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i { YOUNG PEOPLE'S SOCIETIES
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One hi' itii' liitts i>l' n;ilur?' is that
whatever is living must urnw or it
will begin to die. This is also true
? it' tin- in iml ami soul as well as of
material things.
(<iow Into t hi'i>t-likciiess, K|?h. I:
I I - 1 ii : We sliniilil keep Christ before
us i on! iniially as the example after
whirl* we are in pattern our liven.
W e should constant l> strive In he
more like I Inn in 1 1 is freedom from
sin. in liis obedience t < > the Father,
in Ilis ge.ii li-ness. in liis forbearance,
in Ilis sell'-sacrilicitig service lor
others. We may grow into Ilis like
ness by trying to do Ilis will in all
things, holding communion with llim.
having Ilis Spirit dwelling in us.
(iron in Faith, J Thess. 1:1-11':
I'anl rejoiced because the Thessalo
nian Christians were growing in faith.
Christians do not always recognize
i his a? a possible condition. "Faith
is i In- gift of Citid." Hut ordinarily,
when it is given, it is like a tiny
plant. ll needs to he eared for and
cultivated. <>ur faith grows stronger
as we more and more realize what i
Savii nr and what a (Sod we have.
It grows the more we use it. If we
put our trust in (Sod. and see how
lie saves us and lakes care of us. we
will In* more and more inclined t.i
trust llim. The more we trust llim
lie1 more He dues for us.
(?row in knowledge, I Cor. 2:1-1(1:
We are continually growing in knowl
edge. No normal man ever lived a
day without knowing more at its close
than he did at the beginning of the
day. The question that ought to in
terest us especially is as to what
kind of knowledge we are acquiring.
(I I crops grow under cultivation,
weeds grow when the ground is let
alone. We should make it a point
io learn something useful every (lay,
especially some spiritual truth.
(?row in II ninthly, 2 Cor. 12:1-10:
I'anl was a great man, who had great
What Is a
Living Trust?
It is a written agree
ment by which you set
aside a portion of your
property to provide an
income for yourself, a
relative or other bene
ficiary.
Under the terms of
the agreement you can
have this Hank take
over the responsibility
for a part of your prop
erty and pay the in
come as you direct. The
right can be reserved to
revoke or change the
agreement at any time.
Ask our officers to
explain a Living Trust.
First National Bank
of
Richmond, Va.
(Trust Department)
Capital . . . $2,060,000.06
Resource# $42,000,000.06
Established 1864
Mill \T IM, i:\S.\NT, ti.aas.
The Christian Kndeavor Society of
tlu> Presbyterian church of Mt. l'leas
ant, Tex., now h;is I went y-li ve Senior
Christian Kndeavor experts and six
teen Junior Christian Kndeavor ex
perts. An intermediate society lias
recently been organized and is doing
good work. This society has reached
the gold seal mark of ;?("> per cent.
on the Kfllciency Chart, and has the
only class of Leaders' Training Course
of the Tinted Society in Texas, there
being nine who have completed and
received certificates at the Houston
Convent ion.
The above classes graduated on May
7th. Mr. Turner Yaulundinghain, of
Tyler, delivered the graduating ad
dress.
Christian Endeavor Kxpert Class No. 1', Presbyterian church. Mi. I
ant. Tex. (iraduatcd May 7. 1021'.
Left to right: Sitting Orren W I'slermaii, Eugenia (Snodrich. Kayo
Jones. Mary Stevens. Ewell Mct'lint on.
Standing ? Kris Houchin. Eugene Meirer, 1>. Uoland Potter (teacher),
George Harwell. Jaek Stephens.
Junior Christian Endeavor Expert Class, Presbyterian Church. Alt. Pleas
ant, Tex. Graduated May 7, 1 !? 2 2 .
First row in front: Left to right -Eunice Adams, Dovie Smith, Muriel
Swan, Tez/.ie Johnson.
Second row ? Ollie .May Hill, Until Adams, .Minnie Smith, Kvans John
StOll.
Third row l>. Roland Potter (teacher). Airs. K. I>. Owen, superinten
dent .
privileges. 1 1 11 1 the greater the priv
ileges and blessings that God he
stowed upon him, the more hum bio
lie became. When we compare what
we are and what we do with what
God is and what he does for us, we
ought tn he very humble. All that
we are and have comes from God,
and I lis blessings are bestowed upon
us, not because we are worthy of
them, but in spite of our unworthi
ness.
