The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-12-08

the church, as it is best not to divide
the strength of the church. The key
men make the executive committee
III inter-church movements.
Where it is desired to start the
present movement i'm a town where
IT is unknown, the right man. one
who is inspired, should be gotten to
address the men at a supper.
Men who lose money by acting
right should be stood by. We should
hold up each others hands.
What would you do in town
where sixty sor seventy slot machines
are running openly?" was asked
The speaker replied that the church
brotherhood should become federated
and clean out the slot machines. In
a city of the size of Mankato, all of
the church brotherhoods should be-
come federated
Hold Thou My Hand" in a most
effective manner, his well trained
tenor being well supported by Miss
Skuse at the piano. The audience
also sang a hymn.
ouSWe!I on 6Vdn9cIiSm.
Rev. j. A. Boswell of Minneapolis
spoke upon Evangelism" and con-
Quoted a conference upon that sub
ject. The work in Mankato has only
just started, and the publicity COM
mittee deserves vote of thanks and
hearty cooperation in sending out the
vest pocket editions, he said. 1t was
the best thing in the advertising line
that the speaker had seen.
Rev. Boswell spoke of his visit to
the high school, He had found that
better conditions are existing there
than in most cities. The glee club
is fine thing. He had learned that
the teacher of music is striving to
create taste for higher music and
does not stand for the degenerating
rag time music. The city also has
remarkably fine corps of teachers,
who are doing all that they can for
the good of the scholars, and Man
kato is to be congratulated. The men
should stand by the teachers, and
should let the teacher of music
know that she is endorsed in efforts
for music of high character. Call
her up on the telephone and let her
know your feelings" said the speaker
A business man of MankatO had
spoken to the speaker at noon and
commended him on his remarks Sun
day on the student question. The
business man had said that it
was time that stop was put to the
use of tobacco i'm the high schools
and liquor in the colleges. The
speaker had learned for the first time
from this man that snuff is used by
boys in schools.
1.-THE men cannot afford to have
anything between them and the best
service i'll the community, and should
therefore cut out all bad habits,
such as smoking. If we are going
to lift as we have got to lift, we
have got to be right with God and
right with our fellow men, In doing
evangelism, it means getting down
and living right.
mo two men can be approached
alike, in doing personal evangelism.
Men are as different as the leaves of
the trees, and each must be ap-
preached in a different way The
failure TO do this has cost much loss
sstence is needed. One should be as
Bettering the Lumber Camps.
The speaker related i'm dramatic
manner how wealthy lumberman
of Minneapolis has sent a man named
Davis to work evangelism in his
lumber camps in this state and on
the Pacific coast, and how he has
also provided clean camps for his
men, with individual bedrooms and
white beds and shower baths and
writing and reading rooms, i'm place
of the old ill-smelling and filthy
bunk houses.
How to study the Bible, was pre-
scented by the speaker. When an or
sanization is formed. they will go
against the slot machines and fight
for the good of the morals of the
community, shoulder to shoulder, he
said.
An engineer said that there are
three Sunday theatres going in Man
katO. and asked how the Gospel was
to be taken to those people who go
to them. Over half of the people here
do not 80 to any church, he said.
The speaker thought the best way
was by sending printed matter, to
be gotten into the homes by the
publicity committee. which must be
kept busy. Another way is to study
the people who go to the Sunday
theatres and see how best to reach
them as individuals. Other amuse-
ments should be provided, to show
the young people that there are
better things than cards, dancing and
the theatre. He cited how lady
had thrown her home open.
The enquirer was not fully salts
fled with the answer, and thought il
would mean a revolution to entertain