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YOUNG PEOPLE'S SOCIETIES
GETTING AX EDUCATION.
M., Sept. 11. Our need of knowledge. Job. 11:7-12.
T., Sept. 12. Studying God's woni . Kirn 7:10.
W., Sept. 13. An iwioicnt school. 1 Sum. 19:18-20.
T., Sept. 14. Value of wisdom. Prov. 3:13-20.
F., Sept. 15. In God's school. Acta 7:20-33.
S., Sept. lfi. Practical application. Prov. 24:30-34.
B? Sept. 17. Topic ? Getting ?n Education. Prov.
e:l-U.
It'Aaf ti the ralur of on education T
U'Ay it spiritual education crcn more important than
a ncknlasticf
M'Aaf u education fort
"The object of true education is
to make people not merely do the
right things, but to enjoy the right
things ? not merely industrious, but
to love industry ? not merely pure, but
to love purity ? not merely just, but
to hunger and thirst after justice."
? Jtuskin.
Our Need of Knowledge, Job 11:7
12: Job is here speaking of the limi
tation of man's knowledge, and espe
cially with reference to the little
knowledge he has of God. The limi
tations of our knowledge are easily
seen whenever we stop to think about
anything around us. We sometimes
pride ourselves with *he thought that
we know a good deal, but the fact is
that our knowledge on any subject
is very limited, and we need to have
it increased. This can be done only
by earnest effort on our part. We
have comfort in knowing that efforts
in this direction are met with much
success.
Studying God's Word, Ezra 7:10.
Ezra's plan for the stwdy of God's
Word was just what alyiuld be adopted
by every student of the scriptures. We
are told that he prepared his heart
in the study of the Word of God. We
should remember th^t not only the
mind, but the heart must be enlisted.
The mind may learn many of the
facts of the Bible, and yet know noth
ing of its spirit. The scriptures are
given to us not for the purpose of giv
ing information in regard to ordinary
facts, but to give us the will of God.
His ne::t steo, we are told, was "to
do it." When he had learned what
was God's law, he made an effort to
carry it out. Having learned the law
and observed it himself, he was pre
pared to teach others, and no other
qualification is satisfactory for the
teacher of God's law.
An Ancient School, 1 Sam. 19:18
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20: There are some people who seem
(o think that ignorance was very com
mon in the days of Israel, but we have
frequent references to the Schools of
the Prophets. We ttnd in this case,
and in others, that Samuel seems to
have been, what we would call today
a General Superintendent of these
schools, frequently visiting them and
giving the students instructions as a
great prophet of God. In these schools
men were trained to be the teachers
of the people, teaching them especially
the law of God.
Value of Wisdom, Prov. 8: 13-20:
These verses are among the most
beautiful in scripture and it would be
well for every one., especially for all
young people, to commit them to
memory. They give us God's opinion
of wisdom and of its value to us. Wis
dom is not merely gathering facts and
storing them in our minds, but it is
the ability to use information which
we have acquired. The boy goes to
school not merely to learn facts but
to train his mind and learn how to
use it. There is nothing that can be
of greater value to a boy or girl than
a good education. Other riches may
easily take wings and fly away, but
an education remains.
In God's School, Acts 7:20-33:
God's school is very different from
one of man's planning and devising,
and from His school one never gra
duates, for Its course covers a whole
life. God had many ways of training
Moses, first, under the care of his
mother, then in Pharoah's house and
then in the wilderness. It took eighty
years in God's school to fit him for
the great work which God had for
him to do, but when he had received
this training he was ready to do one
of the greatest works ever done by
man. We should remember that
God's providences are Just His means
of teaching us and fitting us for our
life's work.
Practical Application, Prov. 24:30
33: In these verses Solomon shows
the great difference between one who
has been faithful in his efforts to se
cure knowledge and the one who has
been negligent. It is a well estab
lished fact in the history of the world
that a very large proportion of the
successful men in any business or
calling are the men who have had a
good school and college education.
The years spent in school and college
are the best investments of time which
a boy or girl can make. They bring
wonderful dividends in the future.
Getting an Education, Prov. 9:1
11.: Solomon here represents wisdom
as a woman speaking and calling to
those about her to come to her and
seek knowledge and preparation for
living. She might well be the repre
sentative of some first-class school or
college as it stands and calla to the
young of our land to enter its doors
and fit themselves for life's work.
There are some boys and girls who
soon come to think that they have
acquired all the kifowledge that they
need Solomon, who was the wisest
of all men, said, "(live instructions
to the wise' man and he will be yet
wiser," implying that no one ever
gained all the knowledge that he
might acquire, or that might be of
value to him. Let us all seek to get
all the wisdom thp.t we can. and so
be the better fitted to do the work
which God calls us to do.
SUGGKHTF-n PROGRAM.
Repeat the Apostle's Creed.
The Lord's Prayer.
Hymn.
Prayer.
Daily Topics, each assigned to a
member for discussion. It will bo
well to read each passage of Scrip
ture and show how It teaches the
subject assigned to the particular
day. ?
Hymn.
These five questions assigned to
each of five members.
1. What is meant by education?
2. What is the value of education?
3. Why is a spiritual education
even more important than a scholastic
education?
