Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-09-01
SEPTEMBER 1892

mating committee reported the follow
ing persons for offices of the union for
the ensuing year President f. NJ.
Pease. Richland Cent r; Vice President
Mrs. Bessie Melbourne. Dodgeville;
Secretary Miss 5. A Hurd. Lancaster;
Treasurer Miss Emma Shumann.
Prairie du Chen.
When the question of place OF hold
ing the next convention was taken up.
the Darlington delegates who had
come WITH the hope that the conven.
ton would be held there next wear.
very courteously waived their claims
in favor of Prairie du Chen. when the
delegates from there stated that they
were very DESTROYS of having the con
ventiOn and that it would be of the
greatest help to them in promoting
their work. Owing to the lateness of
the hour most of the work on the pro
gram designed for the Look ont Com
mittee, conference had to be omitted.
There was general regret at this be-
cause the conference was to be led bv
Rev. Philip Slack ofValton. and prom
ised 10 be of the greatest interest and
value to all. However, that part of
the program will keep until next year
at which time it will be taken up with
a hearty good will Miss Lucy III.
Strong came all the way from BarabOo
to take part IN this conference, but she
gave but few thoughts from her
paper, enough to demonstrate to the
convention that there is rich treat in
store for those who may hear it next
time, Miss Ada Jenney of Boscobel
lead in one of the discussions but there
was not time to finish it.
The last session opened at $50 z. NJ.
with praise service, after which one
of the most entertaining and profitable
addresses of the meeting (and that is
saying a good deaD was given by Sec
retary w. d. Gibson, on "The Spirit of
Our Golden Pledge. Miss NJ. j. Miner
favored the audience with an excellent
recitation of"That Matchless Selection
Sandolphin. The address, ON "The
Holy Spirit f r 5, rviee," Acts /, ana
s, given by Rev. Il Pengilly of Hazel
Green, was full of Christian thought
and Spirit and ser ed to C nvey many
pointed truths. After Mr.. Pongilly's
address NJ. Gibson presented the fol-
lowing resolution prepared by the
committee and which wee uuani-
mously adopted.
The hour for closing the convention
having arrived, Rev +. W. Jenney
conducted the Consideration Service
which was feelngly entered into, and
the closing hymn, God be With You, "
with the Mizpah Beued eli closed
meeting that every member present
felt that God had most graciou>ly
OleSseu. RESOLUTIONS:
/. We wish to be duly thankful to
our Heavenly Father Tor the kind
Providence that has permitted SO many
OF us to come to this convention. and
has favored US with peasant weather
and presided over our deliberations by
the pre-, OF Ills Holy Spirit
We desire to express our graft
tude to the trustees of this Congo
Church, for giving US its use of this
session, to the Y F. S. G. +. and other
membership of this church Tor their
successful attempts to make it IA beaut-
ful home for us; to he choir and musi-
cal director for the deligh fut + at of
song we have enjoyed; and to the
citizens of Lancaster for kindly open
ing their pleasant homes and treating
us like their own bows and girls.
3 We also desire to express appre-
citation OF the kindness of Rev. A. ID.
Blakeslee in printing 200 copies OF our
Cons tuition.
4. Our Secretary, Miss Sophia A.
Hurd, deserves and should receive our
heartiest commentator tor her untir-
ing lsbor in mixing thorough can
vas of our district, and not only find
ing out The ex4ct number of societies
and their condition, but providing for
the organization of other societies
Christian Endeayor litera-
ture, anu bringing us All into closer
relation and sympathy.
). As Societies composing this Dis
II ct Union, we pledge ourselves to
more dedn te and Systematic missionary
work, both home and foreign
6 We heartily indorse the strong
resolutions upon Temperance adopted
by our State Union at Eau Claire, last
Fall; and we earnestly recommend the
organization of Temperance Com
m ttee in every society If our District.
to the end that more thorough and
pra teal Gospel Temperance work be
done in every community throughout
Sou h Western Wisconsin
:. We prayetfully invoke God
blessing, guidance and bencdiction
upon our work during the coming
year.
OBITUARY
DIR. THRALL.