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

home departments We're asked to
raise their hands, and large num-
Der raised their hands. Twenty-siX
raised their hands upon a request for
those to do so who would go home
and start IA home department.
A short open conference was held.
Mr.. ,Moninger answering questions.
He said that the home department
is an extension of Bible class work
to those who cannot go TO Sunday
school either for the Bible class or
cradle roll.
A great deal of interest was
shown in the discussion that fol-
lowed. The home department work
was new to many, but the addresses
showed them that it was not difficult
to start this work
r. w. Mcleod of Minneapolis, who
presided at the home department
meeting, met with the Sunday school
superintendents for Il short time;
after adjournment
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ing but encouragement in the work
this year. The reports would be pub
lished in the Sunday school periodi-
cal and sent out to the local secre-
taries later. The state workers have
put in an active year, holding insti-
tutes, etc. The organized adult Bible
class work has doubled during the
year The classes now organized
should all be enrolled, and the num-
Der enrolled should double during
the coming year. The advanced d.
vision work is progressing. The num-
Der of classes has doubled since De-
cember The field force has not
pushed the state paper, The Herald,
as much as it should. Negotiations
are in progress to have the paper
published monthly, with thirty-two
pages, with no extra cost to sub
scribers. More subscribers will be
needed TO do this. Those who would
subscribe were asked TO stand up,
and nearly all did so, and suDscrip-
ton cards were passed around.
The field work has been greater
than ever, because there never have
been so many workers in the field
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Missions Were Discussed; Home De-
partment Was Worth While.

This morning two fine sectional
meetings were held. In the audito-
rum of the church the missions sec
ton held big meeting, while in the
lecture room the home department
met, with every seat filed.
In the home department, Mrs Fred
Pollock of Randolph gave vigorous
talk. She urged that active work be
done, to bring the work right up to
standard Forty-One home depart
ments have reported their organiza-
ton in the past six months, and
the state now
Herbert III. Moninger of Cincinnati
spoke for half an hour on How Or
ganized Glasses Can Help the Home
Department He spoke Interestingly
on the possibilities Of the home de-
partment, how these possibilities can
be realized, and how the adult Bible
class may thrive. Every member
of the church should be in the Sun
day school, and as many more, he
said. The banner Sunday school in
the world in regard to the size OF
the home department is that of the
Christian church at Portsmouth.
Ohio. where the membership is 1872.
There are in every community the
shut ms, the shut outs and the shut
ups. The home department is for
the shut outs. Nobody should be
asked to join the home department.
Those whose Sunday schools have
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took you. Don't you worry about
giving yourself for other people. God
will take care of you. Depend on
Gods plan. 1t cannot fail if you
make complete surrender. Gods
plan is TO use you folks, to work for
Him, to talk for Him. Surrender
yourself TO Him. Surrender your
purse. Piety that touches not the
purse is sham. Gods plan is TO
use us. but he cannot use us unless
we surrender"
Conference of Officers.
A conference of state, county and
district officers was held in the audi
forum of the Presbyterian church
Immediately after the regular after
noon session This conference was
very informal and no regular pro-
gram was followed. The time was
filled with general discussion on
practical plans of organized work.
Questions from the floor were freely
asked, and answered by A. NJ.
Locker, who presided. and Messrs.
Pearce and Dietrich. Supper was
served in the basement of the church
and proved fine way of promoting
good fellowship.
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dertakeS and sends the incurable home
without taking a fee from them. This
is why he continues his visits year aft
er year while other doctors have made
a few visits and stopped. DR.. Jones is
an eminently successful specialist in
all chronic diseases, proven by the
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physicians. His hospital experience and
extensive practice have made him SO
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a disease in a few minutes.
Treats all durable cases of Lung Dis
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stomach. Liver Kidneys and Bowels.
Gravel. Paralysis, Neuralgia, Nervous
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skin Diseases, Epilepsy, Appendicitis.
Rupture and Brights Disease. Diseases
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Absorption treatment given for Cat
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Special attention given to all Surgical
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Nose, Throat, Ringing I'm Ears and
Deafness.
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Cross Eyes Strengthened without pain.
Glasses fitted and guaranteed.
Remarkable cures are perfected in
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| for this is the day of the great pa
rade, with the organized Bible class
demonstration. This, occurring at
seven o'clock, this evening, will be
remarkable feature of the con-
vention, if all signs do not fail.
The convention worked hard to-
day, both in general session and Sec
| tional conferences. If the Sunday
school workers do not go home with
many new Ideas and greatly renewed
enthusiasm they will themselves be
to blame. The convention has been
sort OF teachers institute, where
the best and most effective meth
DDS of carrying on the great founda-
advanced.
The business of the meeting was
disposed Of this afternoon. There
are treats in store for those who
attend tonight's meetings.
The forenoon general session was
little late in getting started, and
the big church was crowded with
many standing. David G. Bell pre-
sided. A song service was conducted
by T.. o. Sellers, and Rev. r. f.
Clark of ST. Peter offered prayer.
Mr. Moninger gave an address on
"a Sunday School Vision" He said,
among other things, that copies of
the Bible will soon be placed on sale
in many of the and 10-cent stores
of the country. If a reasonable
vision of a large Bible class in a
community is seen, it will not be
long before il is a reality. ThA
speaker gave instances OF large
classes, and of the work being done
at various places. One man saw
vision of a great cradle roll, and
organized one, and in one day 2O2
graduated from the cradle roll into
the beginners class. Other instances
were given Of such visions being
made realities. In your own field is
the place to work. Start it even if
the field is not promising, and it
will prosper and grow, if irrigated
by devoted endeavor.
w. c. Pearce gave an address on
"The New Century Demands Upon
the Sunday School" He said that
there are classes for everybody,
from the babies to the grandmothers.
Not Holding Anybody Up.
Many people evidently do not I'M
derstand that there are two organi-
cations aging the Sunday school
convention, each with its own treas
ury and its own system of raising
money The local committee is re-
sponsible for certain things which
cost between 5000 and $500. The
money to meet this is derived solely
from the subscriptions made by local
business firms in cash or trade. The
State Sunday School association is
responsible for certain other things
speakers, chorus director, mailing,
etc. which cost probably nearly as
much money. It's total budget for
the year, including expenses OF the
convention is about $4,000. At the
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GREATEST BUSINESS ON EARTH
Instructive and Telling Address BY
e O. Sellers Chicano

