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 Junior Missionary Societies 
 
 
 
 aie Women’s General Missionary Society 
 ae : Eited Presbyterian Church of North America 
 909 Ninth St., Pittsburgh, Pa. 
 
 
 

 
A MANUAL 
 for 
 Superintendents and Helpers 
 of 
 
 Junior Missionary Societies 
 
 1913. 
 Revised 1919. 
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MANUAL 
 
 Aim. 
 
 The aim of the Junior, Missionary Society. is broad and 
 many sided: ; 
 1.' To lead the children to’ Christ. 
 
 2. To memorize the Scripture and apply it’to their daily 
 lives. psoas ee ae, 
 
 8. Instruction in'the spirit and form ‘of prayer. 
 
 4. Training workers for service in their own congrega- 
 tion and help to meet the need of the Mission Fields. 
 
 Br To become systematic and. generous givers. 
 
 6. How to do committee work and conduct meetings ac- 
 cording. to Rules of Order. 
 
 ORGANIZATION. 
 Why? 
 
 1. Because, the Mission of the Church is Missions, and 
 through organized work Jesus’ command, ‘‘Feed my. lambs,”’ 
 can be more fully obeyed. . 
 
 2. We cannot begin too early to teach children right 
 habits, whether of physical things or of being thankful or giv- 
 ing to missions. 
 
 3. Children easily yield to good influences. The testi- 
 mony of many of our Missionaries is, that they received their 
 inspiration to go to the mission field, through the Junior Mis- 
 sionary Society. 
 
 4. The child that grows up in the Junior Missionary So- 
 ciety, will not have to be converted to Missions. 
 
 5. Through the Junior Society, missionary literature is 
 often introduced into homes otherwise unreached. © 
 
 6. The boys and girls of to-day are our future workers. 
 
 7. The boys and girls of to-day are our future givers and 
 should early be trained as tithers. 
 
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When? 
 
 Organize Now! At Once! 
 Delays are dangerous: making the training for service the 
 more difficult. 
 
 How? 
 
 The first step in organizing a Junior Missionary Society 
 is to secure the approval and co-operation of your Pastor. 
 
 The second step is the co-operation and support of the 
 Women’s Missionary Society. 
 
 As in 1896 the General Assembly recommended, that the 
 Junior Missionary Society be under the care of the Women’s 
 Missionary Society: therefore, it is but reasonable to expect 
 that the women.should maintain the organization for which 
 they are responsible. 
 
 The Women’s Missionary Society should elect for a Super- 
 intendent, one who has love for children and love for the work. 
 
 There should be a Leader or Teacher, elected by the 
 Women’s Missionary Society, for each division to be formed. 
 
 Try to get every child of the congregation, from birth to 
 fourteen years of age, to become a member: see that every one 
 is invited, either by personal or written invitation: have your 
 Pastor make a plea in behalf of the organization, from the 
 pulpit. 
 
 Form circles or divisions according to age or sex. 
 
 All the babies and children under six years of age, form 
 the Little Light Bearers Circle. They are not expected to at- 
 tend the meetings, but their card giving full name, and birth- 
 day are signed by the Mother, who pledges twenty-five cents a 
 year for the Little Light Bearers Fund. These cards should be 
 kept by the Superintendent, signed anew each year, until, at 
 the age of six, the child is graduated into the Junior Society. 
 
 In the other divisions, place those who range from six to. 
 cight, nine and ten, eleven and twelve, thirteen and fourteen; 
 at which age the Juniors graduate into the Y. P. C. U, 
 
 THE FIRST MEETING, 
 
 Plan to have your first meeting a success, by means of a 
 bright, wide awake program. Compare child life in foreign 
 lands with child life in Christian lands. Show pictures and 
 curios from mission fields. Be enthusiastic, so the boys and 
 
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 zirls will catch your enthusiasm. Talk about Junior work an 
 your plans. Invite your Presbyterial Junior Secretary to be 
 resent and help organize. 
 
 Have the boys and: girls, with the consent of the parents, 
 sign the Membership Card. Read the Constitution and adopv 
 it, Article by Article, with such changes as are necessary to 
 best meet local conditions. 
 
 Elect officers and appoint committees. After appointing a 
 shairman of.a committee, fill up the required number by calling 
 for volunteers. Most children have their preferences in lines of 
 work. 
 
 Announce your plans for the next meeting, serve refresh- 
 ments and close with a social time. 
 
