of\\nfun. It will be written in the best English the\\nwriter can command, and with such care as befits\\nthis very important Christian service.\\nProvide time for the discussion of each report, the\\npresident leading, or getting some member to lead.\\nThis is the opportunity of the members to present\\nwhat thoughts they may have on the work of the\\nsociety, or to describe work they would like to see\\nundertaken. If there is not time thus to discuss all\\nthe lines of committee work, only a part may be\\ntaken up at each meeting. Indeed, occasionally it\\nmay be best to focus the interest of the business", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0102.jp2"}, "103": {"fulltext": "THE officers HANDBOOK. 99\\nmeeting upon a single committee. After the reports\\nhave all been read, a paper may be presented treat-\\ning the work of tliat committee, and this may be\\nfollowed by an open parliament on the same. When-\\never the society is about to launch out on some im-\\nportant enterprise, as, for instance, the purchase of\\na society library, or the adoption of the envelope\\npledge system of giving to missions, devote in this\\nway one business meeting to the new departure.\\nIntersperse among the reports a few songs, choos-\\ning in each case a hymn appropriate to the work of\\nthe committee that has just spoken. Also now and\\nthen have a prayer, or a series of sentence prayers,\\nwhenever a committee report is especially earnest\\nor treats of particularly important work.\\nThe great secret of a successful business meeting\\nis to obtain for it some fresh interest, some remem-\\nberable and advertisable (to coin a word) point.\\nAnd then advertise it. Name the meeting A For-\\nward-March Meeting (to advocate the starting of\\namission Sunday school, perhaps); A Feed-My-\\nLambs Meeting (to discuss the condition of the\\nJunior society); A Next-Step Meeting (in the in-\\nterest of the lookout committee, who are anxious\\nto bring the associates into active membership, and\\nto get some of the active members to do better\\nprayer-meeting work); A Good-Samaritan Meet-\\ning (which will propose some novel v\u00c2\u00bb ork in the\\nhospitals). Get out attractive dodgers to call\\nattention to this business meeting. And, by-the-way,\\ndoes your society own a hectograph, or, still better,\\ncould it not well afford a printing press Just\\nt\u00c2\u00abrc", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0103.jp2"}, "104": {"fulltext": "100 THE OFFICERS^ HAN^DBOOK.\\nthink how much it might do for the church if it had\\na little printing press at its command\\nOne striking feature is enough to call attention to\\ntlie business meeting. It might be a union business\\nmeeting with the Juniors. It might be the reading\\nof a society paper, which, with the interjection of a\\nlittle fun, will chiefly treat in a serious way the\\nwork of the society. It might be some special\\nmusic. It might be a question-box on society prob-\\nlems or general religious matters. It might be an\\nanswer -box, some important query being pro-\\npounded, and each Endeavorer writing a reply.\\nThese replies will be anonymous, and will all be read\\nby one person, or by a few. A good question would\\nbe What are some Avays in which our society\\nwork might be bettered On another occasion\\nsome brigiit speaker may be obtained from outside\\nthe town and may close the meeting with a twenty-\\nminute talk. Or some good writer among the En-\\ndeavorers may read a practical essay on some such\\ntopic as Our Reasonable Excuses. Or there may\\nbe an open parliament, led by your brightest member,\\non some such theme as: How can w^e have better\\nmeetings? How get the most out of our daily\\nBible-reading? What suggestions have 3^ou for\\nsome committee not your own? What are the\\ngains from the pledge\\nIt is a very good plan to open the business meeting\\nin such a way as to show at once that no ordinary\\nlyieeting is to be held. Arrange the chairs in a\\ncircle, with the president in the center. Or, open\\nwith a song by some committee, the words having", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0104.jp2"}, "105": {"fulltext": "THE officers HA]SrDBOOK. 101\\nreference to that committee s work. Or, open with a\\nrecitation, with an application to Christian Endeavor\\nwork.\\nA proper order if you want a regular order\\nwould be Opening prayer. Reading of the last\\nminutes, and approval. Unfinished business, if any.\\nCommittee reports, with discussion, if any. New\\nbusiness. Special order. Closing prayer and ad-\\njournment. The president will keep the meeting\\nsharply to time, and there is no better way of doing\\nthis than by arranging beforehand for some Endeav-\\norer to bring up each important point and be ready\\nto present the subject and make a motion. Do not,\\nhowever, allow the meeting to be too cut-and-dried\\nto provide space for business unplanned for, since\\nsometimes the most valuable suggestions come in\\nthis way.\\nDo not be satisfied if only a few make the motions.\\nHold before the business meeting the same ideal\\nthat we hold before our prayer meetings, namely,\\nthat all shall take part. If the members seem dull\\nand do not even vote, or vote in a lackadaisical way,\\nstop the meeting short and get them on their feet to\\nsing, or have them read a hymn in concert, or (if it\\nis not Sunday) make them applaud some sentiment\\nanything to wake them up.\\nIf, on the other hand, they are a little too wide-\\nawake, if some proposition has aroused strong op-\\nposition, and a bit of temper has been exhibited,\\nnever forget what the table is for, and lay away\\nthe subject u^Don that secure receptacle until the so-\\nciety comes nearer unanimity. Heated debate should", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0105.jp2"}, "106": {"fulltext": "102 THE officers HANDBOOK.\\nnever be permitted in a Christian Endeavor society.\\nAt the close of the meeting, a word from the\\npresident suQiming up the most important pieces\\nof business that have been transacted, just to\\nrefresh the minds of the members, is very helpful,\\nand then the meeting should close in some beautiful\\nand inspiring way with a prayer service, or a song\\nservice, or an earnest word from the pastor. Send\\nthe members away with the consciousness that it is\\nthe King s business they have been discussing, and\\nthat their lives sliould put on something of the\\nmajesty of their exalted tasks.", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0106.jp2"}, "107": {"fulltext": "THE OmCElls HANDBOOK. 103\\nCHAPTER XV.\\nA SUMMARY OF PARLIAMENTARY LAW FOR\\nENDEAVORERS.\\nOur Christian Endeayor business meetings and\\nthe sessions of the executive committee afford ab-\\nsolutely no occasion for intricate parliamentary\\npractice. The simplest modes of procedure, the\\nmost ordinary rules of order, will suffice for the\\nconduct of our Christian Endeavor affairs. There\\nare no warring parties or factions in our assemblies\\nfor us to hold in check. Our business is right to the\\npoint, easily expressed, readily understood, promptly\\ndisposed of. I have never heard even of a Christian\\nEndeavor society going into committee of the w^iole.\\nWe do not move the previous question. It is\\nabout as complicated a proceeding as we indulge in,\\nif we lay a motion on the table.\\nNevertheless, the forms we do use we want to use\\ncorrectly, and our societies, though they do not and\\nshould not go far in the science of parliamentary\\nlaw, should go properly as far as they go. The\\nKing s business must be conducted on the very best\\nmodels. For the guidance, then, of all Christian\\nEndeavor officers who may not have access to a full\\nparliamentary manual, such as Robert s or Cushing s,\\nor who may not wish to spend the time necessary to\\npick from their many pages the few directions they", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0107.jp2"}, "108": {"fulltext": "104 THE officers ha:n dbook.\\nneed, it seems best to include in this handbook a\\nbrief summary of all the rules of order likely to be\\nneeded in presiding over Christian Endeavor business\\nmeetings.\\n*^The Chair/ The president should always\\nrefer to himself as the chair. He sliould not use\\nthe first person.\\n**The Floor/ To obtain the floor, that is, to\\nget tlie right of addressing the society, a member\\nshould always rise and say, Mr. President (or\\nMiss President or Madam President, according\\nas an unmarried or married lady is hi the chair) He\\nshould not speak until he is recognized, the president\\nannouncing his name. If more than one claims the\\nfloor at the same time, the president should recog-\\nnize the one first to speak, unless he has already\\nspoken on the question and the other person has\\nnot.