Z. Q. Sellers, Chicago.
At this afternoons session several
addresses were given, one
by T.. o. Sellers of Chicago. Mr..
Sellers. at the beginning of his adj
dress on "The Greatest Business on
Earth" said: 81 should like to take
the time to tell of the greatness of
the organized Sunday school. work
of today; of the 200 paid experts,
the 100000 leaders and of the 20
G00,G00 scholars, etc, of the great
ness of the work religiousIy, educa-
catiOnally and commercially, but
most of you are already familiar
with these facts; you know of the
100000 men who have been added
to the ranks of the Sunday school
during the past five years; of the
great demonstrations such as that
at Cleveland when approximately
1900 Bible class men marched
through the streets of that city. l
will not therefore discuss this sub
ject in that manner, but will give
you three reasons why | consider the
Bible school to be the most effective
and efficient agency for doing the
greatest business OH earth. The
greatest business on earth is to lead
men and women, boys and girls TO
the Man of Galilee and to train them
in turn, to reach others. The flu
ture church, its numbers, its char
acter, and its efficiency. depend
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GENERAL SESSION HELD
Large Attendance and All the Dele
oates Are Interested.

The general session of the confer
once today opened at 10 a. M, in
the church. auditorium, with full
house.
After the usual praise service, led
by Mr.. Sellers, and a prayer by Rev.
J. J. Ehrstein of Redwood Falls, the
work of the convention opened.
A. NJ Locker general secretary,
stated that as the fiscal year does
not close for five weeks no statisti-
cal report would be made at this
time. He said that there was moth
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CONFERENCE ON MISSIONS
Rev. n. D. Frohock of ST. Paul De.
Iivers Interesting Address.

