The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1896-02-21
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HoV Church Organization Has Been
Maintained During the Past Five
Months Without a Pastor.
The Directors are Looking for a Site and
Building for the location Of Their
Creamery Industry.
A TEMPERANCE TALK
Col. Holt Of Illinois is Making Quite
Stir Among the Temperance People
and Made Some Converts
THE RESULT OF UNITED WORK.

What the Congregational Church of This
City Has Done Without "a Pastor.
y gentleman who spent last Sunday
in Mitchell, and whom we suspect is
none other than G. M. Daley of Huron.
writes an interesting letter to the Sioux
Falls Argus Leader concerning the
work OF the Congregational church of
this city since it has been without a
pastor. Mr.. Daley omitted to mention
one other important item in connection
with the church and that was the erec-
tion OF parsonage at a cost of $1,000.
This was done, however, before Mr..
Bradley went away, and was built as
an inducement for Mr.. Bradley to re-
main with the church, but the call
from Michigan proved stronger than
the new parsonage. The article is as
follows:
Having recently spent Sunday in
Mitchell l was greatly interested in
some matters connected with the Con-
gregational church Of that city. [ had
occasionally heard the Rev. Bradley,
pastor of that church, who was counted
one OF the most eloquent pulpit orators
in the state. His sudden acceptance
of loud call' from Michigan nearly
paralyzed the church for he had said
much about the brotherhood of man"
and called the golden rule "otherism."
| n view of the hard times it was de-
cided to delay filing the pulpit, to per-
suade as many as possible to let their
subscriptions run until the small debt
was paid and to keep the church open
Sunday mornings and sustain the Sun.
day School and prayer meetings.
Your correspondent is informed now
after nearly five months haye expired,
the church has fully carried out its
plans in every particular. The church
was small in membership and had not
been considered a spiritual church. but
the results have been d surprise to
themselves and the community.
Among the laymen were bank collec-
tor, the superintendent OF schools. a
leading attorney. al eX-member of the
legislature, two lumber firms, one
druggist, an eX-county auditor and two
travelling men. All these have taken
their turns when called on and have
rendered the doctrines Of Moody and
Talmage in vigorous if not artistic
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isbed the audience by giving one of
memory from start to finish. The
other lumberman was musical director
and delighted the audience with we'll
trained choir. The attorney was re-
Gently elected superintendent of the
Sunday School and is proving marked
success.
Strong committees of business men
took charge of other lines of work and
"every man worked over against his
own house, as they did IN olden times
when Nehemiah rebuilt Jerusalem.
The audiences have often been equal
to IS per cent of the attendance under
a regular pastor. The Sunday School
is 40 per cent larger than ever before
at this season Of the year, the attend
ance being 120 last Sunday. The debt
is being rapidly paid off, nearly all the
income of the church being devoted to
that purpose. The church is being
developed in all lines of Christian work
as never before, even under the most
favored pastorate.
The success OF this church along
these lines without pastor is silent,
but timely, protest against the itching
ears that are SO ready TO hear loud calls
and so far as known, may be considered
a warning to those who are always fit
ting from pillar to post, with little re-
gard for those they leave behind.
Upon the recommendation OF Super
intendent Thrall of the home mission
ary society, the church has called the
Rev. Wade Burleigh of the Chicago
seminary to serve them for three
months from the middle of April, fur
ther relationship to be at the option of
the church. MIR. Burleigh is grad
uate of Yankton college. is fine mu-
sician and gifted man. Those who
know him we'll say the Mitchell church
has made no mistake in calling him
The Directors Meeting.