The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-02-22

The convention will continue
through Saturday and Sunday.
There are 225 delegates attending thu
convention. All have been cared fol
by the committee on entertainment.
Those that did not find lodging in resi-
dences are being cared for in Mrs.
Cech's lodging rooms.
This evening Geo. M. Palmer will
entertain a party of twenty-five al
lunch in the ladies ordinary of The
Saulpaugh.
The delegates to the Y, M. G. A. con
vention Saturday raised 50, 3O8. u
in cash and pledges toward the So, DOC
needed to carry on the work another
year. They voted to raise 81, 200, and
then went above the mark which they
set. This action followed several rous,
ing addresses and the report Of the
committee on the state committee s re-
port, read by Chairman G.. A. Cru
man.
The report was as follows
Your committee feels certain that it
voices the sentiment of the association
men of our state in expressing the
heartiest confidence in the administra-
tion of the state work, and its thor
ough appreciation of the efficient ser
vices of our state secretary, Mr.. E. W.
Peck, and the untiring devotion of
our chairman, Prof. A. e. Haynes.
We believe this confidence should be
backed by action, and to this end make
the following recommendation
That at least So, 900 be provided for
the maintenance of the state work dur
ing the year 1901, and that the assocl-
ations represented and the delegates
present at the convention care for not
less than So, 200 of this amount.
F. B. Smith of New York was pre-
siding and aided materially in raising
the amount.
Late in the forenoon an invitation
to hold the next state convention at
Owatonna was received. 1t was re-
ferred to the state committee, which
will act on the matter later.
Three minute reports were received
Friday from the different associa-
tions represented. Those from the
eleven college associations were most
encouraging, showing % conversions.
The reports from the nine railroad
and city associations showed 1855 con
versions, Minneapolis 56, and Winona
63.
Friay's afternoon session opened
with an address by DR.. E. l. Bos-
worth, of Oberlin college, the first of a
series on the Bible and Bible study.
There is probably no better informed
or able man in Bible study in the
United States than DR.. Bosworth and
this frstasof three ''Bible Hours vas
exceedingly profitable. He commented
upon the general ignorance of the
Bible and accounted for this in that
the former family devotions and
Bible study were losing their
place secondly that there has existed
artificial reverence for the Bible
which leads even scholarly minds to
regard it as a delicate thing to be kept
under a glass case rather than as the
thing in all the world that requir es
and rewards study; lastly, ignorance
results from the present uninteresting,
characterless way in which it is
printed. Not even would Shakespeare
be read for the first time in this form.
AS reasons for Bible study he stated
the intellectual discipline of meditat-
ing upon its profound thoughts, the
need of knowing and taking a fresh
look at the foundation facts and its
power to develop a deep, large Chris
tain life. "Great lives result from
thinking great thoughts. "What gets
your attention gets you" Lastly the
of a broad, intelligent outlook.
When the Christian church gets the
that Jesus Christ had, they will
pray, they will pay, they will go
where He bids.
The convention then assembled in
sectional conferences; railroad and
with Thos. Dickson of st. Paul in
and the college men with G..
S. Phelps and G. G. Kitchener. Sub
jects of interest to the departments
were freely discussed.
The session last evening was largely
attended. G. G. Kitchener spoke upon
"The Student Brotherhood of the
and F. B. Smith upon RE
cent Developments, and both were
exceedingly Interesting.
More Recommendations.
Saturday forenoon Walter N. Carroll Of
spoke upon "What Funda-