Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1895-07-11

might be made more attractive as well
as more effective by having carefully
selected, well arranged and approprl'
ate music.
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
The enrolment for the past year has
been ten classes with about $50 schol-
ars. The average attendance during
the winter months was nearly 100.
In addition to the above We have five
home classes in connection with our
school which we supply with literature;
These classes are on ranches situated
from eight to thirty miles from Lewis
town.
There are 300 volumes in the Sun
day school library. The Children
Day offerings, including the pyramid
boxes, We're S55; $5 for the Sunday
school board and $50 for church inn
provements.
CHRISTIAN ENDEAvoR SOCIETY.
Our Y.P. S. c. +. was organized on
September 20, 1892, in the little school
house. Our weekly meeting is held on
Thursday. There are fourteen active
members and twelve associate. About
a year ago twenty-five members made
monthly mission pledges to missions,
most of them for ten cents per month.
"HoME WORKERS."
This is the name OF the ladies' socie-
ty in connection with our church, un-
der whose auspices this special edition
is published. They are deserving OF
special mention, "cum magma laude,
for their intelligent activity in church
work, for their tact and financial
ability and for having the courage to
make the first attempt at woman's
journalism in Montana.
The society Is social, financial, jour.
nalistic and missionary in character.
The ladies give bi-weekly afternoon
teas at Is cents, meeting from house
to house, or i'm the church parlors
These teas are very pleasant and at
tractive, fully worth rs cents.
We shall not forget that certain
"promise to pay" signed by the trus
tees of the church, has been, largely by
their efforts, reduced $500 within Six
months. Their schemes are manifold
but We Judge paiseworthy. A "dollar
social" netted nearly 500, sixty per-
SONS giving each n dollar, and most ol
them relating how they earned it.
More than 500 was turned into the
treasury by taking turns in boarding
the pastor during the winter, in the
absence of the mistress of the manse
Occasionally the tea is made mission
ary in character and the proceeds de-
voted to that cause.
BENEvoLENcE.
As this is young home missionary
church, situated 100 miles from the
railroad, we think it worth while to
mention the benevolent contributions
of the past year.
For the year ending April L, 1895
the Lewistown church contributed to
all boards of the church, the tota
amount being $107.
MEETING OF CHURCH SESSION.
The first meeting of the newly con
stituted session was held at the manse
June IL, 1895. Elder William Fergus
of the Armells church, being present
was invited to sit as a corresponding
member.
The principal matter under consid
Grafton was what We could do as a
church and community to relieve the
Board OF Home Missions i'm it's present
financial difficulties.
The session resolved, if possible, to
collect offerings sufficient to relieve the
board OF one quarterly payment tow
ard the pastors salary, which this
year is SIl2.5O. 1t was decided (l)
to present the matter to the congrega
tion and receive pledges payable Au'
gust LIST; ~ to send circular letter
to the adherents of the Presby terian
church throughout the county, includ
ing Armells and Philbrook churches
(3) to give the &C. E." society and
Sunday school an opportunity to help
June Odd, pledges were received to the