The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-10-03

It the meeting felt that. if the con-
ference set about trying to- raise
i25.O0O for Parker just now that the
sig movement would lose efficiency.
The men were united in the opinion
hat Parker college needs and must
have $4,000 at least Immediately
n order to continue it's work. DR.
Longley forcibly urged the confer.
ence to start campaign for. Parker
1T once, and to let the commission
decide upon its plans for the million
!ollar campaign when it saw fit.
Dr. Kerfoot, president OF Hamline
University believed that Parker col
lege and all of the other Methodist
institutions should make a bigger
effort than $4,000. After much dis
cussion on the part of the ministers
and considerable expression of doubt
as to the wisdom of all the plans,
the foregoing motion was passed.
The commission held an informal
meeting at the close of the service,
and will formulate some plan for
raising INC HOuey dI OHCe.
Sermon On Obligation.
DR.. II. S. Jennings delivered a
sermon on Obligation yesterday
afternoon, which proved to be SO
| Impressive that a motion was made
nd passed that 1t be printed in
the Methodist organ
DR.. Jennings said In part: THE
preacher must preach, and he must
preach fearlessly. His sermon must
i'll his mind until 1t is preached.
lie must have something to say to
his people. He must visit the sick
and the needy. 1t is also well for
Tim to enter into the social life of
lis community, and to deliver lee
ures Of literary nature, if he
as time, but he must above all
reach the gospel. And he must
each morals. A preacher has made
mistake in his sermons if he has
side the members of his church.
He should draw the people who are
lot connected with church. The
cd of Greed is having too much
to do with this generation and God
| he Omnipotent should be preached
I nore
| "The one thing to do is to be right.
You have got to preach common
very day honesty. A minister must
| avoid sensations for the sake of
sensations He should be sincere
! n his sermons. The preacher is
| inder obligation to- preach anything
| hat will awaken men, and he is
| lnder obligation to his; work and to
| ,e in earnest" 90, Ez
Work In Mission Field. !.
Foreign mission work was the sub.
ject Of talk, by Miss Mariana SUIT
ton, missionary, from Singapore,
Malaysia. "The greatest JOY ever
had.' she said, WAS the realization
that was born in Christian land
but We" are called wasteful people
never realized the truth OF this
until 1 saw tho actual need of food
| and clothing existing in the eastern
countries"
1 Miss Sutton, said that. in the city
| of. Singapore where there are about
100000 people there are eight Chris
tian churches, two schools for boys
and two schools for girls. "One OF
The greatest evils we find there is
opium" said Miss Sutton, land
| never realized the value of money
| until had to refuse the slave girls
who are sold by their opium smok
ing fathers, admittance to our school
because they could not pay the nee
| essary fee. These people have nc
understanding of the word love, and
/ there is no such feeling between par
ents and children"
] Miss Sutton told of her work in a
girls school there and of the mis-
sion work in India also. Her talk was
very interesting and was listened to
! by very large audience. So.
| Another Talk on Evangelism"
i Rev. J. o. Randall gave the third
of his talks on Evangelism" yester
! day afternoon, and dwelt mainly on
| the value of what are known as re
! vival meetings. He believes that il
is wiser to have three meetings OF
one week each than to have one
. meeting of three weeks. "Once in q
while we need a weeks meeting tc
put the accent on soul saving. These
meetings change the attitude of men
toward religion, and whoever invent
ed the tabernacle. idea had an in
spiration from God. / want you meI
/ to adopt a plan which will make
your church grew and produce. Your
quarterly conference ought to be
the men to back you in the church
\ Committee Appointments.
/ The following committee appoint
ments were made this morning:
I! To Preach Conference Memoria
Sermon NJ. Rule; alternate, c.. N
Pace.
I To Preach Missionary Sermon
ID. Mccormick: alternate, j. E. Bowes
4 Triers OF Appeals--W A. Hascom
4 w. G.. Babcock, H. F. Alderman, NJ
| G. Shuman, o. v. Sniff; reserves, A
/ J. Allen, J. A. Saunders.
District Missionary Secretaries =
Mankato district, W. r. Keesey; Mar
shall district, B. C. ellis; St. Pau
district, C. N. Pace; Winona district
I S. a. Cook.
i CONFERENCE BOARDS.
4 Foreicn Observation-Disclosures. T. C.