Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-03
THE METHODlSTS

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Capture the City for a Day.
Several General Conference Delegates
Visit the City.
And Preach to our Good People.
Saturday evenings B. & NJ. train
brought to our city such distinguished
guests as Rev. Chas. S. Wing, d. d.
presiding elder New York east confer
ence; Rev. J. NJ. King, ID. D., pastor st
Johns M. E. church, New York city;
ex- senator E. j. Hill, of Norwalk,
Connecticut; Judge William Lawrence,
Of Bellefontalne, Ohio; Rev. j. s.
Breckenridge, D. d., of Brooklyn, N.
Y; Rev. Alfred Coons, presiding elder
Of the Kingston district, New York
conference; Rev. Geo. P. Mains, ID. d.,
superintendent of Brooklyn church So
ciety, and G. j. Mills, G. H. Meddlne,
}. NJ. Gillian, F. w. Marsh, of Omaha,
all being chaperoned by F. q. Cradle,
Of Omaha, who has valuable interests
in these parts. They came into the
Hills ON the morning train and pro.
ceeded to Deadwood to enjoy the mag
niicent scenery along the B. 6 NJ.
through the Hills, returning in the
evening to pass the Sabbath in this
sanity city. The party consisted
mostly Of delegates to the late general
conference of the NJ. r. church, who
were met at Minnekahta by President
Hancher, who escorted them to the
They stopped at the Gillespie and the
manner in which the popular host of
that excellent hostlery dined and cared
for them tended IN no small degree to
create the exceedingly favorable inn
preston that they gained Of our lovely
resort city.
During the evening the party en-
joyed looking over the city and swim
ming in the plunge. They were fairly
charmed with the magniticence of the
mammoth stone blocks, and with the
natural beauties that surround the
city. The presence in the city of so
distinguished a body of preachers-and
Methodist preachers at that-was an
opportunity that President Hancher
was not slow to improve, and he soon
had the following most interesting
program arranged, for Sabbath SER
vices, and the city informed of the fact
by dodgers generously distributed:
Methodist Episcopal services. Black
Hills college: II a. IN. sermon, Rev.
Chas. s. Wing, d. II.
Minnekahta opera house, 3 p. m..
mass meeting in the interest of
education.
The relation Of the church to the
education of the citizen, Rev. j. NJ.
King, d. ID.
The Connecticut common school, ex-
senator +. j. Hill.
The relation of the state to higher
education, Judge William Lawrence.
Humanitarian Education, Rev. j. S
Breckenridge, d. D.
The sermon at the college chapel al
ii o'clock by DIR. Wing was an able
eloquent and most impressive one upon
the subject of Faith The speaker
held the closest attention of the large
congregation, and all went away re-
GREETING that they could not remember
every word that had been uttered. Al
the Presbyterian church, in the morn
ing, DIR. 6. p. Mains spoke upon 'tl,e
Christians hope" and it was pro
nounced by those present to be most
interesting and admirable sermon
The congregation was large and could
not have been more appreciative.
At the opera house in the afternoon
at 8 o'clock the mass meeting in the
interest of education, presided over by
President Hancler, was very largely
attended. DIR. Coons opened the ex.
ercises with prayer. -Ihe first speaker
Rev. j. NJ. King, was a very positive
able speaker. He thinks compulsory
education is not only founded in duty
but in righteousness; congratulated
this state upon its inunifcent laws
for the proper education of it's youth
but believes that when state makes
provisions for the education of its
youth in the common branches, its
duty ends; that it was for the church
to see that institutions were estab'
lished for higher learning. He closed
with neat eulogy upon the Black
Hills and Hot Springs.
Ex-senator Hill spoke entertainingly
upon the public school system of his
state, Connecticut. and thought South
Dakota should also be congratulated
upon its school provisions.
Judge William Lawrence was then
introduced as lawyer, instead of a
preacher, and opened his remarks by
saying that an honest lawyer was the
noblest work Of God, that it took more
religion to make good lawyer than
to make a good preacher. He favors
permitting women to vote and preach,
and believes our country will not reach
that higher plane Of justice and right
until they are placed upon an equality
with man in that respect. His re.
marks upon the common schools Of our
country. as we'll as the higher institu.
finns NJ LEARNING were very interesf.