The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-03-17
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Prayer for the Children.

Mr.. Pearce offered prayer for the
children, particularly the neglected
ones.
Rev. N F. Douglas of Minneapolis
spoke on Our Responsibility to the
children He referred to the sacred
ness of motherhood. The child is
like the receiving station of wireless
biography, and receives its impulses
from others. There is no harvest
unless the seed is sown. IL we look
forward to decision day of the chill
dren we must SOW the seed iii their
minds when they are small. We
must be examples for the children.
The child should be taught to pray
as early as possible.
/ The spirit Of loyalty is needed most
! in the local societies. The Chris
tian's creed is both prayer and duty,
conservation and service. There is n
great call for wonders, and this can
not be overcome unless the ordi-
nary citizens take a deeper interest.
! 1t is hard to lead little child
much i'm advance of the daily eX-
ample that he sees.
Round Table Conference.
A round table conference was con-
keep the young men was asked. 1t
was answered by different teachers
of young mems classes. Take a
vital interest in them, take them to
a picnic, give them big job, organ
ize an athletic association, let them
! feel that they have organized the
class, give them suppers, were some
Of the answers.
| How to get the baseball enthusi-
asts into the Bible class? Go after
them.
! Should special programs ever in.
terfere with the Sunday school
hour? The question was put to
vote, and nearly everyone voted
no"
Should the Sunday school hour be
cut down for special programs? No,
but there are exceptions to all rules.
If the superintendent should die dur
/ ing the service, it might be stopped,
Mr.. Pearce said.
Mr.. Pearce interjected that men
do not study the Bible enough. Many
men make muss Of their business
because they do not read the Bible.
Six times in the book of Proverbs il
says man must not go security for
another. The Bible tells how to get
along with your wife, how to make
love to your girl. If the Bible was
lived up to, there would not be so
much trouble between capital and
labor.
When should missions be taught?
was asked. When something about
it is found in the Bible, replied Mr..
/ Pearce.
What will we do with a pastor
who uses up the Sunday school
hour? Different persons answered:
Show him the door or give him q
Sunday school class. Mr.. Pearce
said that shuttle stops when the
loom runs out of thread-it would be
a good thing if it was the same way
with preachers. Sunshine accom-
plishes much. Every preacher should
be given a Bible class. The super
intendent should welcome the pas
tor and adapt his changes, even If
for the worse, seemingly.
Who is to tell the preacher when
he is wrong? We should be frank
about all things. The Bible is the
book to go by. Each one should go
to the pastor and make his message
courteous. The best friend a man
has is one who will come to him
that way.
The elementary, advanced divi-
sion and adult division conferences
met at $3.50 o'clock. The elementary
met at the NJ. e. church. and the
other two at the Presbyterian church
The Advanced Division.
The advanced division, in the lee
mre room, was presided over by
! Paul S. Dietrich. We said that this
was the first time that the intermedl-
ates and SEM Ors were ever discus
sed in a Minnesota conference, as
this was the baby organization of
the state.
Mr.. Moninger spoke upon Char
acter of the Pulpit" He asked how
many had read one book in the last
year to better equip themselves for
their work, and quite a few raised
their hands. Many promised to
read one during the coming year,
and the speaker gave the titles of
several. In an Ohio Sunday school,
the question was asked how many
had stolen between the ages of nine
and twelve. Everyone, the pastor
and wife, every superintendent and
the rest, had stolen something, but
had been caught and had returned
the goods or the price Children be-
tween the ages of twelve and sixteen
years read books of Il certain kind
Jesse James book and other books of
the kind, telling of shooting and
murders. In twenty per cent of the
homes of the speakers Sunday
school scholars, impure reading was
found that poisoned their lives.
Educating the Boys.
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