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

Besides the $50 sets of the Free
Press ordered 800 extra copies OF
tonight's issue will be printed and
mailed out to key men in Southwest.
ern Minnesota.
1t seemed good to see Mr.. Locker
in Mankato again. We haven't for
gotten the Sunday school convention
OF last spring.
God will not hear man who
says me- instead of our in re-
peating the Lords prayer"
"Ye cannot see my face except
your brother be with YOU"
From Monuay's Daiiv
After months Of hard, conscien-
! tious work by the local committee
men, the Men and Religion Forward
Movement convention was given a
good start, as far as Mankato men
were concerned, at the meetings yes
terday. The attendance was good,
filing the body of the Methodist
church in the afternoon, and the
| Presbyterian church in the evening.
! Inc C1FlSIldl lIloll VI Tic CITY WclO
called on to put their Christianity
/ into practice. In the evening a wom-
ems meeting was held at the same
! hour in the Methodist church and
addressed by Mrs. Jameson.
Brings Strangers Into City.
The trains since early morning
have been bringing delegates from
other towns, and more will come in
tomorrow. Secretary G. B. Osgood
and the local committee have spar
ed no pains to get the attention OF
Southwestern Minnesota. The adver-
Using and deputation work will, it
is said, compare favorably with that
for any of the 1900 conventions to
be held in the United States and
Canada in connection with the move
ment Unlike most church cOnven'
tons in the past, the delegates pay
their own way Another feature of
the movement is that the meetings
are held exclusively for men and
! boys.
Rev. Buswell took the address at
the high school this morning sched-
uled for Mr.. Fagenstrom, who could
not reach here until the noon train.
Mr. Fagenstrom will be on hand for
the older boys supper this evening,
as announced. He is the boys secre-
tary in the ST. Paul Y. M. C. A. and
well known here.
Rev. S. M. Dick Presiding.
Rev. S. NJ. Dick of the Wesley
Methodist Episcopal church, Mime
apolis, is presiding over the regular
convention sessions, which began at
two o'clock this afternoon. DR.. Dick
is to give the address on social
service this evening, the Invest topic
the convention has to handle. The
main sessions are being held at the
Presbyterian church. A slight
change has been made in the han
ding of the conferences on different
sides of mems work. Instead Of
holding these in separate buildings,
the committee has decided to run
them one after another, so that a
delegate may get the benefit of ex-
perts on all the topics.
The Mems Big Meeting.
T The program of the Men and Re-
| ligion Forward Movement was opened
at four o'clock yesterday afternoon,
at Centenary Methodist Episcopal
church, with mems meeting, the
speaker being Rev. James o. Bus
well of Minneapolis, principal of the
Northwest Training Institute of that
city. The large auditorium of the
church was well filled, in the audi
ence being many strangers who had
come from Southwestern Minnesota
towns and cities to attend the ses-
sions of the convention. Many more
of these out of town delegates ar
rived today.
The afternoon program was open
ed with several musical selections,
led by mems chorus of some
twenty voices, the audience rising
to participate. The chorus COM
prised the members of the Y. M. c..
A. Glee club, which, after the gen.
eral singing, took the platform and,
under the capable direction of Mrs.
H. A. Patterson, delighted the audi
ence with a selection, Father, Take
My Hand" Miss Koke presided at
the organ.
Secretary Deerhake, who had pre-
sided to this point, surrendered the
gavel to George M. Palmer, chair
man of the Men and Religion For
warn MONelHcllJ OISdulLdllOH. oCiip-
ture reading was from Gen. 12:11,
led by Dr. Boswell. Rev. R. w.
Hobbs led in prayer. Another song,
announcements and collection to-
ward the expenses of the conven-
ton closed the preliminary part of
the program.
DR.. Boswell was then introduced,
and spoke of an interesting visit to
the city a year ago. Those inter
ested in the movement, in Mime
apolis, had been praying for the sue
cess of this convention. The vest
pocket edition gotten out by the To-
cal publicity committee was a splen-
did thing. He referred briefly 20
several sentences in it and laid en-
phasis on the thought therein con-
tanned.
Great Work of the Master.
"We are here to consider the
great work of the Master" said DR..
Boswell Il have tried to study
men and the problems that confront
them. What we men need today Is
not popular addresses, but to have
the problem presented to us fairly
and cuuarolvn