 Hold the regular meetings weekly, semi-monthly, or 
 monthly, as preferred, at such time and place as is most con- 
 venient. 
 
 The annual meeting should be held during the month of 
 March before the close of the church year, April first., At this 
 time written reports should. be presented by the officers and 
 chairman of committees, and new officers elected for the com- 
 ing year. 
 
 Hold a public annual meeting, that the congregation may 
 learn of the good work being accomplished by the Junior So- 
 ciety. 
 
CONSTITUTION 
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 “ARTICLE I. 
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 3 This Society shall be called the Junior Missionary Society 
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 * ARTICLE IT,» Sif es, 
 | Object. ne 
 
 ‘Its obiect shall be to prepare’ its members for active Chris 
 
 tian service;:to lead them to Christ; to instruct them in the 
 needs of mission work and their personal responsibility: to: it, 
 and through prayer, study; work and gifts: to do their parz 
 toward sending the gospel story to the ends of the earth. 
 
 ARTICLE If. 
 Membership. 
 Section 1. Any boy or girl between the ages of six and 
 
 fourteen years may become an active member of the Society 
 
 Note—If a formal pledge is desired the following is ree 
 ommended: 
 
 Pledge. 
 
 Trusting in Jesus for help, I will try to be present at every 
 meeting and take some active part therein. I promise to pray 
 and read or repeat at least one verse of the Bible daily, to keep 
 the Sabbath holy and try to lead a Christian life. 
 
 Sec. 2. Any child under six years of age may become 
 member of the Little Light Bearers Circle by the annual pay- 
 ment of twenty-five cents. 
 
 Sec. 3. Any person may become an honorary member by 
 the annual payment of fifty cents. 
 
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ARTICLE LV. 
 Officers. 
 
 Ses. 1. The officers shall be a Superintendent, and a 
 Teacher for each circle formed, elected annually by the Wo- 
 men’s Missionary Society. 
 
 Sec. 2. From the active members of the Society shall be 
 elected annually, by the Society, a President, Vice-President, 
 Secretary and Treasurer. 
 
 Sec. 3. The Executive Committee shall be composed of 
 the Superintendent, Teachers, Officers of the Society and 
 Chairmen of standing committees. 
 
 ARTICLE V. 
 
 See. 1. The members of the Junior Missionary Society 
 shall be graduated into the Young Peoples Christian Union at 
 the age of 14. 
 
 The girls shall also be graduated into the Young Womens 
 Missionary Society. 
 
 Sec. 2. The members of the Little Light Bearers Circle 
 shall be graduated into the active membership of the Junior 
 Missionary Society at the age of Six. 
 
 ARTICLE VI. 
 Meetings. 
 
 Sec. 1. The regular.meetings of this Society may be held 
 weekly, semi-monthly, or monthly. 
 
 Sec. 2. Quarterly meetings shall be held, at which time 
 reports from committees shall be given and the funds of the 
 society distributed. 
 
 Sec. 38. The annual meeting shall be held not later than 
 the third week in March. 
 
 Sec. 4. Special meetings of the Society may be called at 
 any time by the Superintendent. 
 
 ARTICLE VIL. 
 Funds. 
 
 - The contributions shall be sent by the Treasurer of the 
 Soicety, to the Presbyterial Treasurer, under the direction of 
 the Executive Committee. 
 
ARTICLE VILL 
 
 The constitution may be altered or amended by a two- 
 thirds vote of the members present at any business meeting. 
 
 BY-LAWS 
 
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 1. <All regular meetings of this Society shall’ be opened 
 with devotional exercises. 
 
 2. The President shall preside at all business meetings. . 
 President’s duties shall be to assist the Superintendent in ar- 
 ranging for regular meetings, quarterly meetings, annual meet- 
 ings, plans for work, and attend to any duties which will in- 
 crease *he efficiency of the Society. 
 
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 3. The Vice-President, in the absence of the President, 
 Shall perform the duties of the President. 
 
 4. The Secretary shall keep the roll, and a correct record 
 of all meetings of *he Society. Also have charge of all papers 
 belonging to the Society, exeevt those pertaining to the office 
 of Treasurer, and shall give a written report of the year’s work 
 at the annual meeting. 
 
 5. The Treasurer shall collect and count all offerings of 
 the Society, (which may be turned over to the Superintendent 
 at the close of each meeting) and keep a correct account of 
 each offering and the fund for which it is given. The Treas- 
 urer shall, upon order of the Executive Committee, send the 
 money to the Treasurer of the Presbyterial of which the Society 
 is an auxiliary. 
 
