The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-11-21
Burdens Of Parish
Heaped On Pastors
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picked for the place, that they are
to fill, otherwise they will be as
useless as a grain of sand in a
watch. Mr.. Willard demonstrated his
talk with a chart, which showed
the power of the Sunday school
with reference to the church or
ganization. The chart showed as
well the relative powers of the diff
ferent churches and the different
Sunday schools of the city. He rec.
commended that as part of the work
OF the brotherhood the class of
Bible study be reorganized. and said
that President c. Fl. Cooper had
expressed his willingness to teach
such a class.
Classes That Need The Church.
]. r. Brandrup thought that the
real work of the church had been
omitted and that the church was
not reaching the classes that need
it the most. He thought that there
should be an effort made to find
those who were interested in the
work OF the church. He felt that
the matter of dress was barrier
to church growth. The people that
are now in the church seem to
have lost sight of the fact that it
requires money to conduct the af-
fairs Of the church.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Brand
rups' remarks, George f. Brett made
q motion that Mr.. Brandrup be ap-
pointed to give the members of the
church a schooling in the financial
side of the work, for this matter
was a thing of vast Importance.
Dr. G.. R. Curran took exceptions
to Mr.. Brandrup's remarks regard
ing what he had termed the bar
rier that is raised in al church by
The difference of dress. The doctor
thought that the clothes of the poor
man and the rich man did not raise
the alleged barrier for that just at
present there was not great deal
Of difference in the Sunday best of
the men of the different ranks He
felt that the sum and substance of
the matter rested in the fact that
these men do not feel at home in
the church when they come and the
tendency OF the times, especially
in the old country, was for the
working classes to leave the church
and sidetrack their interests in the
religious movement.
Spirit of Good Fellowship.
The spirit of good fellowship"
said George E. Black, SIS the thing
that is needed to strengthen the
life of the church and the Brother
hood was filling that need" He felt
that the work of the pastor was a
work that was far too great for a
man to perform and it was not
right TO expect a man to do all of
the preaching and then expect him
to do the social work of the church
as well.
Dr. c. D. Snow felt that the re-
sponsibility of the church rested on
too few and the social affairs of
the church are not social enough.
Getting at the root of the matter.
Professor Gilbert Trafton moved
that a sociability committee be ap-
pointed, to introduce the members
of the Brotherhood who had not
met each other The suggestion,
which was a good one and to the
point, was greeted with laughter
and the motion was carried.
Duties Of The Pastor.
Rev. T. Ross Paden, the pastor
Of the church, said that he was
glad that the discussion had been
of such kindly nature. He emu
merated the varied and many duties
of the pastor. Mr. Paden said that
five out of six of the funeral cere.
monies that he conducts are for
people that are outside of the
church and that a great many of
these people did not belong to any
church at ALL 1t seemed, with
such a state of affairs as this that
these people should be hunted up
by the church organization, for it
is quite evident that their belief
is in the gospel, otherwise they
would not want the pastor at the
END of their life.
George H. Clark thought that he
secret of the better life lay in the
worship at the family alter. He
recommended this to increase the
spirit in the church life.
At the end of the discussion
George Rodman said that in the
years past he had served in various
capacities in the Sunday school but
it had been a long time since he
had had the chance to be merely a
student in Sunday school class
and he wanted the work started in
the church, saying that he would
welcome the opportunity to join the
class.
Before the discussion started the
members of the Brotherhood en-
joyed most excellent chicken pie
dinner that was served by the ladies
of the First Division of the church,
DR.. c. ID. Snow submitted finan.
cial report showing the returns that
had come through the lecture given
by Ng. Poon Chew.