The Mankato free press., 1914-10-16

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sending two or three times the money
that the Baptists we're. and the Bap-
lists we're letting their own volun-
lteers do missionary work in the
service Of other denominations.
Impressed on Congregations.
Then speaker said pastors should
impress the situation on their con.
gregations, and not let a deficiency
in funds occur snext, year. Every
pastor sho1ld let his congregation
know that other denominations were
taking the missionary field away
from the Baptists. At least four
sermons a, year should be devoted
to the cause OF missions. In view
Of the little that had been done.
the speaker said, 10 impress these
thoughts on the minds OF the Bap-
list people. the wonder was not that
they had given so little for foreign
missions, but that they had given
anything at all
Another who made an urgent plea
for more missionary activity was
w. p. Patten of Duluth, also a
speaker at the banquet. Mr.. Patten
spoke of the vast number of Fin
nish people who were settling in
and about Duluth. He said these
people had fed from Russian OPP
preston and the effect of that op-
preston had been to render them
inclined TO socialism and atheism,
Atheism was actually being taught
among those people. as they de-
tested the Russian state and church.
However, some missionary work had
been done among them, even II.
the old country. and the Baptists
had made some progress among
them The Baptists had won the
third greatest number OF converts
in Finland, among all denomina-
tions. Hence. the Baptists had quite
an advantage iE working among
those people, when they settled in
America. Other denominations we're
doing no small amount of mission
airy work among the settlers of
the Range country, but the Bap-
fists mad sadly neglected this field.
II was up to the Baptists, as well
as other. denominations, to decide
whether northeastern Minnesota was
10 be peopled with Christians or
be a stronghold for atheism.
s- Mr.. Palmer a Speaker.
George M. Palmer, Mankatn's
well known miller and Baptist Sun.
day school worker, was one OF the
principal SPEAKERS at the banquet.
Mr.. Palmers topic was "How Bap-
tist Laymen Can Make Good" Mr..
Palmer said that I'm business as
well as In other activities II was
necessary for man to make good
or make room. II he did not make
good II was necessary for him to
make room for somebody who
would. To make good required hard
work Genius would not take the
place OF hard work. To make good
a man must have. both initiative
and stick-to-itiveness. There were
many who quit and were 'discour-
aged at their difficulties. II should
be borne in mind that the man who
would make good must make sacri-
fees in order to make good. This
was true In the church work as
well as in business.
The speaker went on to say that
II was not necessary for all to take
the lead. He had seen men in
church work of very mediocre abili-
ties who had made good by persist
ent effort He had seen others
who did not make good because
they did not have the proper spirit.
To make good man did not need
to be leader He would make
good II he was square fellow. and
did the work laid out for him TO
do. Such a man was valuable, even
IL he was not man of great ability.
A group OF such men around q
minister constituted tower or
strength. .....-I. e.
Another point on which Mr.. Pal
mer laid emphasis was that the
man who made good was also one
who set proper example to
younger men. When a boy had be-
gun to smoke and saw his father
smoke. II was useless to preach to
that boy against smoking while he
saw his father doing the same thing.
A mans example would speak
louder than words.
Resolution of Sympathy.
A resolution OF sympathy was
passed in behalf OF Fred C. Spafford,
a prominent member OF the Trinity
Baptist church of Minneapolis, whose
daughter was recently. killed In, an
automobile accident.
F.. C. Nichels of the real estate
firm Of Nickels & Smith. Minneapo-
lis. was toastmaster at the banquet.
At yesterday afternoons session
i of the convention In the Baptist
church. addresses on Making Good
were delivered by Rev. l. d. Alv6rd,
Bemidji; Rev. @. r. Anderson.
Swedish missionary; !. Rev. w. P.
Gamma, St Paul; Rev. @. A. Lin
dahl, Mankato; Rev. E. II. Rasmus.
sen, state evangelist; Rev. - w.
Nixon. hudson Memorial church.
Minneapolis; and Rev. H. R. Nc