Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-04-18


| conviction. His subject was: "Whe
you are tempted be able to say: No
To begin with he read Ps. l. In hi
lecture he used for his model tn
life of Daniel the prophet. Daniel wa
able to say "No" when he was TEN
pied or commanded to worship tn
idol of Babylon. He suffered hard
ship because of his religious con
v~iction, but won out in the end
Other examples were brought in
uch as DR.. Martin Luther. He pic
tured Luther as the great reformer
and also as the father of our fire,
school system. Luther did not only
serve the church but also did great
service to his country, and to the
world.
Prof. Raaen also pointed out how
important it was to have real leaders
in the church and our schools. He die
not blame the young people as much
rs he would blame the homes. the
school teachers and the movies for
the ~deplorable conditions that we
have today. Many of the homes have
no family worship, and the parents
| are indifferent or hostile to the
| church and its teachings. He pointed
| out that according to statistics it was
found that among the students in
| Plentywood there were 60 per cent of
them that had no af~filiation with
any church whatsoever. And that is
the general condition throughout the
country. SO many of the young people
know very little of the Bible and its
great teachings. When questions are
put to many of them in regard to
some parts of the Bible their faces
spell blank. They do not know. H
also deplored and denounced the
false teachings presented by some
of the teachers in our public school
and higher schools of learning that
hold forth that mar has decended
from the monkey or something else
He termed that as bunk. He said:
The way the homes, the churches
and also the schools are, so will oul
men and women Of tomorrow be-
The speaker gave considerable credit
to the Sunday school and Luther
League and our church choirs in in
fluencing the youth for the noble
things Of life. And he layed much
stress on this that the children
should remain for the church services
after having attended the Sunday
school. 1t was suggested that the
children be given a brief recess be-
tween the two, and get some fresh
air; and then that the children come
into the church and take their places
With their parents at the worship.
He closed his lecture by reciting a
hymn: How shall the young secure
their hearts, and guard their lives
from sin? Thy word the choicest
rules imparts to keep the conscience
clean" etc.
We want to congratulate the Com
ertown people in being so fortunate
as to secure the services Of Prof.
Raaen to be at the head Of their
school. We understand that the school
board there has hired this able
leader for another year. And we fee
moved to make this statement: Our
schools are in need Of many such
men as Mr.. Raaen. Prof. is a gra-
duate Of St. Olaf College at North
field, MINI. That means considerable
And he is a man endowed with great
intelligence and personality. He
gains respect and commands notice
wherever he moves, And last but not
least we are glad to learn that he is
4 noble and consecrated christian
gentleman.
Miss Nellie Gulbrandson from
Fertile, Mimi, is one of the High
School teachers at Comertown. She
gave a reading: "The Other Wise
Man." which was very touching and
impressive. 1t pictured a young man
who was in search for Christ. He
came to Bethlehem: but when he ar
iiNeN 1hSiC ooScPH, MARY II Lne
Christ child had fled to Egypt. 33
years later the same mar came to
Jerusalem and met Jesus as his per
sonal Saviour. He was present there
when Jesus died on the cross on that
Long Friday. Having seen the Son
Of God die for the sins of the world
this man too passed away in death
to meet his Lord in Paradise. Miss
~Guldbranson is a graduate from Con-
cordia College at Moorhead, MINI.
The school board at Cmertown has
also asked Miss G~uldbrandson to re-
main on their faculty next year.
1t was indeed a treat to have Mr.
M. l.. Rostad and his two noble sons
entertain us with classical and reli-
gious music. First they played: "Lar-
go" by Handel. At the close of the
program they favored us with two
religious selections: Beneath the
Cross of Jesus / fain would take NV
stand and Jesus, Saviour pilot me-"
This orchestra accompanied the au-
dience when we sang: Beautiful
Saviour, King of Creation" "Son OF
God and Son of Man" Abide with me,
i fast falIc Tho - 4.lv