\\nSeconding Motions/ The president may\\nrequire every motion to be seconded but if the\\nmatter is one of little importance, he may assume a\\nsecond, to save time. If any one objects, however,\\nhe must require a second. The seconder, strictly\\nspeaking, should arise and address tlie chair,\\nwaiting to be recognized. Practically, however,\\nneither is required, but I second the motion, from\\nthe seat is sufficient.\\nChanging a Motion. After a motion has been\\nseconded and stated, the consent of the seconder is\\nrequired, and afterwards the consent of the society,\\nbefore the mover can cliange it in any way.\\nMotions in Writing. -AVJi en a motion is long and", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0108.jp2"}, "109": {"fulltext": "THE officers HANDBOOK. 105\\nhard to carry in mind, the president always has the\\nriglit to require the mover to submit it in writing.\\nThis, however, is a clog on the meeting, and should\\nbe done only when necessary.\\nStating the Question.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Before he permits any\\ndebate, the president should state the question, say-\\ning, It is moved and seconded that and\\nfollowing this statement with the call, Are there\\nany remarks\\nRise. Good form requires the presiding officer to\\nrise when stating a question or putting it to vote,\\nunless the membership is very small.\\nPutting the Question.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 There are several com-\\nmon modes of putting a question to vote. The presi-\\ndent may say, You have heard the question. All in\\nfavor will please say, Aye all opposed, No.\\nOr, It has been moved and seconded that.\\nAs many as are in favor of the motion will manifest\\nit by raising the hand. Opposed, by the same sign.\\nAfter the result has been announced The motion\\nis carried, or, The noes have it. Any member\\nmay rise and demand a division. In that case the\\nvoters must rise and be counted, and the president\\nmay appoint two tellers to count for him. The\\nchairman may vote, in case of a tie. If his vote\\nwould make a tie, he may vote, and so defeat the\\nmotion.\\nHow TfOng Debatable. A question is open to de-\\nbate even after the affirmative is put, but not after\\nthe negative is put.\\nCasting the Vote of the Society.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 When a con-\\nstitution requires a vote by ballot, and for any reason", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0109.jp2"}, "110": {"fulltext": "106 THE OFFICERS* HAXDBOOK.\\nthe society does not wish to take the time for this,\\nsome meml3er may move that the secretary cast the\\nvote of the society. If the vote is carried, the\\nsecretary writes his vote upon a piece of paper, and\\nannounces it.\\n**If There Is No Objection. The president\\nmay often permit procedures that are not strictly\\nparliamentary, after giving the society an opiwr-\\ntunity to object. For instance, after a motion has\\nonce been stated by the chair, it is unparliamentary\\nto change its wording but if the society does not ob-\\nject, the motion may be changed by tlie consent of\\nthe maker and seconder, and thiLs much time may be\\nsaved. In the same way. the president may settle\\nmany points without the formality of a motion, say-\\ning, for instance, Owing to the lateness of the\\nhour, if there is no objection, we will defer to next\\nweek s meeting the reading of the remaining re-\\nports. Thepresident will take care not to do this so\\noften as to seem to be bossing the society, and he\\nmay well confine such suggestions to points upon\\nwhich the society is evidently unanimous, and to\\noccasions when the meeting is pressed for time.\\nThe President s Informal Suggestions.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 It is\\nallowable also for tlie president of a Christian En-\\ndeavor society to propose items of businass. or sug-\\ngest courses of action, while in the chair, though in\\nbodies more strictly parliamentary he would need to\\ncall his vice-president to the chair and si eak from\\nthe floor in order to do this. For instance, if some\\none proposes that the society invite the local union\\nto hold its next meeting with them, the president", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0110.jp2"}, "111": {"fulltext": "THE officers haxdbook. 107\\nmight say that the consent of the church officers is\\nnecessary, and add, Will not some one make a\\nmotion appointing a committee to obtain this con-\\nsent to invite the local union, and to arrange all the\\ndetails for the evening of the union meeting\\nPresidental Modesty. Whenever a motion is\\nmade that has reference to the president in any way,\\ntlie maker of tlie motion should put it to vote and\\nif he does not do so, the president may ask him to.\\nPoints of Order. If any member observes, or\\ntliinks he observes, any infraction of a rule, he may\\nrise and say, witliout waiting to be recognized,\\nMr. President, I rise to a point of order upon\\nwhich he immediately takes his seat. The president\\nsays, State your point of order whereupon he\\nrises, states it, and resumes his seat. The jDresident\\ndecides the point, and his decision stands unless an\\nappeal is taken. If the president does not choose to\\ndecide the point, he may at once call for a vote, put-\\nting the question, Is the member in order Those\\nthat so judge ^viil say, Aye. Contrary minded,\\nNo.\\nAn Appeal. If any member objects to a ruling of\\nthe president, he rises and says, I appeal from the\\ndecision of the chair. If this appeal is seconded,\\nthe president must at once put the question, Is the\\ndecision of the chair sustained A tie vote is\\ncounted favorable to tlie chair. Before putting the\\nquestion, the president may, if he pleases, state the\\ngrounds for his decision but if the appeal refers to\\na matter of parliamentary practice, it is not debatable\\notherwise.", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0111.jp2"}, "112": {"fulltext": "108 THE officers ha^-dbook.\\nThe Previous Question.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 move the pre-\\nvious question, is the proper way to seek a close\\nof debate and an immediate vote on the point\\nat issue. So far as our simple Christian Endeavor\\npractice is concerned, it takes precedence of every\\nmotion but to lay on the table. Generally a\\ntwo- thirds vote is necessary to close the debate\\nin this peremptory way. Practically, in our\\nbusiness meetings, when it is evident to a mem-\\nber that the society is ready for a vote, he calls\\nout, Question. If others repeat the call, or even\\nif he himself thinks that the society is ready for a\\nvote, the president puts the question at once. If,\\nhowever, there is any objection, the stricter rule\\nmust be enforced. The previous question (a very\\nmisleading term) is put thus Shall the main ques-\\ntion be now put\\nI/ayingf on the Table. If a member wishes\\nto postpone a subject so that it may be taken uj) at\\na later time, he moves that it be laid on the table,\\nand this motion is undebatable. When it is desired\\nto consider the matter, the motion is made to take\\nthe question from the table. And this motion also\\nmay not be debated.\\nPostponement. If it is desired to defer the mat-\\nter with less freedom, a motion may be made to post-\\npone to a certain time, in which case only a two-\\nthirds vote can take up the question before that\\ntime or to postpone the subject indefinitely, which,\\nif carried, makes it impossible to take up the matter\\nagain during the session.\\nAmendments. If it is desired to change a motion", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0112.jp2"}, "113": {"fulltext": "THE officers HANDBOOK. 109\\nin any particular, to make additions to it or subtract\\nfrom it, or even to substitute another motion on the\\nsame subject, it is done by a motion to amend, the\\nmover saying, Mr. President, I move to amend the\\nmotion before the society by adding\\nor by striking out the words, or\\nby inserting the words, before\\nor by substituting for it the fol-\\nlowing motion The amendment\\nmay exactly reverse the first motion, or change it\\nonly slightly. The mover of the motion, with the\\nconsent of his second, may, if no one objects, accept\\nthe amendment without a vote. An amendment\\nmay be amended, but not the amendment of an\\namendment. In voting, the president will first put\\nthe amendment to the amendment then, if that is\\nlost, he will put the first amendment and if it is\\ncarried, he will put the first amendment as amended.\\nIf that is lost, he will put the original motion and\\nif it is carried, he will put the original motion as\\namended by one or both of the amendments. No\\namendment is allowed in case of a motion to adjourn,\\nto lay on the table, to postpone indefinitely, to re-\\nconsider, or to call for the previous question.