The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-10-03
Movies Are curing n
People From Church
from thursdays Daily.

From Thursdays Daily.
Enslavenieiit 10 the movies" the
glamour of the city, feeling of So
uial inequality and general lack. of
religious responsibility, were given
as reasons for q lapsing of member
ship from the church by DR.. j. O..
Randall, in an address on "Evange-
lism" before the Methodist Episcopal
conference yesterday afternoon. This
drifting away from the house of God,
nd disinterest in the welfare of the
spiritual side of their natures, to-
gether. with discussion of foreign
missions took the attention of the
ministers attending yesterday after
loons session of the Methodist Epis.
nopal conference. The need for per.
sonal work among people who are
lot protesting Christians. but who
have some knowledge of Christianity
md the need of support for the for.
! aign missions, proved to be inter.
sting topics of discussion with the
ministers.
mo organization in the church
las such an educational power as the
Noman's Foreign Missionary soci.
ety." said Rev. B. c. ellis of Win
dom yesterday afternoon, land no
:tiurch is doing its duty which has
cot encouraged, this society in its
work" Rev. ellis gave the annual
conference missionary sermon and
confined his address to a discussion
If the present condition and stand.
ng of the foreign mission work.
He spoke briefly of the missionary
york which has been done in Japan
md China by the missionaries from
his country and showed how those
wo countries have themselves seen
the wisdom of accepting Christianity
,ud are institutipg the most modem
educational systems and encouraging
he spread of Christianity.
Problem of the Home Church.
1.-The question of foreign missions
is the problem OF the home. church,
OF of foreign lands. There are
many people who are not interested
outside of their own church. Then
80 ,,,a.s ,.,,,,a Oh, QUO ;rtarast.l
j., homo r,iscio,s only hnt ;iI,er, is
increasing circle which is inter
,a,oa :, f,,rth.r;n,v c.dd,,.. L;nsan,n in
ca.o;n, on,,,,,;ot, M, nasto,. ,,,,st
h.i,,n th;s ;ntoro.t ~ tba be,rts of
-. roonIa md N, naetor ebonId
,torast No ;nd;;,id,,oI VIC IL not IN.
,,osiod in foroign1 r,;ss;ons Tben.
,oo ,,o boyo not ,,iade ano,,rb of The
ot,r,od ,r;ss;onorioc wo shon,d
,,nIon our cb,rcbos ~ tbnm We
,rst orgonizo onr noon,c into mis-
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at,o,s oo.tl,7 rar,,opts antomo
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hi - r;,,o.G ro,. .,ro,t c,,eas onl,
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| ,o,.,,,t of IN foro;o, ,,;ssio,
,r,, ;s assrrod wo peod none,
VA no naod noon,e If tho cburcbe;
.tI.co5 ~ ho .r,al,ened IN tho fac
No, .I,,,- ORC not doing .tboir dnty
CT;;Ianan ,,a,,oe hoa,, ,rai,,od. 10 c;vs
nannios.. 20, obnrcb vort and the,
- mobile - aot oway from thai
,onn,~ so.Io of ojrinct We must raa,
,ze tbat -wa arc in . bie bushes,
| bst' ,yi,, tal, of. tncr whole world
One Of Tho .-.,tes+ nceds Of orr da
/ ,nrasa~sineT thes eosnel If consecra
| .io,, ~ E.,.iness movers, to Cod wh,
sbon,6 ;. nreacbar devote his talent,
- aGor 1rh;ie ~ bns;nessg man gives
/ ,fs n. r,ftinp monev i'm tho hank
Tho tpos,;a, tbat we need IS one tha
will canse business men IN c,nse
,rate their zhnsinass mowers tn Cod
! mr. Randa,ps address, ON nEyan
eelism. was informal and. moro :;
liscussion. in; which the, minister
,ssambled fook mart than otberw,se
DR. Randall is secretary of the gen