Grow in Kindness, 1 Thess. 15:7-1 1':
Kindness is goodness or help shown
to another. Selfishness prompts us
to look after our own interests. Itu*
kindness will make us try to see
what we cjui do for others. The more
we show kindness to others, the easier
it becomes anil the more pleasure we
will find in it.
(?row Through Study, 1 Tim. 4 : S -
1(1: The wise farmer studies his soil,
his crops, the weather, and plans bis
work according to the results of his
study. The business man studies his
hushing* nnd bin customers and the
market, and the more lie studies Hi"
better business man Tic will bo. Tito
more we study (Jod's will, the better
will we do it.
(?row! ^ Pet. H:1S: P"ter Rives In
struction as to two kinds of growth.
"(Jrow in grace," that is equivalent
to saying, grow in the Christian life.
"In the knowledge of our Lord and
Saviour." We should continually
learn more and more about Jesus,
and so learn to appreciate what lie
is and what lie means to us. We
learn t ?> know Jesus by studying the
Scriptures, especially what they say
about Him, as in the gospels, by medi
tating upon what we read, and by
talking to Ilim in prayer. No one
should ever be satisfied with what he
knows, for no one can ever know all
that may be known about the Saviour
of sinners, for He is the infinite and
eternal (Sod. The more we learn about
Jesus and the more we grow into
likeness to Ilim, the more we will
want to tell others about Ilim and His
salvation; and thn morn work we do
for 1 1 tin , the more we will want to
do, and (he more efficiently will we
do it. The prime object of a tree is
to grow, but it is in order that it
may produce fruit. Lot us grow that
we may hear more fruit for our Mas
ter ami Saviour.
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The cousecrnt ion server, which
closed i lie Texas Christian KmV'avor
i Yu veil t ion. meeting in Houston, Tex..
June | I ili I '.Mli. was very impressive.
The spirit of consecration and service
had prevailed throughout all the
I n eel tugs, lint it was an inspiring
sight to see over one hundred young
people walk down the aisle, as they
diil that day. and dedicate their lives
to lull lime < hristiau service. Those
who witnessed the scene felt that
whatever else they might have missed,
here was something worth traveling
far to see.
The Life Work Recruit Department
of the Texas Kndeavor t'nion has over
one thousand on its roll now. Of
this number, the Southern Presbyte
rian Church claims over four hun
dred. In order to keep better in
touch with tlie'r own church, the
Presbyterian Recruits organized a de
nominational Life Work Recruit De
partment. and plan to meet at Kerr
ville in July.
The marvelous growth of Christian
Kmleavor in the Southwest was
brought out by Roy Mregg in his re
port. Some States have doubled or
trebled in growth in four years, while
Texas shows a growth of ."u per cent.
Mr. I'.regg also announced "bat Fort
Worth district lead; the world in pub
Ifcity. with over ten thousand inches
in the past year. In fact, the second
and tIC rd places in the publicity con
test were also won by Texas districts.
With a larger sum subscribed to
Stale work than has ever been pledged
before, namely, seventy-two hundred
dollars, the State workers look for
ward to a bigger and better year in
1 !i22-2:i.
The next convention will go to Sher
man, Tex.
UJKWSAS YOI'XG I'KOI'LK'S
COMKKKNCK.
The Young People's Conference was
lield June 1!?th-20th. There were
eighty delegates. Kev. J. V. Johnson
was in charge, assisted by Itev. ('. II.
Nabers, Mr. Alfred Ala son and Mrs.
(1. \V. Shelter. The interest was tine
and the earnest attention of the young
people lo the messages was marked.
There were twenty life decisions for
Christian service, two decisions for
yie ministry, two for Home Mission
and one for Foreign Mission service.
The management feels greatly encour
aged over the splendid results of this
conference, both in attendance and
results, and arrangements will he
made for its continuance next year.
The expenses of the conference were
borne by the Synod's budget and ??
generous gift (if the Sy nodical of Ar
kansas. The conference was held at
the NVatipeton Inn at Hardy, by invi
tation of the hotel management, who
exhausted every known means of hos
pitality to make the guests comforta
ble and succeeded in creating a most
favorable impression among the dele
nates for the continuance of the con
ference at this delightful and beauti
fully hicated resort in the Ozark
Mountains on the banks of Spring
lliver, whose cool waters fed from the
Mammoth Springs were found most
refrcKhing In the cuiltry days of June*