\\nReconsidering a Subject.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 If any person who\\nvoted with the prevailing side desires, he may move\\nthe reconsideration of a subject upon which the so-\\nciety has voted, provided the motion to reconsider is\\nmade at the meeting when the vote was taken. The\\nmotion cannot be amended, and maybe debated only\\nwhen the motion to be reconsidered was debatable.\\nIf carried, it puts the subject back where it was before", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0113.jp2"}, "114": {"fulltext": "110 THE officers HANDBOOK.\\nthe vote upon it was taken. A motion to reconsider,\\ntherefore, if carried, makes possible more debate on\\nthe original motion, and requires anew vote upon it.\\nNo (|uestion can be reconsidered more than once.\\nA Motion to Adjourn.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 A motion to adjourn\\nmust be put at once, no matter what subject is under\\ndiscussion and it cannot be debated, nor can the\\nvote be reconsidered.\\nCommittees. Averv common and useful way of\\ndisposing of a matter upon which further liglit\\nshould be thrown before tlie society can judge wisely\\nconcerning it. is to vote that the subject be re-\\nferred to a committee. The mover of the motion\\nmay state of how many the committee is to consist,\\nand how they are to be appointed, whether by the\\nnomination and election of the society, or, as is more\\ncustomary, by the chair. If the president is to ap-\\npoint, he may at once state who are to form the com-\\nmittee, or lie may take time to consider, if it is an\\nimportant committee, and give its membership later\\nin the meeting, or even at another meeting, unless\\nthe society direct otherwise. The first person\\nnamed upon a committee is its chairman, and must\\ncall the committee together and see that it is organ-\\nized. Usually he is made the permanent chairman.\\nOften the mover of the motion to commit the sub-\\nject is made chairman of the committee, but this is\\na dangerous custom to establish, since the maker of\\nthe motion is not always the best available chair-\\nman, and besides, many are prevented from making\\nnecessary motions by fear of seeming to seek this\\nhonor. If tlie maker of the motion to commit did\\nI", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0114.jp2"}, "115": {"fulltext": "THE officers HAISTDBOOK. Ill\\nnot include in his motion a statement of the number\\nof which the committee shall consist, and of how it\\nis to be appointed, then, after the subject has been\\ncommitted, the president asks, Of how many shall\\nthis committee consist And after the maker of\\nthe motion or the society has answered, he will then\\nask, How shall this committee be appointed?\\nThese matters are usually decided informally and\\nwithout a vote.\\nThe Call of a Committee Meeting.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 If the\\nchairman of a committee is absent, or will not call a\\nmeeting, any two members of the committee may\\ncall it together.\\nCommittee Reports. \u00e2\u0080\u0094When a committee is\\nready to report, the chairman so states, and a motion\\nthat the rejoort be received may be made, or the presi-\\ndent may call for it without such a motion. The for-\\nmal methods of beginning tlie reports, such as, The\\ncommittee on beg leave to submit the following\\nreport, and the formal mode of closing a report,\\nAll of which is respectfully submitted, may often\\nbe profitably varied, in our Christian Endeavor re-\\nports, in the interest of sprightliness. After the\\nreport is read, the committee is discharged tliereby,\\nunless it is presented as a partial report. It is not\\ncustomary to vote upon accepting (or adopting\\nthe two terms have the same force) the report of a\\nstanding Christian Endeavor committee, though the\\nreport of any committee, standing or special, should\\nbe adopted or rejected if it contains a recommenda-\\ntion for the society s action. The better way, in the\\ncase of a standing committee, usually is to receive", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0115.jp2"}, "116": {"fulltext": "112 THE officers ha:n dbook.\\nthe report and place it on file, and then by a sepa-\\nrate motion to vote upon the recommendation it\\ncontains. If the society pleases, it may refuse to act\\nupon the recommendation, and recommit the\\nsubject, in which case the committee just discharged\\nby the reception of its report is restored to life\\nagain.\\nStanding and Special Committees. A stand-\\ning committee is one appointed for some definite\\ntime a special committee is one appointed for a\\nparticular purpose. It would add to the interest of\\nour Christian Endeavor business if more occasions\\nwere found for the appointment of special com-\\nmittees.", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0116.jp2"}, "117": {"fulltext": "THE OFFICEKS HA^^DBOOK. 113\\nCHAPTER XVI.\\nRECEPTION AND INSTALLATION SERVICES.\\nThere is little danger that our Christian Endeavor\\nofficers will become overzealous and conceited\\nthere is enough to keep them humble. There is far\\nmore danger that they may not magnify their\\noffice and understand their responsibility. The\\nbest way of impressing upon them the greatness and\\nblessedness of the task they have undertaken is by a\\npublic installation service. This service is best con-\\nducted in the society meeting room, and as part of\\nthe regular prayer meeting, though announcement\\nof it should be made beforehand, and the older\\nchurch members should be invited to attend. The\\npastor himself, as will be seen, figures largely in the\\nservice I suggest, but if the church is temporarily\\nwithout a pastor, some church officer or prominent\\nchurch worker will take his part.\\nService for the Installation of Officers.\\n[The pastor and the retiring officers are seated\\ntogether on the platform. The retiring president\\npresides, and opens the meeting by calling for three\\nhearty Christian Endeavor hymns in swift succes-\\nsion. One of the retiring officers, selected by the\\npresident, then reads our Christian Endeavor work-\\n8", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0117.jp2"}, "118": {"fulltext": "114 THE OFFICERS HAJSTDBOOK.\\ners chapter of the Bible, the twelfth of Romans.\\nThis is followed by a brief prayer by some other\\noflacer chosen by the president, or by the president\\nhimself. The retiring president, addressing the\\npastor, then speaks to the following effect, though\\nhe may prefer to use his own words.]\\nThe President.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 At the close of the term of office\\nto w^iich we were elected by our Christian En-\\ndeavor society, we, the officers, now lay down our\\ncommissions. Doubtless we have made many mis-\\ntakes. Doubtless we have fallen far short of our\\npossible successes. We pray God to forgive us for\\nall sins of omission and commission. We lay at His\\nfeet our imperfect service, asking Him to work out\\nfrom it His own perfect results.\\nThe Pastor (varying the words, as all the words of\\nthis exercise may be varied, to suit his pleasure or\\nchanged circumstances). Will the officers and com-\\nmittee chairmen please rise (They rise, remaining\\nstanding, each w^iere he is.) I praise God, dear\\nfriends, and this Christian Endeavor society praises\\nGod, for all your faithful service. Whatever you\\nhave done for Christ has brought with it, we are\\ncertain, its abundant and immediate reward. By\\nevery act of firm fidelity to duty, by every unselfish\\nyielding of your will, by every effort you have made\\nduring your term of office to increase the efficiency\\nof this society and draw its members nearer to their\\nSaviour, you have yourselves become strengthened\\nand ennobled. As you now lay down your official\\nresponsibilities, we give you our hearty God-speed\\nupon the path of endeavor that still lies before you,", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0118.jp2"}, "119": {"fulltext": "THE officers HAXDBOOK. 115\\nand in token of our appreciation of your work I\\nnow call upon the entire society to rise and sing one\\nstanza of our Christian Endeavor harvest hymn,\\nBringing in the Sheaves.\\n[This is done, and then the retiring officers leave\\nthe platform, all but the president.]\\nPastor, Mr. President, you will please present\\nthe officers-elect.\\n[The president reads the list, stating with each\\nname the office to be filled. As the several jDersons\\nare named, they come forward and stand in a semi-\\ncircle in front of the pulpit. The retiring president\\nthen takes his seat in the audience.]