The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-03-18
ADDRESS OF WELCOME
Delivered by }. c. Manning, City
Manager of Hays, Before North
west Kansas Conference,
March II, 1920

west Kansas Conference,
March II, 1920
As a representative OF, the mayor
and through him the people of Hays,
I extend to you, Bishop Shepherd, |
ministers and laymen and visitors of |
the Thirty-eighth Northwestern Con-
ference of the Methodist Episcopal
Church a warm and heartily sincere |
welcome.
: The people OF Hays feel not only |
pleased but complimented that you,
as Conference, should have chosen
our city as your meeting place. We,
as a people that are building a city,
are anxious to build well and put first
thirgs first. No city builds for itself
alone or lives apart from the rest, but
each, in its individual way, is contri-
buting to the great stones of capital,
labor, agriculture, civic endeavor,
community enterprise and various
other things which go into the struc-
ture of an Arch of Welcome, so to
speak, to the future generations that
shall follow US.
In the building of an Arch, the
architect looks well at each stone to
get them a srear perfect and f1awless
as possible. This we are doing today
in our attempt to settle in a lasting
way all social and industrial unrest,
in broadening our community efforts,
identifying our cities and making our
surrounding country produce to the
limit, but the keystone of this arch,
that which shall hold all together and
to be to leave to posterity as az ex-
ample of our building, is the Chris
tian Church.
Christ, in his teachings, through his
earthly representatives, the Church,
must be the living, guiding influence
in ali permanent building. No city
grows in a big and lasting way whose
churches do not keep pace with all
other development ard serve as the
leaven from which the whole is lea
vened
The teachings of Christianity
through the Church and its repre-
sentatives, are not thing to be kept
apart from our business and political
life. The adage once was, ''You can't
mix religion and politics." But today
the tendence is leaing far the other
way The big business mer of the
country, the authors of our business
text books and leaders of political
movements, realize that our business
and political efforts must be based
upon the fundamental ideals of every
day living, which, as jeremiah w.
jerks, Research Professor of govern
ment and public administration of
the New York University, says. els to
his mind more finely expressed in the
Book of Books than anywhere else" :"
What is the soul of theology, under
whatever form of religion or creed,
but service to man by the establish
ment and maintenance of right rela-
: tions with God. Incidentally, in many
of the early creeds, emphasis was laid
upon the belief that by securing right
: relation with God, mems souls would
be saved from torment hereafter. To-
: day the emphasis has shifted some
and we not only believe the former
but we also know it will promote the
earthly welfare of men.
The churches of our great nation
are well awake to the responsibility
that is before them. They are keep
ing right ideals in the minds of our
people while we are pressing forward
IT our national building. This is
shown by the individual movements
such as the New Era and the Centen-
/ ary Movements, and in larger, more
far reaching way, through the united
efforts of all in the great Inter-church
World Movement.
Then to you, a part of the official
: body of the Great Church of Method
t ism in Kansas, and a part of this
! | great keystone of our ration, we
: would welcome you once more. The
' homes and the hospitality of the peo-
5 pie of Hays, as well as the numerous
i places of beauty and points of inter
D est are yours to enjoy to the limit and
b may we, as a City, receive from you
] in return a deeper foundation of
n right ideals as exemplifed by the
/ Christian Church and a greater i'm
5 petus towards church community life.
E thank you.
Gillette owners, see Tholen's ad on
, front page.
a a sigr placed on the corner lot of
Normal Avenue and Chestnut Street
reads, '0n this location, 100 feet by
I 125 feet, will be erected our $125,-
I 10000 New Century Church.
The charter for the American Le-
L gion Post of Fort Hays Normal, has