The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1916-04-19
Pres. Flint Gives
Splendid Address
Head of Cornell College Talks
on Business Mans Relation
to Religion
HAS LARGE AUDIENCE
Is Optimistic of Closer Uniting
of Church with Society, Bust
ness And Politics

ness AIlO fO1lClCS
DR.. Flint, president of Cornell
College, Mount Vernon, Iowa,
was the speaker at the Mems
Tub meeting at the Methodist
Church Monday evening. This
meeting was the occasion of the
annual Ladies Night and a large
audience of the representative
men and women of the city
heard DR.. Flint's address.
DR.. Flint took as the broad
topic of his talk the relation
ship of business men to the
church, showing the trend to-
ward the realization that church
work is mans job as well as
woman's work and that men
of broad business interests are
awakening to the fact them
selves and are vitality interested
n rousing other men to the same
working ideal.
In the East, DR.. Flint found
this trend indicated by the lay
mems missionary movement and
the Men in Religion movement,
both of which swept the east
ern section Of the country and
he had found indications of it's
progress throughout the North
and middle West.
The effect of this trend relig-
ous-ward is shown first by the
attendance of more men at
church, where they are going
now for different reason than
ever before-because they have
realized their great need of
something to minister to their
spiritual growth, and recognize
the church as one of the great
institutions along with the home
and the state. With this reali-
zatlon has come wonderful in
-rease in the appreciation of all
things pertaining to spiritual
welfare.
DR.. Flint pointed out several
concrete indications of this
change in the mental and spirit
ual attitude. One indication is
in the increased study of the
Bible, which is now beng actual
ly studied and searched for eter-
nal truths instead of being TAX
en- for granted as formerly.
There is less talk and discus
sion, also, of creeds and demon
nations, fewer theological diff
ferences and more points of COM
mon interest which go for the
betterment Of humanity. There
is less trying to save the soul
apart from the body and it's en-
vironment, the prime ideal now
being the salvation to service
rather than salvation to heaven
or from hell. This is shown
strongly in the free mixing of
religion in the social and bust
ness life and the aroused inter.
est of churchmen in politics
for the betterment of politics
and not for what the church
may gain.
The change is also shown in
the change of church organiza-
ton, with it's broadenings of in
terests, sympathy and app,ica-
ton of church principles. and in
the place made for children in
the church life. In fact DR.
Flint clearly showed that men
are becoming interested in life
and in men for the sake of the
Kingdom, and are becoming to
feel more and more their indi-
vidual responsibilities as lay.
evangelists, as introducers OF
fellowmen to Christ.
DR.. Flint is speaker of re-
markable fluency, his words be-
ing chosen with a simplicity and
directness which make them
wonderfully forceful. Not the
least of his charms is his keen
sense of humor and the "hu-
maness" which characterized
every sentence. DR.. Flint's talk
was one of the broadest and
most rememberable addresses
Redwood Falls has heard in
some months.