The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-14
WORK OF BApTISTS
REPORTS SUBMITTED AT THE AN
NUAL STATE CON-
yENTION.
MISSIONS DOING MUCH GOOD.
FLUENCE OF THE So
CIETY.
PAPERS ON MISSIONARY TOPICS.
Meeting of the Baptist State Edu-
catiOnaI Society This Morn
Ing.

tinued to arrive all day. In the MORN
ing committees were appointed as fol-
lows:
Enrollment-Rev. c. G. Poole, ]. B. Utton.
H. c. Drake.
Nominate Ofieers. Trustees and Standing
Committees of the Conventional. F. Gale
dieton, R. c. Mosher, NJ. B. CrutcheI, ]. w
Brush. Rev. E. r. D. Hollinsted.
Arrangements for the Present Sesson-Rev
\ J. W. Conley, D. D.; Rev. c. T. Ilsley Rev.
Nominate Trustees of Board of visitory of
Pillsbury Academy and Directors for Min
nesota Baptist Educational Society,". S.
Tompkins, E. B. Jones. NJ. Larson.
Place and Preacher for Next Anniversary
Rev. w. H. Travis. Rev. ]. D. Rumsey. q.
D. Graham.
Resolutions-Revs. E. s. Van Ness G.
Melby, A. o. Stevens.
Finance-Deacon ]. H. Randall, DR.. j. w.
Ford, Rev. W. w. Dawley.
Advisory Association Members-T. w. Pow
ell, C. R. Upton, Rev. w. c. Andrews N. N
Smart, j. c. Halbert, Rev. g. l.. Conley }.
H. Irish, K. Nelson and j. Peterson.
/, The report Of Women's Home Mis-
sion committee was read by Mrs. H. D.
Gates, and showed the large amount
of good work done by the women of
the state churches. Reports from
leaders were given by Mrs. H. F. Still
we'll. Miss A Celia Morford. Miss
Marie Olson and Mrs. w. S. Barrett.
udN6 OSSL SlSIlI AACH w h~I l.
Can" societies formed this year and $500
raised by the young women
members. 1t is expected by the young
women that they will raise $1,000 this
year Rev Mckinney gave an inter-
esting address of district missionary
work in Southwestern Minnesota.
Mission work among the Germans was
the subject of a talk by Miss Hannah
oP "a
work among the Germans of Philadel-
phia Mrs. E. NJ. Van Duzee read a
paper on Woman and the Church by
the late Mrs. E. F. Drake.
In the afternoon Rev. G. H. Gamble
greeted the new pastors and the re-
Spouse was by Rev. w. G. Trower De-
= votional exercises were led by Mrs. j.
H. Randall, who afterward read the
report of the w. F. M committee,
which had been prepared by Mrs F. B.
Lathrop. The report was of most en-
couraging nature and gave a bright
outlook for the future. Greetings and
the work of the Father Lights" were
given by Mrs. M. L. L'Amereaux, of
the w. B. f. M. society of Western
China. An illustration of the primary
lesson was given by Mrs. T. S. Tom
kins, and Miss Emma Tween gave an
illustration of life and customs in
Western China. assisted by three
young women and a boy in Chinese
Costume. They carried on an enter
tanning conversation in the Chinese
Language. Miss Kidder read some let
tiers from Minnesota Missionaries
which were of interest and H. c..
Mabie D. D., made the closing address,.
At the evening session Miss Alcott's
chorus of 30 voices opened the exercises
and then the report of the state con-
hno Vd crixy Nv II
r. Pope, corresponding secretary, who
said in part:
The missionary work of the year has been
carried on by missionary pastors, students
- the summer months and district missionaries.
Their labors have been abundant and arduous,
and they have cause to rejoice in a goodly
degree of material and spiritual prosperity
forty-two brethren have served the conven-
ton as missionaries. Only wenty-three,
however, have continued through the entire
year. These brethren have served thirty
seven churches, twenty-six of which have
been helped all the year. Only nine churches
have had out stations connected with
them. and these are located in cities and
larger places. During the summer months
ten young men have been serving many
churches. All of these young men have been
at work in smaller towns and villages, all
but two, however. in places railroads.
three Of them have worked in the southern
and four In the northern portion of the state
The churches served by them have a mem
5, bership of 3S7 and an aggregate average CON
Agregatior of 495 Ten persons have been
baptized, and good results have been achieved
all of the fields. One of the churches
was served part of the year by a pastor
and for three months by student. Forty
six churches In all have been located as fol-
lows: Five in st. Paul. five in Minneapolis,
three in Duluth, in Saltwater, one in
Red Wing, one in Little Falls, one in Sank
Center seven in other places Of over LOCO
Inhabitants, fourteen in smaller railroad
towns and eight in country places.
These churches were distributed the
state as follows: Four in the First Congre-
gational district in second district, In the
third district. Z in Fourth. in Fifth, II in
Sixth. 5 in Seventh. The line of the H. &
ID. division of the c., M. & st. P, R. R. d.
vides the stskA north aad south into two
parts nearly equal In population, and eputh
of this line, including St. Paul, there have
been twenty-one mission churches, and north
of it, including Minneapolis, twenty-five.
During the year eight brethren have served as
district missionaries. E. A. Lundin. district
missionary of the Northeastern Swedish asso-
citation. resigned Jan. l, to accept the pas
torate of the First Swedish church in Du-
1uth. Rev. A. Blomgren was chosen in his
stead. Jan. L Rev. NJ. Berglund was ap-
pointed district missionary for Northeastern
Minnesota. At the same time Rev. E. R.
Mckinney was appointed for Southwestern
Minnesota. Besides these brethren, Rev.
Knute Nelson among the Norwegians, Rev.
N. L. Christensen, among the Danes; Rev.
u. Larsen, among the Norwegians in Polk
county and Rev. C. C. Langlotz among the
Germans, have continued at work through
out the year.
The superintendent and corresponding Sec
rotary have been employed all the year. The
work done may be expressed in figures as
follows: Churches and places visited 118;
visits made to the churches, 1885, associations
attended, 10: sermons preached, 135; addresses
delivered. SO; letters sent, $685. miles tray-
eled. 1886; expenses for travelling. Stills.
The summary of the years work is 81
workers employed. 46 churches served, A
out-stations occupied, $3.50 sermons preached
1920 average congregations. a,1OS membership
of mission churches, which is II per cent of
the Baptist membership Of the state; 272
baptized. Money raised by the mission
churches for all purposes. $50, 1850 of which
81, $780, OF was given to the various objects of
Hon. J. D. Rockefeller gave 81 900 to pay
missionary salary in the iron range, where
!, he owns mines
: Rev. NJ. Berglaund told Of the needs
and wants in the iron regions where
he has been stationed since Jan l. He
gave an interesting account of the law
21essness of the people among whom
he works and told of the work in the
state and how he had organized the
work among the miners
Rev. G. f. Holt spoke on the Value
of State Missions and told of the
growth Of the mission work in other
states and of its need in Minnesota. He
said that the work to be done In the
next few years would have an in
f1uence on the future Of the state. and
advised those interested to look out
for it's interests in Minnesota rather
than in other parts of the country or
In other countries. Today's programme
is as follows:
s:oO-Conference of women's home mis- n
workers
> q:G0-Opening service; report of nominating
cmmittee; election of officers.
e-15-Report OF home mission committee, j.