 6. The Superintendent shall have general supervision of 
 the Society, arrange the members into circles, take charge of 
 the supplies, make semi-annual report to the Senior Women’s 
 Society, and an annual report to the Presbyterial Junior Sec- 
 retary. Superintendent should notify Presbyterial Junior Sec- 
 retary of any new organization. 
 
 7. The Teachers shall have charge of the circles and aid 
 in such work as the Superintendent may assign to them. 
 
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8. The Honorary Membership fund is obtained to defray 
 all expenses of the Society, any balance at close of year should 
 be applied to missionary funds. 
 
 9. Committees shall be, Membership, Program, Flower, 
 Music, Birthday, Temperance and Social. 
 
 These By-Laws may be changed or added to, any time the 
 Executive Committee finds necessary. 
 
 DUTY OF COMMITTEES. 
 
 If the Church is looking toward the members of the Junior 
 Missionary Society for her efficient workers in the future, 
 they should be trained while they are young, to become capable 
 workers in whatever department of work they may be called 
 upon to fill. Give them active work to do now. 
 
 All the offices should be filled by the boys and girls them- 
 selves—under the direction of the Superintendent. 
 
 Appoint your committees with an older boy or girl as the 
 chairman of each. If a leader once instructs and interests a 
 chairman of any Junior committee, it rarely has to be repeaied. 
 Often the failure in the work of the entire committee is through 
 the ignorance of the chairman to know just what the duties are. 
 
 Program Committee. 
 
 Should be composed of the officers of the society, or a 
 regularly appointed committee. Its duties are to help the Su- 
 perintendent make out a program for the year, and see that 
 each one takes the part assigned by the committee. 
 
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 Membership Committee. 
 
 To look out for new members, as well as for those who do 
 not attend with regularity. To report the sick. To meet stran- 
 gers at the door and see that all are seated in their proper 
 places. 
 
 Flower Committee. 
 
 To arrange for flowers at public meetings, and, if it is pos- 
 sible, for every meeting, and to give to the sick. 
 
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Music Committee. 
 
 To form a choir with special chairs for same. ‘To prepare 
 music, if needed, for social and public meetings. 
 
 Temperance Committee. 
 
 The Temperance Committee shall, under the direction of 
 the Superintendent, circulate a temperance pledge, and per- 
 form any other services that may help to: promote the temper- 
 ance work among the members and the community. 
 
 Birthday Committee. 
 
 The Birthday Committee shall enroll the name and date 
 of birth of each member of the Society and during the week on 
 which the birthday occurs send a card as a reminder with the 
 request for his or her presence at the next meeting to present 
 the offering. 
 
 Social Committee. 
 
 The nearer you bring the children together, the more ef- 
 fective work they will do. 
 
 The social committee shall have charge of providing and 
 serving light refreshments at the quarterly meetings and assist 
 in promoting the best social interest of the Society. 
 
 INSTRUCTIONS 
 
 Make your business meetings: full of interest. Aim to 
 have every member present. Have badges for your committees, 
 if it is only a different colored ribbon for each one. Any kind 
 of a badge gives the younger members a feeling of importance 
 and stimulates them to work. Train your Juniors to be busi- 
 ness like in all they do, and be strict in observing parlia- 
 mentary rules. 
 
 Where no special order of business has been adopted the 
 following is suggested: 
 
 1. Call ‘to order by the -President. 
 
 2. Reading, correction, and approval of the minutes of 
 the previous meeting. 
 
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 Report of Treasurer. 
 4. Reports of all committees (in their regular order.) 
 
 5. Business (including old and new.) 
 
 6. Adjourn (by motion.) 
 
 Five Reasons Why Juniors Should Give Thank Offerings. 
 
 1. God asks His people to give thank-offerings. Come 
 near and bring thank-offerings into the house of the Lord.— 
 2 Chronicles 29:31. 
 
 Give unto the Lord the glory due unto His name; bring 
 an offering and come into His courts.—Psalm 96:8. 
 
 2. The world needs the Gospel which thank-offerings 
 help to send. 
 
 God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son 
 that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have 
 everlasting life.—John 3:16. 
 
 Over 2,000 years have passed since God gave His Son to 
 die that the world might be saved from sin. And yet two of 
 every three persons living today have never seen a Bible: they 
 have never heard the name of Jesus. Why? Because the 
 people who have heard the glad news of Christ the Saviour, 
 love too well their gold and silver to give their tithes and thank 
 offerings to send missionaries enough to tell them the gospel 
 news. 
 
