^•T'#'®!Sr-t INTERNATIONAL FALLS PRESS t: S INSTITUTIONAL theatre. Special attention is good many people in the church fed and under-exercised. 7 think I could beat him in the the harpies of childhood, the men given to the recreation of the I now pass to the second funservices CHURCH WORK given to the recreation of the end. The trouble today is that it who make money out of child-, rJJj who would have been ction of the Christian church: people. S-t i'tary reflations are is the other way round. The devil ren's recreation, \as other men interested in no other way. I of the city, and the life of the strictly enforced. The working has the recreation of the people, make money out of women's Paper read before the International have tried and I think cuccess- city as a whole, so that the total people are well housed. The single and he-is getting the people, in virtue. Ministers' Club by Rev. fully, to keep in my own mind effect on any one coming here tax, on land rather than improvements, spite of all our efforts. To try| Just what are we trying to do, and that of my people, the rule to live will be Christian rather E. L. Heermance. has killed land speculation and Christianize a city without in fulfillment of this sacred task? that our social work was not than anti-Christian. By institubait, and reduced rents. Christianizing its recreation is This task as I see it is four-fold, that it was done simply be- tions I mean agencies working We may differ in details as to like pouring water into a pa.il (i) We are providing a better mi cause it needed to be done, be- along the following lines: Educause When the aged apostle John our picture of the ideal city. without a bottom, like planting place for the girls and especially it was worth' doing, be-' cation, Recreation, Health, Houscause looked into the future, he saw But something of this sort is a garden and neglecting to keep, the boys to go, a place to play it was part of the Father's ing, Labor Immigrants, Charbusiness. the holy city, the new Jerusalem what we want to see and hope it clear of weeds, like building a that will keep them off the street At the same time child ities, Delinquency, Public morals coming- down out of heaven to see. carriage without wheels. The and out of places of questionable ren and young people are from Government and Civic improvetime from God the old familiar city, thing wont go, the weeds will -amusement. Our play ground I believe the new International to time starting to attend ment along the line of parks, that had crucified his Lord, made choke the grain as they are doing does this to a certain extent Falls is possible, that it can be HO our services because they have beautifying of the city, etc., over to match God's plans for it. now. The waste in human lives in summer, and is now ppleespecially realized within ten years after become interested in our social. The first principal I want to Musing like John on the future, in the latter teens, is mented by the playgrounds and the saloons are driven out. I have seen a new Internatinal Humanly speaking, it depends on T?rk ™t.urns: hc™?:veJ' d°wnls dividual effort The that so great, that it takes all your swimming place provided bv the the successful work of the chur- th,s, by-P"du* of institutional ,s, not sufficient to acche.ve the Falls, coming down out effort to keep the city from growing civic league. The skating rink dies in two directions: Christ- work' are not large our com-1 desired result. A good many peo- of heaven from God. I have tried worse, not to speak of making does this in winter If the weather individual Wc onH munity. Another by-product is I pie may become Christian, and it better. to get my people to thinking of is not too coH. tehre v-'-l be lanizing individual lives, the good will of older people, live noble lives and broad mindespecially the- .city that is to be, ten or In the average town the Christian from 20 to ioo children 'here all oi the city. With the first we are parents, a good will ed and public spirited, and still twenty years from now. The people get some of the population the time, out of school ^otirs. not to any extent concerned this occasionally expressed in finan- the town make no progress, streets are paved, though not to church,and most of the This rink, practically maintained afternoon. The work which the cial support. A good will is' aw- That is happening in almost with gold: As in John's picture, younger children, at least, to by the city council, is probably a churches are now doing to reach akened ,not only toward the every community. The difficulty in the parks on this side of the Sunday school, one hour out of permanent asset of the nt and train the children, young in church which is doing the work, is that the city, as a whole, does river and on that, are trees for the 168. The public has them for its present location. Ap-p"- ^ur people and adults, must go forward but toward the churches in gen- not see them. Their existence the healing of the nations. It is perhaps 30 hours more, very church building is more anr' rnore with all the added consecration, eral. The church of Christ is is overshadowed. Their influence the city beautiful, and clean, valuable hours. In some cases to be recognized the "55K, coming efficiency and enthusiasm is neutralized, because the institutions doing something that interests and wholesome. For it is a Christian the home exerts a wholesome children as the place wher we can bring to it. I would everybody. standing for evil or for city. Not every mature person influence, while they are under can go and have a goo^ i.e. not restrict one whit what