Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-10-15

There are 100 subscribers to the Heather
Woman's Friend. Contributions for
the year as follows:
Aberdeen district. $21 90
huron district. ............. 1O9 90
Mitchell district. So 45
Watertown district -...-........ So 70
Sioux Falls District. ........ 80 674
Sioux Falls was the banner charge,
raising $50. 90.
Coming to the close OF the eighth
year OF confeienc seoretarysbip 10 this
conference end looking over the work of
these years we rejoice that this year
compares fayorably with any one OF the
years that are past. All praise to Him
who has given prosperity.
TIE outlook Is better than evsr before,
though, strange to say, some are not yet
awake to the Importance of this work.
Some auxiliarles have pnt forth extra
Efforts to raise funds outside of their
regular dues. At Dell Rapids oyer
thirty dollars was raised by securing
names st ten cents each for an album
guilt which is to be sent to our mis-
sionary, Miss Abrams. A lady at Beres-
ford ave thirteen dollars, the price OF Q
pig which she raised for this purpose.
Sioux Falls has put into the treasury
torty-fve dollars from donations, mis.
sionary tess, support of orphans, SC.
One of our members there pay= dues
regularly for her daughter Merry, who
aas been in heaven seven years. Some
of the members Of our mission bands
are just as Jealous. One little girl grated
end sold horsersdlsh to get her dues.
These are examples which many
might follow, il only the desire were
present. Too many forget that the bible
requirement is according to every ones
several ability. While one dollar q year
may measure the ability of one. ten, fifty
or one hundred may be required of an
other.
AUXILIARY
Arxiliarles have bsen organized du-
ring the year at Woonsocket, Ashton,
Aberdeen. Lodi. Mount Hope and
Hitchcock. A band of forty-one child
rem organized by the pastors wife at
Mitchell now numbers but thirty. nine.
The president, aged fifteen years, and a
daughter of the'pastor, aged eight years,
have gone to heaven. In the reckoning
time the work of their short lives will
not be forgotten. We hope for an in
crease of bands the coming year. There
are Furnishing bands also at Dell
Rapids. Lsnnox and Haroa,
Some of our older auxiliaries have
been strengthened and their work more
fully established. A few are lapguish-
ing, but there are reasons for this and We
trust that soon they will be able to re-
port convalescence.
MoRTUARY.
We mourn the loss of n vha took
great interest in our work. Mrs. Nora b.,
Billings, corresponding secretary OF the
Lennox auxiliary, died Jan. 10th, aged
twenty-three years. She wrote hope
fully of the work and plan for the year,
but before the time came for the next
report she was not, for God took her Go
himself.
BANNER AUAILIARIEs,
The banner auxiliarIes are as follow s
Aberdeen district, Ashton; Huron dis
~trict. Huron; Mitchell district, Mitchell:
Watertown district, WATERFOWL; 5iouy
Falls district, Sioux Falls, which is the
banner town Of conference. Lodi aux
llIary numbers every oma in thf
church but three.
With gratitude for the past ami hope
for the future. we close our work fol
the year. An earnest worker wfites: 81
am praying and hoping that the Lore
will lay this work on the heart OF oul
new pastor and his wife whoever they
may be-"
The prayer of the conference secretary
is that God may lay the work upon tn,
hearts Of all.
REV. DR.. SPENCER.
Mrs. Hartsough then introduced DR.
Spencer who gave q short but earnes
, practical address. At its close tn,
; secretary asked for 9 free will offering
and stated that if twenty dollars wa
; raised they would make DIR. Spencer
, life membe. OF the society. The amour
was soon collected and the audieno
Joined in singing the missionary hymn
and DR., Spencer pronounced Che bene'
diction.
III SATURDAY EVENING.
Exercises were commenced ct III
with a song service of fifteen minutes
/ conducted by Rev. DR.. Spencer.
{ At T:80 the hymn, Jesus Lover OF m
Soul" was sung. and prayer offered b
i Rsv. C e. Eager.
q He Leadeth Me- was then sung
: after which maps were distributed to a.
showing the location Of each chnrc
a aided by the board OF church extepsio
9 In 1887.
d DIR. Spencer, representing this board
then stated what they had been dom
u and what they ought to do In the neg
9 four years.
:. CHURCH ExTESsIos FIGURES.
The doctor gave the following interes
!, ing statistics:
Since the beginning the board {