The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-20

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fighting for the preservation of
democracy and liberty.
Bishop TyIer's Talk.
Teach the young people to be rev.
erent," was the theme Of the address
by Bishop J. Poyntz Tyler, who con-
Quoted the Introductory service Of the
convention. There has grown among
the youth of America too much of the
spirit of audacity and innpertinence,'
he said. THE children should be
taught to have reverence not only for
the house of God and the implements
of the house. but they should be
taught to be respectful and decent to
women and elderly people.
Children should be taught to say
grace at meals as one of the steps in
teaching them to pray. If the young
people are taught to pray while they
are children they will have no excuse
that they don't know how when they
are older"
The Bible hour was conducted by
DR.. w. D. Schermerhorn, president Of
the Wesleyan college of Mitchell, S.
D., who brought the messages from
the prison letters of st. Paul. He en-
phasized the necessity for absolute
and scrupulous honesty, especially
among Christian workers.
The MAN. Making Process
The Man Making Process, was the
Honline of the Bonebreak Theological
seminary at Dayton, o. There was
nothing dry about the talk neither was
there an instant when the convention
did not follow him closely.
Those elements that go to make up
a man are heredity, environment and
effort, he said. Mature sets the
limit; education cannot increase the
capacity for If there is not natural
ability nothing can be done. Educa-
ton begins at birth and ends only at
the grave. We are pupils and teach
ers at the same time, never too old
to learn or too young to teach. The
physical condition has much to do
with the moral, and the first requisite
in life is good animal. Whenever a
man goes wrong morally it is because
he has allowed his body to become the
master of his mind. A-~f-
Every individual born brings with
him a religious nature when he comes
into the world. Nature makes a man
religious and the process is begun be-
fore birth. Nurture continues after
birth and gives him the creeds. 1t is
impossible to find normal man who
is not religious. If you doubt this take
him out on lake and, when you reach
the middle, sink the boat AS the boat
goes towards the bottom the mans
every time. We had that experience
in Dayton during the food. Everyone
then became exceedingly religious and
made the Lord a lot Of promises.
Nothing Added After Birth.
Nothing is added to the individual
after he comes into the world. He
brings his religion with him when he
comes. It is not in evidence because
it has not been developed. Neither
are his eye teeth and chin whiskers,
but they are there just the same. All
of the mans instincts come to the
surface on the installment plan and
the religious nature reaches white
heat about the period of adolescence.
When to develop the religious nature
is the question. II it is not done at
the right time, in the right way it dies
out. If a man passes the age of rs
coming into the church the
chances are strongly against his doing
so.
Salvation by prevention Is q good
rule to follow. Preserve the child life
and child innocence. II this had been
done there never would have been the
prodigal son. Had there been no rob-
oers on the road there would have
been no need of the Good Samaritan.
It is not the business Of the church
10 minister to the moral and spiritual
The main business is to
keep the streams Of childhood pure.
Then there will be no old sinners to
go after.
'iThe greatest asset of the nation is
BUR boys and girls If properly trained.
Il improperly trained they may be- |
come the most dangerous liability"
This afternoon the five divisions of
The convention are in session which
began at each church at las.
This evening the big parade will
start at $3.50 from Broadway and
Seventh avenue north.
One Of the features Of the parade
win be the appearance OF Rudd's
Fargo band.
Miss Bertha Palmer, secretary of the
Williams County Sunday School as
ISOLATION, drove in a Ford car ali the
way from WiIliston to Fargo. Shell
eft home on Sunday night and drove
Ter car 4S4 miles