The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-02-17
LABOR NSUNDAY
SCHOOL IS HEROIC.
What Has Been Done BY
Courageous Teachers
STORY FROM MONTANA
This Was Related At Centenary
Movement Meeting BY
Preacher

Movement Meetin9 by
Preacher
Sunday School Work in Montana"
was the subject discussed by LII. &.
l. Andrews al the afternoon session
OF the meeting held yesterday in tn.
First Church OF Christ Men VINO are
engaged III mission and Sunday
scnool work are travelling 10 tne var
lous Methodist churches In the coun
try telling the people OF the work that
is being done through the Centenary
movement, which was started to aid
IN the work of bringing Christianity
to home and foreign missions.
Heroism IS not always found on
the battlefelds and in the more for
tunate walks of life" said Dr.. an
ditions under which the missionary
in Montana Is teaching the word OF
God. They live in little sod or wood
en- shacks with one or two rooms and
with just the bare necessities OF life.
He drives from thirty i've to fiffy
miles a day to the various settlements
where he breaches.
Or; Andrews said that these men
are doing the best they can, but they
are not reaching the people in the
early years OF life so their characters
may be nodded toward the right. He
said that the Sunday school does not
hold the children after they get. 20
the age of fourteen to eighteen. sta
tisucs show that the attendance be-
gins to drop OF at that age. And
the reason" said DR.. Andrews, sis be-
that is to be done. They tell the boy
or girl to sit down and they'll tell
them !, something of great benefit 10
them" He then told how by giving
the boys or girls some little task to
do in Sunday school makes them feel
responsible and they will come when
they think they can be of service. He
gave instances of this fact. In con.
clusion DIR. Andrews urged the pas
tors to get the children interested in
the work at Sunday school and then
they will have no trouble to get them
to come. Give them something To
do, teach them some interesting facts
which appeal to boys and girls and
girls and they will be in their seats
every Sunday with some little visi-
tor who will enlarge the attendance
roll.
Small Town Church
Professor A. j. Mann of Hamliiia
university spoke to the pastors and
the people who. were present in tina
small town church and community.
Professor Mann stated that it used 10
be that when some young preacher
was sent to a small rural district ne
was told as soon as he made good
a man got old and feeble he was
again sent to the country Young
men are being trained at the present
time to preach In the country, not
temporarily until they make good, but
permanently. Professor Mann gave
statistics showing the enrolment in
the Methodist church which is over
four million. OF this number abort
But the part which Professor Mann
wished TO emphasize was that there
are churches which have no pastor
for them because the people cannot
afford or do not afford to pay his ex-
penses. Other times the people are
anxious to pay for the services but
there is not the funds to erect even
small church. There are. now eigh-
ty- four pastors OF all religions in The
county Of Blue Earth. And yet there
are small communities in the COUNT
which have no English speaking
church. Professor Mann showed very
strikingly how some sections in the
county are oversupplied with pastors
while other sections OF the county,
state, country and world are suffering
and begging for someone to come to
StereOptican lectures were deliy
cred last evening in the Centenary
church. The first one was by DR.. A.
L. Andrews. His pictures showed the
conditions under which the people
live in Montana Some of the Sun-
day schools and churches were shown
and he told how in many places there
q a rTrNC to- -
school because no one else is avail
able. The opportunities in the great
west are wonderful for missionary
work and the people are waiting for
someone to come and help them.
DR.. w. T. Hobart, who has been a
in China since 1882 "a ,e
an illustrated lecture on Ancient and
Ancient Chinese Customs
DR.. Hobart first showed some o. /,
the ancient customs the Chinese still
follow. He showed by q map, how
the central part Of China is over.
while great sections OF the
country have very few people: He
stated that If the population OF the
United States, Canada, Mexico. all Of
South America and Africa was put
that of China. Because the Chinese
have not been taught the ways Of tho
world, nations have taken advantage
Of them. but they are now ,awaking to
the great need There are five uni
In China that are taught by
Of all denominations and
are called Union universities. DR..
Hobart stated that there is one uni
versity for 100000. 900 population, or
for as many people as are in the en-.
tire United States. What would be
come of the people of this country il
there were only one university. This
TACT brings home the necessity of
sending more missionaries to China,
Tor it is only through educating Chi
neses to teach their own people thar
The people Of that country can learn
Of the ways Of civilization and Chris
Lianity.
There were a number Of pastors from
neighboring towns present at the
services held yesterday afternoon and
evening.
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