St. Paul daily globe., 1885-11-07


nothing of the kind. 1t will strive to stop
as far as possible the sale of whisky by
arresting the seller from time to time. as at
present. Any story about wholesale ar
rests is false.
District Attorney Searle was asked about
the matter and corroborated Col. Wallace's
statements, saying he had no knowledge OF
any wholesale prosecution Of liquor sellers.
SUNDAY SCHOOL MISSIONARIES.
Theyare Holding a Convention in
Paul.
At the House of Hope yesterday meet
ing of the missionaries connected with the
American Sunday School union of the
Northwestern district was held. The
meeting was called by T. G. Ensign, who
is the superintendent of the Northwestern
district, with headquarters at Chicago. The
object of the meeting was for general con-
ference and to become better acquainted
with the work of the organization through
out the district. The meeting opened with
devotional exercises. conducted by S. n.
Millard of Glyndon. Rev. DR.. Crowell of
Philadelphia, secretary of the American
Sunday School union, was chosen moder-
ator and w. l.. De Croft of Sidney, Ia,
elected secretary. The following delegates
were reported in attendance:
Rev. DR.. j. r. Crowell, Philadelphia; F. G.
Ensign, Chicago; ]. P. Gage, Fremont. Neb-;
E. 3. Stevenson, Cedar Rapids; d. p. Ward,
Sioux Falls; r. F. Sulyer, Albert Lea; Charles
Stack, Grand Island, Neb.; d. G. Holmes,
Worthngton; J. S. Love, Wayne, Neb.; NJ. B.
Lewis Red Wing; S. n. Millard, Glyndon; G.
NJ. F. Chessingben, McCook. Neb.; L. V, Nash,
Fond du Lac; G. p. Williams Bismarck; A. L.
I. oil. III an Nn1n nffrl,
Neb.; r. a. Shaw, Logan, Ia; W. l.. De Croft
and wife, Sidney. Ia; D. O. Humble, Empo-
ria, KAN; Jere Kimball. Huron.
Dr.. Christie, pastor of the House of
Hope, was introduced and gave the visiting
missionaries hearty welcome. A paper
entitled Our Work was read by f. G. En-
sign, superintendent of the district. The
paper was an exceedingly interesting one,
detailing the work OF the missionary and
the success and failures met with in carry
ing out the work of the organization. Rev.
DR.. Crowell followed with a short address,
reviewing briefly the work of the national
association during the past year. ID. 2.
Ward of Sioux Falls read paper on How
to Interest the People in the Work in the
Raising of Finances. E. b. Stevens fol-
lowed with practical hints about missionary
work in general.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The afternoon session opened with prayer
service led by NJ. B. Lewis, during which
Mr.. E. b. Stevenson related his experience
and conversion. The first thing on the
program was paper by A. Z. Lyman
on How to Make Schools Permanent The
reading of the paper was followed by
discussion Of the topic, participated in by
Messrs. Stevenson, Chessington, Ward,
Williams, Humble and Sulzer, A paper on
Preliminary Work in the District was
read by NJ. B. Nash. He spoke of the
need of work in the neglected districts. In
many of the villages in Wisconsin there are
homes where Sunday is not observed. He
advised that the city churches should make
some provision for the work outside of their
immediate vicinity. The practical work is
to organize Sunday schools, and in this
way open the field for the instruction of the
young people in the neighborhood. Ii the
missionaries wished people to be interested
in the work they should take interest in
this direction. There are opportunities to
read the Bible and offer prayers in homes
where such has never been heard before, If
this class of work is carried on. There are
numerous districts where everything is in
readiness except to get the people inter-
ested in Sunday-school work. The discus
sion that followed brought out Mr.. Holmes
of w Worthington, who said he struck man
in PipeStOne county who said he wanted
Bible class started in his neighborhood be-
cause the sooner they got through with the
study of the book the betterit would be for
them. The discussion was participated in
by j. S. Love, S. n. Millard and E. B.
Stevenson. The session closed with a
question-boX, the delegates handing to the
moderator questions on topics regarding
missionary work, which were answered by
that gentleman in brief and pointed mali
ner. ......-.
EVENING SESSION.
The evening session was held in the First
Baptist church and was announced to be
public meeting. The attendance, however,
was very small, there being not more than
twenty persons present outside OF the dele
gates. The meeting was presided over by
d. +. Noyes. Rev. Dr.. Crowell was intro
duced and made brief address on matters
pertaining to Sunday school missionary
work. II. c. Mason of Alexandria and 9.
II. Brady of Neenah followed with expert
ences in locating schools in their respective
districts, and the meeting closed with
prayer by Thomas Cochran and the bene-
ulcllOn Dy h6N. IL. ". I1ClllOb. AG lllO
conclusion of the meeting announcements
were made as to where the missionaries
would hold or take part in services on Sun
day as follows:
Westminster Church-Morning, Messrs.
Nash ana SulZer.
Dayton Avenue NJ. Z. Church-Morning,
Messrs. Williams and Mason.
First Presbyterian Church-Morning
Messrs. Humble and Kimball.
Jackson Street NJ. E. Church-Morning,
Messrs De Croft and Frady.
Central Presbyterian Church-Morning,
Messrs. Chessington and Lyman.
House of Hope-Morning, Rev. DR.. Crowell
and S. B. Stevenson.
Goodrich Avenue Church-Morning, Messrs.
Millard and Holmes.
First PRESBYTERIAN Church-Morning, D. P.
Ward and others.
Plymouth Church-Evening, general meet
ing with addresses by Dr.. Crowell, F. S.
Jewett and Il. I. Sulzer.
jackson Street Church-Evening, general
meeting. Addresses by Rev. Forbes, D. c.
Holmes and II. C. Mason.
To-DAY's SESSIONS.
The sessions to-day will be held at Ply
mouth church at 9 a. m. and 3 p. III. The
program as arranged last night provided
only for the morning session. D. c. Holmes
will read a paper on The Best Method of
Introducing Publications and Keeping
Them in Schools. 1. P. Gage will read
paper on The Kind of Literature Needed
for Work, considering. first, the want of
the people; second, the competition from
other publications. w. l.. De Croft will
give an account of his work in Fremont
county. f. S. Jewett will lead prayer
and conference meeting, and c. Kimball
will give an account of his work in Kansas.
The program for the afternoon session will
be announced at the morning meeting.
THE NEW COURT HOUSE.
Plans for Finishing the Building
COnlpfeted..CO Awarded.
The court house commissioners met yes