Omaha daily bee., 1915-09-27
COMRADESHIP THE
KEY TO HAPPINESS
Rev. T. ]. Msokay Tells Travelling
Men Secret Of How to Really
Enjoy Life While Here.
ST. PETERS "sAwDUsT TRAIL


"Comradeship Is one OF the most
important essentials TO a happy and
successful life and an essential you
men have an opportunity to promote
and enjoy TO the utmost" said Rev.
T. j. Mackay before local Post A OF
the Travellers Protective association,
congregated at the Paxton hotel
Saturday evening for the first OF Sc
ries OF monthly entertainments to be
given throughout the winter.
How 20 Ne Happy.
Keep off the side lines OF pleas
ure and stick to the main business of
comradeship II you want to have real
happiness. Make a business Of get
ting together as brothers," went on
Rev. Mr.. Mackay. The reason the
church has lost it's grip on the world
is because II has gone into side lines.
and Till II gets back to the original
path Of promoting the brotherhood
OF man, revivRls and conversions will
be Of little good. especially when
based on emotional hysteria. Com
radeship is the keynote.
why are most OF the churches OF
Omaha closed and their congregations
flocking to Sundays tabernaclef Com
rAdeship Is the answer. Billy Sunday
Il business man, as you no doubt are
wen aware. He sees this point. and aided
by the best organization since the estab-
iishment OF Barnum q Bailey. II giving
tho people something that they evidently
can't find In their own churches. Clergy
men have lost this business principle, evi-
IDENTITY. For after all. when you get down
to brass tacks, preaching Ia a business
Conditions in this city at present arc
something appalling. with the excep-
ton OF the Catholic, Episcopal and Luz
theran churches. practically all the rest
have closed their doors and their con-
gregations have walked out. as much as
to say, Goodbye. God; we can't find you
hore. 80 we're going down to tho taber-
nacle.' That Is q fine condition OF affairs.
and n tracesble 70 q lack Of comrade-
ship.
1T is not gymnastics that tho people
want. but just that feeling OF comrade-
ship. Az an example. st. Peter preached
20 the Jews on the Day OF Penteoost. He
didn't do any acrobatics, nor did he
preach long sermon. He talked quietly
and as man 70 man. And he had SooO
conversions. Come sawdust trail. eh9
There are times when feel like stop
ping forward In the pulpit and saying,
You can all so to-somewhere. I'm
through. But this would not. be right.
No matter how discouraged we all get,
we should fight to hehp our brother Strive
for comradeship. you men. That's the
way TO help each other and yourself, and
make OF your organisation brotherhood
to the letter"
At the conclusion OF his talk Rev. Mr..
Mackay received great applause. For the
size OF the audience II even outrivaied
the BILLY" Sunday enthusiasm
otto Wohlford, president OF local Post
A. introduced Rev. Mr.. Mackay to the
travelling men. and following his discourse
N. p. Sass OF Thomas Fitzpatrick q Co.
gave an interesting talk on Scientific
Salesmanship." The woOdmen OF the
World quartet entertained with several
selections. while a number OF songs, In
Guiding America" were Joined In by the
and a tenor number by John McCrary
were greatly enjoyed. Following the pro-
gram a spread interested the majority OF
the crowd. The affair was arranged by
Harry Patrick. who addressed a few re-
marks to the crowd; L. l. Carr and
Charles Allen.