\\nPastor. Endeavorers, the tasks you are now by\\nvote of this society to assume are tasks which,\\nthough simple in their elements, reach out into all\\neternity. They liave to do witli the making of char-\\nacter, and there is no more blessed or momentous\\ntask than the making of character. You have been\\ngiven a great privilege, you have entered a glorious\\nopportunity. As you lead these members faithfully\\nalong the highways of Christian Endeavor, both\\nyou and they will be strengthened. I exhort you\\nnot to frust in your own wisdom, but to seek divine\\nguidance, for that alone will render you w^orkmen\\nthat need not to be ashamed. I exhort you not to\\nrest satisfied with the present attainments of the\\nsociet}^ but to make Excelsior your motto. This\\nsociety has chosen you to serve them in their high-\\nest interests, and I urge you to undertake the task\\nin the spirit of Him whose you are and whom you\\nser^e. In token that you will do this, will you not", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0119.jp2"}, "120": {"fulltext": "116 THE officers HAXDBOOK.\\nrepeat after me His own words The Son of Man\\ncame not to be ministered unto, but to minister.\\n[The officers repeat this in concert.]\\nThe Pastor. And now, Mr. President, you will\\nplease present the newly elected chairmen of com-\\nmittees.\\n[Tlie new president reads the list, and each chair-\\nman, as his name is called, rises and remains stand-\\ning.]\\nThe Pastor. There is no branch of our society\\nwork, Endeavorers, that will not during the coming\\nmonths receive the impulse of your zeal, if you are\\nfaithful, or the hindrance of your sloth, if you are\\nfaithless. It is our glad expectation that under\\nyour wise and vigorous guidance our society is to\\ntake many advance steps this term. Seek out the\\nbest methods. Read the most practical books. Con-\\nsult the most skilful workers. Take your tasks con-\\nstantly to God in prayer. Do not leave the little\\nthings neglected in your pursuit of some large\\nachievement, yet do not so bury yourself in details\\nthat you forget the wider interests. Eemember\\nPaul, and like him resolve to be all things to all\\nmen, that by all means you may save some one soul.\\nAnd in token of your determination in Christ s\\nstrength to do your best, I call upon you to repeat\\nwith me one of Paul s great sayings I can do all\\nthings through Christ who strengtheneth me.\\n[The chair i5en repeat this in concert. The pastor\\nthen takes his seat in the audience, together with\\nall the others except the new president.^\\nThe President. And now, as an indication of our", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0120.jp2"}, "121": {"fulltext": "THE OFFICERS HANDBOOK. 117\\ndesire as a united society to reach these high ideals\\nof service and reward, let us all rise and sing to-\\ngether one stanza of To the Work.\\n[This is done, and then the president speaks\\nagain.]\\nThe President. Now, at the outset of this new\\nterm s w^ork, it is most appropriate to emphasize our\\nallegiance to the fundamental principles of this so-\\nciety. Let us all remain standing and repeat in con-\\ncert the Christian Endeavor pledge.\\n[After this the president again speaks.]\\nThe President. Let us all bow our heads and in\\nsilence for a few moments ask our unseen Leader\\nfor His blessing upon the work Ave are about to\\nundertake together. Following the silent prayer I\\nwill lead in a series of sentence prayers, in which\\nmany will voice our petitions for all our society ac-\\ntivities and then our pastor will close this service\\nwith a praj^er of consecration.\\n[The regular prayer meeting follow^s, the leader\\nfor the evening taking his place at the desk.]\\nReception Services.\\nThe practical experience of a multitude of societies\\nhas proved the value of a little ceremony in receiv-\\ning new members. Membership in the society\\nmeans much more to members thus received, and\\nthey are more faithful to the pledge. There is only\\none danger that the service may seem to imitate\\nthe service used in joining the church. For that\\nreason I would carefully avoid all phrases custom-\\narily found in church reception services, the use of", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0121.jp2"}, "122": {"fulltext": "118 THE OFFICERS^ HANDBOOK.\\nthe song, Blest be the tie that binds, the right\\nhand of fellowship, and, in fact, everything that\\nmight be considered even an indirect allusion to\\nthat most solemn service. Cai e is taken in the fol-\\nlowing suggested forms to avoid this possible objec-\\ntion, and these exercises, while earnest and impress-\\nive, will not.be thought by any one to be trenching\\non the field of the church, or rendering common-\\nplace one of its most sacred ceremonies.\\nThis reception of new members should come at\\nregular intervals, and it is better that it should\\nalways fall on consecration meetings. The president\\nwill be in the chair, and he will ask the secretary to\\ncall the names of the new members. If they were\\nelected at the last meeting, they will come forward\\nas their names are called but if their names were\\nproposed at the last meeting, the president will put\\ntheir election to vote, and after election they will\\ncome forward. Then will follow this little cere-\\nmony.\\nThe Reception of Active Members.\\nThe President (addressing the new members, as\\nthey stand before him). You have signified your de-\\nsire to join this society. Having read our constitu-\\ntion and the Christian Endeavor pledge, you have\\nsaid to the lookout committee that you wish to work\\nin accordance with the constitution, and that you\\nwill keep the requirements of the pledge. With this\\nunderstanding, the society has gladly by its vote ac-\\ncepted you among its members. In ratification of\\nall this, let all the Endeavorers rise and repeat with", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0122.jp2"}, "123": {"fulltext": "THE officers HAKDBOOK. 119\\nthese new members our Christian Endeavor cov-\\nenant.\\n[The society rises, and joins the new members in\\nrepeating the pledge, the president leading.]\\nThe President. While we remain standing, let us\\ntestify our joy at receiving these new members, and\\nour sense of our fellowship in Christian Endeavor,\\nby singing one stanza of a welcome song, Stand\\nup, stand up for Jesus. While we are singing, the\\nsecretary will present the constitution, and each\\ncandidate will sign it in the presence of the society.\\n[Choose some other welcome song, if your hymn-\\nbook contains a preferable one. The secretary\\nshould be ready with the constitution and pen and\\nink, at a table in front of the society. This public\\nsigning of the constitution, including, of course, the\\npledge, always serves to impress upon the new\\nmembers the vows they are taking. Sing as many\\nstanzas as are necessary to occupy the time of sign-\\ning.]\\nThe President. It is the custom of our society to\\ngive to each new member a Christian Endeavor pin,\\nin the hope that it will serve as an earnest of our\\nbrotherly affection, and as a constant reminder of\\nthe covenant you have just repeated with us. We\\nask that you show your Christian Endeavor colors\\nfaithfully, and we pray that this little emblem may\\ncome to mean as much in your lives as it means in\\nours.\\n[Of course, if this gift of a pin is not customary in\\nyour society, the foregoing will be omitted. It is a\\ndelightful and most helpful practice, however, and I\\nearnestly recommend it.]", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0123.jp2"}, "124": {"fulltext": "120 THE OFFICERS^ HANDBOOK.\\nThe President, after presenting the pins, goes on to\\nsay It is also the custom of this society to present\\nto each new member a copy of this book, The\\nChristian Endeavor Greeting. In it you will find a\\nstatement of the purposes of our society and a sum-\\nmary of its methods. It will tell you how to be\\nhelpful to us, and liow to gain help from the society.\\nAVe ask you to read it carefully, and to adopt it as\\nyour Christian Endeavor guide-book.\\n[This Christian Endeavor Greeting is published\\nin most attractive form by the United Society of\\nChristian Endeavor. It is in large, handsome type,\\nand may be obtained, bound prettily in paper, for\\nten cents, or a dollar a dozen. There is also a special\\ngift edition, bound daintily, in white cloth, with a\\nhandsome stamp and with gilt top this costs twen-\\nty-five cents, or five for one dollar. This presenta-\\ntion edition is the one the society should use if it can\\nafford it, and twenty or twenty -five cents is very\\nlittle to spend upon each new member. Send for a\\nsample of the book, and you will see how practically\\nuseful it is. Of course, the foregoing is to be omit-\\nted if the society does not put the Greeting into\\nthe hands of its new members.]\\nThe President. You are now Christian Endeavor-\\ners, and we welcome you into our goodly fellowship.