Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-11-24
RELIGIOUS MEETINGS.

Federation of Churches and Christian
Workers and the Wisconsin Rest Day
association held in the Presbyterian
church Tuesda Wednesday and Thurs
day of last week were well attended,
locally and by delegates
The main address of Tuesday was by
E r. Hicks, editor of the Oshkosh
Northwestern, whose subject was ''How
can this board promote good legisla-
ton ?" He urged purity in politics
and the selecting of fit and capable
men as candidates for the peoples suf-
ferage, that good legislation might be
attained
Senator Bird, of Wausaukee, con-
tinued the discussion and advocated a
higher standard for the voters as well
as for officials. Individual effort in
this direction he urged as necessity.
Rev. S. A. Ebert, pastor of the local
Polish Catholic church, was to have
made the address of welcome in the
(evening but was called to Green Bay.
Rev. S. N. Wilson filled his place on
the program, making hearty and
spirited address. DR.. H. Coleman, of
Milwaukee, responded in behalf of the
convention.
Rev. t. Nj. Hare, of Milwaukee, spoke
of the "Decadence of Manhood, lay
ing stress on the American as an ex-
ample. The American people have
made great strides in commercial adj
vancement but along moral and politi-
cal lines they are falling to lower level
so much so that conditions are being
presented that bode evil for the repub-
lies safety.
Laws Supremacy" was handled by
K. Il. Hicks. Nowhere, he said, is law
more enthroned than in this country
where the sovereign is above the law,
but whose laws are evidences of his
own weakness. 1t is not more laws
that are needed in this country, but a
stricter enforcement of those already
passed. If the collective body makes
no effort toward enforcement, it is the
duty of individuals to enervate them
selves to the task.
Rev. j. F. Young, of Marshfield,
treated of the subject The Sunday
Newspaper" He spoke of the trashy
stuff with which many of the Sunday
newspapers are now largely composed,
a I'd argued against the paper. Speak
ing of evils he said that large forces of
men are breaking the Sabbath in get
ting out the Sunday editions, trainmen
are forced to make up Sunday
trains for the carrying of these millions
of papers, 200. 600 newsboys are engaged
Sundays in selling them, and their per-
usal is detriment to the church. Con-
tinued reading of newspapers shapes
mind and character, and upon children
the moral influence of Sunday papers
is quite bad.
Rev. l.. W. Trousdale, of Madison,
discussed 1.-The public schools from a
moral standpoint" and urged greater
support of our primary institutions of
learning. The morals of the child
should be formed in the public schools,
and patriotism advanced, aud patriot
must necessarily be a good citizen to be
patriot. He considered the with
drawal of the bible from the public
schools an act of grotesque bigotry and
advocated the adoption of sections of
the bible by the teachers in their in
structions to the children.
The convention closed Thursday
evening with many short addresses by
different ones of the visiting delegation
and altogether the meetings were most
profitable to those interested in church
work.
The visitors, while in the city, were
entertained in the different homes and
their stay made as pleasant as possible.