The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-02-25
eram fridays Daily.

was on hand last evening at the First
Baptist church. An excellent audi
ence considering conditions underfoot.
greeted the speakers. Mrs. H. o. Iyer-
son presided at the organ.
After several songs, prayer was Of
fered by G. M. Palmer. Rev. w. e..
Risinger of Minneapolis presided. Mrs
o. H. Brandenburg led in prayer.
Rev. Frank Peterson, ID. D.. smoke
upon the "What% of the plans outlined
by the Northern Baptist convention,
He was followed by Rev. e. II. Ras-
mussen upon the How" After a brief
season of prayer the conference ad-
| journed for the Friday sessions.
The morning and afternoon meet
ings of today had no formal addresses,
but were made up of a series. of con-
ferences that touched in a very
practical way upon the problems of
the local church.
The team left at five o'clock on it's
way to Brainerd where the next con-
ference will be held. Among those
present from neighboring communi-
ties were Rev. and Mrs. C. A. East
man, and Mrs. Clara Guppy of Yer
non Center; C. A. Carlson of Lin
coln Rev. Kirby Chapman of Lake
Crystal and Rev. A. M. Whitby of
Madelia.
Pungent Paragraphs from the Con-
ference.
The program is so great that it
gets ON ones nerves.
True worship, education and en-
terprise are the three detectives of
the program.
If one third of the members of
Baptist churches devoted each one
half hour week to trying to lead
unconverted people to Christ, every
city of over 100000 population in the
United States would be evangelical.
The purpose of the program is to
utilize the unused forces of the church.
There is awful danger of goddess
ness in prosperity
We want a force of 5000 mission
aries. In certain parts of Europe
four families are supporting one SOL
der Surely the 1,350,000 of north
ern ,BaptistS can support this COM
pany of 5000. 1t would mean but one
missionary for every 500 members at
an expense of S1.G0 per member.
Converts for God are not a ma
chine made product. a.
There must be an educated and
trained ministry, or else the impact
made upon the problems of the world
will be but slight. js
Mrs. Offenlock of Kasota was a
shopper III the city yesterday
Miss Val Thorson of Minneapolis is
the guest OF friends in the city.
j.. N. Post of Drain, Oregon, was a
business caller in the city today.
&C. Harris of Iowa was transact
ing business in the city yesterday.
Michael Russell of Ceresco was a
business caller in the city yesterday
Louis Loeffier of Madison Lake was
a business caller in the city yester-
! day. w. ~ .
c.. D. OFT has returned home from
business trip to Elmore and Blue
Earth
William J. Jones Of Lake Crystal
was the guest of Peter Lloyd last
evening.
Miss Frances Exile left for Ottowa
today, where she will spend the week.
end with her sister. 4H
Miss Ruth TsRdy of Chicago has
arrived in the city to take a position
as trimmer at the Ziegler Millinery
store II .ra
Misses Kate Bruels and Mary
Nicholai left this morning for Barnes
vile, Mimi >, to visit at the home of
the latter. .t'
Barney Barhorst Of St. Paul, fcp-
resenting the F. G. Leslie Paper
company, was business caller in the
city yesterday. tu,
Madison Lake Times: Mrs. N.
Reedfield was here from Mankato last
week looking after her property at
the summer resorts. 1t is the inten-
ton of Mrs Reedfeld to visit with j.
M. Barclay and wife for few weeks.
Theodore Williams reports attend
ing very successful meeting of the
National Local Agents association in
Chicago. While in Chicago, Mr.. Will
liams also visited the Insurance
Underwriters laboratory where he
studied the latest .re-n lighting and
fire. resisting devices
Blue Earth Register: D. w. Rad
ASNi' u NhoLhttIo, VIII SupST1uIoHuGu
the laying of our paving blocks last
summer, was in Blue Earth, last We'd
nesday. Mr.. Radical is with the North
Star Concrete company of Mankato,
and a pleasanter gentlemen is diff
cult to find. We acknowledge a pleas
ant CALL
George, Atchison returned today
from Chicago, where he attended a
meeting of the National Horse Trot-
ting association of which he is vice
president. While there he also at
tended meeting of the national fair
association, where many of the at
fractions for the coming state fairs
are engaged. He was away a week
Mrs. R. L. Meyer, and Mrs. A. J.
Ziegler returned yesterday from a
trip to eastern fashion markets, where
they selected spring millinery for
their store. Mrs. Meyer was absent
five weeks, visiting in Pennsylvania,
Indiana and Ohio, and reports very
mild, nice weather, with scarcely any
snow. She met her mother, Mrs.
Ziegler at Chicago. and they attended
the fashion show, Mrs. Ziegler spend
ing ten days in that city. In Chicago
straw hats are very common, as they
have been worn for some time, and
are Of the small, close fitting variety
for early spring