\\nIt is a fellowship as wide as the earth. It includes\\nyoung people of all races and- climes and nations,\\nfrom the Zulus to the Esquimaux, from China to\\nBrazil, from England, France, and Germany to\\nHawaii, New Zealand, and Japan.\\nThis precious fellowship includes also the young", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0124.jp2"}, "125": {"fulltext": "THE OFFICERS^ HAXDBOOK. 121\\npeople of all evangelical denominations. We are\\nnot divided, all one body we. The Christian\\nEndeavor unions, of which you have become a part,\\nwill cause you to realize as you may never have\\nrealized before the grandeur of Christ s great church\\nuniversal.\\nIt is a fellowship of service that you have entered,\\na fellowship in Christian endeavor. We trust that\\nyou will do your part, and more than your part, in\\nall our society work. To emphasize this principle\\nof service, it is our custom to assign to each new\\nmember, as soon as he joins, a place on some com-\\nmittee, and your committee assignments are as fol-\\nlows\\n[Of course if your society does not place every\\nmember upon some committee, the foregoing sen-\\ntences w:ill be omitted but if you try the plan, you\\nwill not give it up.]\\nFinally, Endeavorers, we welcome you into a fel-\\nlowship of faith. The first sentence of our pledge is\\nthe great one. It is because we trust in tlie Lord\\nJesus for strength, that we are trying to do whatever\\nHe would like to have us do. Only as we have fel-\\nlowship with Him in our daily prayer and Bible-\\nreading, can our fellowship with one another be a\\nfellowship of Christian endeavor. It is our prayer\\nthat you may come to know every day more and\\nmore fully the power of the presence of Christ.\\nPlease be seated, and listen to a word from our\\npastor.\\n[The new members will sit in the front row of\\nseats, and the pastor will welcome them and give", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0125.jp2"}, "126": {"fulltext": "122 THE OFFICERS^ HA]SrDBOOK.\\nthem some kindly advice in regard to their religious\\nlife and their Christian Endeavor duties. If your\\nchurch has no pastor, substitute for this service\\nthe best person available.]\\nThe President. \u00e2\u0080\u0094Now, fellow Endeavorers, in\\nreceving tliese new members, have we no duty to\\nperform, do we assume no responsibility In a mo-\\nment of silent prayer, let us ask God to bless their\\nrelation to us and ours to them, and then let a num-\\nber follow me in sentence prayers for God s blessing\\nupon this society and these new members in all their\\nChristian endeavors. I will ask our pastor to close\\nthe sentence prayers with a prayer of consecration.\\nThe Reception of Associate Members.\\n[This should be much briefer and simpler. There\\nmay be the gift of the pin and of the Greeting,\\nand the appointment to some of the minor commit-\\ntees, but there is no pastor s greeting unless active\\nmembers are received at the same time. After the\\nassociate members have been voted in, the president\\nwill call them forward, and will say J\\nThe President. We rejoice that God has put it in\\nyour hearts to desire fellowship with this society of\\nChristian Endeavor. The associates pledge, which\\nyou are ready to sign, obligates you to attend our\\nmeetings faithfully, and we trust that we may be\\nhelpful to you in every way but especially that\\nthrough our meetings jon may come to know our\\nSaviour, and to join His church, becoming His pro-\\nfessed followers. To that end, the society will both", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0126.jp2"}, "127": {"fulltext": "THE OFFICEES HAKDBOOK. 123\\nwork and pray. May God bless you as you sign our\\nassociate roll during the singing of the hymn.\\nThe Reception of Honorary Members.\\nThe honorary members ex offlciis, the pastor and\\nchurch officers, will not be given formal reception,\\nsince they are all members of the society by virtue\\nof their office, but it would be pleasant to signalize\\nin some public way the addition of other members\\nto the honorary list. They take no pledge, and the\\ngift of the pin and Greeting would not be very\\nappropriate, so that the form just given would not\\nbe suitable. I advise, however, that no form be\\nused that the honorary members be not called be-\\nfore the society at all, but merely that, they being\\npresent, their accession shall be announced, while\\nthe pastor gives them, on behalf of the young people,\\na word of greeting, and tells them what are their\\nprivileges and duties in connection with the society.\\nThe Reception of Juniors.\\nWhen you are receiving graduates from the Junior\\nsociety into active or associate membership, you may\\nuse the forms just given without change, but it is\\nfar better to make some special recognition of the\\nJuniors, for the sake of those left in the Junior so-\\nciety whom you wish to teach to look forward to\\nentrance into the ranks of the older Endeavorers.\\nInvite the entire Junior society to be present. Once\\na year the uniform topics give us a union meeting of\\nthe two societies, and this is the best time for the", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0127.jp2"}, "128": {"fulltext": "124 THE officers HAKDBOOK.\\ntransfer of members. The portions of the reception\\nservice that are different from that just given are\\nthe following.\\nThe president of the Yomig People s society sits on\\nthe platform with the president of the Junior\\nsociety.\\nThe President\u00e2\u0080\u0094 (to the Junior president).\u00e2\u0080\u0094 I\\nam glad to welcome you as the representative of our\\ncomrade branch of Christian Endeavor, our younger\\nbrother, the Junior society, and I am especially glad\\nas you bring to us the gift of new members. Please\\npiesent them to the society.\\n[Here the Junior president reads the list of candi-\\ndates, w^ho step forward as their names are called.\\nIf they have not already been voted in, the president\\nputs the matter to vote at this juncture. If other\\nmembers are to be received at this time, call them\\nforward, and proceed without further reference to\\nthe Juniors, but if the Juniors alone are to be\\nreceived, the president of the Young People s society\\nmay go on as follows.]\\nThe. President. We count ourselves especially\\nfortunate in adding to our number those that have\\nalready received training in Christian Endeavor\\nmethods and principles. You have learned in the\\nJunior society the value of a pledge, and you have\\nproved yourselves able to keep a covenant. You have\\nhad a drill in committee work. You have found out\\nthe joy of public testimony for Christ. Doubtless\\nyou are sorry to part from the many pleasant associa-\\ntions of the Junior society, but w^e trust that all such\\nlosses will be more than made good by your joy in", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0128.jp2"}, "129": {"fulltext": "THE officers HANDBOOK. 125\\nenlarged activities and higher and harder service.\\nTo this we v^^elcomeyou. Christian Endeavor s vi^ord\\nis, Forward Having taken this step, we trust\\nthat you wiU go on to take many more steps in ad-\\nvance, till you reach the blessed goal of all Christian\\nEndeavor. You have advanced from a simple pledge\\nto one that is more inclusive, and I ask you, in token\\nthat your spirits are joined with ours in seeking the\\ngreat aims of our covenant, to unite your vows with\\nours as all rise and repeat together the Christian En-\\ndeavor pledge.\\n[From this point the service is the same as that\\nalready given, except that Onward, Christian Sol-\\ndiers would perhaps be a better song to sing while\\nthe Juniors are signing the membership roll.]", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0129.jp2"}, "130": {"fulltext": "126 THE officers handbook.\\nCHAPTER XVII.\\nTHE USE OF LITERATURE.\\nThe success of a Christian Endeavor society de-\\npends so largely upon its wise use of Christian En-\\ndeavor literature, and the use of tliis literature\\ndepends so much on the officers activity in this di-\\nrection, that a chapter on the subject is necessary in\\nan officers handbook. Too many societies, instead\\nof standing as they might stand on the shoulders of\\nall the other societies that have done good work,\\nprofiting by their experience, adopting the best of\\ntheir methods, and incorporating the enthusiasm of\\ntheir successes, choose weakly to live to themselves,\\ncackling over their petty discoveries that became\\nancient news in wide-awake societies ten years ago,\\nand plodding along with antique methods that have\\nbeen superseded by far better ways of working.\\nOne of the chief advantages of our interdenomina-\\ntional Christian Endeavor fellowship is that it pro-\\nvides a means for gathering up in one center of\\ninformation the best that is planned and achieved in\\nyoung people s religious work all over the world.