might A third by-product is a new selfishness are so strong, so has taken Christ as his master, it. But before school and after How they do swarm the be called the ordinary methods much in the public eye, so constantly attitude toward Christianity on I do., not expect that will school,hardly stopping at home reading room of an or of Church work, as each church the part of young people. They before the people as an ever be true. Our wills are free, ong enough to eat their meals, a Sunday afternoon. /ly has proved them in its experience. example. The way to educate people. had thought of it as largly negative, and it seems an inevitable consequence the children are at play associating in the ,cold weather, or He I would magnify them and up to better housing is to don't do this and don't do that prejudice or habit with other boys and girls, gymnasiu every time in Strengthen them. I simply raise that bring a good return on the that. The church seemed to be •Will keep many people awiay is their education. They have as a play room. It is not ~'od now the questipn: Does the supplementing investment. The only way to teach interested simply in going to from Chris(t, that personal sin various cravings, as: the man who gymnasium, but it is a p-oroom, ~'ay of ordinary church people cooperation is to get them church and being pious. It has will keep others. But the majority wants to make money has discovered: and I see no r^" work by the addition of institutional actually to work together in come to them as a glad surprise of the people acknowledge candy, cigarettes, soft our building will not 2housed be features help or hinder the some big public enterprise. To that Christianity takes in the Him and are filled with His drinks, later hard drinks, pool or for this purposr ^"or former work? The only possible give people the spirit of service whole of life, that it is positive spirit. The atmosphere of the other games of skill or strength, volunteers to keep it op"er nTid you must show them an example hindrance which I can see isthat rather than negative, that the city is Christian. The old talebearing moving pictures, the more exciting than we do, after ?cT of service, an example big pastor or people or both might church is interested in everything and backbiting and faction the' more appealing, gambling, on- Saturdays, an^ ir on enough for them to see. As a that is clean and wholesome. come to underrate the church has largely disappeared. later the things that appeal time. city set on a hill can not be hid services and the personal Christian This discovery, in many cases, Xhere is neighborliness, and to the mating instinct, undirected 2 We are trying to Me so Christ expects us, collectively, makes it possible for them to go work because they are doing public spirit, and a readiness to and perverted: the roller rink athletic sports, especially he as an organized church, as a the other. The danger is much the to church and become pious, in Work together for common ends. perhaps, public dances, impure older boys. Some dav tMdone be »i*S public institution, to let oUr light same the best sense. A fourth gain is as that of a man, when he The saloons and all their attendant books and pictures,. Is it any better by a schoo1 ^s- so shine before men that they marries, neglecting his business .the the possibility which institutional evils are gone. All the institutions wonder that most boys and many iurn, and a Y. 0 a may see our good works and for his family. In either case the work offers of setting of the city are making girls leave the Sunday school in town. .Meanwhile,, for ^te glorify, not us, but our Father danger can be avoided. I can people to work, getting almost lor the Christian life. The chur£j»es their teens, and that it is so hard a number of years, My in heaven. The church of Christ every member, busy at some are strong and aggressive£here see several, distinct gains to the for the church to make any real we must do the best we *^ro must represent to the people practical Christian service. Too is a Y. M. C. A., arid a regular work of the church. In appeal to the afterward? Do our building, supplement"'1 by the life we expect the future city many church members are over- public library and a municipal the first place you interest a not let us lose our sense of perspective the playground, the ho^ke Hnk, to live, and stand for the things in this matter. Whdle and- the athletic sports nrred for which we expect the future some play is not a substitute for directly by the schol. see the best Styles city to stand Sunday school. We are not to 3 We are trying to provide the Another principle I want to lay turn all our church auditoriums necessary activitv for th" ~HWren, down is that it is proper for the into gymnasiums. To learn to especially during t1^ *^ng church to take up any work that play fair does not take the place summer vacation. Our ne:~Vbor- to needs to be done in the community, of cultivating right relat- (hood, and, I suppose —^ole th if it can not find some other ions with God. both things are city, is full of little rasf-'~ nGt agency to do it as well as "the necessary, both lines of work. very bad yet. but growing --o'-se church could, or nearly as well You cannot have one without the every year, bundles of "^-'ty. There is no reason why a church other. The man who does not! bound to be doing son- :ig, ng ing should not run a labor bur honor God and his son Jesus is into all sorts of miscb'°* ast eau, if it was needed, or a pic the incomplete man, th lost man summer we experimented "a ture show, or a soup-kitchen, or if you please. On the