The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-09-18
PLAN THE CHURCH
LABORS FOR YEAR
From Fridays Daily.
w. r. Burton Of Fairmont, presi-
dent.
be made during this convention, that
Glenn Shoemaker Of Manksto, vice
president.
Grover shurman Of Redwood Falls,
secretary and treasurer.
Mrs. w. o. King OF Horecon, dis
trict manager Of c. w. 3. NJ.
From Fridays Daily.

triCt churches OF Christ were elected
at the meeting this morning, al
stated above. The business session
proved TO be an informal one In
which various church problems were
discussed. Reports OF the nominal
ing and future work committee:
were heard
Rev. Clarke w. Comstock, who
was chairman OF the future WORK
committee. included In his report the
suggestions: That a provisional pro
gram for the next annual program
the next annual meeting be held at
Redw God Falls at some other time
than state fair week. that every
church institute and every member
canvas for church support, that par
liamentary usage be adopted In the
conventions. that every congregation
be asked 10 hold revival services
during the year. that teachers train
ing classes be instituted in the Bible
schools and that classes of instruc'
ton be- held for people who have
church offices.
Great Problem Of the Day.
To get the teachings Of Christ
hcfur,. the people so they can grasp
II. appreciate il, and make II theirs,
Rev Grover Shurman OF Redwood
Falls declared lis the greatest prob
lem OF preaching today" Mr.. Shurman
delivered the principal address OF the
convention Session last night on the
subject The Problem OF Preaching
and took as his text the words. 81
have become all things to all men
that may by all means save some. y
The work OF preaching the gos'
pei" he said. lis not In the hands
of the ministers of the gospel alone
II is in the hands OF all people who
are followers Of Jesus Christ. We
must make our preaching of the COS
pei in accord with the times. We
must present the truths of Gods
teachings in a modern way. God
would not use out Of date tools any
more than you would use out OF date
tools
The church is no longer the chief
moving power in society. II is time
We knew the reason for this and
found the remedy. This is an age
OF specializing. and men are reals.
tic in thinking and speaking. We
want tangible, understandable things
II We accept them. Christ's gospel
must be presented TO people in such
n way.
Playing With Religion.
To-day We are playing with our
religion and as result the
churches are a half or a quarter fill
ed Business men are saying. Give
us something we can understand.
We need churches that will live
what they stand for We must preach
more and more the facts of the Cos
pei There Is nothing in the worlds
history so substantiated by facts as
the life, ministry and resurrection
OF Christ. We must preach posi-
tive dogmatic gospel.
We don't want problemati,
we want a God we know. Never
was there time when men were
reaching out for realistic religion
as they are now. The church has q
message which the people do no,
want to hear, and that is the message
Of sin. We must, then. teach that
message to ourselves first"
Address BY Ray Hunt.
Ray Hunt, state president Of tn,
Christian church organization. spoke
last night on The Organization Of
the Church." going into the dutie:
OF various officers and committees
of the church in detail. He believes
in a thoroughly organized, and stated
last night that the inefficient church
was the unorganized one, and the
efficient church was the organized
church
During the evening a ladies' quar-
tet from Redwood Falls sang a yer,
beautiful anthem. Rev. William Gren
on Of Cleveland conducted the even
ing devotionals. During the after
noon yesterday Miss Ada Forster the
state Christian women's board of mis-
sions worker, gave a summary o.
the years work She said that a
the beginning of the year the board
had set out to add fifty additional
tithers, and this and more had beer
accomplished. II was also hoped e
get The Minnesota Christian. the OF
fetal church organ, in every home
This has been accomplished through
out the state with the exception Of
Minneapolis and ST. Paul. Many new
members had been added to the or
ganization during the year
The Sunday School Lesson.
Hugh Cooper, the state Sunday
school worker of the denomination
gave a talk yesterday afternoon or
his work, speaking principally OF the
need of using the graded lessons In
the Sunday school Sunday schoo
workers who were at the meetins
were given an opportunity to tel
what their greatest difficulties In
the work were. The thing which mos
OF them gave as the greatest difi
Guilty was securing efficient and faith
full teachers.
Afternoon Session.
This afternoons session was de
VOted IN the raadfng NJ M na-e mn