\\nThis center is the United Society of Christian En-\\ndeavor, and the society that makes no use, or slight\\nuse, of its literature, receives only a small part of\\nthe gains to be derived from membership in our move-", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0130.jp2"}, "131": {"fulltext": "THE OFFICERS HANDBOOK. 127\\nment. This Hterature has now become remarkably\\ncomplete, inspiring, and practically useful. It in-\\ncludes books and pamphlets on all kinds of com-\\nmittee work, and all the various lines of activity\\ntaken up in our societies and their unions. It in-\\ncludes whole libraries, or single volumes. It in-\\ncludes large books, or mere leaflets. It includes\\ntreatises for the advanced worker, and primers for\\nthe beginner. It includes an international organ\\nfor the older societies, The Christian Endeavor\\nWorld, and one for the Junior societies. The Junior\\nChristian Endeavor World. It includes song-books\\nand exercises, and charts and cards of all kinds, and\\nblank books and topic cards, and devotional helps\\nand missionary libraries, and stories and poems, and\\nChristian Endeavor histories and Christian Endeavor\\ntravels, and Christian Endeavor year books. When\\nthe Christian Endeavor movement began, in 1881,\\nthere was no literature dealing with religious work\\namong the young. Now, thanks to the labors of the\\nUnited Society of Cliristian Endeavor labors, as\\nall should know, that are entirely self-supporting\\nthis literature is one of the most complete in the\\nworld. Whatever the need, the publication depart-\\nment of the United Society is prepared at the invi-\\ntation of a postal-card to suppl}^ it promptly.\\nIt would be a pleasure to give here a list, for each\\ncommittee, of the books, pamphlets, exercises, and\\nother helps especially prepared for its particular line\\nof work, but such a list would be inadequate almost\\nbefore this book was off the press, so rapidly are\\nimprovements made, and so many are the additions", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0131.jp2"}, "132": {"fulltext": "128 THE officers haxdbook,\\nto the growing catalogue. The only practical thing\\nto do is to urge every reader of this book to ask the\\nUnited Society (Tremont Temple, Boston) to send\\nthe most recent price-list, which, of course, will be\\nsent free. You will be astonished at the number,\\nvariety, and cheapness of the helps there enumer-\\nated.\\nIt would also be a pleasure, of course, to give here\\nan accouiit of Tlie Christian Endeavor World, but\\nthis, too, is improving all the time, and the helpful\\nand attractive features I might name to-day will be\\nback numbers to-morrow as truly as this week s\\nissue will be a back number next week. The\\nonly way to get an idea of what our international\\nChristian Endeavor organ is, is to send a postal-card\\nrequest for free sample copies, its address also being\\nTremont Temple, Boston.\\nOh, it will cost too mtich, I hear some societies\\nsay. In the first place, investigate, and you will\\nfind that these books and pamplilets are sold at a\\ncost remarkably low. Only the slightest profit is\\nmade upon each copy. And even when compared\\nwith the published novels that are sold by the\\nhundred thousand copies, these Christian Endeavor\\npublications will be seen to be wonderfully inex-\\npensive.\\nOne of the best ways to get the literature of the\\nUnited Society is by ordering a complete supply of\\nw^hatever your committees need in the way of com-\\nmittee helps. The United Society is able to sell these\\nsets of books and pamphlets at much less even than\\nthe ordinary low prices for single copies. An enter-", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0132.jp2"}, "133": {"fulltext": "THE officers HANDBOOK. 129\\ntainment may be got up for the purpose of raising\\nthe necessary money, or it may be obtained by\\nprivate subscription (do not forget the honorary\\nmembers or each committee may be asked to buy\\nits own helps for its own use and for handing down\\nto succeeding committees, or the society may ap-\\npropriate from its treasury the necessary sum. You\\nshould have a good-literature committee, and it\\nshould be one of their main objects to get our\\nChristian Endeavor literature into the hands of all\\nthe Endeavorers.\\nThen, how to get it read and used For not\\nmerely the officers should read it, but all the chair-\\nmen and not only the chairmeUp but their commit-\\ntee members and all the society. The literature it-\\nself will answer this question. One of the best plans\\nis to hold, after the books and pamphlets have ar-\\nrived, a literature night, taking the place possibly\\nof some social. On this occasion every member will\\nspeak briefly on some good plan he has seen de^\\nscribed in some of the new books and pamphlets,\\nand there will be a discussion upon each to see\\nwhether it is adapted to your society. One of the best\\nways to use The Christian Endeavor World espe-\\ncially the copy or copies taken by the society for its\\nprayer-meeting leaders and other workers is to ap-\\npoint a scrapbook committee, which will take the\\npapers after the prayer-meeting leader is through\\nwith them, and cut them up, sorting out the articles\\ninto piles for the various committees according to\\ntheir themes. These clippings will be given to the\\ncommittees and pasted in committee scrapbooks, or\\n9", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0133.jp2"}, "134": {"fulltext": "130 THE officers hakdbook.\\nfiled in envelopes for immediate use or future\\nreference.\\nNo society ever made such use of Christian En-\\ndeavor literature as I have here advised, without\\nfinding its work greatly stimulated in all depart-\\nments, its meetings more lively and attractive and\\nspiritual, its gifts increased, and more souls won for\\nthe Master.", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0134.jp2"}, "135": {"fulltext": "THE officers HA]S DB00K, 131\\nCHAPTER XYIII.\\nTHE SOCIETY AND THE CHURCH.\\nIt is absurd to think that there should be any\\njealousy of the Christian Endeavor society on the\\npart of the church, or any suspicion of the church\\non the part of the society. The society is the\\nchurch it is the church in one of its most impor-\\ntant functions, the church training its young. Dis-\\ncord between the two is as if the eye and the hand\\nshould quarrel, and it is not to be thought of for a\\nmoment. Where there is any trouble of the kind,\\nit is because the fundamental ideas of the Christian\\nEndeavor Society have been lost from sight, and it is\\nthe duty of the church, as the older body of Chris-\\ntians, to hold its young people true to those ideals.\\nI am writing now, however, for Christian En-\\ndeavor officers, and the question is. What should\\nyou be doing to keep the society close to the church\\nand loyal to its interests, and at the same time pre-\\nserve and increase the interest of the older Chris-\\ntians in the society\\nThe pastor is, of course, the chief factor in the sit-\\nuation. Invite him to become an active member.\\nIf he thinks best not to do this, give him all the\\nrights of an honorary member. Note also how\\nmany times and on what various occasions he is to", "height": "3578", "width": "2226", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0135.jp2"}, "136": {"fulltext": "132 THE officers hakdbook.\\nbe consulted, in accordance with the constitution.\\nMake him know that he is really wanted at the ex-\\necutive committee meetings. Assure him, that he\\nwill be an honored and w^elcome visitor at any\\nmeeting of any committee. Go to him and ask him\\nto give the society some work to do to help him and\\nthe church. Often invite the pastor to lead the\\nChristian Endeavor prayer meeting. Especially,\\nadopt the delightful and profitable custom of reserv-\\ning for the pastor the last five minutes of each\\nprayer meeting in which to sum up the teachings of\\nthe evening. He may not be able to be present at\\nevery meeting, but let him understand that this\\ntime is his whenever he is present, and then strictly\\ninstruct your leaders to call upon him five minutes\\nbefore the close of the hour.\\nThen, there are the church services. The fact\\nthat each Endeavorer has taken a vow to be present\\nat these, unless he has a reason Christ would accept,\\nmakes it no more a duty for the Endeavorers to at-\\ntend these meetings than for their elders, since\\nthere is nothing in our pledge which is not implied\\nor expressed in the church covenant, and I believe\\nthat the Endeavorers are actually far more faithful\\nin these directions than the average church-mem-\\nber. But they are younger, and it may be held that\\nthey should be more regular attendants. At any\\nrate. Christian Endeavor has no business to compare\\nitself wath anything but the absolute standard of\\nperfection, nor to rest satisfied until every member\\nattends the Sunday evening service and the mid-\\nweek prayer meeting as a matter of course.", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0136.jp2"}, "137": {"fulltext": "THE OFFICERS^ HANDBOOK. 