 3. The heathen call for help through thank offerings. 
 
 They call by their ignorance: their cruel customs: their 
 treatment of little children; their worship of idols instead of 
 the true God, and through the pitiful messages they send to 
 Christian lands by the missionaries. 
 
 4. The church needs the training it can receive through 
 the giving of thank-offerings. 
 
 Through the giving of frequent offerings, persons learn to 
 keep watch for mercies and blessings for which to give, and 
 they soon learn to see good in everything that comes into their 
 daily lives. 
 
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 5. As individuals, we need to give to God thank-offerings. 
 
 Ingratitude, is one of the common sins of God’s people. 
 Children soon learn to become selfish, and they forget that God 
 
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wants them to show their gratitude to Him for giving them the 
 open Bible, and homes in a land where the Bible is taught, by 
 giving their thank-offerings that children ’who know Him not 
 may learn to know Him and love Him. 
 
 Thank-Offering.—As no boys and girls in the world have 
 so many rich blessings as those who live in America, the Wo- 
 men’s Board thinks the American children should be the most 
 grateful and willing to give their money that those who have 
 never heard of Jesus may learn of Him. 
 
 The thank-offering boxes are free to all who send for them, 
 and who will use them for the work of the Women’s General 
 Missionary Society. lLetters, leaflets and stories will be sent 
 with these boxes. As the thank-offering helps all departments 
 of the Women’s Work—superintendents and leaders should do 
 their utmost to have a box in every home in the congregation. 
 
 Life Memberships.—Any Junior may become a life mem- 
 ber of the Junior Society by the payment of ten dollars at one 
 time. 
 
 Many life memberships may be secured from parents and 
 friends of the children by a littie tactful effort on the part of 
 the leaders. 
 
 The name, with full and correct address, should be sent 
 with the ten dollars from the Treasurer of the local society 
 to the Presbyterial Treasurer; the name is published in the 
 Junior Missionary Magazine and a picture of each life mem- 
 ber will appear in the Junior Missionary Magazine if a photo- 
 graph is sent to the Junior General Secretary. 
 
 Rally Day.—Annual Rally Days, when the Juniors of a 
 Presbytery may be brought together for a special program of 
 exercises, lunch included, have proven very helpful in creating 
 an enthusiastic interest. Awarding banners for merit along 
 different lines of effort is an important factor in the Rally Day 
 plans. 
 
 WHY HAVE MISSION STUDY CLASSES 
 
 The boys and girls of today will be the men and women 
 of the future. The Mission of the Church is Missions; to 
 educate the Juniors to love missions, start while they are 
 young—hence the need of Junior Mission Study Classes. 
 
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Aim. 
 
 1—To teach Juniors the conditions and needs of the whole 
 world. 
 
 2—To create a spirit of personal responsibility. 
 3—To teach Juniors how to pray specifically. 
 
 4—_To inspire Juniors to devote their lives to Christ’s 
 service. 
 
 Organization, 
 
 1—Juniors should not be under six years of age and no 
 discrimination made as to sex. 
 
 2—Select a mission study book full of adventure. Im- 
 agination is the predominant mind activity among the children 
 of the Junior Societies. Since the aim is not merely informa- 
 tion but impression and enthusiasm, a stronger appeal can be 
 made by using interesting biographies rather than by statistics. 
 
 3—Insist upon each member of the class having a text 
 book. 
 
 4—-Have a wide awake teacher, truth-filled, spirit-filled, 
 and prayer-filled. Never look for a teacher who has nothing 
 to do, for nine times out of ten such will prove a failure. 
 
 5—-Have blackboard talks and by all means have a map 
 of the country you are studying. 
 
 Results. 
 
 1—New incentive to Prayer. 
 f 2—Consecration of lives to Service. 
 3—Deeper interest in the cause of. Missions. 
 
 4—_A thirst for knowledge of our brothers and sisters, 
 in Home and Foreign fields. 
 
 If mission study will do all this, and we are convinced that 
 it does, what a responsibility rests upon Junior Superintend- 
 ents, if they deny the Juniors this great privilege. They are re- 
 sponsible to God for the foundation of the life of each Junior 
 under their care, and since Christ has given the command, ‘‘Go 
 ye into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature,”’ 
 how can they escape if they do not teach the Juniors to carry 
 out this great command. 
 
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SUGGESTIVE HELPS 
 Bible Service. 
 
