Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-05-04
Letters From
Our Readers
ch,,dren Show Patriotism by Ii'eAt
Work in Behalf Of Red Cross.

Show fdtTlotASA'1
Work in Behalf Of Red Cross
the Editor of The Herald:
pacause I do not know who IS treas.
,,,e, NJ the Red Cross, l pray you ~
give the enclosed check to MN. nc
We had here a little program. a.
,,on will see from the enclosed pal'
If hill and program. There IT Is e~-
nlained how we'll our children unue.'
stood patriotism-not paper p.a
ism" BUT HELPING is their mot.o.
They decided to divide the pro'o''
in three parts: NJ
/, For OUR country in this I'm ..
defense Of the freedom ana fisie'
Of humanity. po-
h.no,a who after so many centuries
has a good chance to get the reedo
hack and be free from the oppression
and persecution of Austria;
8, For the library of the cruz,
where the children car get gooo cieaI
| books and thus are protected aeai's'
their own destruction. hx,
The children were helped by otnel
children, not belonging to the ctup
an that we may say that the children
~ I,ankin school proved their patrlot'
ism.
Rev, V. +. KOld
Pastor st. Joseph's Catholic Church
Lankin, N. D.
(NoTE-The Herald will be pleased
to acknowledge through its columns
any contributions for the work OF ths
Red Cross or other patriotic causes
Saws Preachers of Today Are To-
superficial in Their Study OF bioie
and of Humanity.
To the Editor Of The Grand Fork'
Herald:
Some Of our provident, far-seeint
men are showing Americas need TO
trained men in every field OF bushes
and endeavor-trained business men
trained chemists, trained civil an
electrical engineers, trained agricul
turists, etc, who will devote thei
lives to acquiring a thorough theoreti
cal and practical knowledge of thei
special lines.
one field Of effort has been over
looked. should like to call atten
ton to 1t.
What we need most in America
a trained body of ministers. kno'
we have the colleges and theologica
seminaries. but these do not suffice
AS the case stands ministers go t
their charges. book-trained 1t Is true
but with no real knowledge Of lf
Of human nature. and OF real. every
day conditions. Before preaching
ministers should go out into the world
work among working people, DO men.
work among men, gain a knowledg
Of life, and when they have reache'
the age Of 80 years or so, begin thei
ministry. II they were to follow thu
course, they would better understand
the truths Of Scripture, and the,
would reject the false findings o
Higher Criticism. and other falls
knowledge.
Coming to the scholastic training o
the clergy, ministers should begil
their real studies after they have lief
the seminary. Instead of studying
Harnack. or Rinan. or Briggs. the.
should study the bible and the grea
church fathers-Iranaens, Tertullian
Clement of Alexandria,, Origin. Angus
tine, Thomas Aquinas, and others. II
this or that petty theologian has tt
say about the bible, they should stud!
the bible itself, and the great church
fathers who drew their inspiration
directly from the billie.
What we need, then, in Americe
most Of all are self -sacrifcing mer
who will devote their lives to the study
of the Holy Scriptures. and thus bt
enabled to combat successfully woman
suffrage, prohibition. religious in
fidelity. divorce. the worship of man
mon, and other corruptions and falls,
doctrines Of the times: men who will
labor without money and withou
price" to establish the true WORSHIP
Of God. and the true knowledge o
the bible.
1.-THE harvest is great. but thu
laborers are few"
Yours respectfully.
Charles Hooper.