other hand Sunday school garden. W" -an a baseball park. If the church to leave the church work with-, do the thing better this -Timer can inspire some other agency out the gymnasium means that having smaller patches, *~-ore to do it, so much the better. The at least nine tenths of the child-. diversified crop, and adm'+fing church can turn its attention to ren in the community grow up more boys. I think thy not 11 something else. But if some com with more or less perverted in- get into mischief so mu^ ^ter SATURDAY March 20th. munity work needs to be done stincts, and unreached and un-, on this school garden worV can and the church can do it, anc reacheble, except in rare cases, be done on a larger seal" ^nd there is no one else to do it,the by any real religious influence, done better by the pnbb*" ~~uool church ought to do it. Otherwise Recreation, as I have said, is through the agricultural /^rnrtonly E. E. PETERSON & CO I should consider it disobedient one of the sides of the great ment. to the divine call. task. And to Christianize the re-j 4 We ought to be tp- -^"ng Now, let me speak for a few creation of a city of 4,000 people the children, through ca^f'illy moments of the only side oi: is such a big work that it must supervised play. This i* wtly "The Store of Quality" institutional church work keep us humble, and dependent the personal influence the know anything about, and that on a higher wisdom and strength, leader, just as in athletics or .t*mThe is recreation. Bethlehem church Bethlehem Athletic Associ- nasium work, in the sco tts boy took hold of this problem, part ation has only touched the edg" or the campfire girls. more Even We have an exceptionaly fine Display of ly because it is one of the most of it so far. We have done no- important are the definite locsons important, partly because it is thing with the picture show which team-play and team-play one of the easiest to handle. We problem, which runs into the alone can teach: selfcontrol, diswhole have tried to provide wholsome question of commercial- cipline, cooperation, honor In SPRING MILLINERY recreation for the children and ized amusement. We have done certain games a child must learn young people of tlie city. As far nothing with the dancing prob- to keep his temper, to work with as possible the cooperation of the lem, except to decline to commit! others for the good of the side other churches has been secured. ourselves on the question. We to do what the eaptain savs. to The work is carried on through have felt our way a little in the. play fair. In the remarkable pubmatter an independent Athletic Association, of the recreation of the lie school system at Gary, Ind\oung fs Also a complete showing of Men's, Women's whose president is a Swedish men and women, but that iana, the pupils attend school Lutheran, and whose vicepresident is all. Then there is the r^cre? from breakfast to supper, six and treasurer have no tion of the workingman and the days a week, 12 months in the and Children's wearing apparel in the latest church connection, as far as I lumberjack: we have done no-j year. Supervised play alternates know, one of whose gymnasium thing to solve that yet. It will 1 with class work and manual leaders this winter has been a Spring and Summer Styles. lake a great deal of planning,! training. Something of th^t «?errnd Roman Catholic, another a Baptist a great deal of mo:v.y from, is my ideal, as far as I can see it- minister, another an Episr somewhere. now. We should at least have one *fcv copalian, ad another attends the The corner of the big problem, or two teachers kept here thro, M: Methodist church. among the many big probtems, the summer to supervise the plav Packard Shoes for Men This work was legitimate because which we have undertaken in grounds and teach these team it was needed. Human nature children. Even that work is big plays and folk dances. Next summer has a natural and almost intractable enough and momentous enough Utz & Dunn Shoes for Ladies we hope to demonstrate the craving for amusement enough and momentuous enough thing on our play ground with all through life, but especially to make any one tremble. Seven volunteers. in childhood and young Buster Brown Shoes for Children hundred school children, if my ,-iS. manhood and womanhood. Man figures are correct, and increasing I —Get TheFALLS is a social animal, and he has t!fc every year,for ours is a city DECORATE an instinct for play. Probably of young homes. Seven hundred To do your Paintingr. f'~* s^ftl as much historic progress lives to be made or marred for Come and look over our Stock before you dp your ing and Decorating. has been due to mans play the next generation, for the city WALL-PAPER and as to his work. And to the that is to be. Seven hundred lives I Marvin Buildtn? Spring Shopping, you are under no obligation to buy perversion of the play instinct to be won or lost to Jesus Christ 4th Street and 5th *v«I 4 J- is due much of the decline of largely as we win or lose control Phone 182 individuals and nations. "Let us of their play life. Seven hundred CP* make the songs of a nation," said little human animals, with an instinct Lunch served free in grocery department t* Wanted to Rent—Place of 3 cr "V an old Scotsman, "and I care not for play that must be satisfied, && 4 acres with house aiivi V'rn— who makes its laws." If I could and "largely away from REElSOUVENIERS within short distance -f town. have entire direction of the play home, that it must be wisely directed ur.' Mrs. Thos. Savard, 1 life of the next generation, and or it will be perverted by 'ir# Gen Del. Jfwr '3s, if hisF1