The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-10-14
ON BROTHERHOOD
Assistant Secretary Chadbourne Dis
coursed on the Benefits of Meth
odist brotherhood.

OdiSt HrOtletlOO0.
Rev. Charles Chadbourne, of Bos-
ton, the assistant secretary Of the
Methodist brotherhood, the national
organization, did not have the right
kind of an audience at the Methodist
church Wednesday evening to talk
brotherhood to, for the reason
that the greater part of the audience
was made up of women, but the as
.sistant secretary made the most of it
for he c%ontrasted the great work of
the women of the church with that of
the men, and made it all the more
plain WIN the brotherhood should be
built up on stronger lines.
MI. S. e. Morris. the president of
the local chapter of the Brotherhood,
presided during the evening and lead
the devotional exercises which open
ed the meeting. In introducing the
speaker OF the evening Mr.. Morris
spoke of the greater need of the men
becoming more strongly associated
with the work Of the church, and
felt that they we're rising to the oc-
|casion much better as the years went
by.
] Mr.. Chadbourne contrasted the
work of the women In the church
with that of the men, and said that
women were really the heroines of
God, for they practice more self-de-
NAL, and in fact are the salvation of
1.-THE church. He felt that at times the
way the women have done more than
their share of the church's work that
it would be a great calamity to the
Ichurch should their financial support
be withdrawn, in fact he was con-
I fdent that many a church would act
ually collapse without the good wo-
men.
He declared that the laymen of the
church have not worked as have the
women, and what they have done has
Ibeen without any sort of method, and
which the Brotherhood is endeavor-
ing to bring into their work. The
Brotherhood, he asserted, has been
at work in the. church for six months
and it outlined a plan for definite
action on the part Of the men and
their work is now commencing to tell
1t is the intention to have a chapter
Iof the Brotherhood in every Of
1.-THE 1900 Methodist churches of the
country, and although but six month.
have gone there are now 500 of the
chapters which have an enthusiastic
membership. r..
One of the fundamental' ideas ant
strongest powers for men in the
church is the gang spirit said Mr.
|Chadbourne. THAT may sound rath
ler out of place for use in religion:
work." said the pastor, .but it con
veys the idea of working togethe,
better than anything else that l know
lof.. One man cannot do much alone
but get a dozen, twenty or thirty will
the gang spirit thoroughly imbuet
in them and they will work with tina
tenacity of purpose which will brin,
results. They are bound by the strong
power Of fellowship and they know
not what-it is. to falter."
Mr.. Chadbourne expressed the idea
that the social nature of man has no
been cultivated sufficiently in con
Injection with church work as to ge
him into stronger relations, and thii
he believed would be a great nelp
There isn't a man but who appre
iciates the cultivation of his socia
mature and the more of this that II
done the greater interest men will
feel In the church.
MI. Chadbourne awoke the me1
Of the church to a higher sense o,
their duty by his straightforward tall
and impressed them with the neces
sity Of getting into the harness FOL
Their fu1l worth.