The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-03-20
Former Lacks Social Qualities
Possessed By Latter
address DR.. YOUNG
Menu ; 4 University Faculty
? = Z the Presbyterian
: Brotherhood

"one of the great losses OF tho
church of today has been 20 The
lodges. It has been immeasureable.
/ speak as a churchman and o. O
lodge man. l think that lodges have
their proper function, and I believe
that one reason why lodges flourish
today is because the church has not
contributed to the social life and
has not given sympathy and charity
as the lodge has" This was one Of
the statements made last night by
DR.. J. 8. Young Of the university OF
Minnesota before the mems church
clubs of the city, when he spoke on
The Socialized Church"
In opening his address DR.. Young
said that people should remember
that the church is a social institution
at the present time and must work
along with other social institutions.
The social instinct Is deep within
US. The work OF Jesus was very
largely social. He did things; He
never wrote anything especially. II
we seek divine sanction for a social
basis for the church / think we can
find II. When Jesus was on earth
he was requested to show the faith
er, and He replied: when you
have seen me you have seen the faith
err Jesus came to define God, and
he defined Him In social way. The
ology Is mans guess at God-man's
attempt to define God. But there
is no definition that can fully de-
fine God. The definition OF God can.
not be put into a book, but Jesus
defined Him.
Jesus Went to Ordinary School.
Jesus went to an ordinary school.
and he was carpenter. II took him
thirty years to prepare for three
years Of epoch making work. He
went about among people, and he
was above all human. Jesus taught
simple things. He talked about be-
ing a fisher Of men. That Is plain
and practical. wish we could today
be fishes Of men In our church.
He said Let your light shine before
all men. Be reconciled to your broth.
er, and then take your gift to the
altar He practiced healing. He
talked about taxes, sowing and reap.
ing and he even ate with the publ
cans and sinners. He said Freely
ye receive, freely give He drew
all his great lessons from tho com.
mon things. .-..
His parallels dealt with plain,
social. every day things. He 'daree
to take the simplest things and eie.
vate them. II preachers only dared
in their sermons to be simple 40
Jesus was; He talked soclabllity.
He emphasized the here and nov.
He didn't Preache about preparing
to die and he didn't talk about tss
hereafter, much. We have q divine
sanction to use the social. the every
day things of life, to elevate the
church. s,.4 u.
State Cares for Education. ..t
Then there are the losses OF the
church In the present day. Educs-
ton is. now largely taken care Of by
the state. II was formerly taken care
Of by the church. We often hear
that the schools OF the present. day
are Goddess, and a great many peo-
pie deplore the fact that tho Bibis
is not read In the schools. think
you can all see that because OF
sectarianism It would be almost i'm.
possible for the Bible TO be read and
explained In the schools. -Ee
The school boards almost always
employ teachers who are OF good
moral character and who do church
work. don't think It makes so
much difference whether teachers read
the Bible In school when they teach
the principles Of Christianity By their
lives. Personally would prefer to
have the scriptures and the Lords
prayer in school, but those teachers
living q correct and upright life az
an example Of the children for nine