The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-04-24
CHURCH AND YOUNGER
PEOPLE PAPER TOPIC
Erom Wednesaay Daily.

terinn brotherhood, the mems s0cie-
lty of the First Presbyterian church,
were reelected at the meeting held
In the church parlors last evening.
The officers are: President, c. II.
Cooper; vice president. w. ID. Will
lard and Judge Lorin Cray: secre-
tary and treasurer. DIR. c. J. Holman.
H. d. Diamond. was chosen temper
airy secretary. Supper was served
by the ladies of the church.
A paper on THE Church and It's
Young People" was read by w. A.
Sanborn. The discussion was led
by Rev. J. NJ. Balm and was parti.
cipated In by President G. II. Coop
er, Theodore Williams. @. Fl. Trafton
and Rev. T. r. Paden. Mr.. San.
born said. in part: II would say
that the greatest need in the home.
Is restoration of the Spirit OF Christ
in the home, the realization on the
part of the parents of the debt they
owe themselves, their children. their
God. to impaft to those children,
with as much understanding as God
has given them the religion of our
fathers--the love of the Christ and
the place and Importance OF the
church, and above all to teach by
the greatest OF object lessons. a
good example, for the child will
learn much OF God from the daily
life OF mother and father. IL they be
Christians themselves.
But realizing that the church must
supply In many instances the train
Ing which the home fails to supply,
II must meet II through the Sunday
school and through the social life
OF the church.
! In the Sunday School. \
'In the Sunday school by having
teachers for the older boys and girls.
that are full OF understanding and
sympathy that can gain and hold the
confidence and respect OF the child
and bring them into, close touch
with the church.
by having classes for the young
people. organized classes that are
live and energetic, classes that are
activity filling the vacant place in
the makeup OF the young man or
woman Church and Sunday school
clubs for various purposes, but keep
them In touch with the church. Let
the young people do things under
| the invisible guidance OF the older
| ones.
Young people are natural So
cial. The dance hall. the pool room,
the saloon, flourish because they are
social places. II the church is to
be the church of the living God.
II. too, must be social place.
While I cannot approve of all of It's
features cannot but admire the
purpose or our Catholic brethren in
building their club house-a purpose
10 make the church the social center
Of its people-isn't the principal cor
rect!
| What Young People Demand.
Young people demand a certain
amount OF social amusement and to-
day the competition is strong to sup
ply 1.-THE movies, the theatre teach.
ing In many OF its plays the lessons
the church is afraid to present to It's
young people, the dance hall. the So
cial club, the lodge all supplying
what the church fails to do, a social
place.
ITO the growing boy or girl the
church is merely building. II that
regard becomes permanent, he will
get little from II. but II he Is train
ed to know that the church Is more
than mere building, but the home
OF Gods people, the dwelling place
Of the spirit, an institution OF God,
far-reaching and all-powerful, then
will he be a part OF that church and
q power In Il.
And then these young people
should be set at work, part Of their
training to make them effective, for
II the church owes anything to the
young people and fulfills that debt,
the young people will return 1t with
full measure of loyalty, steadfastness
and service.
'The leaders OF our modern church
came from our young people, raised
and trained In church, and tomor-
rows church will be led by the
young people Of today. and as they
are developed so will stand the
church of tomorrow--weak or strong
struggling or forging ahead-mark-
ing time or marching on to victory"
/ From Wednesdays :jaliv
William NJ. Delaney, flfty-two
years old, for twenty years horse
buyer for Barrett & Zimmerman,
1888 University avenue, st. Paul,
dropped dead late yesterday at
Gowrie. Iowa. where he had gone
to buy horses for the firm.
| News OF his death was conveyed
to J. l.. Barrett by iong-dlstance tele-
phone, and he left Immediately for
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