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Are you doing all that you can to make otliers acquainted with our Saviour? AVhat are you doing as an individual ? , What is your society doing? What plans are you laying? I have a very great longing and so have you, I am sure, that this season should see among all cur scjieties the manifestation of God's power as never before. The conditions are all favorable, so far as human vision can see. Never before was there such a great, united and devoted host of young people enlisted for this service, never l)efore was there manifested such enthusiasm or deep consecration ; it only remains for us to apply this power under God's direction, so that His Holj' Spirit may reach the hearts of myriads of our friends. We have been i-ejoicing for mouths as we have thought of the thousands of our associate members reported a» last year brought into the churches. There is no reason why, during the coming year, that number may not be greatly increased. i i ii r;*| i rt fc ' a ftifc i rt Wi \"- i V i W iii 'Lil i H 'ii Xtu >-'^teWiiJSi i>»^'! ' UM*W 'Wl' '. . <*aA WHY WE KXI8T. It wo\M be a good plan for every society to ask itself tliese end all their coasting them, w ore, melting proper propor- tion and toughness. That is just what every Christian Endeavor Society should do — hring In new material, get it under the melting power of (lod's l<>ve, fashion it by prayer and service, until it is ready rc-nothingism. I-ET THESE PLANS BE DKFISITK. Do not sinjply say in a general way, '"We must have a revival this winter, and bring some of our as8<^ici:ite members into tlie church," but plan the matter out .definitely, step l»y step, always, of couTe, with nmch prayer and constant reliance upon God, and then carry out these plans in the same spirit. BE PERSISTENT. Let this be no spasmodic ettbrt. Do not become discouraged if every plan does not succeed in just the way yon expected it would. Your failures may be God's successes, and out of the seeming failures may com something wiser and better than you could possii ly have dreamed. nan for a whole voitOer^M campaign; not simply for the Week of Prayer, though tliat is a very important factor, 1)ut have every week a week of prayer, and, before the close of this church year, every society will be quick- t im;'ch proves ivaU and tlie honors these ' of Christlun thPHe things, IJod's humble Iu7.y, shiftless fe must liitve our assf^iciute e matter out t'., with nmoh id then carry not become ed in ju<)t the ures may be failures may 1 you could 'imply for the ortant factor, nd, before the will be quick- ened, and thousands of new voices will be heard singing tile new song. May Go«l grant it ! In our next letter we will talk together about some particular plans for revival work in our societies. Vour Friend, Fkancis E. Ci.akk. II. My Dkar Friknus: We talked together in our previous letter, about the importance of doing our share toward securing th»! revival blessing, for which we are all praying. Let us now consider some more siieciflc plans. I hope it is no longer necessary to attempt to jirove that any plans to this end which we prayerfully and humbly make, honor the Master in whose name and for whose glory they are made. Each society, of course, must have its own plans; they must be flexible and oiK»n to ciiange, and must easily respond to Providential indications; but here are some things that many societies can wisely do. A MEETINr. OK THE COMMITTEES. Itood that the jill-iniportuut Hubjett to Ih) tllficuHMcd is how a rflvival of trim rcHjrioii hi tlie society may ho |)iomotoil, how wv may Uv\ug all our associate meiiihero to Christ and Into the cliuivh. INVITK THK I'ASTUK. I have no tloiiht the jmntor of the church will be Invited to tlilH meeting of the connnittees, ami I hope he will Ik- there. When you liuve come together, after a number of earnest prayers have been oft'ered, I think you will lay out the work systematically aud delhiltely. PERSONAL EFFORT. You will not leave It at haphazard, but you will talk together something as follows: '-Such a one can be reached in this way, and such aiiotlwr In that way." "A. U. has more Influence over C. D. than anyone else has ; we will try to i»er8uadehlm to use it." "Charlie J. can help Frank K. to Christ as no other boy can help him; we will see that Charlie J. is urged to do all that he can for Frank;" and '-Mary K. Is always seen walk- ing to school arm in arm w ith Katie D., but Katie Is a Christian, aud Mary is not. There Is just the bond of friendship which Christ would use to bring Mary K. to Himself. We will remind Katie of her duty, and encourage her to speak that woiil which she has been almost ready to speak so often." So to the heart of every one there is some leased to have the proposition come first from the members of the society. But I haveii't room to talk about these special metho«ls of "drawing tl.e net"' in this letter. We will talk them