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

cities, ETC., God will reward it with
victory. In Minneapolis, three COM
missions have been appointed to in
veStigate evils there. 1t is necessary
to know about these things in order
to fight them. 1t lis planned to have
the men of the churches all united,
so as to throw their force against
any weak points. There is no evil
that will withstand the concentrated
force of the church of God. when led
by the Christian Spirit. The Christian
man cannot expect his wife to fight
the battle successfully. 1t is mans
battle 1t used to be so that ice
walls separated the Protestant de-
nominations. They did not pull to-
gether, there were chickering's and
lambastings, but now the warmth of
the Spirit of Christ in the hearts of
men has melted the walls down un-
til there is nothing but wet streak,
and the Sun of God is now licking
up the water where these ice walls
stood, and thank God soon all Chris
tians will be united in one solid
phalanX, to work His will
The audience sang STAND Up,
Stand Up For Jesus" and DR.. Dick
dismissed the audience with bene-
diction.
Meeting This Forenoon.
This forenoon's session was pre-
sided over by A. NJ. Locker of ST..
Paul, secretary of the State Sunday
School association. Several hymns
were sung by the audience, led by
Secretary Deerhake, and Joseph
Tallman, an instructor in the Man
kato Commercial college, sang a
splendid bass solo, There Is Work
for ALL" He possesses fine voice,
well cultivated, and puts life and
thought into his work. Rev. r. w.
Hobbs offered prayer.
Each of the forenoon speakers
was allowed forty minutes. The first
speaker was Rev. w. H. Medler,
pastor of the Linden Hills Congrega-
tional church, Minneapolis, who
toek the place of Harry w. Jones,
who could not be present. He spoke
upon missions" The Father sent
Jesus Christ to this earth, and in
this was involved the spirit of mis-
sions. Missions is the key to the
Bible and also the key to history
The church and the nations live
only by giving. What is the mean
ing of the great wars and rumors
of war springing up in the orient
in China and in Turkey and else
where? 1t means that the doors
are being flung open, and it is the
great opportunity for the missionary
movement to enter. There was
plenty of encouragement while
ago, but there is now new enthusi-
assn. The men and Religion For
ward Movement is the most wonder
full thing of modern times, and is
developing such vigor and speed that
even church members are scarcely
realizing it's greatness.
The speaker, told of a trip that
he had taken to foreign countries,
Investigating the missionary field.
He was in DR.. Clark's party of
hundred Christian Endeavorers who
took trip around the world. The
doors were everywhere opened 70
the visitors, who were expected,
and the work was seen at its best.
At Cairo, Egypt, the Presbyterians
have one of the greatest missions in
the world, in the midst of Moham-
dams are breaking away from thei,
religion, which is disintegrating.
The strong prejudice against men
and women worshiping together is
being broken down. A trip was
taken up the Nile, and then to Bonn
bay, where some things were found
in the local religion that will not
be endorsed. In India the inspec-
ton began, and the most damnable
and practices in all the
world were found.
In the suburbs of Bombay a man
was found hanging to tree by his
feet, for seven years, to do penance
for grievious sin, and had COM
pleted five years. His stomach had
settled about his neck, and his or
gans were all displaced. He was
doing this to please an imaginary
diety.
At Benires, on the Ganges, thou
sands were seen, gathered from
everywhere to drink of the sacred
water, which they drank, while dead
bodies foated by, for bodies are
burned and cast into the river. The
speaker told of the worship of idols.
He saw through crack into a for
hidden room, which was swarming,
seething, with pilgrims, falling over
each other to worship a row of idols.
1t was like caldron, and reminded
the speaker of Dante's inferno. Nu-
merous young girls were seen, who
are married to the dieties, and I'M
der this name the priests carry on
prostitution, placing premium up
on it, for these girls cannot be
widowed. Widows-and there are
some only four years old-are con-
Sidered disgraced, their ornaments