The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-03-14
lowed an informal discussion of the
Sunday school teaching question, led

by Mr.. Locker. All took part and
a lively interest was evinced. Mr..
Locker favored the training of teach
this could be done on Sunday in
connection with the regular Sunday
school work. He was also in favor
OF trained preachers who could train
the teachers. After discussion
hymn was sung and Mr.. Locker gave
a short discussion of the Essentials
of Character in Christian Leader
ship" He gave as the seven essen
tails in the character of leader the
following: Loyalty, person must
learn to be loyal to cause or a
leader before he can lead. Adopt
the slogan Make Jesus King HUI
mility, don't be a know-it-all, be
willing to learn. Insight, be able
to look into a persons character
and understand the motives beneath
| the surface. Faith, have confidence
in God, yourself and others. Compass
sion, be willing to go to hell and
suffer eternal damnation in order to
save a soul. Take the epithets of
| the foolish one, teach him, but keep
sweet Enthusiasm, have vim and
go, get away from the, easy, placid
way of doing things, wake up and
be optimistic, and put your heart
into the work Have initiative. be
able to start something and keep it
going. There are many people who
can ride in the band wagon, but
they can't pull.
Ways Of Taking Christianity.
There are three ways of taking
Christianity, first as dose, some
take it like medicine because. they
fear spiritual death if they don't;
some as duty. a little higher ideal.
Some people go to church not be-
cause they think they get any good
out of it or because they like to-,
but just because they think they
ought to go; third, as delight, the
only proper way to take religion.
Take it because you like 1t. love it.,
and love to be able to serve God"
After Mr.. Lockers talk an open
conference was held at which some
OF the delegates present reported
on the work Of their respective Sun
day schools. All the reports were
very favorable i'm regard to attend.
ance, collections and the interest in
the work, but with common ac.
cord all bewailed the dire lack of
trained teachers. Some said that il
was hard to get the mothers to
stay to Sunday school because thew
said that they had to go home and
get dinner. Mr.. Locker advised
These mnfhprS RI
cooker Nearly all the schools where
meetings have been held by the Fed.
Grated churches were represented
and reported favorably. Mrs. Yea.
pie said that she wished a revival
service could be held at Kennedys
Bridge as the people in that yicin.
ity were hungering for religion. Mr.
Locker said that the Sunday school
teacher is able to get closer to the
people and with much more effec-
uVeness than a preacher can. He ia
Vored the conversion of people by
getting next to them, talking to
them personally and individually.
rather than holding them at arms
length and bringing them round by
force of oratory. Several questions
were asked Mr.. Locker about how
Sunday school should be conduct.
ed to be most efficient, what the
requirements of teachers ought to
De, etc. Mr. Locker explained in a
lew words each question and gener.
ally illustrated his point with a per.
sonal experience. Among the cues.
tons answered were, what is the
best means of keeping up the at
tendance" "How may the pastor
best serve the interest of the
school session." What is the best
evidence of a teachers efficiencv?,
The Evening Session.
The evening session was opened
by a song service led by d. NJ.
Jones, after which Rev. r. w. Hobbs
OF the Baptist church talked on
Personal Bible Study and Christian
Service" Some Bible schools" said
ne' resort to anything but the study
Oh the Bible. In Chicago I once
attended a class meeting at which
the working Of the stock exchange
was Calculated by one of the mem.
Ders. There is tendency to gen.
erallze too much, we must Law more
PSAoohui STUDY. Inc SDlr-
ltual life needs exercise fully as
much as the physical life, and we
cannot exercise our physical bodies
py having some one else do the
work Tor us. Neither can we OK.
erclse our spiritual bodies by letting
some one else do all the Bible study,
ing and then tell it to us. We need
Ious word for ourselves. because
we need it as spiritual food. Eng.
land made the right move toward
spiritual freedom because Wycliffe
made personal study of the Bible
and then revised it and put out q
version that was read by MANY more
people. The Moravians in Bohemia
started from this version and Henry
VII separated England from the
homan Catholic church on account
OF It, The food of Gods word is
1000 alike for the infant and the
strongest man, and wonder how
we get along on so little of it.
bloie study is weapon, we
should have it to use in defending
the cause OF Jesus Christ. We must
oe familiar with this sword of the
spirit SO as to be able to use II more
eHectually. Thus Christian service is
lne result of personal Bible study.
raliure in Christian service comes
from the lack of stimulus to take nm
ms personal study. In the words
OF the PalmiSt we sbnu1d ho 49,