over together in our next. Your friend. Francis E. Clabk. h III. My Deak Frienks: The special revival effort to he put fortli by each society, of which we have been talking, must be largely determined, of course, by the needs and opportunities of each society, after much prayer and consultation with the pastor and others. Here are some suggestions which have certainly proved useful in many places. THE SINDAY SCHOOL I'RAYER-MEETINfi. Scarcely any line of evangelistic work is more hopeful W8 of etiiigs at the ipei-ial away ■ill be (Till be le first etlMxls ; them iRK. Y each largely uuities iltation estioDH lopeful * -Itl' than the Sunday school pniyer-meeting. If the pastor is willing,— and better still, under his leadership and guidance, — call such a meeting. Ask all who will, teachers and scholars, to remain after the Sunday school, and then for twenty minutes conduct as earnest a gospel meeting as is possible. Do not leave it too much to chance, but have it arranged befo :>hand, so that the warmest prayers will be offereti from the warmest hearts, and the most urgent, sensible and heartfelt invitations given to accent Christ. I^t it be clearly understood what accepting Christ means and involves, and give the invitation to any who would be Christians to express it in some way. Have four or five of these meetings on successive Sundays, and if thry are of the right kind, it is almost certain that some will declare themselves as desiring to begin the Christian life. THE WORK JUST BEGUN. Then the work is just begun, and just there comes ta the especial opportunity for the Christian P^ndeavor Society. Then take these boys and girls, these young men and v. omen, follow them up, get them to the weeklj' meeting, see that they take some further stand for Chrfst, set them at work, put the arms of loving interest around them ; and it will not be long before they have taken the second and third steps in the Christian life, and soon they will be active members of the church of God. The great thing is to take the first step, and this the „■ „„,.,.-„„. Sundiiy school piayer-meetliig enables them to do, naturally and appropriately. Moreover, we have the younger people at Sunday school, If nowhere else, and until their iuteres;: hits been aroused and their hearts touclieil, we cannot always get them into our society meetings. But be very sure not to drop them after tliey have expressed an interest and a desire to follow Christ, or else their latter state may be worse than the former. However young ami apparently thoughtless they are, follow them up .uter this entering wedge has l)een driven, in the Sunday school prayer-meeting, until they are thoroughly committed to, and identifleeaking, — short, crisp, earnest, full of heart. At the end, give the invitation to acknowledge Christ, and even if none accept it the ttrst evening, repeat it the second and third. Very likely, however, many in your church are waiting f^r just such an opportunity which they have not yet had. ••DRAWINO THE NET." Do not be afraid of drawing the net, or in other words, of giving tite unconverted an opportunity to 13 them to do, we have the hei-e else, and 1 their heart«4 to our society leiu after tliey follow Christ, in the former, less they are, ige has been nfr, until they ifleeclal methods of evangelistic worit which can be devised, but I will ouly mention one more. ASSIGN INUIVIUUAI.8 TO INDIVIUIAI.S. ThlF is being done in some societies, and I am sure the hnportance of this method cr.u hardly be overstated. To each warm-hearted, active member assign some one or moi-e associate members, or some one outside of the society altogether. Do this quietly and discreetly. Do not parade it, and if possible, do not let the associate members knov that it has been done. Then let the active member rest not until the one specially committed to him has had every good influ "ce thrown around him which may bring him to Christ. This, too, must be done wisely and judiciously, witli sauctifled common-sense, but it must be done if we would Bee the results for which we are praying this winter. These are only some of the methods. But in some way, dear friends, shall we not so pray and labor, that the angels' song on Christmas Day, a year from now, may mean more than It does now to thousands of our associate members— "Glory to God In the Highest, on earth peace, good-will to men"? God grant It ! Youi- friend, Fkancis E. Clark. id expresa thU I tiietliods of )ut 1 will ouly >rAi.a. i I am sure the be overstated. ;8i^a some one outside of the iiid discreetly, o not let the done. until the one ' good Influ ■'ce him to Christ, idiciously, witli one If we would ng this winter. It In some way, labor, that the from now, may usands of our :he Highest, on ant It ! IS £. Clark. ^HF" Printtd by UNITED SOCIETY Or CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR, PuMlthing D«partm*nt, •O BromficM Strtit, Boston, Mm*. EAVOR, MMIHiiiiii - ■■ — ■■- '"