The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-04-25
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Brewing Company.

At the Baptist church Sunday
Rev. F. E. R. Miller told how to gain
and hold a good city government In
cities the size of Mankato. He made
a-plea for the elements who stand for
the best ideals to get together at every
municipal election, when success
would be assured them. as they are in
the majority. He referred to the So
called "better element, who do not
attend caucuses or help to bring about
the election of good men, but who
srumble at the result afterards. and
gave this class severe reproof
The preacher opened his address by
saving that it as not, on this occasion,
his purpose to denounce or indict per-
sons, institutions, or that the govern
ment whose actions may be detrlmen
tal TO the domestic tranquility ana
general welfare of the city. They
by a vicious policy and conduct are
-,1ttering their own doom and furnish
ing their own indictment. DE had no
analogy to offer to those who think IL
is outside the limits and beneath the
dignity of a preachers calling TO
speak upon such subject. He could
not Weld to. their views, holding his
own ideas of personal responsibility
and even be able to look his fellow
beings in the face. The preacher is q
man and citizen as we'll as others
he is also a servant CT God and as
s,ch he has a mission to the church.
.- Fbe individual and society at large.
In the words of Amos, the prophet,
nShau there be evil in the city, ana
shall not the Lord do somewhat
The speaker, addressing himself 10
the subiect in hand, asked "Why DO
we wait good government IN our
attest" Because of the intimate re-
lations existing among men II each
individual lived and died TO himsei II
,ro,,Id make no difference what the
character of the government IS. bu'
because of this intimate, vital rela-
tion because to have smallpox mani
Fast itself in one member OF house
hold is to expose all to the disease
bacause the drunkard impoverishes Ms
family. the gambler disgraces It, tne
adnlterer debauches it; because TO al
low any citizen or corporation OF GU
zens to establish place for the seduc
ing of virtue is to imperil youth ant
innocence. We want good, clean
nnright body of officials to govern GU
cities of ten thousand population o
of any other size
Taking up the question OF how Tn,
SORT of q Government may be secured
Mr.. Millersaid that we must hrst q
acquainted with the forces wnic
make for unrighteousness. One
these he believes is a foreign popuis
ton element which has been receive
bnt not assimilated by the body pol
rio and he said: "The only means
meet and conquer it is by the agit'
ton of enlightenment. Moral ana II
fellectusl life must be qulcKene'
LOYALTY to the customs, INSTITUTION
laws and ideals of the nation must
7nstilled. The public school, debatii
clnbs week might lecture courses
missions and chapels, literature wrl
ten for the purpose, are the agenci
which may be used to gain this emo
Under hostile forces the SPEAK
mentioned the so-called "oet'
cl ssts' VIC t'iI6 600 l'I
cts. $50: :lll ''i
saws I'VE are afflicted with the b
citizenship of good men. !"
Pursuing the question of how to
good government the preacher 81
that the people must entertain nj
ideal, and in illustrating the efficier
of this he referred to the history
his boyhood's town, where the peo
of New England parentage bu
schools and colleges, support
lyceums, but would not permit eS
a temperance billiard hall TO
hold. High ideals stimulate TO CT
tHict with bad men, evil principles
iniquitious institutions.
But" said he. "We cannot exp
TO win unless we do and sacril
something. In this, as in every CT
there is an immense moral TO
strong enough to whip the hounds
hell into hiding in every munich
campaign. Figure little. There
no less than ten protestant denomii
Siona. supporting sixteen churches
missions in this city. If the AYERS
number of communicates is 100 II
2. 800 persons are connected with tn
churches. tits customary to multi
the communicates by three in
Methodist church in order to map
the whole constituency, children
church attendants To follow {
rule would give us almost 1000 adh
ants. Consider the wealth which {
represents. Is ii fair to measure t
by the investment made in pub
enterprises, such as an electrical str
car liner If so, Christian men
he heaviest stockholders. And
brewing institution which processes
be a great benefit to this city is eitl
poor or does not bear it's share in
dertakings for the public bene
Here, then, is mighty force, n
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