The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-15
pLAHACHAUTAUQUA
BAPTISTS ARRANGE FOR AN EN-
DETRIMENTAL MEETING NEAE
SUMNER.
MEET AT WINONA NEXT YEAR.
PLACE FOR CONVENTION SELECT
ED AND A NUMBER OF COM
4IITTEES NAMED.
CORRECTIONS IN THE BYLAWS.
Rusy Day With the DeIegates-Man!
Interesting Papers Read and
Discussed.

At the opening of yesterdays session
of the Baptist convention Secretary
Pope announced that there were sew
e1al business matters he wished TO dls-
pose of before the regular order OF
work He stated that at the OCTOBER
meeting of the board resolution was
adopted which he wished to see lncof-
porated in the bylaws of the conven-
ton. 1t reads as follows:
THE board of trustees shall not eX-
pend in any year more than lO per
cent in excess of the average amount
which may be received for the conVen-
ton work from all sources within the
state during the preceding three years
(exSusive of legacies) in addition to
any balance which may be in the treas
ury at the beginning of the year. ana
any amount which may be approprlat-
ed by the A. B. H. M. society for mis-
sion work in Minnesota"
A motion of Secretary Pope that the
resolution be made a part OF the by
laws of the convention carried.
The secretary also moved that sec
tion of article 4 of the bylaws be
suspended for the ensuing year. HIS
motion prevailed.
1t was voted that the length Of ses-
sion, and preparation of the conVen-
ton programme be entrusted to COM
mittee, consisting of the corresponding
secretary, president Of the convention,
pastor of the church where the meeting
is to be held, president of the b. Y. T.
U. secretary of the Education society,
chairman of the Sunday school COM
mittees and committees of the Wom-
ems Home and Foreign missions.
The reports of various committees
were next heard. The committee on
anniversary recommended that the
next place of meeting be Winona, and
that Rev. H. F. Stilwell be selected to
deliver the annual address, with G. F.
Hallowell, of Park Rapids, as alter
nate. The report was adopted.
The committee on nominations on
board of Pillsbury academy and visit
ors to the same reported as follows:
Board, Mrs. Lydia j. R. Gates, G A.
PiIlsbury, Rev Erastus Westcott, L. G.
Woodman, T. S. Tompkins, Charles
Jefts: visitors, Revs. H. F. Stilwell, j.
w. Conley. The report was adopted.
The report of the committee on nomi-
nation of directors for the Minnesota
Baptist Educational society recon-
inended Rev. s. E. Price, Rev. j. w:
Conley, ]. F. Hill, Carl K. Bennett, and
e. Sanden for the offices. The report
was unanimously adopted.
The committee on nomination OF
trustees of the Ministers Aid society
recommended that Rev. W. w. DaW-
ley, the only one whose term had ex-
pired, be reelected to the position.
motion that the report be adopted was
carried.
The report of the Sunday School,
Bible and Publication society COM
mittee was submitted by E. M. Hulett.
1t showed that the Sunday school
workers had been more aggressive dur
ing the year than ever before. All OF
the five publication societies have been
husily at work. They have distributed
$50 Bibles. and their emisaries have
visited 1866 families during the year,
The committe recommended that a
Sunday school assembly be Instituted
to further the interest in the work.
The report was adopted.
Biblical Qualifications" was the sub
iect which Rev. E. S. Van Ness spoke
on. He thought the children Of the
Sunday schools should be taught prac-
tical application of doctrinal principles
to every day life.
A discussion of the points made by
the speaker followed, each of the dele
gates being limited to three minutes.
How to Get and Keep Scholars was
the theme which Mrs. Jean Hobart
talked on.
Rev C. Melby gave the delegates an
instructive address on weak Points
in Sunday School Work and How to
Remedy Them"
One of the most interesting features
OF the morning session was a practical
illustration of primary class work in
the Sunday schools, in which number
of little people took part. This part Of
the programme was in charge of Mrs
+. r. Pope.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The afternoon session yesterday opened
with report on the spiritual state of the
churches by Rev. w. G. Trower, of
Hastings. He called attention to the
fact that while the outward mani
festations in church work did not always
reveal the actual spiritual condition, they
nevertheless had to be considered in measur-
ing the spiritual strength of a church. He
referred to the loss through death of a num-
Der of pastors and the departure of others as
affecting the work; mentioned the revival IL
Minneapolis last spring productive Of
good and announced that four new churches
had been added to the roll during the year,
though membership showed an increase of 263
less than last years. The report showed
]. .009 baptisms during the year, with total
increase in membership of 347, making the
total membership of the church in the state
Is. .636. The increase came from all branches,
but the increase among the Danes, Norwe-