The conference in missions was
held in the auditorium of the
church. Mr. G.. J. Hunt Of St Paul
presided. In the absence of Rev.
j. c. Briggs, w c. Pearce led the
devotional hour. He was followed
by Rev. II. ID. Frohock of st. Paul
on The Need Of Missionary In
struction in the Sunday School,. .
Thoughts on the topic were: THE
Sunday school is not merely boy
and girl institution. The people
most interested in religious study
are the older people. One of the no.
ticeable things in the last two years
is the fact that Sunday school is
not Il child's institution wholly. The
need of missionary instruction is
not SO necessary for the women as
for the men. A church is certainly
at a low ebb in which some of the
women do not study missions. But
the ignorance among the men on
this subject is appalling. In most
Sunday schools one Sunday Il
month is given for The teaching of
missions. Missionary instructions
should be brought in with illustra
tons and other ways on every Sun
day and not be limited to just the
one, in that way keeping the mis-
siOnary atmosphere and spirit
From the standpoint OF the bust
nn Good Hnal iS IN no
learned about missions. The greater
worlds business depends on the adj
vance missionary forces. Amer
lea, if all was swept out of its bust
ness life that has been swept in by
the Advance Missionary forces would
have the greatest business panic
ever known. What is known about
this great world depended almost
entirely on the advance work of the
missionary. A man is no larger
than his sympathies. He is measur-
ed by his sympathies most surely
of any way. Unless our sympathies
are very narrow we must enlarge
our consciousness of the needs of the
world. Just touch the church's SYM
pathies and you touch its larger
possibilities.
Mr.. Pearce followed with an out
line on The Missionary Policy Of
the Sunday school. His outline COW
cred six points: One organization;
two atmosphere: three, literature;
four, instruction, five giving; six,
recruits. The school should have
a missionary committee taken
from the different departments of
the school. The school must have
the right kind of spirit. This can
be cultivated by prayer, stories,
songs. Have missionary literature
have instructive wall decorations.
Have instruction from the desk,
have missionary Interpretation OF
the regular lessons. AS to. giving
the regular offering should be divid-
ed, possibly by giving one offering a
month. Keep a duplex record, one
for the regular Offering, one for the
missionary Have weekly pledges.
Don't be satisfied until you have a
missionary of your own in the field"
A general discussion followed,
led by Mrs. Hunt, after which an
adjournment was taken to the regn-
lar meeting
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largely upon our work i'm the Bible
school. We are not living in a day
of great revivals and if added to
this, we consider the fact that 50
per cent of our present church addi-
tons come from the Bible school,
you can see the truth of my asser-
ton.
Modern Bible School.
1.-The modern Bible school work Is
adding 5000 to our church member
ship every Sabbath. 1t is doing the
business. Our personal growth large
ly depends upon our activity here.
Activity is an evidence of life. Too
many are only sporadic in their
work, or else try to do Christian
work by proxy. Again the salvation
Of the scholar largely depends upon
our Bible school work. Mr.. Sellers
called striking attention to the lack
of home religious instruction, and
hence the responsibility of the Bible
school in trying to stem the tide of
irreverence for law, for morals and
for God
Get into the Work.
Mr.. Sellers exhOrted those present
to get into this work and underneath
the burden in three different ways.
To be a teacher, not in name, but in
fact, Il cOnsecrated, prepared, man
or woman of vision. To live the
truths of the Bible. He quoted G.
Campbell Morgan, the great English
preacher, as having said that he had
found in America "a passionless
lastly to apply these truths to the
individual. Men," said Mr.. Sellers,
"are not reached i'm the mass. The
Christian religion does not depend
upon the mass consciousness, but
rather upon the claims of one man.
the Man of Galilee, that He was, and
is the Son of God. There are two
ways to break up cake of ice, one
is to conquer it with pick and axe,
the other is to apply heat. Christian
ity seeks TO conquer by the warmth
of love and not to coerce men in
the mass by the use of armies.
There are three fallacies prevalent
i'm the minds of many Bible school
workers. said Mr.. Sellers, "one is to
depend upon watch words and ban
ners. To wait upon Decision Day,
the revival period, or just following
some ones inspirational address be-
fore the real work of the Bible
school is done"
Work of Personal Evangelism.
And again, he repeated, that that
work is the work Of personal evan
geiism. Another fallacy is TO neglect
or to misuse the class hour You
have deceived the scholar and been
untrue to the GOd-given trust of the
church if you allow anything to di-
vert you from the study and the ap-
plication OF Gods word during the
class hour
The last fallacy to which he call ed
attention was that Of neglecting the
week day life Of the scholar. There
is nothing" said he, 80 effective as
a consecrated shoeleather."
Mr. Sellers in closing told of two
incidents from the life of Mr.. Moody.
neither of which occurred on Sab
bath day, each being a mid-week eff
fort of a Bible school man; the one
resulted in the conversion of Mr..
Moody and the other caused him to
give up his business life and to de-
vote his time to Christian work.
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Mr.. Herman said that there is
$3.50 due banks on notes. The as
ISOLATION has done well, and should
try to do bigger things. 1t will re-
quire more money to do this, and
then more workers can be secured.
Last year $1,000 was paid in salaries,
when it should have been $500.
Bankers make the best county treas
urers, for they see that the appOr-
tionment is sent in. More active
work can be done to get individual
subscriptions. The Sunday schools
should send in their money early. Mr..
Herman's complete report for the fis-
cal year to April will be published
in The Herald, the association pa
per.
Secretary Locker read the county
appOrtionment for the coming year,
which would raise about $500,
which was less than would be need
ed Blue Earth county's appOrtion-
ment is $3.50. The annual state
budget, to be presented tomorrow,
will amount to about $500.
w. G. Pearce took up the balance
of the forenoon, speaking on 1.-THE
New Year; What Shall 1t Be-" He
opened by having all pastors, all
Sunday school superintendent,
teachers, present and past, members
Of adult classes, ETC., to rise sep
arately, and this brought practically
all up. They were then asked to
shake hands with those around
them, which was a pleasant innova-
ton.
Mr.. Pearce spoke of the great in.
fiuX of foreigners, many of whom
have no religion, and as the Bible
is out of most of the public schools,
the Sunday schools are the only
thing to depend upon to solve this
problem.
The speaker told what can be
done by pulling together, and illus
trated it by telling of team work
by horses.
The principal point covered by Mr..
Pearce was the national convention
at San Francisco, and he strongly
urged all who could to go, so as to
make a good showing for Minnesota
The forenoon session closed with
music
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COMMITTEES ARE NAMED
Nominating, Resolutions and AUDITING
Appointed BY President.

