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

ed-there' was no question about
that-but a greater question was
how the great laboring class and
capital was to get along peaceably
and happily.
World of Sin.
"We are in world of sin, and
this is why we are making this
great demand. There are two great
monarchs in the world today-sin
and Gods grace or love. Man was
not created in sin but sin entered
into the world through man. l will
not try to define sin, but if you go
croSswise of the temporal or spirit
ual law you will be punished. We
know something of the awful effects
of sin: The way for Christian men
today is to face the question as it is
not to try to cover it. up or deny
| it, We will gain ground when we
look upon the matter as it is-that
the world is full of sin, deluged by
it. You are not here to be Gained
! and lullabied today. How did the
sin occur? The Bible tells that it
was in unbelief, when the woman,
Eve, turned her back on Gods COM
mand and believed the man, Adam.
| How was it that sin got such hold
of our first parents and Satan was
able to lead them astray? 1t was
! the same as with people of today.
Eve was pointed out that which she
was commanded not to take, and
was told how good it was, and final
| ly she reached out and took it. 1t
is so with boys of today who go
| astray. The whole world is plunged
in sin, morally, physically and every
other way. 1t is no use to deny
| Ewes crime. 1t can be seen about
us anywhere. There are men every
where stranded on account OF sin,
who are struggling against appetites
and temptation. The Lord deliver
us from sin.
Must Face These Things.
Men, let us face these things this
afternoon, for i take it you are as
sembled here for business and not
for pleasure or sentiment You are
here to stand by these ministers
this movement. If you don't stand
by them, there are awful perils
j threatening our welfare"
The speaker told of two young
women graduates of the Minnesota
university recently being found 60
| ing to their room in a Minneapolis
hotel, so drunk that they had to be
helped into the elevator by the por-
ter. A generation ago few high
school boys smoked, but now it is
+, claimed that those who do not
smoke are the exception, and that
those university students who do not
drink are the exception. 1t is time
that something was done. Some of
the sweetest, incest appearing high
school girls-but | need not say
what they are charged with-you
know what l mean. -.1-.t.
'We are facing a mans PROPOSE
tion-one that demands the richest
blood-the red corpuscles-to take
such action that it will be imposst-
BILE for our boys and our girls to be
led astray. 1t takes power and wis
dom and courage greater than mans
to meet the conditions.
Sin Is Everywhere.
Coming up the street this after
noon | noticed fakes of soft coal
SCOT filling the air and go which
way I could | could not get away
from them. 1t is so with SHIT is
everywhere-and when it strikes
people it besmirches them like the
SCOT flakes. False lights are flashing
everywhere. Some say it is needed
to throw about the men and women
good environment This will not
alone save them. There are those
who claim that full information cast
out will sOOn-but this will not do
it alone. Counter attractions, advo-
Gated by others, will not Of them
selves save the boys and girls. Let
us get down to business. Sin is
everywhere. Lives ruined every
where, strong characters everywhere
losing their power-these and other
things are the result of sin. You
know it is so. Watch the men who
are lustful when they pass a beau
tiful woman on the street-watch
their eyes-and her eyes. You should
feel like grabbing them by the neck
and forcing them into the gutter.
The Spirit of God.
1.-THE spirit of God must be put
in us to overcome the world, the
flesh and the devil. The voice of God
is speaking to us through Romans
V. The great demand is met by
the greatest supply. We are here
to face some propositions, and we
are going to face them. The great
demand that comes to us from the
laboring men and the rich men is
for help. God is looking for instru-
ments, but cannot work through you
unless your lives are pure. 1t is like
looking through telescope. God
never made us to be looked at, or
he would have made better looking
things. He made us and set. us Oh
this old earth to help others by the
purity of our lives. One cannot
look through a telescope that IS
spotted and blurred by specks OF
dirt. Many man of the world has
tried to look at Jesus Christ through
| your lives, but has seen so much
dirt that he could not. He may not
have said much, but he may have
thought that if you belonged to the
church he was sorry for the church.
God wants to transmit his power
through you, but he cannot If your
! lives are clouded by sins.
"Do you want better condition
of things in your beautiful city? Are
you ready to pay the price? / know
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