The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-10-11
WORK Or FEDERATED
CHURCHES SET FORTH
From Tuesdays Daily.

After having partaken of an ele-
CANT supper which was served by
the Y. NJ. G.. A., an interesting meet
| ing of the Federated churches fol
iloWed in the assembly room of the
"Y" building last evening. Judge
Lorin Cray presided over the meet
ing in the absence of the president,
George M. Palmer. The retiring
secretary of the organization, Rev.
c.. B. Osgood, thanked the Y. NJ. C.
A. for their cooperation and ex-
planned just what good the Y. M.
! c. A. and the Federated Churches
had done. He said that eleven COM
had been reached in social and
religious way on account of the ac-
tivities of these organizations. There
are other organizations that have
done much to promote Christianity
in the surrounding towns but these
have been limited to comparatively
few people while the Y. M. C. A.
has done its good work in all classes
of society and with all the Protest
ant religions Tn Federated
Churches is the only organization
| that is in a position to make ex-
tensions in this line of work, that
is, it is not limited by religious de-
nominations and can reach the peO-
pie who do not go to church. The
rich go to church and are compare
lively easy to reach, but the FEEDER
ated Churches are in a position to go
after people anywhere, and Mr.. Os-
good said that wherever there has
been no Federated Churches organi-
Zation this work has not been done.
Much Work For Committees.
Mr.. Osgood said that he could see
much work for the committees to
do in the coming year; he said that
the Bible study committee should
make an especial effort to raise
money for missions, both home and
foreign. On account of the number
lof boys who in the summer months
| have nothing to do, the boys work
committee could find much work to
do to keep these boys employed. He
| advocated that the publicity COM
| mittee have a little pamphlet printed
giving their report for the past year
and what they could do. This, he
said, would be an effective adver-
| tisement for the Federated Churches
and help greatly to promote their
| work and excite an interest in it.
Mankato is one of four cities in Min
nesota to carry on the work of the
Federated Churches and owing to
| help and cooperation of the local
pastors the work has progressed ia
mously. About $500 has been rais-
| ed during the past year to promote
this work and up to date they are
! only about $50 behind. In closing
Mr.. Osgood thanked all that had
had part in helping the Federated
Churches along and for the kindness
and cooperation shown him by the
Y. NJ. C. A. He asked that COM
mittee be selected to confer with
him and audit his accounts.
/ After Mr.. Osgood's resignation
had been accepted nominations were
made for another secretary, but all
who were nominated declined. on ac-
count of being so busy with other
affairs. The nominations were post
poned until the work of the secre-
tary could be more fully mapped
out, and Secretary Finley of the
Y. NJ. C. A. was elected recording
secretary pro TEN. ''"
Mr. Finley said few words in
regard to Mr.. Osgood's efficient
work for the past year. Owing to
his efforts the Federated Churches
had overcome a good deal of the
lack of unity which prevailed at
the beginning of their labors.
When Work Is Hindered.
J. M. Stowell, the new physical
director of the Y. M. G.. A., was
then introduced and he said that he
considered his work for the coming
year one of the most important
lines to be done by the "Y." We
exercise the spiritual side of our
makeup in church, our minds in
business, but if our bodies are not
in good condition our minds and
spirits are hindered from doing the
best kind of service"
J. R. Brandrup, chairman of the
social committee, then reported that
his committee had not done much
since the last meeting and conse-
quently there was nothing of inter-
est to report. He said that he
feared that the committee had neg
lected their work somewhat but
that they would proceed to "get
busy"
Rev. o. J. Arthur of the Swedish
Lutheran church reported for the
evangelistic committee in the alb
sence of the chairman, Rev. T. Ross
Paden. He said that the committee
had not made much progress since
the last meeting but he was strong
ly in favor of the united movement
of the churches and that he thought
that the getting together" move
ment was the right idea.