 Every Junior should have a Bible in hand. 
 
 Read verses in concert with one as leader, or boys and 
 girls read responsively. : 
 
 Leader read one verse, and name a Junior to read the 
 next and So on. 
 
 Have committees read responsively with one committee 
 to lead. 
 
 Have alphabet selections and commit to memory for re- 
 sponse to roll call. 
 
 Call for pastor’s texts of Sabbath previous to be repeated 
 in concert, and ask for responses to question, What one thing 
 do you remember of the sermon? 
 
 Train the Juniors to prepare chart Bible Readings on 
 given topics. 
 
 ‘Keep prominently in mind the promises concerning the 
 world’s conversion and the prophecies that are being fulfilled in 
 this twentieth century. : 
 
 Have frequent chart and black board Bible exercises, with 
 blank space to be filled in by the Juniors. 
 
 Occasionally illustrate Bible subjects by symbols. For in- 
 stance: For Proverbs 15:3 use the picture of an eye, to repre- 
 sent God’s constant presence and infinite knowledge; for Gen- 
 esis 1:1, a globe in the hand to show God’s power and provi- 
 dence; for Proverbs 30:5, shield showing God’s protecting care; 
 for Exodus 20:1-17, the two tables of the law; Matthew 12:26- 
 37, scales; Matthew 5:8, a white heart; Jeremiah 17:9, a black 
 heart; Philippians 4:6, clasped hands; Matthew 11:15, the ear; 
 Proverbs’ 1:%0, a spider’s web; Matthews 7:16-29, grapes; 2 
 Corinthians 9:7, a mite box; 2 Chronicles 29:31, a/thank-offer- 
 ing box. 
 
 By making these symbols large in form of charts, they can 
 be of permanent use. 
 
 Praise Service. 
 
 Organize the best singers into a Junior choir with a leader 
 who will have regular times for practice. 
 Where this cannot be done, organize the entire member- 
 
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ship for a ten or fifteen-minute song practice before the hour 
 for opening or after the closing. hour. Gospel truths can often 
 be more easily sung into a child’s heart than talked into it, so 
 insist.on having the Psalms memorized, and on special occasions 
 sing with books closed. 
 
 Make your praise very worshipful, and permit no frivolity 
 during the singing. Have a chart kept in a prominent place 
 upon which have written in large letters: 
 
 Praise: Whom should we praise? Why should we praise 
 God? How? When? Where? What. blessings,come from 
 praising God? Such questions lead the boys and girls to think 
 for themselves. 
 
 Give variety to the song service. Have quartettes and 
 duets and solos. Have, one to lead and the rest: join in the 
 chorus, or have the girls to sing one part and the boys another. 
 
 Give titles to certain favorite Psalms, such as The Shep- 
 herd Psalm (28rd), ‘“‘God’s Watchful Care”’ (121st), ‘““Prayer 
 Psalm” (51st), and commit them to memory. 
 
 Prayer Service. 
 
 Explain that prayer is talking with God, and how it dif- 
 fers from praise. 
 
 Always give something definite for which to pray, and at 
 times write the special topic for prayer for the day, on the 
 black board and explain it, and then ‘call ‘for sentence prayers. 
 
 Occasionally kneel when offering special prayer for some 
 individual or object. 
 
 Use the chart in Wall Roll containing Scripture prayers; 
 give a moment for each Junior to select his or her own, then 
 bow the heads and call for these prayers in turn. 
 
 Have the ‘‘Opening’’ and ‘‘Closing’’ prayers on Wall Roll 
 committed to memory by all. , 
 
 Ask Juniors to stand and offer sentence prayers; any one 
 who does not take part should quietly sit down when it comes 
 his or her turn. Very soon but few will refuse to take part. 
 
 Occasionally have the committees to stand in groups and 
 form circles by holding hands and praying the Lord’s prayer, or 
 have the petitions given in turn by the committees and all close 
 in concert—‘‘For thine is the kingdom,” &c. 
 
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Frequently explain the Lord’s Prayer, and why every 
 prayer should close with—‘‘For Christ’s Sake, Amen.’’ 
 
 At the Thank-Offering ‘Ingatherings,’’ the leader should 
 call for a list of gifts God has given to the children in Christian 
 lands; have a Junior write them on the blackboard, and when 
 each one present has named at least one of God’s gifts—wiith 
 closed eyes—have each pray, a prayer of thanksgiving. 
 
