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The Editor's Page
I Dare You
Chapter III.
I DARE YOU TO SHARE
Sufficient time has not elapsed since we sent out
our first "I Dare You" for us to have received re
plies, so we do not know whether you are going to
take a "dare" or not, nevertheless we are sending
you additional "dares."
Dare No. 1. I dare you to share experiences.
Have you ever been challenged by sermon, lecture,
by scripture verse, or other quotation to such an ex
tent that you can say, "I have lived differently ever
since" Tell us about it in twenty-five words, more
or less. You may sign it or leave it unsigned, but
authenticate it so that the Editor may know that it
is not fiction. Just this morning a man who has
achieved eminent success told me how much he owes
to a certain high school teacher who in the middle of
a class recitation, stopped the clock to deliver a per
sonal to him. He replied that he thought he
was doing as well as the average member of the
class. "But you are not
He remained after
class to tell the professor that he would finish the
semester with all A grades, a promise he kept though
it cost a mighty effort. Won't you tell us what woke
you up
Dare No. 2. We need short, interesting, challeng
ing material for our columns. Preferably it should be
original. But clippings will help. Have you as a far
mer, school teacher, doctor, minister, candle stick
maker, found some method or plan that has helped
in your work Is there some one in your community
or in your memory that is doing
a worthwhile piece
of work that should be brought to public attention.
Is there a part of your pastor's sermon that should
be shared with the church at large not just the text
or the outline, but an illustration and its application
Maybe you can persuade him to share it with the
whole church, or at least get his permission to let
you do it. We confess to a curiosity as to why minis
ters who live for the good they can do seem so will
ing to confine the results of their studies to their
own congregations, when the wider field is calling
for those same thoughts. It is unfortunate that our
portion of the budget does not permit our paying for
contributions. $2 to $10 is the usual rate, but to fill a
paper would run into large expense when you do it
fifty-two times a year. But of that later.
Dare No. 3. Every department of our church's
work needs publicity, and few of them are getting
it. It would be easier to raise the Budget if the
church were sold on its own activities, and we have a
lot of them. "But people won't you say. Well
then, they will look at pictures ; even the small child
from that part
will do that, and few of us get away
of our childhood. "One picture is worth ten thousand
words,"
and we probably average 1.8 cameras per
person, or at least 3 per family. If each of our mis
clear-
sion fields will furnish us 5, 10, or more good
we will arrange them
cut glossy prints with titles,
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into one page and print them. Each department of
the College, pre-med, engineering, athletics, Chris
tian Service, Music, Alumni, etc. should do likewise.
Each of the Boards of the Church should present
their work in graphic style, or be boycotted in the
Budget. This is an experiment, and may have to be
withdrawn, but we are daring in our plans. Who will
pay for the plates Who will get the benefits "10,-
000 one picture
ought to be worth paying
a dollar or so in advertising money, and multiply that
amount by the number of pictures,
and you have a
bargain at $8.00 per page. That will keep us out of
the red, we hope. Send us the pictures of your daily
vacation Bible Schools this year, and your CYPU
Conferences, or any worthwhile work that you or
your congregation is doing. How about a page of pic
tures of church choirs and precentors Are you
photogenic
Dare No. 4. I dare you to earn a REWARD. As
said above, we are a little short on silver and gold,
and not in condition to break over our established
custom of not paying our contributors in cash, but
such as we have, we gladly give and it may prove
more precious than rubies. For "a word fitly spoken
is like apples of gold in pictures of
and may
save a soul from death. Indeed it may echo down the
generations, until it has literally enriched millions.
Our subscription list is numerically below the mini
mum we pay for, so to those who will send us a good
article of your own (one to three pages double space,
type-written, all manuscripts ours unless return
postage furnished, decisions of the judges final, etc.)
we will award the privilege of nominating a new sub
scriber for one year, not now on a Covenanter church
$2.50."
roll. "Umph! Cash value, if any, It will all de
pend on the reader. It may mean eternal life,
least more abundant life. It's worth trying.
we may
or at
Dare No. 5. We are open for suggestions how
make this paper of more value to yourself
and others. If your suggestion is accepted, the award
will be as above.
THE COVENANTER WITNESS
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Dr. Raymond Taggart, D.D., Editor
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Prof. William H. Russell
Walter McCarroll, D.D.
Remo 1. Robb. D.D.
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Mrs. J. O. Edgar
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