Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-10-23
RELIGIOUS NOTES.
Dakota Churches, Clergymen
and Sunday Schools.

ana sunday Schools.
The Baptist ladies OF Vermillion will
give q harvest home festival Nov. End.
Rsv. A. W. Atkinson will supply the
Huron Methodist church another year.
Rev. VIM. Fielder has been reappoint-
ed presiding elder of the Huron district.
The Norwegian Lutheran church at
Sioux Falls is to be newly furnished
this fall.
MISS Helen PETIT :grew was baptized by
immersion in the Sioux river at Elan
drau last Sunday.
Prot. Grove, in charge of the James
town Presbyterian college, has been
licensed to preact
The rector of t.. Episcopal church
at Waterfowl has begun a series of
Sunday evening lectures for young mer
The Episcopal church at Casselton is
rapidly nearing completion. 1t is said
that this will be the finest church build
ing, when completed, in the northwest.
Rev. A. E.. Griffith has been appoint
ed TO take charge OF the Al. E. church
at Spearfsh. The society is very much
run down and will be reorganizsd and
new officers elected.
Rev. p. =. Holp, of Plankinton, de-
ilvered three lectures this week on three
different anbieots, viz: The State of
Matrimoney, The Tobacco Leaf and
The Cross.
A territorial mission board was organ.
lied at the recent meeting of the Baptist
convention ut Huron, with Mrs. RowIey,
OF Vermilllon, leader; Mrs. Oressey, OF
huron, president; Mrs. Davis, secretary
and Mrs. Goodner, treasurer.
The Method1sts and the Presbyterians
OF Huron held a spelling match at the
opera house the other evening which
was Witnessed by 400 people. The
Presbyterians won and were imme-
diately challenged to another match
with the Baptists.
The Mitchell university was accepted
by the late Methodist conference at
Watertown, after q hard and long
struggle. Rev. Ira Pardee is happy. An
attempt was also made to resurrect the
Ordway school but it failed. Two
Thousand and nine hundred dollars were
raised for benevolent purposes during
the year. -
The Methodist conference which has
lately closed its session at Watertown,
was n Of the best attended and most
profitable OF any yet held in Dakota.
Rev. A. f. Lick made a telling speech
Friday night, which was called the
great night Of the conference. He
favored John A. Logan for president and
prohibition IN the platform. Dr.. Stowe,
Q forcible speaker and strong repub-
iican prohlbitionist, declared that the
party was simply fighting
prohibition. Rev. Evans favored
prohibition as a district party measure.
Turbin, the celebrated preacher
and scholar, was advised to discontinue.
he could never make a preacher, but
finally admitted. The class was
to study three or four hours
zach day what they must know in order
10 preach we'll.
Extracts from Mrs. F. Doranss address
before the women's foreign missionary
delivered ct Grand Forks last
week: The women's foreign missionary
OF the Methodist Episcopal
,hurch was organized in Boston, March
I'D, 1869. There were nine women pres
ant, among them were Mrs. Rev. e. w.
Parker and Mrs. d. William Butler......
The earliest female missionary society
n the christian church was that of the |
'emale missionary of the Methodist
Episcopal church organized in 1919 in
New York city, the same year that the
parent missionary society of our church
vas organized .....Si1teen years have
passed away and not 20 women alone,
,ut $4,000 send out the missionaries;
md not only $500 in the treasury for
heir support, but We can record that
sl57.44266 was appropriated for the
york last year. The aggregate amount
aised by the society since its orsanlza-
ion is 1925, 1886. 43, to say nothing of
he special gifts of the thousands for
erection OF schools and hospitals. for
We have over 100000 worth Of real
state in foreign felds. AT the pres l