The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-12-19
BISHOP MITCHELL
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boasts he never goes anywhere, tina:
he don't belong to nothin" and you
can bet he don't amount to nothin
either"
The Second In ldiotic Line.
The successful business man, WHO
amasses a fortune by crushing out
his small competitors, and forgets
that he is a man." was pointed out
by the speaker as the second lineal
descendant OF the original idiot. Such
a man, he described, as one who
amassed millions and when he died
did not leave cent to charity or a
good cause. ~ ,i-94 &. -
Turning to the ether side of this
question, the speaker raped those
who regard all rich men as scoun-
drels, and all who are poor as saints.
81 have found the biggest scoun-
drels | ever knew among the poor,
and / have found those regard as
the worlds greatest saints among the
rich.'' said the speaker. al
Bishop Mitchell declared the narvei
of it was that more men did not be-
come rich in this land. With the
wonderful natural resources OF oil
coal and minerals he said he wonder
ed that all were not blessed with
wealth. @ 49,
The Money Making Gift.
1.-THE reason is that God did not
give all men the money making gift,
he said, "any more than he did not
give all men, the gift. of writing, or
painting. don't belong to that
proletariat crowd that wants everyone
to divYy up so long as he don't have
to .giye anything himself"
The man who makes money his
god, who tramples underfoot all who
cross his path, Bishop Mitchell con-
demned in stern terms. Such a man
he said travels with his face toward
hell" Speaking in this vein. he said
that statesmen, public officials, and citi
zens of everyday life who labor only
for themselves and contribute nothing
for the welfare and the betterment OF
mankind are lineal descendants OF
the original idiot.
Upon the sectarian Christian, the
man who sees only his own belief,
creed or sect as the chosen few,
Bishop Mitchell bestowed the right to
a leading place among the lineal de-
scendants of the original idiot. He
declared he had no quarrel with the
man who declared his church was
right, mis- sect or creed was right, but
was also willing to accede the same
right to others. He did however nrge
"a greater union among Protestant
churches to make a great Protestant
solidarity, the same as the Catholic
solidarity.
Raps The Church Bisot.
Don't, say however, my church is
right, it's founded on the word OF
God We are the only true Chris
tians. We are right and the whole
world is wrong" he counselled
such man gets the idea that little
me- has through ticket with all his
baggage checked straight for heaven
while the big world outside is going
to the other place
Sectarian beliefs of the nature that
members of the faith are Obliged to
dress in clothing that makes them
noticeable for their plainness, were
scored by Bishop Mitchell. He named
numerous sects that wore no jewelry
gewgaws or fancy clothing of any
kind. Such a belief he branded as
the heighth of folly.
why did God paint the gorgeous
colors of the western sunset unless
he loves beauty?" asked the speaker
"He did not intend this for world
Iof sadness and sorrow. God wants
you women to fix yourselves up-God
knows You need il.
"The Religious Tramp"
Turning. on the other hand, to the
man who favors no church, but who
travels around from one to the other
without supporting any one, Bishop
Mitchell said was religious tramp
"He says he loves all the churches,
remarked the speaker. Just look oul
for those people who love everything
Such a man Is an, old, religious
tramp. He says oh love all the
churches so he can dodge paying pew
trent in any one"
The Little AmericaD,' the mar
who sees this nation as common
wealth built only for itself, doing goot
for none, taking no part in world
events, living only for self. he placed
as another prominent descendant OF
the original idiot. AS fitting head
for this group he, named a certain