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


service. Such an appeal, even to
the note of heroism, fuses the latent
vitality of duty, fires the courage of
conviction, inspires energy and I'm
vites that most kingly joy of life,
the satisfaction of worthy accom-
plishment.
Life Consecrated Without Reserve.
There is no type of life so de-
voted in the zeal of worship, SO earn
est in prayer, so loyal in it's ale
glance to God, as a life which has
been consecrated without reserve by
enlisting for service in some mission
to human need. Character can not
be developed without the exercise OF
conduct any more than mastery in
music or art without practice. skill
in 4 trade without toll or ability
in business without experience. Our
responsibility TO the child specifies
the requirement of furnishing both
the incentives and the examples OF
life of service which gladly min
listers to the needs of humanity and
so helps forward the plan of God
for perfecting life. Social efficiency
is the method by which we press
toward the mark Of the prize Of the
high calling of God
This afternoon Judge Mckenzie
Cleland of Chicago spoke on 'The
Man of Galiiee for the Men of Min
nesota' His address follows:
"Mr. Pearce is to speak this even
ing on the subject The Men of Min
nesota for the Man Of Galilee,' and
/ want to reverse that subject for
what l have to say this afternoon
and TO take for a text Matt. 1920
"A bruised reed shall he not break
and smoking fax shall he not quench
till he send forth Judgment unto vic
tory
"The growth of the Christian
church is the miracle Of the ages.
Nineteen hundred years ago it was
composed of few unlearned fish
ermen Of no influence; today there
is said to be church building dedi-
Gated somewhere every fifteen min
utes.
IF you ask me the secret Of this
development and how it has been
possible for an enterprise launched
under circumstances which from
every standpoint Of human wisdom
and experience, must certainly fail,
TO become the greatest thing i'm the
world, | point you to its founder,
and in these words spoken by the
prophet Isaiah and applied by Jesus
to himself we discover the secret OF
his power over the hearts and lives
of men. a bruised reed shall he
not break and smoking fax shall
he not quench till he send forth
judgment unto victory A wonderful
picture of the gentleness and SYM
pathy Of Jesus.
"A reed is about the weakest and
most useless thing that grows. 1t
has no flowers for the hand of taste.
1t has no fruits for the lap of toll.
1t has no timber for architecture and
CdH lOl III HO WcdpOl lOI WAL II
apologies for its existence by with
drawing into the swamps away from
animal and vegetable life. The only
use it could be put to was to help
make very poor musical instru-
ment, but if it was at all bruised
it was useless for even this poor
service, and was broken up and
thrown away. We are told that of
all things in the world fax is the
most combustible.
1.-THE smallest spark will kindle it
into blaze, therefore if it is smok-
ing only there is so little fire as to
be unworthy Of consideration. We
could not be expected 10 spend any
time over such an insignificant evil
dence of fire as that, but Jesus is
the friend of the bruised reed and
the smoking fax. What man has re-
jected as worthless he has accepted
as thing of value. When earth's
storms have torn and crushed, he is
at hand to build up and pour in the
healing ointment of his love.
when the lamp is about to die
out and only the smoke Of the van