St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-09-20
THE CONGREGATIONALIsTs.
Thirty Third Annual Meeting in
Session at OwatOnna.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
OwAToNNA, Sept. 19.-The twenty
third annual meeting of the State Con-
gregatiOnal association convened in this
city last evening at 7:S0 i'll the First
Congregational church. A large num-
Der of delegates are present from all
over the state. The association was
called to order by Prof. George Hunt
ington, after which Rev. j. n. Brown,
pastor of the Congregational church of
this city, gave to the delegates hearty
welcome. The opening sermon was
preached last evening by Rev. j. w.
Hargrave, of st. Cloud. Wednesday
morning sthe association was called to
order by Prof. Huntington, and the roll
was read, after which the reports of the
business committee and organization
were heard. Rev. G. E. Wright. of Aus
tin, was elected moderator and Wyman
Elliott assistant moderator. Rev. Mr..
Renshaw was elected scribe and Rev.
Wilcox. of Alexandria. assistant scribe.
After the election of officers there was
prayer service led by Rev. George K.
Merrill, First church, Minneapolis.
Reports from local conferences of the
secretary, treasurer and committees on
finance and printing were heard and
adopted. The report Of the secretary
showed twelve new churches had been
organized in the state during the past
year, of which st. Paul had hve.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The meeting was called to order by
the moderator, and the report of the
nominating committee announced as
follows: Committee on Resolutions
Rev. J. H. Crull. j. II. Chandler, r. 5.
Cross. On Place and Preacher-E. C.
Evans, Rev. Wilbur Fisk, w. II. Page.
To Visit Carleton COllege-Rev. j. f.
Chandler, III. NJ. Herrick, Rev. S. NJ.
Wilcox. Sunday School-Rev. j. l..
Corey, Rev. w. II. Medlar, w. w. p.
Mcconnell. The report of the commit
tee was adopted, and the report of
the committee on the Pilgrim was
then presented and adopted, after
which DR.. Woodbury. spoke upon
the subject of missionary periodicals.
and distribution Of missionary liteTa-
ture, which, after considerable discus
sion, was referred back to the business
committee. At 2:30 p. m. Rev. George
S. BaScOm spoke upon the topic, How
May the Whole Church Be Brought
Into Active Service?'' At 3 p. m. there
was devotional meeting and celebra-
ton Of the Lords Supper, led by Rev.
>. l. humphrey anu III. L. L. WOOL
bury, at which obituary notices of Rev.
Christian Mowery, of New Ulm; Rev.
Alfred c. Lathrop, Rev. Ludwig Kribs,
Phillip X. Perigin and Rev. Samuel w.
Bronson, ministers who had died dur
ing the past year, were given. The re-
port of the committee on Sunday schools
was presented by Rev. J. f. Taintor,
adopted and referred TO the committee
on printing. The report of the commit
tee on Sunday school secretary was pre-
scented by Rev. NJ. w. Montgomery,
and adopted. The name of Robert b.
Herrick was placed in nomination as
state Sunday school secretary, A res0-
luton was adopted by the association TO
have published a weekly missionary
paper instead of a monthly magazine.
The following committees were APP
pointed for the coming year: Systematic
Beneticence Rev. J. f. Taintor, George
r. Merrill. j. n. Brown, j. w. Har-
grave, (, l.. Fish, W. +. Furman, w. Ii.
Medlar, Albert Warren, Business COM
mittee-Rev. E. Noyes, j. n. Brown, A
MADDEN. At 1850 p. IN. the association
met in the NJ. L. church. Rev. J. E.
Roy, of Chicago, spoke upon the Ameri-
can Missionary Association. Rev.
George NJ. B0yntOn, ID. D., of Boston,
spoke upon the Congregational Sunday
School and Publishing society and Rev.
L. ii. Cobb, of New York, spoke upon
the American Congregational union.