133\\nAdvertise these meetings. Let the society officers\\noften remind the members of their vows in this direc-\\ntion. Keep careful records of attendance, and make\\ncomj)arative reports from time to time. Divide the\\nsociety into groups, and appoint now one group and\\nnow another to speak briefly and modestly in the\\nchurch prayer meeting. Offer the services of the\\nEndeavorers as ushers at the Sunday evening serv-\\nice. Ask the pastor if he would not like a Christian\\nEndeavor choir for Sunday evening and for the\\nchurch prayer meeting. If the holding of the Chris-\\ntian Endeavor meeting just before the Sunday eve-\\nning service, as so many societies do, seems to any\\nto draw the young people away from the latter\\nmeeting (I do not think it ever really does) make\\na test of the matter by boldly transferring the En-\\ndeavor meeting to a week night wliicli, in my\\njudgment, is a far better time for it, any way.\\nTake a holy pride in proving yourself true to your\\npromise to support your own church in every\\nway.\\nThe honorary membership affords a fine opportu-\\nnity for cementing the relation between the society\\nand the church, and it should be used more often\\nand more fully than it is. Extend the list beyond\\nthe persons who are honorary members ex-officiis.\\nDo not appoint men and omen to honorary mem-\\nbership in order to interest them in the society, but\\ninterest them first and then appoint them. Culti-\\nvate the attendance of the older people at the meet-\\ning, especially of those wise Cliristians who know\\nhow to be brief, and even to keep silent. Go to", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0137.jp2"}, "138": {"fulltext": "134 THE officers handbook,\\nthem, when they come, and tell them you are glad\\nto see them. At least once a year hold an honorary\\nmembers meeting, led by an honorary member,\\nwith all tlie honorary members present and taking\\npart. Be sure to give tlie honorary members special\\ninvitations to the socials. Once a year hold a social\\nespecially for the old folks of the church. Go to\\nyour honorary members for advice, for money, for\\nlittle speeches now and then, and in every way\\nstrive to make them feel that they are identified\\nwith the society s activities.\\nThe church s authority is absolute, and I think I\\nhave never heard of a Christian Endeavor society\\nquestioning it. Indeed, my chief quarrel with the\\nsituation is that the church too seldom exercises\\nany authority, or seems to feel any responsibility\\nfor the Christian Endeavor society. Church mem-\\nbers occasionally indulge in criticism of the society\\nthough usually the criticism is kindly but it is\\nnot often that the church as an organism sets itself\\nto give aid, oversight, and inspiration to this organ--\\nized body of its young people. I believe that the\\nEndeavor society should be represented in some\\nway upon the official boards of the church, and that\\nit should report regularly at the churcli meetings.\\nI believe that as thorough watch should be kept\\nover its interests as over those of the Sunday school,\\nand that if the Endeavor society grows weak and\\ninefficient, the church should know it as soon, and\\ntake measures to restore it as vigorously as it\\nwould if the Sunday morning congregation should\\nfall off. Certainly it should not be so one-sided as", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0138.jp2"}, "139": {"fulltext": "THE officers HANDBOOK. 135\\nthat the Endeavorers should be expected to give ab-\\nsolute loyalty to the church while the church gives\\nless than absolute loyalty to the best interests of the\\nEndeavorers.\\nOne of the finest tilings a society can do is to estab-\\nlish and carry on indefinitely some regular course\\nof study in denominational history, missions, or\\ndoctrines. Tlie pastor, or some experienced member\\nof the church, should lead this class, and it might\\nbe held in connection with the society meeting, or\\non some other evening, according to circumstances.\\nAt any rate, such studies will do more than anything\\nelse to bind the society firmly to the church.\\nThus it must be the firm purpose of every Christian\\nEndeavor ofiicer to permit no shadow of antagonism\\nto arise between the society and the church. If any\\nmisapprehension comes up, see at once that it is\\nremoved. In all the ways I have suggested, and as\\nmany more as you can invent, draw the older\\nChristians into sympathy with your work, and as\\nfar as possible into active co-operation.\\nA word is needed here for the benefit of the\\nnumerous societies that are not connected with any\\nchurch, the union societies found in sparsely\\nsettled districts, meeting in country schoolhouses,\\nand chiefly on the frontier. There is no church at\\nhand, or if there are several churches, the member-\\nship is too small to warrant any but a union Christian\\nEndeavor society. How much of this talk about\\nloyalty to their church applies to such societies\\nWith a few obvious changes, every word I have\\nsaid may be applied to those societies whose members", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0139.jp2"}, "140": {"fulltext": "136 THE officers hakdbook.\\nbelong to different denominations. The fact that\\nthey, meet together in the Christian Endeavor pra} er\\nmeeting should give them all the more zeal for their\\nchurch work. If a missionary offering is received,\\ndivide it proportionately among the denominations\\nrepresented, or let each Endeavorer give solely\\nthrough his own church, or let the union society give\\nto such interdenominational societies as the Amer-\\nican Bible Society, the American Sunday-school\\nUnion, the China Inland Mission. Each En-\\ndeavorer s pledge has reference, of course, to the\\nservices in his own church, and not to the services\\nin the church where the society happens to meet.", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0140.jp2"}, "141": {"fulltext": "THE officers HANDBOOK. 137\\nCHAPTER XIX.\\nA GLANCE AT CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR HISTORY.\\nEvery Endeavorer, but especially every Christian\\nEndeavor officer, should know something about\\nthe history of the Christian Endeavor movement,\\npartly because those that are ignorant regarding it\\nwill naturally come to them for information, and\\nwill gain an unfavorable opinion of the society from\\ntheir failure to answer their questions, and partly\\nbecause no one can undef stand the movement with-\\nout knowing the principal events in its history, and\\npartly because the story is an inspiring one, and a\\nknowledge of it is an inspiration to better work. In\\nthis chapter I can give the barest outline, and for\\nfull details I must refer the reader to Dr. Clark s\\nlarge volume, World-Wide Endeavor, and to my\\nlittle five-cent pamphlet, A Short History of the\\nChristian Endeavor Movement (both sold by the\\nUnited Society of Christian Endeavor).\\nThe first society was established on the evening of\\nFebruary 2, 1881, in the Williston Church, Portland,\\nMe., by Rev. Francis E. Clark, D.D., the original\\npledge and constitution being substantially the same\\nas at present. In August of that year, the first\\narticle concerning the new society was published by\\nThe Congregationalist, and soon the second article\\nwas published by The Sunday School Times, both", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0141.jp2"}, "142": {"fulltext": "138 THE OFFICERS^ HAiq-DBOOK.\\nfrom Dr. Clark s pen. In October, 1881, the second\\nsociety was formed by Rey. C. P. Mills, at Newbury-\\nport, Mass.\\nBy June 2, 1882, six societies were known, and on\\nthat date the first Christian Endeavor convention\\nwas held, in Williston Church, Portland. Other\\nplaces where these early annual conventions were\\nheld are Lowell, Mass., Old Orchard, Me., Saratoga,\\nN. Y., Chicago, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Minneapolis.\\nThe Philadelphia Convention, in 1889, brought to-\\ngether 6,500 delegates, the St. Louis Convention\\n8,000, and the Minneapolis Convention (1891) more\\nthan 14,000, marking the beginning of the vast pro-\\nportions of the movement.\\nDuring this first decade, Dr. Clark wrote the first\\nChristian Endeavor book Children and tlie Church.