The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-10
URGES MOVEMENT
AGAINST MORMON|SM
John Willis Baer Wants Pres.
byterlan Men to Combat This
Monster lniquity.

II am opposed to an anarchist, be
he Presbyterian or Mormon" declared
John Willis Baer, international secre-
tary of the National Christian Endeav-
or union, speaking on Home Missions"
at the meeting of the Presbyterian
synod of Minnesota at the Central
Presbyterian church last night.
Were the men of the Presbyterian
faith better organized, more attention
given to the organization of church
clubs for their benefit" continued Mr..
Baer, there would be no Reed SmoOt
to disgrace the senate of these United
States. The men of the Presbyterian
church do not realize the danger that
| menaces this country in Mormonism.
They need to be educated. One man
| called me narrow because I was out
spoken in my denunciation of this man
| Smoot, but he could not combat my
argument against the church that he
represents.
Reed Smoot, I tell you, is second in
| line to the present head of the Mormon
church. Mormonism is a menace to
the religion of Jesus Christ. Where
you send out two missionaries the
| Mormon church sends out four. have
seen it, seen it all; their city, their
| cordiality, their efforts to please, but
it is all blind. That is why 1 say
| organize the men, educate them, show
them this monster that is gnawing at
/ the very vitals of this country. You
| have enough women'S clubs. Give the
men a chance"
Mr.. Baer paid his respects to the
| popular idea that immigration into the
| United States should be restricted. He
held that no field offered a better
chance for the church than Castle Gar
| den, or any of the other ports of en-
] try. II even favor the yellow fellow
| said Mr.. Baer. I'VE have forty-five
of them in one mission, and there are
no more faithful subjects of the Pres
byterian church than these same rep
resentatives of the Celestial empire"
Yesterdays Sessions.
The synod yesterday morning gave
up the major portion of it's time to
| the selection of the standing commit
! tees, which were as follows:
Bills and OvertureS-ReV. A. H. Car
yer, Rev. G. c. Pollock, D. D., Elder John
NattraSS.
Judicial Business-Rev. A. B. Marshall,
D. D., Rev. R. B. Abbott, D. D., Elder
Thos H. Dickson.
Minutes General Assembly-Rev. J. c.
Robinson; Rev. H. A. Noyes, Elder H.
A. Campbell.
Observation-Disclosures VIM A Kirk
wood, D. D., Rev. R. N. Adams, D. D.,
Finance-Elder r. J. Baird, Elder L. E.
koenig, Elder ThoS Scottin.
Devotional Services-Rev. j. M. Fulton,
D. D., Elder T. D. Simonton Elder j. M.
Hawthorne.
Leave Of Absence-Rev. S. A. Jamie
son, Rev. Herbert McHenry Elder Thos.
Blair.
Following the formal reception Of
corresponding members of the synod a
free discussion of the state of religion
in the various presbyteries was taken
up. Adams presbytery was represent
ed by Rev. H. McHenry; Duluth by
Rev. S. N. Jameson; Mankato, Rev.
E. w. Lanham; Minneapolis, Rev. c..
Thayer, Phi. D.; Red River, Rev. H.
McHenry; st. Cloud, Rev. T. M. Find
lay.
The committee on the approval Of
Louis Richter, of Minneapolis, read it's
report, stating that the action of the
Minneapolis synod was sustained by
the general assembly. Rev. Richter is
under sentence of expulsion from the
ministry because of his attitude, on
the prohibition question.
Home Missions.
One of the most important features
of the morning session was the report
on the home mission field of Minnesota
by the synodical missionary, Rev. r.
N. Adams, Of Minneapolis.
DIR. Adams stated that there were
100 aid-receiving churches, and 210 or
dained ministers, local evangelists and
ltcentiates in active service. There
have been added to the roll ten new
church organizations during the year.
This advance is evidenced by nine new
church buildings, eight of which have
already been dedicated free of debt.
Previous years the home mission con-
tributions had never got beyond So, 600,
and this year 1t had reached the figure
of $10,052.79.
Il do not believe" said DR.. Adams,
hot
He has called, to sacrifice his self-re-
spect, his honor and his family on any
spot in this broad land, nor in any
church possessed of its rusting mil
lions" He was glad that the general
assembly at Los Angeles had recon-
mended that the minimum salaries of
our home missionaries be $500 and a
manse.
Church and Workingmen.
The duty of the church toward the
workingman was fruitful subject Of
debate during the afternoon session.
Rev. Charles Stetzle, of New York, rep.
rsenting the workingmen's department
OF the home mission board of that
state, spoke at length on the subject.
He said that the growth of socialism.
as evidenced by the fact that in Ger
many one-third of the entire vote was
socialistic gave food for deep thought
Lie earliest STUDY Oh the subject had
brought him to concede that socialism
was becoming a substitute for Chris
tianity among thousands Of working
men. Therefore it is incumbent upon
the church to make itself familiar with
the social questions of the day If it is
to reach the workingman
He said the home board is making
strenuous efforts to grapple with this
mighty problem. It is a problem of
flesh and blood and only a consecrated
ministry can handle it properly. In
order to grapple with it we must cir
culcate socialist literature to ed
ucate broadly the entire church
on the great socialistic cues
tons, so that the breach between
the church and the workingman may
be healed, at least in our great cities.
He said that when he was a machin-
list ten years ago only per cent of
the workmen The knew attended church.
Others who devoted their attention
to the workingman and his needs
were Prof. A. c. Renos, of Mccormick