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also longs that you extend your In fluence to the regions beyond. The missionary C. E. is a growing C. E. Let’s see how it can be done. For Those Who Have Topics I. BY MISSIONARY PRAYING (Matt. 9:37, 38). Invite missionaries to speak in your Christian Endeavor meeting, and then place their names upon a C. E. prayer list. Remember t h e s e before the Throne of Grace faithfully and system atically. You w ill want to be sure that missionaries from all parts of the world are represented. And don’t for get to pray for yourselves! Pray that God will thrust forth laborers into His harvest fields from your own group of young people. II. BY MISSIONARY READING (2 Tim. 2:15). Why not build a library for your Christian Endeavor composed of the biographies of the great pioneers of missionary work? Get the life story of David Livingstone of Africa and read it until the .inspiration of his heroic achievements grips you and moves you to emulate his devotion and consecration. Read about Robert Moffat who spent fifty years in Africa with but one furlough. For a vision of China, study the lives of J. Hudson Taylor and Robert Morrison. To learn of India, read about William Carey, the father of modern missions, and Alexander Duff. Other valuable biog raphies are: Henry Martyn of Persia, Adoniram Judson of Burma, James Gilmour of Mongolia, John G. Paton of the New H e b r i d e s . Robert H. Glover’s book, “The Progress of Chris tian Missions,” will give you an ex cellent view of the entire history of missions. And be sure to have “David Brainerd, the Man of P r a y e r ” by Smith. There are numbers of others. Begin exploring now! III. BY MISSIONARY GIVING (2 Cor. 9:6, 7). The very best project a C. E. society can have is the support of a mission ary on a foreign field. Let that mis sionary be one of your own young people, too. Impossible, you say! No, the author speaks from experience, for the Christian Endeavor in her home church is supporting her in Africa as their representative. “Well,” you say, "we are planning to buy a new rug for the parlor.” Leave the old rug on the floor and give the Lord the money you had planned to use on the new rug! Very few missionaries have new rugs on their floors. “ But, I. just love pretty jewelry," you may Say. But you do not really need your proposed new jewelry; give that m o n e y to the Lord’s work. Whom are you trying to please with your money: the Lord or yourself? Missionaries usually take a
cut in salary of at least fifty percent of what they would earn here in America. Why should not you who are going to stay in the homeland take a fifty percent cut, too, and give the other half to the Lord? Did you know that of all the money given for reli gious purposes in the United States,
sets his face like a flint toward the foreign field. What kind of volun teers do you have in your society? If there are no active volunteers, your group is not w o r t h y of the name “Christian Endeavor.” Who can be indifferent when there are over one billion souls in this world without Jesus Christ? Unreached peo ple are dying at the rate of 100,000 a day! Each breath we draw measures the time when four souls who have never heard of Christ are perishing forever. There should be someone from your society preparing to go to the regions beyond now. The Lord of the harvest stands and says, “Whom shall I send and who will go for us?” Who in your s o c i e t y will answer, “Here am I; send me” ? SEPTEMBER 30, 1945 STRENGTHENING OUR SOCIETY’S LEADERSHIP 1 C or . 12 : 27 - 30 ; P h il . 3 : 13-15 By Harold S. Dutton The work of developing and train ing leaders is one of the most neces sary phases of Christian Endeavor. Its meetings differ from the Sunday school or church services in that every member of the society is given op portunity to participate. A ll persons have some leadership ability. Each of us exerts some influence on others and it is important that our influence be directed in definitely Christian channels. The Lord Jesus Christ is the Head of the Church. We who are Christians are members of His body and so must be yielded to His lordship and direc tion. As we differ one from another, so there are certain duties which we are better able to perform than others. We need people who can lead meet ings. But we also need those who can direct the singing, play the piano, lead a study group, make posters, plan artistic decorations, do c o m m i t t e e work, handle finances in a business like way, plan a hike, build a camp fire, direct games and recreation. Everyone s h o u l d be able to find something in this wide r a n g e of activity which he would be interested in doing and which he could learn to do reasonably well. It is a true privilege to occupy a post of respon sibility in the Lord’s work, and it is only as we are faithful in doing the small things that we grow and may be entrusted with problems of in creasing difficulty. We should ever remember that our Christian Endeavor Society is a def inite part of the church. We are in training now so as to be useful mem bers or officers of the church in days to come. The church is the natural center for the fellowship, teaching, interests and activities of Christians.
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By Carlton C. Buck Idea 1. September will be the time to make reports of S u m m e r Conferences and Camps, or sooner, as the case may be in your Church. A r range the reports so that the greatest inspiration may be received by all. Give Christ a prominent place in the Re port Meeting. Idea 2. Early in the Fall h a v e a Planning Business Meeting. Outline your meet ings, your p r o j e c t s , your topics and your socials for the coming months. Don’t per mit your Society to go blind ly from week to week with out plan or purpose. Idea 3. The four topics for the month concern “Our So ciety.” Somewhere during the series have three speakers present talks on the follow ing: (1) Christian Endeavor —Interdenominational. (2) Christian Endeavor — I n t e r racial. (3) Christian Endeavor —International. S h o w how Christian Endeavor has en circled the globe “ For Christ and the Church.” Idea 4. The last topic of the month is “Strengthening' O u r Society’s Leadership.” Have each member bring one suggestion on, “What a lead er of a C. E. meeting should not do.” You might call upon your advisor to preside at this meeting.
only four percent is devoted to mis sionary work? Ninety-six percent is kept “for ourselves.” Don’t let this happen in your society! IV. BY MISSIONARY GOING (Matt. 28:19, 20). There are two kinds of volunteers, passive and active. The passive volun teer says, “Lord, here am I.” Next year he says it again, and five years later he is saying once more, “ Lord, I am still here.” The active volunteer says, “Lord, here am I, send me." He puts a “go” into his volunteering and
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