The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-04-16
THE MONTANA PREsBYTERY.
An Interesting and Important Meeting
Held at Boulder.

An Interesting and Important Meeting
Held at Boulder. .
BOULDER, April 15.-[Special. Tho Pres
bvtery of Montana has just concluded a
most interesting and important meeting at
this place.
The sessions were held in the beautiful
and substantial brick church, which by the
energy of the Presbyterians of this COM
munity under the leadership of the Rev. T..
A. Wickes and his excellent wife has just
been completed. It is structure which
would be credit to any community in
Montana. It will seat about 800 people and
cost over 5000.
The sessions of the Presbytery were be-
gun on Friday evening by sermon by Rev.
Jas. Reid, pastor of the church at Deer
Lodge and dean of the faculty of the Col
lege of Montana in the same place. Rev.
VIM. Cobleigh, of Grantsdale, was elected
moderator and Rev. E. NJ. Ellis, of Stevens
vile, temporary clerk.
This Presbytery now has 26 ministers and
q churches under its care. The reports
from all fields are most encouraging.
At the services on Saturday evening 81, ,314
were raised to pay the last dollar of the cost
of the church. On Sunday the building
was dedicated free of debt. Rev. E. j. Greene
weld, of Butte, preaching the dedicatory SER
members were added to the church.
Rev. s. G. Dodd, for ten years chaplain at
Fl. Assinniboine, applied for admission to
this Presbytery.
The condition of the College of Montana
was reported as better than ever before in
its history. Iwenty-eight thousand dollars
have recently been raised by Pres. McMil-
Ian, which secures to the Presbyterian
church the possession of this property,
worth $125, ZOO.
The most important and interesting mat
ter which came before the Presbytery was
the question of the revision of the West
minister confession of faith. The report of
the special committee on this matter was
presented by the chairman, Rev. T. v.
Moore. It's recommendations, while
exciting warm discussion, were
ali adopted. These recommended
tions were that the old confession should
be modified in some of It's parts, that inn
ed, and that the general assembly be asked
to invite the cooperation of the reformed
churches throughout the world to frame q
new and briefer creed as the expression of
the common faith of these churches. This
movement is being quite generally made
throughout the church. And it is hoped
that such creed will some day see the
light, and will serve at once as q means of
drawing the reformed churches together
and as basis for some form of union.
Among the numerous kind attentions
which the members of theP Presbyt
from the good people of Boulder, one
which deserves special mention was the in
vitation to that body from Hon. and Mrs.
Will Kennedy on Monday to drive out to
the Warm Springs for dinner.
On adjourning for the noon hour three
carriages with spirited pairs were found in
waiting at the church doors and all were
invited to seats. spin along the fine
natural road soon brought the party to the
Warm Springs hotel, where most excellent
meal awaited the sharpened appetites, after
which all drove back thanking the cordial
and generous Mr.. Kennedy for delightful
experience. a, "A
The delegates chosen to represent Mon
tana in the general assembly of the Presby-
terian church in the United States to be
held at Saratoga, n. Y, in May were: Rev.
I. V. Moore, Of Helena, principal; Rev. E.
NJ. Ellis, of Stevensville, alternate, and
Mr.. r. M. Patterson, elder, of Butte, as
the lay delegate.
The meetings were brought to pleasant
close this evening by an interesting sermon
from Rev. A. g. Mcmillan, of Granite.