 Never omit having a prayer over the day’s offering, asking 
 God to accept and use for His honor and glory. . 
 
 Write a brief prayer—Bible or otherwise—on the chart or 
 blackboard for each meeting and at close have it committed to 
 memory, to pray between meetings in the homes. 
 
 Organize small prayer circles and give something special 
 to pray for each week or month. 
 
 To the very timid Juniors written prayers from the Psalms 
 might be quietly given on entering, to use in the chain of sen- 
 tence prayers. 
 
 Junior Study Outline 
 First Class—Ages 6, 7 and 8 
 
 Bible verses—Matt. 19:14; John 3:16; John 14:1-4. 
 
 The Lord’s Prayer; Beatitudes. ea 
 
 Bible Stories of Moses; Samuel; Daniel; Birth of Christ; 
 Crucifixion. 
 
 Missionary Stories. 
 
 Second Class—Ages 9 and 10 
 
 Psalms 12619-2232 91: 
 
 13th Chapter of 1st Corinthians. 
 
 Ten Commandments. 
 
 Missionary Stories and Facts. 
 
 Third Class—Ages 11 and 12 
 Books of the Bible. 
 Names of the Twelve Apostles. 
 Bible Rules for Giving—in Wall Roll. 
 Our Church-——in Junior Manual. 
 Missionary Facts. 
 
 Fourth Class—Ages 13 and 14 
 Our Mission Fields, Schools, Hospitals. 
 Our Missionaries. How supported? 
 Boards of Our Church. 
 Mission Study Class. 
 
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Junior Magazine. 
 
 Every up-to-date club reads the periodicals in its special 
 line of work or study, and a Junior Missionary Society cannot 
 do its best work without the Junior Missionary Magazine. 
 
 The subjects for the meetings are published, one month 
 in advance, with notes on the. subject and in the December 
 issue a complete list of the subjects for the year will be found. 
 
 Urge your Juniors to subscribe for it in clubs of ten, for 
 15 cents a year, little more than a penny a month. Ask them 
 occasionally if they have read certain articles and call their 
 attention to all its good features. It will reward you for a 
 careful study of it. 
 
 Junior Pins. 
 
 A sterling pin, pink and white enamel with silver outline 
 and silver band with the word Junior on it, is to be used on 
 special and all occasions. It can be given as reward for merit 
 in memory work or attendance or anything the leader ey wish 
 to give it for and will make any Junior happy. 
 
 Leaflets. 
 
 A valuable collection of leaflets is supplied by our Litera- 
 ture Department and sold at a very low rate, most of them 
 merely covering postage. 
 
 They are all listed in the catalogue which is furnished 
 free, on application. 
 
 Book of Recitations. 
 This little book is of much value in getting up special pro- 
 grams. 
 Missionary Mother Goose Rhymes. 
 A delightful program for an entertainment, edited by Mrs. 
 John A. Wilson, late editor of Junior Magazine. 
 Wall Chart. 
 
 A Wall Roll, printed in large type, on tough paper and 
 hung on rod with cord, has been carefully prepared by the 
 Junior Committee and we know that it will be very. helpful 
 for all workers among children. 
 
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The second page is an Index and all pages are numbered at 
 lower edge SO they can be found readily. 
 
 Contents. 
 
 Books of the Bible; Bible Exercise; Apostles Creed and 
 Children’s Creed; Beatitudes; 1st Psalm; 23rd Psalm; Prayers 
 in Verse; Prayers from the Psalms; Lord’s Prayer; Take These 
 Hands; Bible Rules for Giving; Scripture Responsive Services; 
 Helpful Rules; Temperance Facts; Commandments; Golden 
 Rule. 
 
 Convention Banner. 
 
 The Women’s General Missionary Society, at the annual 
 meeting in May, awards a beautiful silk banner to the Juniors 
 of the Presbytery which makes the highest average in the re- 
 quired six points of efficiency, as follows: 
 
 1. A Junior Society in every Church. 
 
 2. A 10% increase in the membership of the Presbytery. 
 
 3. Every Society contributing to W. G. M. S. work. 
 
 4. very Society must give a Thank Offering. 
 
 5. Every Society must report to the Ee ara Junior 
 Secretary on time, April 5th. BE oer 
 
 6. Every Presbyterial Se SBN must Fouene Loe the 
 General Secretary on time, April 15th. 
 
 This Banner may be displayed throughout the Presbytery 
 during the year but is to be sent to the Convention each year 
 where it is awarded to the successful Presbytery pens all 
 requirements. 
 
