The Grange advance., 1874-10-14

was tne laSC except one S1SteT. living III
Ohio.
His funeral will take place from his
late residence Dayton's Bluff, at II
o'clock A. N. of Wednesday.
Congregational Conference.
The Conference of Congregational
Churches of Minnesota was opened at
Winona Thursday evening with a SER
mon by Rev. G. NJ. Terry, of St. Paul,
from l Cor, iii, 9.16: "How to Build
the Church Of God so that Our Work
will Stand.''
Friday morning was given to the an.
nual meeting Of the Minnesota Home
Missionary Society. The reports made
were quite encouraging. In the after
noon DR.. H. NJ, Storrs, Secretary of
the Home Missionary Society, made a
stirring speech, and the Conference
discussed ''Systematic Benefcence"
and ''Revivals Of Religion
Saturday morning Rev, Mr.. Hall, the
statistical Secretary, reported as fol-
lows:
"The statistics Of the 65 churches
that have reported foot up as follows:
Membership, males, l, l,463; females, O.
1872; total 3,545.
Number of additions-by profession,
242; by letter, 243; total, 485.
Number Of remoyals-5y death, 33;;
by dismission, l72; by ex-communica-
ton, 6; total, 2ll.
Excess Of additions over removals.
274.
''Baptisms-adults, 88; infants, IS.
Whole number Sunday School scholars,
5000.
Observation-Disclosures Board of
Commissioners Of Foreign Missions,
81, 1885; American Home Missionary
Society, $l,377.42; American Congre-
gational Union, $4l8.6l; American
Missionary Association, $674.68; Con-
gregational Publication Society, $ll0..
81; College and Educational Society,
6l49.l4; Chu. ch Expenses (including
Home Missionary aid), $l06, ,233.5l;
other objects, $3,l7l.20; total, $1l3,-
9l8.75.
"Amount to six Congregational Soci-
eties, $4,5l4.04; total benevolent con.
tributions, $7,585.24.
Nineteen churches that reported
last year have failed to report this
year, although all of them have been
solicited twice and some three times by
| a blank circular for statistics, sent
through the postofice. The Postmas-
ter General Of the United States notified
me that two Of the blanks, duly signed,
were held in Washington for non-pay-
1nent of postage, the sender having wit
tingly or snwittingly), undertaken to
cheat Uncle Sam out Of two cents. l
paid the two cents and obtained the
coveted documents, and would gladly
have done the same to obtain even a
tardy report of the nineteen delin-
quents.
"rwo churches, Grove Lake and
High Forest, supposed to be extinct,
hove been dropped from the list this
year.
Eight new ones, organized during
the year-having all, except one, re.
sponded to the invitation to repeat
their statistics-have been added to the
list, as follows: Belgrade, Freeborn,
Hart]and, Pilgrim church, Minneapolis,
Morris, Mountain Lake, Park, Walnut
Lake.
"Four or five Union churches, Con.
gregational in form, on the Northern
Pacific Railroad, have been invited to
report to US their statistics, but have
not seen fit to do so.
"The nineteen non-reporting churches
and one other that has failed to report
for two years, had total membership
Of 606 when last heard from. This
added to the total membership of the
sixty-ive reporting churches, makes a
total membership Of 4, Isl, or 296 more
than the membership Of last year,"
Aresolution, looking to the establish.
ment of UNCONVENTIONAL paper in this
State, was rejected.
The business meetings ended Satur.
day evening, but devotional meetings
and anniversaries held the Conference
together until Sunday evening.
The following is = list Of the churches
represented and the ministers and dele.
gates in attendance SO far as reported:
Albert Lea, Rev 8 r Drew.
| Austin, Hon Fl W HNge and 3 B Wheeler
Chain Lake Centre, R,y &c Strong.
Cottage Grove, Rev s Hart and A1a
Faribsnlt, Prof : Noyes.
Faiibault, Rev + GARDINER.
Granite Falls, Rev 7 D Todd.
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