Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-10-14
C0NGREGALIONALISM.


ton met III annual session in this city at
a. m. yesterday pursuant to adjourn
ment After the usual preliminary relig-
lous exercises the meeting proceeded to
business.
The committee appointed to consider
the report of the committee or systematic
benevolence, made its report commencing
with rejoicing over what has been done
thus far and trusting that through the
grace of God the good work would con-
tinue and that the churches of Minnesota
would not only come up to the average of
the churches in the denomination but
would exceed them. In order to accom-
plish this end the committee recommend
ed the association to adopt all the sug-
gestions Of the standing committee, and
to put into practice that part of the re-
port providing for a member of the
benevolent committee in each confer
ence.
The report of the treasurer, Chas. A. J..
Marsh, .showed credit of $415.36, expendi-
ures $202.23 leaving balance on hand of
$213.13. The report in detail was sent to the
auditor.
The following telegram was received:
COLORADO SPRINGS, Col. Oct. -, 1882.
To Moderator of Congregational Associ-
alton, Plymouth Church.
Association of Colorado sends greeting
Jeremiah third. thirteen first two lines
and fourteen.
j. B. GREGG.
DANIEL SLOWER
For Association.
In response the following message was
ordered sent:
PLYMOUTH CHURCH, ST. PAUL, Oct Ii, 1882.
To the Congregational Association of Col
orado, Colorado Springs:
The Congregational association Of Min
nesota return their Christian salutations.
Deut. Oh. 1, v. 81 and Philippians Oh. 4,
v. 10. HARLAN W. PAGE, Moderator.
Prof. j. L. Noyes, of the state institution
for the deaf, dumb and blind at Faribault,
then presented very interesting state
ment of the work being done in that insti.
tuition.
MINNESOTA HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY.
At 1O:30a. M, the general meeting took
recess, and the Minnesota Home Miss
ionary society was called to order by the
president Rev. j. ". Strong.
The officers of the General association
were elected to fill the same offices for this
society.
The following named officers were
elected for two years to ELL the unexpired
term, viz:
President Jas. w. Strong, D. D.
Treasurer Rev. Nj. w. Montgomery.
Mrs. Tichenor Bailey, of Waukegan.
ILL, who for some years past has been a
teacher in the schools of Utah territory.
then gave very interesting account of the
condition of things in that home of Nor
monism, and appealed for aid to carry on
the missionary work there.
HOME MISSIONS.
Rev. M. w. Montgomery, the superin-
tendent of Home Missions for Minnesota
and North Dakota presented his an
nual report, of which the following is a
synopsis.
North Dakota is little larger than
Minnesota and the two together are more
than four times the area of the state of
Ohio. One year ago the work in north
Dakota was placed under our care. At
that time only three Congregational
churches had been organized, viz, at Man
dan, Wapheton and Valley City and only
four missionaries were in the field, viz, NJ.
S. Hall, at Wahpeton, VIM. Erving, at
Pembina, David Writ, at Valley City and
o. c. Clark, at Fargo. At the present
time there are eleven Congregational
churches in that district and nine mission
aries. Churches have been organized at
Fargo with present membership of 40:
Pembina 6; Mayville s.; Larimore 8; Sam
born 8; Hope 30; Onika II; Grand Forks
Is; Glendive ID.
The organization of two of these
churches is not completed. Six more
missionaries are needed at once to occupy
important points.
THE WORK IN MINNESOTA
The number of Congregational churches
in Minnesota is 152, of which twenty mine
are self-supporting. The number of mis-
sionary Congregational churches is 1913, of
which twenty one have had no missionary
service during any part of the past year,
although several of them have often and
most earnestly asked that minister might
be sent them. ""
The whole number of our missionaries
who have preached the'gospel all or part of
the year in Minnesota is seventy -four,
being four more than last year, and the
number now at work is fifty-three, an in :
crease of two during the year.
One handred and two churches have had
missionary service during all or part of
the year, and at sixty out stations the story
Of the cross has been told. The whole
number of preaching points has been ISL.
The report then goes on at some length
to give detailed account of the number
Of sermons preached; prayer meetings
held, revivals, sunday schools, ordinations,
marriages, church buildings, parsonages,
repairs, pastors salaries, gifts, ETC., ETC.,
and closed with an earnest appeal to tho
church to ''come over and help u.s."
At the conclusion of the discussion upon
the Rev. Mr.. Montgomery's report, the
Rev. DR.. Dana offered the following reso-
tions, which were adopted.
In view of the urgency of the work of
evangelizing our country. and the immense
pressure for more men and means, because
of the rapid growth of the Mississippi val