\\nThe movement had spread to the younger children,\\nand the first Junior society had been formed. The\\nUnited Society of Christian Endeavor had been\\nformed (1885). The movement had reached foreign\\ncountries (China, 1885). The first local union\\nhad been organized, that of New Haven, Conn.,\\n(1886), and the first State union (also in Connec-\\nticut, 1885). The Christian Endeavor organ, The\\nGolden Rule, now called Tlie Christian Endeavor\\nWorld, sent out its first number in October, 1886.\\nDr. Clark became its editor and the president of the\\nUnited Society, and made in England the first of his\\nremarkable Christian Endeavor journeys in foreign\\nlands (1888). Christian Endeavor Day began to be\\ncelebrated (1888), General Secretary Baer was ap-\\npointed to office (1889), and the revised pledge was", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0142.jp2"}, "143": {"fulltext": "THE OFFICERS^ HANDBOOK. 139\\nadopted in the same year, while in 1890 Doctors\\nClark, Boynton, Hill, and Dickinson foremost\\namong Christian Endeavor pioneers made a second\\nChristian Endeavor tour of Great Britain. All this\\nin the first decade.\\nThe close of the first decade of Christian En-\\ndeavor was marked by the rise of the exclusive\\ndenominational young people s society, which\\nthreatened for a time to destroy our interdenomi-\\nnational fellowship, and break up the Christian En-\\ndeavor movement into scores of relatively weak\\nand inefficient societies. Better counsels prevailed,\\nhowever, and nearly all the denominational societies\\nnow receive into their full membership, without\\nchange of name or constitution, the Christian En-\\ndeavor societies of the same denomination.\\nThe second decade of Christian Endeavor has\\nbeen signalized by a growth even more wonderfvil\\nthan tlie first decade. Tlie international conven-\\ntions have surpassed all previous religious gatherings\\nin the world s history, in their vast proportions,\\ntheir unbounded enthusiasm, and their deep spiritual\\nresults. New York (1892) brought together at least\\n35,000 delegates Boston (1895) the immense number\\nof 56,435 registered Endeavorers. The Montreal\\nConvention of 1893 was the first held outside the\\nUnited States the San Francisco Convention of\\n1897 was the first held on the Pacific coast, and fully\\nten thousand Endeavorers traversed the entire\\nbreadth of the country to attend it the Nashville\\nConvention of 1898 was the first held in the South.\\nThe second decade has seen a marvelous growth", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0143.jp2"}, "144": {"fulltext": "140 THE OPPICERS^ HANDBOOK.\\nof the movement in foreign lands. Much of this\\nprogress has been due to journeys undertaken by\\nDr. Clark, usually accompanied by Mrs. Clark, who\\nhas been especially successful in spreading the\\nprinciples of the Junior society. In the course of\\nthese journeys Dr. Clark has circumnavigated the\\nglobe more than once, and has frequently visited all\\nthe leading nations of Europe, Asia, and Africa, not\\nomitting Australia and the islands of the Pacific.\\nHundreds, and in some cases thousands, of societies\\nare found in all these lands. United Societies of\\nChristian Endeavor have been organized in Japan,\\nChina, Australia, India, South Africa, Germany,*\\nand Great Britain. These hold large and enthusi-\\nastic conventions, publish Christian Endeavor pa-\\npers and other literature in all the important lan-\\nguages of the globe, and carry on all the Christian\\nEndeavor activities as successfully in each case as\\nif the society had been originally planned for that\\nsoil alone.\\nThe first society formed outside of America was\\nformed in the Hawaiian Islands, in 1884. China s\\nbeginning was in 1885. It was not until 1887 that\\nthe first society was formed in England, at Crewe.\\nIt was at Crewe also that the first British conven-\\ntion was held, in 1891. The first international con-\\nvention outside the American continent was that\\nheld in London in 1900.\\nOf course, the growth of our Society in these\\nvarious foreign lands has been attended by many\\ninteresting and remarkable events, and a fuller\\nknowledge of these than can be given in my limited\\nI", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0144.jp2"}, "145": {"fulltext": "THE officers HANDBOOK. 141\\nspace would inspire any Endeavorer. I might in-\\nstance the secret upspringing of the Madagascar\\nsocieties, the persecutions suffered by the Armenian\\nsocieties from the Turks and by the Spanish so-\\ncieties from the Catholics, the missionary record of\\nthe Samoan Endeavorers.\\nDuring this second decade, too, the society entered\\nthe navies of the world as well as the armies, and\\nstirring tales are to be told of Christian Endeavor\\non battleships and in camps. Especially in the war\\nbetween the United States and Spain were the\\nFloating societies and the societies in the army\\nbrought into prominence. Eecent years have also\\nseen a blessed development of Christian Endeavor\\nwork in the State prisons and the jails. Mothers\\nsocieties have sprung up, Senior societies among the\\nolder Christians, and, to a notable degree. Inter-\\nmediate societies, midway between the Junior and\\nthe Young People s societies. Work among life-\\nsavers and surfmen, among street-car men and com-\\nmercial travelers, has also been organized.\\nThe societies have taken up during recent years a\\nnumber of important lines of work for the special\\nservice of the church. Most conspicuous of these\\nare the movement for systematic and generous giv-\\ning, known as the Tenth Legion the movement for\\nthe deepening of the spiritual life, known as the\\nQuiet Hour movement, and the Macedonian Pha-\\nlanx, to stimulate interest in missions by gifts\\nthrough denominational boards to definitely known\\nmissionaries with whom the Endeavorers are brought\\ninto personal touch. A stronger Christian citizen-", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0145.jp2"}, "146": {"fulltext": "I\\n142 THE OFFICERS HANDBOOK.\\nship, the promotion of temperance, and interna-\\ntional arbitration, are also among the aims of Chris-\\ntian Endeavor. During this second decade, the\\nState unions organized in the first decade have gone\\non to great proportions and influence. Several of\\nthe States hold annual gatherings whose attendants\\nnumber from eight to ten thousand.\\nThis sketch of our Christian Endeavor history, a\\nmere outline as it is, will serve its purpose if it sends\\nthe reader to fuller sources of information. Chris-\\ntian Endeavor has already made a marvelous rec-\\nord. Every year it is writing a noble chapter in its\\nhistory. As the second decade has in every point\\nsurpassed the first, so we may confidently expect the\\nthird decade to surpass the second. Whether this\\nshall be the case or not, will depend largely upon\\nthe readers of this book, the ofiicers of the local\\nChristian Endeavor societies. For all these gains A\\nhave been won for Christ and the church not by an\\ninfluential organization, not by force of authority,\\nnot by the outpouring of money, not by the prestige\\nof genius. These noble deeds liav$ been wrought,\\nand thus mightily have the young people of the\\nw^orld been moved for Christian Endeavor, through\\nthe faithful activities of many thousands unknown\\nto fame. Because this Christian Endeavor presi-\\ndent and that Christian Endeavor secretary, this\\nprayer-meeting leader and that member of the look-\\nout committee and yonder stammering beginner in\\nthe Christian life have dared to take definite pledges\\nand have courageously lived up to them, because\\nthey have done their best, each in his little corner,\\nn", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0146.jp2"}, "147": {"fulltext": "THE OFFICERS^ HANDBOOK. 143\\nbecause of that, this great thin^ which is not in a\\ncorner, and which nothing smaller than the world\\ncan contain, Christian Endeavor, has grown to its\\nblessed power. O Christian Endeavorers, it pays to\\nbe brave, though no one knows it but Christ. It\\npays to try hard things, to be willing to fail, to\\nspend time and money and thought and energy\\nupon even the least of Christian enterprises. For\\nthe Father, who sees in secret, will reward you\\nopenly.", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0147.jp2"}, "148": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3562", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0148.jp2"}, "149": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3562", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0149.jp2"}, "150": {"fulltext": "OCT 4 1900", "height": "3562", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0150.jp2"}, "151": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3562", "width": "2218", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0151.jp2"}, "152": {"fulltext": "^^i^^^^i^^^^\\nmKM\\nLIBRARY OF CONGRESS V\\nIII ill liiiiii*!\\n029 557 585 2 1\\n1", "height": "3810", "width": "2371", "jp2-path": "officershandbook01well_0152.jp2"}}