The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-02-21
Social Conditions Are
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| right TO sit back and be satisfied.
Were it not for the church and its
| influence things would come TO de-
| plorable state. Legislators and coun-
cilmen make laws 10 bring conditions
| TO the proper level. When mayors
| take their oath of office they intend
10 enforce laws. but. later law on
| rorcement does not look so easy TO
! them. We should make a fight for
law enforcement and against the ele.
ment which profits by laXity in that
matter. Many Of us are willing to
| fight behind closed doors, but we
are not willing to fight in the open
against the saloons, gambling houses
and other vices.
Talk But Do Not Act.
I'VE express ourselves at these
gatherings but there our efforts
cease. Without clean city our
business avails us nothing. We need
TO have faith in our town and our
people to make this city desirable.
If we prepare articles against vice
believe our papers would publish
them. We talk too much and do too
little.
I'VE are now on the eve of an
election and at the eleventh hour
are thinking how to elect the best
representatives. We will have to act
quickly in this matter. The public
dance halls are an element which
tend toward the destruction of the
young people of this city. | believe
that more harm comes of the public
dances than from almost any other
thing in the city. We parents are as
much TO blame as the city authorities
in allowing our children TO spend
time where we would not go. If
parents cannot manage one child,
how can the city authorities manage
thousands of them? The parents
should furnish proper recreation for
their chil1en at home"
Talk on Bible Work.
VI. w. Deputy gave short talk
on the Bible work of the Federation.
He said that the Bible was the place
to get the cue TO the solution of
these social problems and others that
come up in a community. The will
OF God is revealed in His word. The
work of this committee is to empha-
size the Importance of Bible study
and keep its importance before the
community. We desire that there
shall be more extensive organization
OF Bible study in the Sunday schools,
more personal study and more thor.
ough study in the Sunday school
classes. This committee under the
leadership of Frank Watts plans TO
have a Sunday school rally day in
the Presbyterian church on March
for the purpose of evangelization of
the community in the matter of Bible
study. We have enlisted the help of
Rev. Balm, the Presbyterian Sunday
school missionary, for the program
and A-sM. Locker, the state superin-
tendent Of Sunday school work, will
also give two addresses. The COM
mittee urges the organization OF
adult classes in Bible study particu-
larly."
Missionary Committee.
c. III. Cooper, president of the nor
NAL school, reported for the mission
airy committee. He said that he had
visited nearly all of the out-stations
and had found the churches well or
ganiZed. The principal work of the
committee in the city had been to
bring speakers to the churches here
to talk on missionary topics, and the
work had been profitable.
f. f. Soaring talked on the work
Of the publicity committee. He said:
This committee planned last year to
ask prominent church people of the
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jects for publication. A list of about
twenty subjects was made and each
member of the committee asked sew
eral persons TO write upon one or
another of these subjects. I asked
several people TO write articles and
they promised 10 do so, but all of
them within two or three weeks no.
tilted me that it would be impossible
for them TO do it. | doubt if single
one OF these articles was written.
Rev. j. NJ. Balm, however, wrote sew
eral interesting articles which have
been printed in The Free Press. The
committee will probably not attempt
that again. We do see, however, that
good reports of the meetings of the
organization and things of that kind
are given the papers.
in order TO have the publicity
work effective we must have some
thing back Of it. Where there is
smoke there should be some fire. If
this organization is to be effective
it should be closely allied to the
various churches. The actions of
the committees should have the back
ing of the churches. What Mr.. Brand
rup has done in the past few weeks
has been the best thing done in this
city in long time. When the city
officials do enforce the laws which
tend toward making this better city
DO they know that they have the
approval of the church people?"
Doing Great Deal of Good.
j. p. Schweickhard, who has re-
Gently moved to the city from one of
the rural districts, said that he knew
that the Federated Churches had
been doing a great good in the
country districts and that the people
in those districts appreciated the
work and wished to have it con-
tinued
]. A. Pelton spoke briefly on the
need of pulling together in this re-
ligious movement.
Rev. ]. NJ. Balm said that he had