 Graduation. 
 
 There are no special requirements for graduation from 
 the Little Light Bearers’ Circle, into the Junior Society, eens 
 that of age, six years. 
 
 For graduation from the ei Society he Bitten see 
 Intermediate or Senior Y. P. C. U. the following requirements 
 are specified: Age, fourteen years. Repeat from memory. 
 
 The Ten Commandments; a i 
 
 Books of the Bible; 
 
 Two'Psalms; © 
 
 Name Twelve Apostles; 
 
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Beatitudes. 
 An exercise for the annual graduation is provided by our 
 Women’s Board. 
 Diplomas of Graduation are five cents each or fifty cents 
 a dozen. 
 
 \ 
 
 Group Leaders. 
 
 Where there is difficulty in securing a Junior Superintend- 
 ent, this plan has been tried successfully. 
 
 The Women’s Missionary Society selects two or three of its 
 members to be jointly responsible for each meeting, sharing 
 the work and planning together for the program. Sometimes 
 the same three, take charge for one month or two months and 
 then pass on the work to the next group. It will not be long 
 until their interest is aroused and a Superintendent volunteers 
 her services. 
 
 Membership Cards for Juniors. 
 
 Order from Literature Department. Have each member 
 sign a card. This little ceremony adds to the importance of 
 the work. 
 
 ; Finances. 
 
 First of all, be loyal. 
 
 You are organized into a Junior Missionary Society and 
 from the moment you sent the notification of your organiza- 
 tion to the Presbyterial Junior Secretary or the General Sec- 
 retary, your aid has been counted upon and your offerings 
 should go to support the work of the W. G. M. S. 
 
 Familiarize yourself with the missionary work of your 
 Presbyterial Society, and apply your offerings to the several 
 departments under the care of the Women’s General Missionary 
 Society, of which you are a part. 
 
 Do not use the children’s missionary offerings for congre- 
 gational expenses. Should your church need a new carpet, a 
 new window or new collection plates, or new song books, or 
 anything at all, do not dream of laying your hands on your mis- 
 sionary money to buy them. . 
 
 Honorary Roll. 
 
 For the expenses of your Junior Society establish an Hon- 
 orary Membership Roll, Fathers, Uncles, Aunts, Brothers, 
 
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Grandparents and Friends of the Juniors who are willing to 
 contribute fifty. cents a year to carry on the local society, by 
 supplying necessary tools for the Superintendent and Leaders. 
 Any balance in this fund at end of year, may go to Junior 
 Special, or any department of work. 
 
 Compare the statistics of other Societies with your own, 
 of other years with the current year and be sure of constant 
 advancement. 
 
 The Church Fiscal year begins April lst and the General 
 Assembly, Women’s Board, Presbyterial Societies and all Mis- 
 sionary Societies including Junior begin their year’s work and 
 accounts are all kept from April lst of each year, to the follow- 
 ing March 31st. . 
 
 The Juniors may designate their money to any department 
 of work, as. follows: ; 
 
 $ —_—_——— to Foreign Missions. 
 
 $ ——_-——._ to Home Missions: 
 
 i caret to Freedmen Missions. 
 $ ——___—_ to Indian Missions. 
 
 $ ————_—— Junior Special, 
 
 and so on to other departments as they may care to do. 
 
 It is not broad, but narrow-minded, to give to outside 
 work, while letting your own work suffer. 
 . All money should be sent by the Treasurer of the Junior 
 Society, to the Treasurer of the Women’s Presbyterial Society 
 of which the Junior Society is an auxiliary and designations 
 should be plainly written. | | 
 
 Junior Special. Work. 
 
 As a. rule, children love to give, and this. characteristic 
 should be used in the development of the ideal—that of system- 
 aric ssivin sw Uney. should be made very familiar with the 
 abundance of Scripture teaching on the subject of giving, and 
 led into practical methods by which they shall learn to be 
 liberal, cheerful and systematic givers. | 
 
 An effort should be made in conference with parents to 
 make it possible for the Juniors to have a given amount of 
 money at their disposal, whether earned or received as an al- 
 lowance, and then have them taught that the best and highest 
 good comes to those who give to the Lord’s cause. 
 
