Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-11-27
DR.. GRIMES TALKS
ON CITIZENSHIP
Explained Duty of Church in Com
batting Reds in Address Made to
Methodist Men

One hundred and forty-three men
belonging to classes in the NJ. E. Sum
day School sat down to a banquet in
the dining hall of the Methodist church
at 7 o'clock Friday night. The tables
were decorated with chrysanthemums
and ferns; the menu consisted of
chicken-pie, potatoes, corn, hot bis
cults, salad, pickles, pie and coffee.
The dinner was prepared by the ladies
of the church and was served by the
younger ladies.
The Rev. C. C. Grimes, Centenary
Secretary of the Missouri Conference
of the Methodist Church, made the adj
dress of the evening. He had as his
subject, Good Citizenship and the
Church." and spoke at length on the
destructive work being done by the
"Reds," the obnoxious literature being
used by them and the attempts they
are making to destroy religion. He
explained that the only way to settle
the difficulties between the interest
of Capital and Labor is by means of
the leadership of the church. This
leadership, he said, will change the
character of men so that purity and
un%selfishness will be paramount in the
lives Of all.
Every first class Bolshevist is a
college graduate" DR.. Grimes declar-
cd. "And that goes to prove that educa-
ton is needed to compete against
them" The battle is now up to the
church, he went on to say, and it is 60
ing to be a worse fight than the recent
ono with Germany, because it is going
to tear down civilization.
DR.. Grimes said he loves the church
because Of the enemies 1t has made,
and because it ioes to the help of all
classes and does the greatest work of
any organization in the world today.
He proclaimed it to be the duty Of the
church to stop the work of the foreign
enemies and to oinforces for a greater
work for our country and Jesus
Christ.
DR.. Grimes spoke to some extent on
the creed Of the Methodist Church,
saying that a minister of the church
has to swear to q creed and promise
to be loyal to the laws of the United
States.
W. w. Fry was POSTMASTER for the
occasion. There were several four
minute speakers on the program. 5.
P. Emmons talked on "The Class of
Today He has been in Sunday
School work for more than ffty-four
years and had a large experience
from which to draw the material for
his talk.
r. J. Williams, in his speech en-
1.-THE Class Of Tomorrow" outlines the
work that is needed to be done by
the Sunday School and especially the
mems classes. He said the best way
to make a class successful is to have
it organized and full of "pep."
0. F. Hall spoke on "The Oppor-
tunities of the bible Class" George
Coaklcy, president of the "Hustlers
Glass" made a talk on "The Work of
the Young Men" following which
Thomas Hccklin sang two solos.
After DR.. Grimes address DR.. Fred
Griffin sang two songs, and shor:
talks were made by the Rev. Richard
Gentry, pastor of the Christian
church, and the Rev. W. c. Cowart,
pastor of the Methodist church, who
was instrumental in the success oil
the banquet. Music was furnished
throughout the diner hour by the M
throughout the dinner hour by the Nd
The Rev. j. 0. Edmonston offered
the invocation and the Rev. Gentry
pronounced the benediction.