Willmar tribune., 1908-07-22

power to save even thruout all the
ages. What have the forceful
Christians accomplished? Look at
Paul, who by courage, faith and
greatness Of life gave a world i'm
petus to the small beginning of
Christianity. Look at Savonarola.
at Luther, who by the courage of
his conviction caused the greatest
spiritual awakening since the days
of the apostles. Look at Knox,
Calvin, Moody, White6eld and
countless others who caught the
Spirit of the Master and see what
force means in the lives of men.
"Our religion must be a religion
of faith, faith in God, giving vi
sions of ideals to be followed, faith
in ourselves, giving courage to do,
and faith in our fellows, instilling
into US a spirit of selfsacrifice.
Our religion must be one of hope,
that great life giving principle
which looks ahead with confidence.
1t must be religion of love, that
greatest principle of all, which
makes workers., martyrs, patriots.
Give me men of faith, hope and
love, and l will give you back men
of force, and force is the very es-
sence of our religion.
"We ought to be overcoming
forces, overcoming not only the
beast within but the temptations
without. And then we ought to
help others to overcome, working
until all men everywhere shall have
been made gentle, strong, brave
and righteous by reason of the
force we transmit, working to over
come greed, strife, the saloon as
we'll as the political boss, and all
other hindrances of peace. Furth-
er, we ought to be purifying and
saving force. The world needs
such forces and it behooves US as
Christians to furnish them. It is
true that Christ has given US big
tasks to do, but he has also given
US the ability to perform them.
Let us therefore 60 on hopeful,
faithful, let US endeavor to see our
mission such as Christ saw his, and
let US work until all men shall
know the Master as King of all.
And finally, we ought to be enlight-
ening forces, helping to remove the
darkness all about us, by word, by
deed, by influence. And lest this
influence be wasted, let US focalize
it, let US direct it along some def
mite line to accomplish some def
mite purpose
After this splendid address,
Trafford N. Jayne, State President,
briefly reviewed the work of the
year, congratulating the various
state officers and committees for
their faithful work during the past
two years.
| The meeting closed in burst of
enthusiasm occasioned by telegraph
ic greetings received from Francis
E. Clark, the founder of the C. E..
movement, The National Anti-Sa-
loon League Washington, D. c.;
The Manitoba Union and the Flor
ida Union. Each telegram as it
was read by Miss Gundlach, called
forth prolonged applause and it
was a most happy throng that
left the church building after the
conclusion of the exercises that
night.
Saturday morning was devoted
to continued mission study, after
which Henry J. Petran of Albert
Lea gave splendid talk on "Sow-
ing the Seed." State Field Secre-
tary Howell then gave an interest
ing resume of his work during the
ten months he had been engaged in
the work. The business hour
which followed the afternoon ses-
sion at Green Lake and the evening
session there is reported under an
other head.
On Sunday morning Rev. H. C.
Buell. delivered the Convention SER
mon, BLESSED to be a Blessing, .
printed in full elsewhere in this is
sue.
One of the most instructive of
the sessions was held in the after
noon. 1t was a Junior Rally, to
which all the children of the city
had been invited. 1t was in charge
of Miss Haggard, State Junior
Supt., ably assisted by Miss Brack
of St. Paul. One Of the finest ob.
ject lessons ever seen in this city
was presented in a most interesting
way by Miss Brack, and she held
the undivided attention of the
big as we'll as the small children all
thru. The rest of the afternoon
was spent in a conference on Junior
work.
Sunday evening the delegates
gathered in the closing session.
The report of the committee or
Resolutions was read by F. H. Col.
we'll, and adopted after which the
closing address, america fol
Christ" was given by Rev. Geo
W. Davis, Ph. D., of Manchester
College. His message was posi-.
tive one, and was presented in &
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