The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-10-10
Peck Praised Great
Work Of Y.M.C. A.
From Mondays Daily.

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Union services Of the Protestant
English speaking churches were held
at the Presbyterian church last night.
E. w. Peck. state secretary of the
Y. NJ. C. A., was the principal speaker
of the evening. The attendance was
large, the auditorium and gallery OF
the church being filled to their ca
pacity. Besides the ministers of the
different churches, Dr. j. W. Andrews,
president of the Mankato Y NJ. C. A.,
State Secretary f. w. Peck and Local
Secretary ]. S. Findley of the Y NJ.
C. A., occupied seats in the pulpit
After the Introductory prayer and
song service, DIR. J. W. Andrews
took charge. of the service. DR.. An
drews referred to the fact that this
Sunday is Bible day and is being OBJ
served as such all over the civilized
world. He made reference, to the
many and varied places where the
Bible has reached and said that the
work which had been started of plac-
ing Bibles in the rooms Of hotels
would soon be finished. Speaking of.
The influence of the Y. NJ. G.. A. in
the church lie, he thought that its
most direct influence had been the
drawing together and unifying the
churches. The association had also
accomplished great deal for an in
stitution so young, for while it was
less than a hundred years old, it Is
today to be found in all parts OF the
civilized world and among people of
all conditions. ss
Ministers in Brief Remarks.
At the conclusion of his remarks,
DR.. Andrews introduced the different
ministers on the platform and called
on each of them for two minute
speech. In justice to the ministers
it should be stated that they all
kept we'll under their time limit and
their remarks, all OF which referred
to the association, were short, apt
and to the point
Rev. w. r. Keesey of the Metho-
dist church said that a Y. NJ. c. A.
III % o'Oou ioi IL SoHihAu
nifty of interest and that the churches
should do all that they could to fur
tier the movement
Rev. r. w. Hobbs of the Baptist
church thought that the already great
work of the association could be in
creased by more Christian men get
ting into it and he asked them to all
get in and boost the work along
Rev. Edward Constant of the Con-
gregational church said that utility
was written on the walls of the Y.
NJ. c. A. building and that the as.
ISOLATION was q Christian movement
! that produced character and that
churches and like organizations
were worthless if they did not pro-
duce character. 1~ ....
f. The Institutional Work. e.,
Rev. T. Ross Paden, pastor of the
Presbyterian church, felt that the Y.
/ NJ. G.. A. did the institutional work of
the churches and in doing that work
they filled aalarge place in the church
life, but he urged that more, religion
be gotten into the movement and that
both the churches and association be
more frank and open in the matter
of the religious movement.
At the conclusion of the remarks
from the ministers, DR.. Andrews in
troduced State Secretary e. w. Peck,
whose remarks in part were as fol-
lows: >.I~
Mr.. Peck thanked the people and
the churches for the interest that had
prompted the meeting and for the
congregation that had gathered, but
said that he felt that the Y. NJ. C. A.
movement was worthy of the honor.
! He realized that the gathering of peo-
pie expected him to talk of the move.
| ment in which he was so much in
terested but that he would not tie
! himself strictly to the subject. Mr..
Peck said that success is no secret
and that it depends much on the
things are undertaken and that while
men and conditions changed at times,
Cod always remained steadfast.
When great movements had present
ed themselves God had always raised
the men to meet them.
Dollars Are Needed.
|, Speaking OF the financial side of
the church and association life, Mr..
Peck said that the movements had
been hampered by too many pennies
and nickels, when dollars were
needed instead Men today were used
TO doing big things and the churches
make a mistake expecting them to do
church werk in small way. These
same men like to see the work that
they put into any movement bear
fruit for the labor and money that
they have spent.
"Also these men would appreciate
, it, if the work of the church were
conducted on "a business basis. The
Y. NJ. C. A. has been conducted along
those lines and that their success
came largely from that source. He
liked to see the sympathy of men en-
listed in the movement but did not
want the interest to stop there for
sympathy was very cheap article.
Asks Money Investment.
"The work of the association asks
an investment of money, but it also
asks what is often harder to get,
! and that is an investment of time.