The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-07-15

tudyinS the new DOCK on the
negro problem, 'The Upward PATH
On Sunday morning brief missionary
talks will be given by missionary spe-
cialists and Miss Adelaide Gail Frost of
Mahoba, United Provinces, India, who
, is home on furlough will be one OF the
speakers.
From Saturdays Daily.
,, "The three great words of Christian
Endeavor work." said Karl Lehman.
in his stirring address before the CON
vention last night are words which
begin with the three letters of our
Christian Endeavor monogram. The
first great word is Conservation. Month
after month we hold our conservation
meetings. Many times they are not
all that we might desire; they do not
always accomplish what we wish them
to accomplish, but nevertheless they
are our best meetings. There are lSany
kinds of conservation, but there is only
one spirit underlying it all. That is
the spirit which desires that God
oiiouiN ShooSt ioi tdSIi VI US, NlIOtiu
direct and control our lives and make
of it what it should be.
'The second great word is Enthus
iasm. Often people say in criticism
of a band of Endeavorers, oh they
are just IA bunch of enthusiastic young
sters.' They are--they should be. 1t
takes enthusiasm to make anything
succeed. Enthusiasm and youth are
synonymous That young man or
woman who has never been enthus
iastic over something has never been
young. He may never have been en-
thusiastic over Christian Endeavor as
yet, but he must have been enthusi
astic over something.
SIN New York state today there is
no bettmg on horse racing us the re-
suit of the enthusiasm of Governor
Hughes. The enthusiasm of that one
man has changed the attitude of the
entire people toward that evil. AS
another example, take Governor Folk
of Missouri, who by his enthusiasm
put stop to the same thing in the
city of Delmar.
Give the Small Boy Chance.
'In the city of Denver, Coll. is Il
man who believes that men are born
into the world to do all they can to
make the world better, and who be-
lieves that every one should have this
chance. Less than fifteen years ago
a small boy who was interested in con-
structing telephone line, entered Il
store room and stole thirty cents worth
OF wire. The telephone company said
bring him to Justice and he was tried
and found guilty of larceny. He was
sent to Jail for fifteen days and dur
ing that time he was given a very
complete course in criminal training.
As Il result he came out a hardened
criminal and has cost the government
many times the price of the wire.
Today in that city and in cities all
over the United States the boy, who
makes a mistep gets fair chance
because of the intense enthusiasm OF
Ben Il. Lindsey.
This kind of enthusiasm is what is
needed to make Christian Endeavor
work 90 in our state. Too many So
cieties are struggling along with thirty
or forty members when they should
have one hundred, simply because their
members ladl this enthusiasm. The
weekly prayer meeting which is often
weakly i'll more ways than one is weak
because OF the same lack.
Greatest Word Is Service.
''The third and greatest word OF
Christian Endeavor is Service. One
NAV be consecrated and may be very
enthusiastic but unless he does some
thing the other two things amount to
nothing. Don't let some one else Go
the work, don't just talk, but do.
Don't make the mistake of waiting for
some big thing to come along to DE
done. Take Sunday school class;
help in prayer meeting. Do whatever
is Given YOU to do and do it enthusias-
tically.
Service for country, for the home.
for your society are all important, but
most important of all IS the service
for the unsaved souls. The thing the