4. What is education for?
5. How can we obtain the right
hind of an education?
Sentence Prayers.
Hymn.
Closing Prayer.
Sentence Prayers.
0 God, Thou .God of Wisdom, give
to us all the wisdom Thou seest that
we need.
Father, we are so ignorant, teach
us what we ought to know.
Father, we pray that Thou wilt
show us how we may gain all the
knowledge that we need.
Holy Spirit, we pray that Thou
wilt help us to learn the great spir
itual truths that will fit us best for
the service of God.
O God, help us to use aright, for
Thy glory and the good of our fellow
men, all the education Thou hast
given us.
Father, we pray for those who teach
in our schools and in our Sunday
schools, that they may help to teach
those whom Thou hast entrusted to
their care.
THE ANNUAL MEETING OP THE
CHRISTIAN WORKERS' ASSOCIA
TION OP THE PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH, U. 8.
The Christian Workers' Association
of the Southern Presbyterian Church
held Its annual meeting at Montreat.
N. C., June 27th, during the Young
People's Conference. This organiza
tion is composed of salaried women
employed as pastor's assistants, sec
retaries of Religious Education, di
rectors of Young People's Work, Sun
day school workers and Bible teach
ers in secondary schools and colleges.
Miss Nancy White, Synodical Super
intendent of Sunday School " and
Young People's Work for West Vir
ginia, the president, presided. Offi
cers were elected as follows: Miss
Nancy White, president; Mrs. C. E.
Mead, pastor's assistant at the First
Presbyterian church, Tamna, Fla.,
vice-president; Miss Aline McKenzie,
pastor's assistant, First Presbyterian
church, Durham, N. C., secretary
treasurer.
The new members enrolled were
Mrs. George W. Sheffer, Sunday
school and young people's field
worker for the Synod of Arkansas;
Miss Helen Baily, director of Young
People's Work. First Presbyterian
church, Reidsville, N. C.; Miss Mary
Goetchius, director of Young People's
Work, First Presbyterian church, At
lanta, Ga.
After an earnest discussion of some
of the problems confronting the mem
bers, especially those pertaining to
the Young People's Work in the local
church, the following recommenda
tions were made:
To the Board of. Managers of the
Young People's Conference at Mon
treat, N. C.:
1. We, the Christian Workers' As
sociation, recommend that the pro
gram for the Young People's Confer
ence at Montreat Include a parallel
program or conference for leaders of
young people, and that the same be
well advertised throughout the
Church.
2. We recommend, or request, that
a definite time be announced on the
program of the Young People's Con
ference at Montreat for the Christian
Workers' annual meeting at Montreat,
and that the same be given publicity
on the printed programs and an
nouncements issued by the Board ot
Managers of the Young People's Con
ference.
To Our Committee on Young Peo
ple's Work and the Editors of Our
Church Papers:
We recommend that the Young
People's Work be given ? more space
in our Church papers; that this de
partment be so enlarged that it will
furnish more material for the young
people's organizations, and also in
clude a section for leaders of young
people.
CENTRAL CITY, KENTUCKY.
Another Christian Endeavor So
ciety was organized the third and
fourth Sundays in July at Nelson
church this time, seven miles away.
This makes two new societies organ
ized recently, with two more in pros
pect. Contrary to the law of nature,
the thicker they are planted, u
higher they grow.
Our own Christian Endeavor ren
dered a splendid program on Missions
the fourth Sunday evening ? Home
Missions this time, using the splendid
program prepared for the use of
Presbyterian Christian Endeavor so
cieties. The meeting was well ai
tended, and the program well ren
dered.
All our organizations are holding
up well, although we are in the midst
of the hot weather and using the Ma
sonic Hall while the new church is
being built.
The new church is nbw ready for
brick work on tho church floor level,
the big fourteen-foot basement hav
ing been run up. This basement will
be of the greatest possible value; it
provides for the young people, ih~
material out of which churches are
built.
SHIN ltONE RIDGE, YOUNG PEO
PLE'S CONFERENCE.
The Gadsden, Ala., First Presbyte
rian church sent a large delegation
to the State Christian Endeavor Con
vention this year, but due to the
great distance to Mobile and to Mon
treat, and the consequent expense at
tached in attending, the church was
not represented at either the Synod's
nor Assembly's Conference for Young
People. The leaders in the church
then set to work to have a local con
ference carried out according to the
Synod's plan. The Boy Scout Camp
on Shinbone Ridge, eight miles from
the city, was selected for the place,
and July 10th-13th was set as the
time. The book of Esther was studied,
with Miss Annette Crocheron, a stu
dent at the Assembly's Training
School, leading it. Dr. W. L. Lin
gle's small book on Presbyterianism
was studied, with the pastor. Rev. F.
P. Anderson, teaching. Under the
head of a Life Work period the fol
lowing subjects were presented:
"Lives That Have Counted," "Voca
tions Within the Church," and 'The
God-Planned Life." At the vesper
services, "Being rather than doing"
was emphasized. Besides the studies,
there was organized singing, a story
hour, games, swimming contests, etc.,
under the direction of seven leaders.
this means twenty-eight of our
young people were given the benefit
of a summer religious conference.
The young people of this church are
enthuslaatic in all lines of Church