Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-11-29

Kansas. At present they have eight
1 Baptist churches with 281 members
The Home Mission Society has five
missionaries IabOriug among them at an
! expense to the society of 81 400 foI
] the past year. This work is indie
4 pendent of our State Convention
! We have fifteen Swedish churches and
AL members, seven houses of worship
/ have been built at a cost Of Sl1 600. One
/ hundred have been baptized. We have
! six Swedish missionaries in the State
/ labOring at Topeka, Lawrence, Usage
City, SWede Center and LeOnardVille
The coming of Rev. G. Silene to take up
the work at Topeka has already resulted
in much good. A parsonage has been
built and the church and Sunday School
are greatly improved, while the Scandi-
naVian cause in the State has received a
new impulse.
There is something Of a French popu-
latiOn in the State which should receive
our attention. No doubt a French mis-
sionary is needed among them.
LABoRs OF GENERAL MISSIONARY.
He has labored $50 days, visited l13
churches, attended 10 associations, I State
Convention General Association (cOl-
Ored), dedicatiOns, 8 board meetings, /
temperance meetings, 2 ministerial con-
ferences, 1 State Sunday school cOnVen-
ton, missionary meetings, and assisted
in 7 protracted meetings.
He has travelled $50 miles, preached
l72 sermons, delivered 81 addresses, at
tended Isl prayer meetings, made 5I4re-
llg1ous visits and baptized 3 persons,
He has collected in cash $Z3063l. He
has paid for travelling expenses S4l5.1O,
postage S2553 and stationery 1851.
RESOLUTIONS.
The committee on resolutions offered
the following, which were adopted:
Res0LUed, That the present prosperous
condition Of our State, in both temporal
and spiritual interests, calls for profound
thankfulness to God, and q renewed con
secraJion Of ourselves to His service.
ResOJUed, That the work of the Amer
lean Baptist Home Mission Society in
Kansas has been eminently successful in
the past year, and that we desire to con
tlnue the plan Of cooperation on the
present basis.
RESOLVED, That in the present financial
embarrassment of this society, caused by
the general depression in business, es-
pecially in the Eastern States, from
which the largest contributions have
usually been derived, demands immedi-
ate and generous contributions to the
"exigency fund" called for by the Exec
utIVe Board, and that we make an effort
to raise $1,000 for said fund during the
next two months.
ResOlUsd, That the remarkable provi-
dental opening of new and important
fields among the heather, especially
among the attractive millions of Central
Africa, demands an increased hberality
and a renewed conservation to the work
of the American Baptist Missionary
Union.
ResOIued, That the Sunday School is
an increasingly important field of Chris
tan labor. and that we recommend Sun
day School Institutes in every Associa-
ton in the State, and the maintenance
through the entire year Of a Baptist
school, conducted upon the most ap-
proved methods, and provided with Bap-
fist literature.
Re8OlUed, That while quarterlies, leaf
lets, and other helps, are useful in the
preparation of the lesson, the Bible itself
should be in the hands Of every teacher
and pupil.