The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-06-12
Glass of Four Graduated From
Wesley---Dr Karl Stolz is Orator
AT the Closeo OF Exercises Graduates Members Of Faculty me Board of Trustees en-.
joyed Luncheon at University Commons-Preident McVev RESPONDED AM
Spoke of Work of Institution.

as economic and Industrial progress.
Some Of our ancestors went to the
stake for beliefs we no longer hold
worth the bloody sacrifice. Many of
our fathers believed in slavery and
only under protest saw it abolished.
opposed to the slavery. not only of the
black man. but also to the inustrial
slavery of the white man and his
child. Time was when the Methodist
itinerant INDUCED in strong drink and
used tobacco, but nov both minister
and layman glory in total abstinence.
Today we are is the midst Of an in
social teaching Of Jesus. Men are
studying their social relations as in
terpreted by Jesus and are applying
His principles to modern conditions.
Although they are rapidly gaining
ground the opponents of he social
teachings of Jesus are still a minority
and are still being assailed from GER
tain quarters. Not long ago a pop"-
lar orator addressing an eastern audi
ence of several thousand people. af-
firmed that such men as Professor
Rauschenbusch and Professor Ma
thews should he deprived Of active
membership in the church. An out
burst of enthusiastic applause greeted
the statement. The next speaker os
the program was Mr.. Fred Smith.
campaign leader of the Men and Re
ligion Forward Movements physical
and mental giant. With his brow
charged with thunder and his voice
vibrating with righteous Indignation,
he braved the displeasure of his au-
dience when he said: Gentlemen,
when you read such men as Prof.
Rauschenbusch and Prof. Mathews
out of the church, you nave also dis
1t is by such expressions Of courage
and loyalty to convictions that the
right-minded minority Of believers in
the social side of the teaching of Jesus
hasten the coming of a new era.
Is the Salvation.
The right-minded minority is the
salvation of every community; It Is
the saving remnant: it is the righteous
nucleus without which society cannot
exist; 1t is the salt of the earth, the
light Of the world; it is a mustard
seed containing a potential tree is the
branches OF which the birds of heav-
en- shall find shelter; it is an oasis in
many a desert-like n~eighborhood; it
is a fire into which institutions are
cast. not to be consumed, but to be
refined. The same few choice spirits
are prominest in the various activities
of the average community life. In
the thriving suberb of which 1 resided
the same small group of right-minded
people controlled the civic, school and
church affairs. The mayor and the
took a personal interest in school and
church activities. In a business meet
isg of the official board of the church
ono might have found a quorum of
the town council. The integrity of the
community depended largely upon
this righteous nucleus. Where there
is no saving remnant the people per-
ish.
In the book of Genesis we find the
story of Abraham's intercession for
Sodom. This city had become so not
t%oriously wicked that Jehovah deter
mined to destroy it. He took Abra-
ham into His confidence. informing
him of the impending destruction.
Abraham begins to plead that for the
sake of q possible right-lminded min
GRITTY within its limits. sodom he
ed to perish with the righteous? Wilt
thou consume the place If fifty right
eous dwell therein?" eff I find fifty
righteous within the city. then will 1
spare Sodom for their sakes.'' is the
answe of Jehovah. Thus encourage
cd Abraham by degrees reduces the
number of the righteous to ten. for
whose sake he pleads that the disas-
be averted. But alas. the city was
devoid of the ten and swift destruc-
ton overlook it. In a very vital
sense the experience of Sodom is that
of every city without a right-minded
minority. Although no birthstone
and fire fall from heaven. greed and
graft. lust and RIGHTEOUSNESS. vice
and v%iciousness, consume the city.
The reaction of iniquity Is more dead
ly than fire and birthstone.
Must Be Alive.
The saving remnant must be alive
and alert If it would preserve It's w