Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-03-08
sry ; entertainment. last week Tuesday

sry entertainment, last week Tuesday
evening.
The Baptist Sunday school at Absr.
deem. gave missionary concert last Sun.
day night for the benefit Of the mission.
ary fund.
Bishop Hare will preach in the Epis.
copal church at Elk Point. Saturday
evening, the 9Th, and onthe Sunday morn
ing following.
The Episcopal ladies of jamestown
gave q ghost social, Shrove Tuesday
evening. which was very novel and en-
joyable affair.
Rev. Mr.. Hart, of Lennox, conducted
an interesting series OF revival meetinRt
in the Mount Zion, N. E. church, neal
Centreville, last week.
Rev. @. 7. Hopkins, pastor Of the Bap
tist church Of Fargo, has accepted cal
from an eastern church, aud his Fargo
charge are inconsolable.
A series of revival meetings, under tn.
auspices Of the Free Methodist church
arc in progress at Olivet. Rev. G. @
Coffee is conducting the services.
The teachers Of the Sunday school
connected with the Methodist, Baptis
and Congregational churches of Fargo
have formed teachers organization. :
There was Episcopal service at th,
Presbyterian church at Parker last Sun
day morning. The services were con
Quoted BY Rev. Fowler. of Sante,
agency.
4 large sum of money has been sub
soribed by the English friends of Com
missioner Kane, of Lakots, in Nelson
county, for the purpose of establishing
an Episcopal church in that place.
Huron Leader: So We are to have q
sixth church. Already there is the
Methodist, Presbyterian Episcopalian
Baptist, Catholic, and the Congregations
alists are arranging to 60 into business.
Mrs. @. @. Van Cleve, who 10 doing
missionary work in northern Dakota. il
an earnest and faithful worker in that
cause. She has spent the best portion
of her life among foreign nations in mis-.
sionary service.
jamestown Capital: For several weeks
there has been an increasing desire in
the Methodist church for special relig'
ious services. After consultation it was
decided to hold services every evening
last week.
From the Mitchell Republican we learn
that the meetings at the M. E. church
were of great interest last week, that 8
large number have sought the Saviour,
and that for two nights the Holy Spirit
was present in wonderful power.
The ladies of the Episcopal society, of
Canton, had fair, with lunch, last week
Tuesday night, and the Advocate says
that the very factsthat the Episcopal
ladies were managing the affair was q
sufficient guaranty Of its success.
Deadwood Pioneer 26th: Reverends
Searles, Cummings and Atwater, go out
to the booming of Minnesota to-day to
assist in pushing the new Methodist
church to completion, and arrange for
the supply of the work Of pastor.
Rev. Mr.. Bell OF Madison. is collecting
clothing. bedding. etc, to be distributed
among the poor and needy in Lake
county. Mr.. Bell informs the Sentinel
that there are more persons in need of
assistance than the citizens are aware of.
Milbank Review: Rev. J. L. Granger,
the new Congregational minister, is re-
garded BY all who have had the pleasure
of hearing him, as an able, earnest and
dignified speaker. His audiences grow
perceptibly larger each succeeding week.
The Presbyterian university at Pierre
is in most aourishing condition. The
number of students is increasing regu-
larry. aud the management of the inttitu.
tion, under most competent corps OF
instructors, il giving the best of satisfac.
tion.
Mitchell Republican,: Rev. o. Il
Sproul who has been rendering such
valuable service in the revival meetings
at the NJ. E. church for the past week.
has left for his field at LeBeau. His ser
mons have been greatly enjoyed and the
people part from him very reluctantly.
Mitchell Republican: Rev. G. H
Purmort, has been holding two week.
meeting at Hope Chapel, south of town
Mr.. Purmort reports very interesting
series of meetings. During the severest
weather the house was we'll filled. HI
hopes the results will be about fifteen
conversions.
Fargo Republican: The services a
the Methodist church Sunday. wer,
peculiarly interesting. Fourteen new
members were received into the church
making thirty-nine additions since the
revival meetings began. The nightly
services will probably be continued an
other week.
Rev. h. P. Carson, of Scotland, colleg.
trustee and editor of the Presbyterian
Chronicle OF southern Dakota, ia in ILL
nois at the bedside of his dying wife
The Chronicle has not been issued since
December on this account. Mr.. Carson't
friends, and they are numerous over the
territory, symphathize deeply with him
in his trials.
The Pierre Free Press says: One of the
teachers, in the Presbyterian college
haa,dAa fo. 4lo n.a.a.A Aa.:.-