President Martin this morning an
pointed the following committees:
Nominating-Dr. III. c. Beise, Win
dom; r. w. Mcleod, Minneapolis;
c. B. OsgOod, Mankato.
ResOlutions-Rev. J. J. Ehrstein.
Redwood Falls; Rev. e. C. Horn,
Anoka; Rev. Haggerty, Pipestone
Auditing-E. F. Sell, Fairfax: w.
]. Marquis, Minneapolis; w w
Davis, MankatO.
The committees will report some
time tomorrow.
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Program This Afternoon.

The afternoon program today was
opened by song and praise service
presided over by Mr. Sellers. Rev.
A. III. Carver of Luverne gave the
prayer.
Vice President A. II. Wurtele of
Duluth presided at the afternoon gen
eral session.
H. Fl. Moninser gave a very in
tereSting address or "The imperative
Need of the Modern Sunday School, -
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DR.. ADDISON JONES

The regular and reliable Chicago
specialist now making his fifth
years monthly visits to Mankato
will be at
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He spoke of the way the children
are handled. The little children that
sometimes cry are put in a curtain
corner, so as not to disturb the
others. The children must be taught
in so interesting manner as to
hold the children's attention and
they will not be hard to handle.
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From Fridays Daily.
Both in attendance and interest,
the big Sunday school convention
has surpassed any previous conven-
ton of the kind ever held in the
state, creating new high water
mark way above any previously es-
tablished. The Presbyterian church
is now taxed to hold the delegates
and out of town visitors with it's
seating capacity of 1000 to 1,400.
Today saw the climax of interest,
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REPORT OF TREASURER
Report of Finances From April I
LIN to Yasfer dau

A. c. Herman of St Paul, state
treasurer, presented a report from
April IA last up 10 yesterday, as
follows:
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-06-09
BIG TWELVE WHIST CLUB
HAS CLOSING SESSION
Prizes Are Given, Refreshments
Served and Speeches Are
Listened To.

The Big Twelve Whist club gave it's an
nual complimentary party to the women
Of Its various households last evening at
Petersen hall. Each woman was presented
with a solid silver spoon engraved with
the clubs name and the numerals 1911. In
addition prizes were given to the winners
Of the evenings contests These, a dainty
hat pin and two beautiful painted china
plates, were won respectively by Mrs.
Bailey, Miss Lena Paul and Mrs James
Jewell, the BOBBY being won by Mrs. Over
all After refreshments. short speeches
were made by DR.. w. w PEBBLES, presi-
dent: G. Wade Obee, DR.. L. e. Britt, f. r.
Smith and DR.. ]. II. Hutton.
Those present were Mr.. and Mrs. Bailey.
Mr.. and Mrs. Black, DIR. and Mrs. L. z.
Britt Or. J. II. Hutton and Mr.. and Mrs.
johnson, Mr. and Mrs Jewell, Mr.. and
Mrs. Silas Johnson, G. Wade Obee and
Mrs. Carter Dr. and Mrs. PEBBLES. e. r.
| smith and Mrs overall. Fred l.. smith
and Miss Jennie Robinson, Mr.. Thornton
and Mrs. Miller Miss l.. Paul and Mr.
Robert Taylor, substitute
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-06-09
Declare Method of
, Opening Street Not
According to Law
Property Owners Give Their Reasons
for Protesting Assessment on
Twenty-Second Street.

AFcopy of the petition, filed by attorneys
Tor Joseph II. Willard and Ed o. Hamilton,
on which restraining order was granted
Wednesday. forbidding the Board of
Equalization from equalizing the assess
ment for the opening OF Twenty-second
street from Dodge to Howard streets, was
referred to the city attorney Thursday
morning.
The petition recites that the proceedings
Of the council in creating the street i'm
provement districts were illegal in that
they were an attempt to evade the pro-
visions of the law and asks that they be
Declared null and void. To open a street
Nwhere the damages exceed $4,000. 1t is
contended that five appraisers should be
appointed and after the appraisement is
approved by the city council, II must then
be submitted to the voters for approval.
Two districts were created. It is charged.
70 evade the provisions. and three instead
Of four appraisers were appointed
The case is set for trial Saturday morn
ing. City Attorney Rine stated that he
would not be ready to try the case then
and would ask for a continuance The
city attorney will attempt to show that the
ordinances are regular.
Damages Of ssSss425 were awarded for
the opening of the street