The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-16

praise service. At this meeting Frank
w. Reinhole OF Larimore. was elected
permanent chairman. Harry South of
the university. was chosen secretary.
The committees follow:
observation-disclosures. Lartmore;
henderson, state science school; Stick
ney. Fargo college; Stinson, Grafton.
Observation-Disclosures. university:
Goodwin. Grand Forks; McHame.
Grand Forks; Wallen, Jamestown.
State OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Fargo:
Stillwell, Fargo college; Stahl, Ellen
dale.
The delegates attended the convo-
cation address at the university at IL
o'clock, when j. A. Whitmore was the
speaker.
Late this afternoon another BUSH
ness session will be held and the COM
mittees appointed his morning will
report.
The big banquet for college and high
school men will be given in the Con-
eregational church parlors at 6 o'clock
tonight. The program follows:
Greeting to the Visiting Team-Dale
kennedy. Grand Forks.
Good Feeling-John Ioenmilie, Ell
lendalc Industrial school.
First Quarter, the Kick-On-Hugh
Miller, boys secretary. Fargo.
Second Quarter, Bucking the Lane
F. r. Stillwell. Fargo college.
iilCl lag
Sidelines.
Third Quarter. Tackling Low-wm.
Lands. Jamestown high school.
Fourth Quarter. Team Work
Harry South. university.
Touchdown. A. Whitmore, New
York city.
The auditorium of the Presbyterian
church was again we'll filled for last
evenings session and fully as dele
gates to the state Y. NJ. c. A. gather
ing We're in attendance. One of the
big features of the day aside from the
banquet this evening in the Congre-
gational church basement auditorium
will be the Joint institute this after
noon at 5 o'clock.
The Worlds Awakening." was the
subject of Yutaki Minakuchi. the Jap
ancse expert, on the subject of mis-
sions at the evening session OF the
convention. Speaking in his unusual
~ earnest and picturesque manner.
Mr.. Minakuchi told in a graphic man
ner of the wonderful awakening OF
the world and the denand for mis-
sionary enterprise that now faces the
Christian people of the world. We
are now living in the golden age. the
golden g. of advancement both along
intellectual and material lines. the
golden age of opportunity and Of duty
More fundamental than material pros
peritN and of greater far reaching inn
pOIl III lllc HlISSlOu WoIh. IL IS CI1e
great and all prevailing movement Of
the time. The q~uickcning tide OF
Christian civilization has touched the
nations of tho world.
World evangelism. declared the
speaker. is practical. The onward
evident the truth of this statement.
That great cosmopolitan agency of
civilization the newspaper is now
found in Japan whore so years ago
there was not a single newspaper. At
the present time there are a thousand
publications.
The ten million dollars contributed
by Christian America to the cause Of
missions. was characterized by the
speaker as lamentably small And
moreover the church as a whole does
not give this one Nine-tenths OF
the entire fund comes from one-tenth
of the church membership.
Missionary obligation springs from
God himself. What the people of the
United States need most is a mission
AIRY conscicntiousness which realizes
the immense need of foreign races.
Christian people cannot shirk. Mis-
sionary enterprise has accomplished
much but the field is white with the
harvest and the laborers are few.
More men and more women willing to
sacrifice in that greatest Of all Chris
tidH OulleS. DTlnHln sous 10 Christ
are required and more money must
he furnished to carry on the work.
But the people are responding to the
call n with the awakening Of the
church and of the men in the church
wonderful progress is anticipated.
w. c: Pearce was the second speak
er of the evening and taking for his
subject The Winning of Men to Bible
Study" the speaker told in his inter-
estlng way of what can be accom-
plished If men are really interested
in Bible study. Mr. Pearce delivers
Greatest Force in the World" at a
great mass meeting in the auditorium
tomorrow evening beginning at 1880
o'clock. In this lecture the accom-
plishments Of mems Bible classes are
set forth in a graphic manner.
In opening his address last evening
MT. Pearce said that while 81 years
ago there was hardly a mems Bible
class to be found, at the present there
are many men in such classes and the
movement is gaining ground every day.
There are said h speaker three fun
damentals that enter into the success
of a Bible class.
The first Of these fundamentals, he
said, is class organization. The class
must be thoroughly organized. 1t
must be no slip-shod process III orr
sanization along lines that will mean
stability.
In the second place there must be
real Bible study. and the men must
be given something to do worth while.
The Bible. declared the speaker. is
worthy of any mans study whether he
expresses belief in its precepts or not.
From he point of view Of literature
alone the book deserves the n
study of men who desire to know of
the best things.
Finally. declared tho speaker, there
must be Christian service. DISCUSS
Ing this point Mr.. Pearce gave a mum
Der Of interesting illustrations to show
how by means of practical service in
touching the lives OF humanity, the
members of Bible clauses have been
aroused to 4 deep and lasting interest
in their work.
The church and mems organizations
furnished the theme for the discus
eions at the conference yesterday OF
the ministers and religious experts
yesterday morning.