The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-15

as the two days Of the convention
proper. The extension meeting yes
terday noon at the Red River Power
company's club room was we'll attend.
ed. and was addressed by DIR. Lansing.
Following his splendid appeal last
evening and In company with Rev. l..
NJ. Mccoy. DR.. Lansing visited the la
Dor union meeting, where for three
quarters Of an hour he talked and
answered questions ~prOpounded by
those gathered. 1t was one of the
best gatherings of the entire conven-
We're busy during the entire day and
successful institute meetings were held
last evening and We're unusually we'll
attended.
In introducing DIR. Lansing last
evening President McNey said that one
of the things that had impressed it.
self on his mind with relation to. the
churches. Very few churches, he said,
have learned to use the services Of
men effectively and the church has
suffered. The purpose of the Men and
Religion Forward movement, or. at
least n of its purposes, is to relate
men to the social work Of the COM
munity and the realization hat social
heights are practically synonymous
terms will mean high ideals and better
men.
without a Foundation.
Business, which in reality depends
on'religion for that confidence in men
which is the very essential Of bust
ness, neglects religion, its foundation
devotion to business? There is but
one answer and that is that the men
Of America are money mad. God
said that there can be no double wor-
ship of God and Mammon. realizing
that riches. the most subtle foe re-
ligion has to face.
The idolatrous worship of the past is
than parallcled by the cruel o
ship of money. now prevalent in
Christian America. The spirit of
plumber. which is the outgrowth of
the passion for wealth., is abroad in
the land. People are wont to think
with horror Of the Hindu mother
casting her baby into the Ganges. in
oriental superstition. And vet in this
country why We're children sacrificed
ny the thousand in our large cities
through the sale of impure milk. 1t
was because there was more money
in selling that product than clean
mix: a some men in their rush
for lucre did not are whether in
nocent life suffered or not.
some Comparisons.
Horror and repulsion comes to the
mind when that custume of sacrificing
the purity of girls in the temple Of
Benares is called. Yet here in Chris
tan America 1t is a recognized fact
that $4,000 girls disappear yearly into
channels of vice. And why? There
is but n answer and that is COM
mercialism.
There is no character in history re-
garded with more profound contempt
than Benedict Arnold. Arnold gave
the better part of his life for his coun-
try; he bled for his country and dis
heartened " G lack of appreciation
he became a traitor. And vet was not
Benedict Arnold a hero compared with
men who go into the national con-;
gress as representatives of the people;
men who did anything for their
country, and who deliberately sell the
peoples birth right for money.
Must Have Standard.
In taking up the subject Of the
evening. Dr. Lansing called attention
to the fact that the United States gov
eminent has standards for weights
and measures. These standards set
forth the exact quantity that a certain
Recently in New York, the city in
spector confiscated literally toni of
false weights and measures. A second
raid of a like nature was made a few
months later. and another large
quantity of like utensils was confis-
Gated. In other words. in spite of
tho governments standards, the busi-
ness men of various cities. for New
York is not the only offender, have
not been doing the right thing. It is
evident that there must be some. other
standard. That other standard is the
moral law. based on tho command
ments, Thou shalt not steal" and
II shalt not bear false witness or