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one,"waters."up"speeches"men."paper."copy,"magazine."alarmed."DESYOUNG PEOPLE'SSECRETARYoung Peopleabout 25c. If you wish to make posters,which very effectively advertise the doings of your society, try "The AmateurPoster Maker," from the Pilgrim Press,Boston, Mass. Price, at least $1.00. Follow the instructions and with little practice you will be able to make very attractive posters which will create interest and enthusiasm for many different lines of work.You can make short "peparouse interest in new projects and encourage the society to continue workthat has already been begun. Some societies are graveyards for unfinishedtasks. Work is undertaken; pledges aremade with momentarytoenthusiasm andspirit, then lag or grow stale just because nobody"speaksfor them.Rev. Joseph Clark has worked out for usthe following.Four Good Rules for Any Task1. Tackle It.2. Work at It.3. Continue in It.4. Finish It.Keep this before your society and getthe members to work on that platform,and the results will be gratifying.Be the "cheer leader." Never criticizeany one. He may be doing the best hecan. Encourage timid or backward members; cheer everybody on to do his verybest "as unto the Lord."Be "an Oiler." Little frictions sometimes arise because folks are humanand misunderstand or are jealouseach other. From your supply of tact,sympathy, and encouragement "pour oilon the troubled Help folks toforget slights real and imaginary.When the President gets blue or discouraged because things do not go ashe had planned and worked and prayedthey might, you can encourage him tobelieve that, if one plan will not work,another may. Help him find a solutionfor the problem. "Two heads are betterthanofand a team can pull more andbetter than a single horseif they pulltogether. Just one person doing whatyou can do will very shortlyraise themorale and working power of any society; things will run smoothly and workwill be accomplished.you!Oh! for a host of Vice-presidents likeNovember 30, 1955PRESBYTERIAL Y. P. SECRETARIESRECENTLY APPOINTED.Pacific Coast Mr. Joseph Lamont, Jr.,6537 46th Ave., N. E., Seattle, WashingtonMidwest Presbytery The Rev. MiltonHarrington, Idana, KansasMidwest Junior Hi Secretary The Rev.Donald McClurkin, 1267 Washburn,Topeka, KansasPittsburgh Presbytery The Rev. T.Richard Hutcheson, Route 6, NewCastle, Penna.Philadelphia Presbytery Paul D. McCracken, D.D., 36 W. Hillcrest Ave.,Havertown, Penna.THERE IS A DEMAND FORCHRISTMAS GOSPELS"No longer do I regard Christmas asseasonal madness, but as the Birth ofChrist for allSo said a prisonerin a State penitentiary whose only giftlast Christmas was a small ChristmasGospel.This Gospel, bound in a attractivelycolored and appropriate Christmas cover, had been produced by the AmericanBible Society. More than 1,500,000 copiesof this small book were distributed lastyear by church groups, and many individuals who wrote the Bible Societysaid they were using the Gospels inplace of the usual Christmas card greeting.The Bible Society, in addition to itsEnglish edition of the ChristmasboundGospel of Matthew, has shipped 772,000copies in Spanish for distribution by itsagencies in Latin America. A specialedition of 25,000 copies in Korean havebeen forwarded to the Rev. Young BinIm, secretaryof the Korean Bible Society, for circulation in that country.Men in all parts of the world willbe reading the Christmas Gospel thisyear. Chaplains, in the various branchesof the Armed Forces, have ordered theselittle books for distribution to the menunder their care. In line with the Society's program, these Gospels, as wellas all other Scriptures, are furnishedto the Armed Forces without charge.STOPPING THE PAPERSometimes we receive a letter froma reader telling us he has "stoppedtheThat reminds us of astory of a famous New York editor.Mr. Horace Greeley. After leaving hisoffice one day,said in veryhe met a man whoaggrieved and aggressivetone, "Mr. Greeley, I have stopped your"What,"said the editor in a veryshocked voice, "you have stopped thepaper. When I left the office a fewmoments ago the machines were running, the pressmen were on the job,and the papers were flowing over thecylinders in a great stream. And yousayyou have stopped the paper. However did you succeed in doing that?""I mean that I have stopped mysaid the man."Oh,"said Mr. Greeley, "that is different. For a moment you had meWhatever the reason, we never liketo receive a letter from a reader asking us to stop his copyof the magazine. We would really and truly liketo grapple each reader to our soul withhooks of steel that Shakespeare speaksof and never let them go.Sometimes a subscription is cancelledbecause of a disagreement with something we have written. That of courseis always possible though regrettable.But that is not often. The letter thathurts us most is the one from someone in a far distant place telling uswhat a blessing the magazine has beenbut financial circumstances forbid themcontinuingwith us. It is then we wishwe had unlimited funds so that themagazine might besent indefinitely.As a matter of fact, in the case of missionaries, we try as far as our fundspermit, to do just that. But this is agreat financial strain on ourlimitedresources. So we appeal once again toour readers to remember this Godhonouringministry and help us to provide the magazine for these servantsof the Lord who have found such blessings in its pages. We are in great needof donations large and small to this fundfor missionaries. Will you not help usnow so that others may share the blessingof this ministry of the printed page?Evangelical Christian361