 The use of small bags, boxes, etc., for self-denial and spe- 
 
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cial gifts is to be commended. In addition to the genera! lines 
 of work to be supported a “special work” is assigned each year 
 to the Juniors, for which special effort is to be made in the way 
 of gifts. The Superintendents and Leaders are expected to give 
 instruction on the particular field for which special effort is 
 being made. | . yee 
 
 That this has created a. greater interest in the minds of 
 the Juniors is proven by the very liberal offerings made to 
 special work during the years since its inception. 
 
 heres THE SPECIAL WORK. | 
 
 While we aim to train the Juniors to give to all the de- 
 partments of work under the care of the W. G. M: S., yet in re- 
 sponse to Junior workers over the church in 1894 a special 
 work was assigned to be wholly their own and has been as fol- 
 lows: 
 
 Junior Spencial. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Year beginning Amount |’ Amount 
 (April) Asked’' || ‘Given 
 1895—Erection of a school building at ) ret 
 
 PrAigTiGsrAIA Damien. coe te Aces se $1,000 00/$1,200 00 
 1896—Endowment of a child’s bed in 
 
 DHE Met oOspirats LN Oia. Se.1 0s ee 600 00! 1,000 00 
 1897—Purchase of 100 acres of land at 
 
 Prairie, Ala., @ $8.00 per acre... 800 00| 1,200:00 
 1898—Building a Parsonage.:....... 800 00| 600 00 
 1899—-Endowment of a child’s bed in | | 
 
 TADAAS HOSDILAL MOV Dt ces othe s 600 00| 1,000 00 
 
 190C—Support of forty girls in Girls’ | 
 
 Boarding School, Sialkot, India 
 1901—Support of sixty girls in Girls’ 
 
 Boarding School, Sialkot, India 1,500 00] 2,090 00 
 1902—-Support of sixty girls in Girls’ | 
 
 Boarding School, Luxor, Egypt. . 2,100 00] 2,266 09 
 1903—Support of sixty girls in Girls’ 
 
 Boarding School, Luxor, Egypt..' | 2,100 00| 2,124 53 
 1904—Parsonage at Tulsa, Oklahoma. 2,100 00| 2,043 30 
 1905—Schcol for Musquakie Indians at | | 
 
 FG iti LOW Rattle ae Sas ten bee.” | 2,000 00| 1,637 60 
 1906—School for Musquakie Indians at | 
 
 eu idieL) Woaeeens. baci errs dt yeh 2,000 00] 2,197 02 
 1907—225,000 bricks for Girls’ Board- 
 
 ing School, Khartoum, North Su- | | 
 
 re REHEAT ooo i Se oe ee ea a eed b2b200) 1.625..00 
 
 1,000 00| 1,600 00 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
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 Year beginning ( Amount | Amount 
 (April) | Asked | Given 
 1908—225,000 bricks for Girls’ Board- | sg 
 
 ing School, Khartoum, North Su- | | 
 
 ants coe yee eee FiLde Tete oe ee | 2,000 00| 2,659 70 
 1909—Elizabeth Gordon Home, Sialkot, | | 
 
 TH dle ces ae Se Te ee | 2,500 00] 2,435 25 
 1910—HElizabeth Gordon Home, Sialkot, | | 
 
 THe oie, AS eta he ee eee eee | 2,500 00] 2,836 95 
 1911—-Support .of the Bible Women in | | 
 
 UDF sh g OF RA Fis Capen ome il Gras igo ima eettag 9 | 2,500 00| 2,731 87 
 1912—-Building and Furnishing -two 
 
 Coitages G. B. S., Sangla “Hill, | 
 
 Nig eke$t: cae nh nin Aa eee eee A, | 2,800 00| 2,428 00 
 1918—Building a Dormitory at French- : 
 
 DUPE KK CntUeCK Ya eae ee eee 2,500 00| 2,461 00 
 1914——Building a Dormitory at French- | 
 
 bure.s Kentucky. tee Byeael ote 2,000 (00), d2L 88041 
 1915—Building a Boys’ Dormitory at 
 
 Camden; (Ala baniasc. si ere 2,500 00] 2,687 00 
 1916—Support of Bible Women in India | 2,500 00] 2,958 00 
 1917—Support of Bible Women in India | 2,500 00| 2,500 00 
 1918—-Support of Girls’ Schools, Alex- | 
 
 andriag: Hey pts ae oe ee | 2,675 00] 2,782.53 
 1919-——Supplies for Jhelum and White | | 
 
 Memorial Hospitals and Kala | 
 
 Dispensary ot tae ee ere teor ds 2 | 2,845 00| 
 1920 | 
 1921 | 
 922 | 
 1923 | 
 1924 | 
 1925 | 
 
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