The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-10-22
The Business Session.

The Business Session.
This morning the first half hour was
taken up with devotional exercises.
The committee on examination OF
the records of Minneapolis Presbytery
presented a report, and the records
were approved.
A resolution offered by DR.. Clelland
recommending that special commit
tee on college control consisting of
seven be appointed, was adopted.
The synod's committee on acade-
mics and colleges recommended that
$500 be granted to Albert Lea college,
and this was approved.
Th following committee was ap-
pointed to nominate trustees for AL
bert Lea college: r. B. A Abbott, T. II.
Clelland and Il. n. Weaver.
Rev. j. P. Egbert, d. d., reported
for the committee on benevolence and
finance. 1t recommended that the
committee have authority to prepare
the program for the afternoon and
evening of Friday and Saturday of the
next synod, and that the committee
be directed to prepare for the cele-
bration of the 250th anniversary of
the Westminster association on Sun
day of the next synod. The report
was adopted.
The report of the committee on
church erection was made by Rev. E.
P. Lewis, and was adopted. 1t re-
cited what had been done during the
past year.
The committee on correspondence
reported, recommending that Rev. s.
D. Works, OF the Minnesota Baptist
convention, be INVITED to sit as cor.
responding member. This was adopt
ed.
The report of the committee or
ministerial relief was made by Rev
Chas. Thayer, LII. D., and pending
action, Judge Torrance addressed the
synod. The report was adopted. II
showed that ST. 200 was received from
the whole synod last year, from 81 out
of 257 churches. This was larger thar
for the last five years, however.
The report of the committee OF
neurology was made by Rev. Thompson
and was adopted by rising vote, fol
lowed by prayer. The deceased min
listers were Rev. Josiah Jerome Ward
of Kasson, Rev. Ransom Wait, o
, Tracy, and Rev. Daniel Stewart, DID.
of Minneapolis.
A resolution, offered by Rev. A. B
Nichols, in view of the Mormon ques
tion, was adopted, and Miss Jones, o.
New York, addressed the synod OF
the Importance of aggressive actor
to counterfeit the influence of Nor
monism.
The resolution is as follows:
. RESOLVED. That committee of thre
be appointed to act as a bureau of in
2 formation to receive and distribut
e literature for the purpose Of counter
D acting the false and pernicious doc
trines of MOrmOnism, which are be
= ing quietly and persistently laugh
in different parts of our synod.
The committee on nomination O
s trustees of Albert Lea college rec
J. commended as follows: That Rev. W
0 E. Bates, of Winnebago City, b
!. elected to succeed Rev. G. W. Covert
e of ST. Paul, and Hon. W. B. Dean, Q
: St. Paul, to succeed Rev. M. D. Ec
e wards, DID,, of St. Paul. This repor
s was adopted, and the appointment
i made.
The following resolution wa
= adopted:
u WHEREAS, Albert Lea college ha
e for years, through it's cons ecrete
alumnae in the great northwest an
on the foreign field, exerted a mos
y elevating Christian influence, and j
IS fitted to become an ever increasin
d power for good in the extension of tn
+ Masters Kingdom, be it
y RESOLVED, First, that as pastors an
elders we give to this institution on
q cordial support, both financially an
y in the way of turning the attentio
If of our young women to it's superio
q intellectual and other advantages.
g Second. Should the trustees an
g faculty send among us a representa-
is tive for the purpose of making know
e. the work and needs of the college, W
will give to such representative GU
cordial cooperation in bringing th
!. institution and it's needs before on
!, people.
lie The reportIof.the treasurer was II
h ceived and referred to the fnanC
1t committee.
is The report of the committee O