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


expects of the church This is the
tremendous thing today There was
never before such significant day
as this is, and we must fulfil the
expectations.
There are lots of churches that
are glass engines. There are men
that are like glass engines. They run
finely, but don't do any business.
The church should have all the pow
er of God turned into it and do all
the good that it can. The world,
tired with its long struggle with
evil, turns to the church for relief,
and the church should be deep
struck with sense of its respon-
siblity. 1t is for this reason that
this convention is met. The speaker
had no time for man who stands
around and continually talks of what
the church has done. The church
makes mistakes, of course. This can
not be helped. When we begin TO
tswell with pride we will hit a rock.
There are lot Of spars sticking up
where some of these rocks are, and
away
Moral Advances Come From Church.
The moral advances of the world
have come from the church of Jesus
Christ, although we may not always
have known it. This is the reason
for the expectation felt in regard
to the church. You have not half
reached the problem when you build
hospitals and Good Samaritan i2ns.
We should drive the robbers from
the Jericho road. Hospitals alone
will not save the world The church
is the place to get weapons to get
out on the street with. 1t is not
IA retreat, except occasionally in
times OF great storms. Ii is better
TO learn how to fight out the storm
than to flee from it to harbor.
One man asked for a 'he-religion.'
He wanted something virile He
wanted TO go out on the Jericho
road and kill the robbers. He would
should be honor for such man. and
a place for him in the church.
Christ laid down his life for us,
and we should be willing to lay
down our lives for our. brethren. The
path Of martyrdom is much better
than that Of ease. The church will
not thrive if all go into it for ease.
We must go into il to engage in a
fight with evil. No religion gains
by the mere lapse Of time; it loses.
church will be stifled by its own dry
foliage. The church is more in dan
ger from stagnation than from any
thing else. 1t will take care of it,
self it has the stuff in it to do it;
but if the church tries to cOnfine
itself to theology and the Bible it
will fail. 1t must reach out, to the
broader issues of life.
There is no doubt but that the
rules Of commercial life are today
dominated by principles antagonistic
to Christian principles. Many evils
could be defended on the principles
followed in commercial life. Many
men say that i'm view Of the situa-
ton they won't try to follow better
principles. The churches all talk that
the world as constituted now is evil
Asceticism was an expression of this,
and was pathetic. The eXpectant
world has torn down the walls of
the monistary and has said, Go and
do something The church must
either condemn the world and seek
to change it, or tolerate it and con
form to it, Too many people take
the latter alternative. The other pos
sibility has never been given a rea-
sOnable trial on sufficient scale
Men should throw themselves into
the work Of the church with the en-
thusiasm of power-with the same
efforts as used in their own business
Deeper Brotherhood.
"a deeper and more fruitful broth
erhood among men is needed, and
should be worked for. There are men
who hang onto Il thing that is NOV
ing and sponge what they ought TO
be working for. What is needed is
strong men, self-sacrifcing for the
world. We stand for the longest
life, the cleanest service, for man,
for God. We should do something
for somebody 10 help lift his burden
or throw in little light on his
darkened life.
THE church stands anew for the
best there is in man"
The evening service closed with
singing and benediction by Rev A.
ID. Haupt, pastor of the English Lu-
theran church at Albert Lea.
SECTIONAL MEETINGS HELD
Missions Were Discussed; Home De-
partment Was Worth While.
This morning two fine sectional
meetings were held. In the audito-
rum Of tho church tho noiccionc COO