The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-12

Next Meeting WIZ be He'd at Emporia on
the Last Day of April, Is36--A Scarcity
of Pastors is Reported and Hence Va
cancies Exist--Report From Congre-
CATION of Russian Ex;lcs at Otis, Who
Formerly Were Exiles From Germany
to the Laws of the Czar--Oiher Features
OF the Meeting.
The annual meeting Of Wichita
Chassis of the Reformed church, which
convened in Brown Memorial church
This city on Thursday evening closed
ats session at ) o'clock yesterday after
noon. Emporia was selected as the
place for holding the next meeting and
he time was fixed as April 30. 1896
Wichita Chassis is, with a single ex-
ception, the smallest Chassis in the
church and all its churches are mis-
sions. The reports from the various
charges for the year, while nine OF
them show any standing advances,
they have almost without exception,
rad healthy and steady growth in the
face of the reverses that have been
met by almost all the churches during
the severe year just passed. There is
one vacancy in the Chassis at Lyons,
Rice county, Kan, to which pastor
viii be called in the near future. The
great difficulty having been to find a
efficient number of pastors from the
Chassis just having graduated from
the seminarieS in the east to meet the
demand there, although the number OF
graduates this year has been greater
than during any previous year.
a feature of interest at the session
n ia Of
congregation at Otis, Kan. This con-
eregation is a colony of eXiles from
Russia, though they are not Russians.
More than $50 years ago their ancestors
migra ted from Germany where they
were members of the German Reformed
church to the land of the car and
engaged in wheat raising. Many car
fied with them the religion of the faith
erland. far from the c2Stled Rhine
Some six or eight years ago, when the
oppression Of the Greek church be
came too severe they again left their
homes and their great wheat farms
and came to Western Kansas where
they hoped to follow the same pursuit
they had left a year or two ago Su-
perintendent Shuy found this colony
and mas organized a congregation and
has united il with another congrega-
ton at Ransom, and the two were yes
terday constituted a mission charge
there.
A communica ton from the secretary /
of foreign missionaries shows that the I
theological seminary and the academy /
schools in Japan that belong to the .
Reformed church are full to overflow .
ing with students and that there Is Il
greater demand for both missionaries
and money to carry on the work. Ow-
Eng to the great valOr and bravery
shown by the Christian soldiers in the
late Chiua-Japan war, where the pre-
judice against Christianity as n rel-
gion that makes men timid has been
greatly removed and the gospel has
been permitted free proclamation in
botn the army and the royal courts
Cur missionaries have had no small
share in this special work with the
army.
The general board of missions Of the
church will soon appoint a Sunday
school missionary who Will devote his
entire attntion to the Sunday schools
Of this synod.
Rev. W. Z. Hoy. who has been one
Of the leading missionaries of the
church in Japan for ten years. viii
come to this state in October next and
hopes to visit the principle Reformed
churches in the state.
The cOnsistory of the Reformed
church of this city sent a co,nmunica-
diniiss Rev. Bruce Griffith whose res
lgnatiOn as pastor of the Reformed
church had been accepted by the board
Of missionaries; they further asked the
board of missionaries to reconsider the
action in reference to the resignation
and permit their pastor TO remain
here. The paper was accepted and the
clerk was instructed to comply with the
request.
In connection with the meeting Of the
,lassis the various Woman's Mission
AIRY societies Of the Chassis sent dele
gates who yesterday effected an organ
cation. The following are the officers: /
President, Mrs. f. u. Brown. Wichita;
Miss Maggie Casselman. /
Cheney; treasurer, Mrs. G. w Nor
gan. Wichita. ,
a vote Of thanks was tenedered the
Wichita congregation for the use Of the
church building and the hopsitabie en-
furnished the number Of
classis.
an invitation by Rev. Bruce Griffith
o the Chassis to visit the Daily Eagle
printing house and see the new Limo
y pc machines at work, was cordially
accepted and after the evening service
he minister and number of elders re- '
,aired to the Eagle office to see these
wonderful pieces OF machinery. j