Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-02-16
RELIGIOUS NOTES.
Dakota Churches, Clergymen,
and Sunday schools.

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A Congregational church is soon to be
built in Centreville.
The Complexities are building house
of worship at Lennox. !,
The Baptist church at Brookings is
used for school room.
The Y. NJ. @. A. of Hurley hold bible
readings every Sunday evening.
A Methodist church will be built in
Alpena, Jerauld county, next summer
Work is progressing on the Baptist
church under construction at Estelline.
A Sunday school convention will be
held in the Baptist church in Egan the
2Oth.
The Episcopal ladies of Grand Forks
gave Japanese tea party the other
night.
Rev. J. X. Nutting has accepted the
pastorate of the Congregational church
at volga.
Gary hos regular church services every
Sunday-Methodist and Presbyterian
alternately.
Rev. J. P. Coffman OF Alexandria. lie
holding revival services. assisted by Rev.
J. @. Shetland.
Tower City has very nearly made up
the bonus to secure the location of the
Baptist college.
Rev. r. B Farrar, Of Volga, has been
assisting Rev. Dibblo of Nordland IN his
protracted meetings.
A preacher at Plankinton last Sunday
preached on the aonundrum, "What Is in
your right hand?"
The Fargo Republican aaysa lively
revival is going on at the Methodist
church in that city.
Religious meetings are being held at
the Congregational church at Spring
field every evening.
Tue special meetings at the Congrega-
tional church in Valley City are being
sustained with interest.
Afternoon and evening meetings of a
revival nature are being held III the new
Methodist church ut Huron.
j ,eies of religious meetings have
commenced in the Watertown Methodist,
church to be continued indefinitely.
A Methodist Sunday school OF Chicago
has donated 23O books to the Doland.
SPHINX county, Sunday school library.
Owing to the illness of the pastor of
the NJ. E. church of Grand Forks, the
union meetings have been discontinued.
The Rev. j. l.. Granger, Of Bunker
Hill. ILL.,, has been engaged as pastor OF
the new Congregational church at Mil
bank.
Rev. Lovelace and Rev. Warnshuis ex.
pect to hold meetings at Beresford and
Turner after closing their meetings at
Centreville.
Rev. Mr.. Heron, of Centreville, has
given up outside appointments and will
devote his time hereafter to the church
IN that town.
i Rev. j. T. Otis and wife. Of the Lake
Preston Congregational church, cele.
brated their twenty-fitth wedding ami.
versury recently.
Centreville Chronicles: The series of
meetings s,ill continue. A large interest
is being taken as the schoolhouse is
packed every evening.
Rev. j. w. Bell Of Madison, is con.
ducting a series of revival meetings at
Prospect, Lake county. Hereports great
interest IN the meetings.
1t ls probable that Pierre will have a
new Episcopal church at an early day
and that it will be located midway be-
tween east and west Pierre.
The Rev. Blakemore, who breaches al.
ternately at Blunt and Highmore, is TAX.
ing steps toward the erection of n Meth.
odist church at Canning to cost $1,000.
The Methodist people of White Lake
now have as fine little church as there
is in southern Dakota, aud it is hoped
that much good may result from their
labnrs.
The formal opening and dedication OF
the new Methodist church at Huron, oc.
Cured the 3rd. Over $4,000 was raised
by subscription to complete and furnish
the building.
The Gloton Advocate learns that Rev.
W. H. Ware has again embraced Metho.
dism. He Withdrew from the Methodist
church last fall and joined the Presby-
terian church.
4 The Rev. T. NJ. Findley, of the Pierre
Presbyterian college. breaches at Can
ming, a town on the Northwestern road
twenty miles eapt OF Pierre, every Sun.
day morning.
i The protracted meetings at Lennox, in
charge of Mr.. Rifenbark, are meeting
with good success. A large number of
hopeful conversions having been made.
with interest increasing.
Milbank Review: Articles of incorpora.
tion have been fled organizing the new
Catholic church in this place. which will
be known as the church OF st. Lawrence.
Rev. John Hermeling is pastor.
Watertown Courier: The three weeks
meetings at the Christian church in this
city closed Jan. 29th, with sixteen ad-
ditions to the church, twelve BY confess
sion and baptism, and four by letter of
commendation.
Huron Times: Right Rev. Martin
Marty, the Catholic bishop OF Dakota,
has established his permanent residence
at Yankton, to the disappointment OF
| many othar towns which hoDed TO seem q