Excerpt from Aids to Endeavor: Consisting of Selections From Standard Authors Designed for the Public One of the happy features of our societies is, I think, their entire flexibility and adaptability to all kinds of churches in city or country, and in all denomina tions. For this reason I do not believe in having any absolute uniformity for opening or closing ex croises, or in prescribing anything that might seem like a ritual. In fact, I do not believe in having any two meetings exactly alike. This variety is insured by having so many different leaders, for no two will conduct the meeting in just the same way. But, after all, with all the variety which we desire and seek, there are certain little matters which will go far toward securing a good meeting. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.