PREFACE

THE following course in Bible-marking was pursued, during its first appearance in The Christian Endeavor World, by more than three thou- sand registered "Bible Marksmen." Among these were many busy pastors, some of whom could find time for this work only by rising in the small hours of the morning. Many others were earnest Sunday-school teachers, whose classes were enthusiastic over this practical method of gaining familiarity with the Book of...

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Chapters Page I. On Sabbaths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 II. On Undeserved Love . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 III. On Paltry Successes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 IV. On A Crowded Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 V. On The Fear Of Death . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 VI. On Men's Approval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 VII. On Goods . . . . . . . ....

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Chapters Page I. The King's Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 II. Christian Endeavor Fundamentals . . . . . . . 9 III. The Constitution And By - Laws . . . . . . . . 16 IV. The President's Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 V. The President In The Prayer Meeting . . . . 47 VI. The President And The Committees . . . . . 51 VII. The President And The Unions . . . . . . . . . 55 VIII. The Work Of The Vice - President . ....

PREFACE

No set of workers in our young people's societies is so eager for work to do, or so enthusiastic in doing the work, as our missionary committees. These energetic laborers have long needed a full and systematic manual of directions and suggestions, such as this book aims to be. A few volumes have taken up this task in part and with admirable success, but none with the completeness of detail or anything like the fullness that I have attempted.

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INTRODUCTION

While this series of devotional comments on the chapters of the Bible was in course of serial publication the author received letters from hundreds of his readers (nearly two thousand), telling him that they were following the course of Bible reading and meditation. These letters came from every State of the United States except Nevada, from every Province of Canada, from Porto Rico, Mexico, Cuba, Jamaica, Hawaii, Chile, Australia, France, Turkey,...

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SOCIAL EVENINGS.

A COLLECTION OF PLEASANT ENTERTAINMENTS FOR CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR

SOCIETIES AND THE HOME CIRCLE.

BY

AMOS R. WELLS

Managing Editor Of The Golden Rule.

UNITED SOCIETY OF CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR,

BOSTON AND CHICAGO. 1894.

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ChapterPage I. Taking Part In The Meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 II. The General Work of the Committee . . . . . . . . . . 20 III. The Committee And The Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 IV. The Committee And The Church . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 V. At Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 VI. The Leader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 VII....

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ChapterPage I. Organizing A Union . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 II. The Constitution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 III. The President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 IV. The Vice - President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 V. The Secretary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 VI. The Treasurer and...

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Page A Word With You . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . .. . .. . . . . . . . . . . 7 I. Help From Confidence . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . .. . .. . . . . . . . . . . 9 II. Help From A Mastered Mind . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . .. . .. . . . 16 III. Help From A Full Mind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 IV. Help From Christ's Presence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 V. Help From The Thought Of Eternity ....

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THIS book takes the place of '' Our Unions '' in the list of publications of the United Society of Christian Endeavor, but it is not a revision of that volume. "Union Work '' is a new book from beginning to end, every sentence appearing here for the first time. Since "Our Unions" was written, twenty years ago, Christian Endeavor unions have obtained a remarkable development, calling for an entirely new manual. An indication of this development is the...