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

their own people and are doing work
that is counting. More than 900
negroes have graduated. from that
college of medicine and have been a
credit to it. You people should put
more home missionary money into
the work of the south as the ounce
of prevention, for the negro popu
lation of this country has Increased
two and one-half' times since. the Civil
war"
Sixty Years Of Service.
Sixty years Of service as min
lister of the Methodist church was
completed yesterday by Rev. Ezra
r. Lathrep, when he preached his
anniversary sermon. DR.. Lathrop
chose as his text the words: "But
when the fulness of the time came,
God sent forth his son, born OF
woman, born under. the law, that
He might redeem them that were
under the law, that we might re
ceive the adoption of sons" He
said, "Ged made promise of the Mes
siah through the posterity OF Abra-
ham, many centuries before this time
and only waited for the 'fulness OF
time to redeem His, promise. God
makes no experiments, He knows all
times and all possible conditions
In looking at the conditions of the
world we shall see. that it was in.
deed the fulness of time Never be-
fore had the conditions existed when
He could have introduced the king
dom of Heaven on earth and estab
lished the new order which He came
te set up. ~ -
when the time, is ripe nation is
made in a day. The process is slow
but Fthe consnmmation is swift and
sudden AFTER sketching the life
and work of Jesus Christ on earth
Rev. Lathrop asserted that Christ
had built UP a great church, which
notwithstanding the backslidings OF
men, defies the safes of Hades and
moves onward to the conquest OF
! the earth, and that men must have
patience and remember that thou
sand years is but as a day to Christ
Home Missionary Society.
The Women's Home Missionary
society had charge Of one hour OF
yesterdays service; and Mrs. Benja,
min Longley presided, Mrs. Parse
OF Window read an interesting paper
on work that is being done by the
church people at ELLIS Island. She
visited the Island last summer and
spent some time with the Methodist
deaconess, Miss Mathews, who is in
charge of the society's work there
She gave an interesting description
Of the things that are being done
for the immigrants and of the Imni,
grant Girls home which the! sdea
conesses are in charge OF in New
York. i.".
Mrs. Jennings, secretary of the
National Beard of Home Missions
in Kentucky, gave an interesting talk
on the mission work in the mountains
of that state, and told particularly
of two homes which have been
opened where GIRLS are taught to
keep homes, sew, cook, and the es
sentials of life -
Three deaconessps of the Mime
sofa conference we're present and
talked Miss Johnston, superintend
ent of the ST. Paul deaconesses'
home spoke OF the home life of the
deaeonesses, and said that she had
spent more than half her life in such
homes. Miss Connor; who has been
conference deaeoness. and who has
spent the past, year working in the
churches throughout the conference
related some of her experiences and
told OF the work which she does in
the churches, Epworth league Sun
day school and. the homes. Miss Fas-
sett,. known as the deaconess evan.
gelist, also related some of her Eek
periences in the work and urged the
parents TO allow their daughters to
take up the deaconess work if they
so desire. ,.sls=.
Another Asidness on Evangelism.
DIR. J. O. Randall of the Evan
gelism" committee again spoke yes
terday afternoon. continuing from his
thought OF the day before. His prin.
eiple thought was the need of the
church members doing personal work
among others who would attend the
Methodist church If they attended
church. He asked u number of pas.
tors what they would do if at their
Sunday service fifty people. would go
to the altar and confess their sins
and ask for the help of the church
in becoming, Christians. The replies
were varied. but most of the minis.
tiers who responded said that they
would call on members of their
church who were present to go for
ward and speak to the people DR..
Randall then emphasized the fact
that 1t is necessary to use "fol-
low up" system with converts, that
they should be constantly kept in
mind by the preacher and by the
other church members, and helped
to keep in touch with the church.
Urge Church Membership.
Another idea he endorses is that
OF asking his members to go to
certain individuals to talk On the
matter of becoming members of the
church. He does not believe that the.