The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-03-17
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Dr.. Freeman Gave tho Men OF tho
i Methodist Church . Grand lalk
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Dr. Freeman Gave tho Men OF tho
i Methodist Church . Grand lalk
vt AAleir supper.
, About one hundred and TWENTY-FIVE
men Of the methodist church were
gathered around the banquet. board
In the basement OF the cnurcn Tues-
DAY evening, the occasion being ar
ranged to meet Dr. FREEMAN. presi-
oent OF tue college AT AaorAlngside.
AAe supper, Wnica was lnaeed q
hearty one. was admirably served by
the Woman's Aid OF the church. and
they further demonstrated their aid
to the church.
When All a been supplied s.. IL.
Morris called the assembly to order
n spoke of the n4ens League. OF
the church, under whose auspices tha
supper was given. he relerred with
mucn feeling u interest of what
the men and the league can do for
the church, n it was in this con-
nectlon. also in connection with the
Laymens' missionary movement that
Dr. Freeman was brought here from
Sioux City to talk to the men of the
church. Mr.. Morris explained in de-
tail what the league hoped to attain
In the years OF Its existence-plan-
ming n holding meetings of the
same character some three OF four
times q year. and looked forward to
the idea that the league would meet
Tor ti4eir annual banquet GU Llncolu's
birthuay. on. which occasion other
men would be invited to participate.
The MeI.s' League has juss l.,cnsor-
gapized. and has not really got itself
on a working basis, but tuu ,rc.ident
feels hat it will reach that place very
DR.. Freeman, In the course Of
his remarks, struck q cry popular
chord with the men Of the church.
and he said that he was pleased Inn
mensely to meet with sucn q large
body Of men in church or mission
work. and he considered 1t a rare
opportunity to be permitted to adj
dress SO many men in n body. He
said that he was exceedingly glad to
find that the men of the church were
taking the passports that have been
held so long by the women Of the
church and are using them more per-
sonally every year. The time is COM
ing" said the speaker, when the
men of the world will be heard from
in the strongest ter1ns-they are
awakening TO their duty, to what they
have failed to do in all the years that
are past, and they are going at 1t with
that evident earnestness which indi-
Gates to me that they now appreciate
what they have missed in all these
past years.
I'VE often speak Of what the
church has done for us. In that ca
Ipacity perhaps 1t has never occurred
to you to think what you owe to the
church for what 1t has done for you.
The church standing in the commun-
ity itself breaches quite s strong SER
mon to every man that passes 1t.
Many a man counts it the greatest
pleasure to sit in the church Sunday
after Sunday and listen to the sermon
that is given by the pastor-it holds
them steady in the pathway of right
~eousness."
The speaker referred to the social
and intellectual side of the church,
and what it has done to reveal these
characteristics and to enlarge and
broaden them among mankind
through all the years. He touched.
with interest on the denominational
schools of the country. holding them
to a higher plane OF cultivation Of the
religious tendencies than the state
institutions, in which there is no re-
ligious teachings. This feature Of
the UNCONVENTIONAL school, the speak
er believed, rounded out the men and
women who we're leaving the schools
for their work in life and thus pre-
pairing them better to meet with and
surmount the difficulties. In his own
experience he has discovered that the
men with.these tendencies meet with
tie greater successes in life.
His references to the missionaries
of the countries were notable tributes
to The men and ome who have
sacrificed home ties to go across the
water to foreign countries and enter
religious work, and at the same time
pave the way for the commercial
world to follow. DR.. Freeman refer
red in a general way to the coming
of the Laymens' Missionary conven-
tion which meets here March 20, 80,
81. as being gathering which will.