St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-10-13
Educational Reports and Mis-
sion Discussions Most
Of the Day.
Pillsbury Academy Reported
to Be in a Most Flourish-
ing Shape.
Impressive Discussions on
Subjects Of Denomina-
tiOnal Interest.

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| with Increased attendance and renewed
| enthusiasm. After the opening devo-
tional exercises, led by Rev. J. F Hill,
committees were appointed as follows:
Arrangements, Revs. W. ". Dawley, L.
Llewellyn, +. {. Sanders; enrolment Rev.
| j. A. Brown. u. L. Willets, L. Smith; finance,
| E. NJ. Van Duzec, chairman; resolutions,
| Rev. c. W. Reese. c. ID. Beiden. I. 5. Tomp-
| kins: ANNIVERSARIES, Rev. E. 5. Van Ness, NJ.
| b. Crltchell, 5. A. Middleton; nominations,
| Rev. T. W. Powell chairman; special. COM
mittee on report of board, DR.. Lemuell Moss,
chairman; 10 nominate trustees and visitors
to Plllsbury academy, Prof. j. w. Ford. DR..
Nayland Hoyt, Rev. E. Westcott.
Rev. j. NJ. Peters, corresponding sec
rotary of the state board of missions,
began the real business of the morning,
which was devoted to
State Missions,
by the annual report of that board.
The report was lengthy and encourag-
Ing i'll the extreme.
Rev. w. w. Dawley delivered an adj
dress of the influence of convention
work on the churches. Prof. j. w.
Ford's address on the influence of con-
VentlOn work in the state was listened
to with marked attention.
The report of the board was referred
to special committee, which met i'm
mediately.
Rev. j. w. Crooks, the district mis-
slonary from the southern part of the
state, then made an address on the pos
sibilitieS of missionary work in Mime
Sofa Mr.. Crooks had set of figures
on blackboard. fifty pastorless church
eS, showing SO churches without build
ings, II church buildings closed, 42
county seats untouched by the BaptistS,
and only "A county seats occupied.
There are Sc towns of over 600 inhabit-
ants with no Baptist church, and, be-
sides this, hundreds of prosperous FARM
ing communities as yet untouched.
The tive-minute reports from the mis-
sion field were extremely interesting.
The clergyman who made reports were
as follows:
Northwest district. Rev. L. NJ. stolberg;
Lake Crystal, Rev. E. r. Mckinney; Long
Prairie, Rev. j. L. Walters; Saltwater, Rev.
j. A. Brown; Bethel Swede. Duluth Rev. NJ.
Larson: Philadelphia, st. Paul, Rev. W. E.
Barker; Norwegian-Dane. st. Paul, Rev. C.
W. Finwall
Missions and Education.
The first part of the afternoon session.
which began at 2 o'clock, was given
over to missions and education. The
| praise service at 2:l5 was conducted by.
Rev. j. G. Carman.
Rev. Thomas Morice reported on the
| work in general. The amount received
| during the year is smaller than the
amount of last year. The decrease is
| due. however, not to Iessening zeal,
| but to falling off in the numbers of
| legacleS. There are now 1,053 mission
aries. Fourteen natlonalitieS are
| preached to, each in its own tongue.
| Two thousand and eighteen fields are oc-
cupled, and lis new churches have been
| organized during the year. The educa-
tional work among the negroes and In
dians has increased wonderfully. The
speaker closed by speaking of the home
| missionary work as a solution of the
negro problem, and urged the pastor
WOmen's work.
| Mrs. II. d. Gates reported the work
done by women. The Minnesota Bap-
| fist WOmen's society is sixteen years
old, and is doing admirable work. The
recent harvest festival was observed in
forty churches, and interest in the work
is manifested on all sides.
The first address of the afternoon was
by Rev. w. NJ. Haigh, d. d., on Ma
tional Missions" The Baptist church,
he said, is trying to meet just the actual
ne cesSltleS Of the work. 1t is trying to
| follow people to the frontier and save
them from the saloon and the gambling
| hell. After paying a high tribute to
the law-abiding, peaceful Scandinavians,
| the speaker, in closing, said the home
mission work will avert the danger I'M
| restricted immigration threatens.
In the absence of Mrs. j. n. Grouse
| the address on women'S part in home
mission work was omitted. Miss Bu.-
dett, of Chicago, spoke in Mrs. Crouse's
stead. Fifteen years ago, she said, the
society had one missionary station and
three missionaries. Now it has nearly
fifty stations and eighty missionaries.
Among the eighty missionaries only
forty-one are native born white Amer
leans. One is converted JewesS, one
Chinese and fourteen Mexican. The
| demand for women missionaries was
emphasized. The training school is
totally unable to supply all the mission
aries asked for from the students on
hand. Educated, highly cultivated
women are wanted, and for such there
is great and worthy work.
The Education Society's
| meeting began after Miss Burdett's
talk. The president of the convention,
ID. ID. Merrill, was asked to preside.
The secretary read the report of the
board. The treasury is depleted by
| reason of the many unpaid pledges.
With all these pledges paid, the paying
Of which he urged, the society Will have
a surplus of 500. He dwelt upon the
need of a systematic way of obtaining
! funds.
Rev. NJ. f. Negus made a brief adj
dress OH
Student Aid.
The Baptist education movement is
| al No
nary being at Hamilton, n. Y. The
present year marks an epoch in church
history by the founding of the new Chi
cago university. The necessity of
aiding students was impressed on
the convention. The theological
student is not like other stu
dents. He may not choose where
nor what his life work is to be. The
speaker likened him to the soldier OF
whom implicit obedience is exacted.
Thorough preparation is impossible
when the student has his own1living to
make. The desirab1iity of assisting
students in their early preparation was
dwelt on. Ten years of study are re-
Quired before candidate can become a
minister, and the pull is hard one.
Rev. 7. w. Powell, ID. D., spoke on
1.-The House With Two Fronts" a
building typlfying the two-fold nature
of man. The address was eloquent and
f1owery. The speaker said that the work
of the church and the work of the
schools, though nominally separated,
for political reasons, can not in reality
be separated, and spoke earnestly OF
the evils OF entirely secular education.
Committee Reports.
The committee on education confined
its report for the most part to report
of the tiourishlng condition of Pills
bury's academy, at Owatonna, and sug-
| gested that the convention resolve to
raise $1,000 for the current expenses of
the academy, the amount to be appor-
toned among the various churches. The
suggestion was adopted by the conYen-
ton.
Rev. S. A. Mckay spoke of the duty
of the convention to Pillsbury's acad-
envy, and of the great good work the
school is doing and can do for the