The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-11
MONTANA CHURCH WORK
Meeting Last Night of the M. e.
Extension Society.
CONFERENCE IN SESSION
DR.. T. c. Tiff Relates an Interesting
Story OF His Work Here Twenty
Eight Years Aeo-Remarks OF
Rev. Mr.. Cattermole.

IL religious enthusiasm and earnest
prayer count for anything, and they al
ways have on previous occasions, the
present annual conference Of the Mon
tana Methodist ministers will have the
fullest blessing of the Divine Ruler and
the good wishes of the entire
ity, and it's sure to be fruitful of the
best possible results. The meeting last
night at the Nj. f. church of the Church
Extension society was very well attend
ed and deep interest was manifested
throughout. There were able remarks
by. Rev. L. G. C~attermole, DIR. T. c.
Iliff, Rev. II. NJ. Craven, Rev. Mr.. Van
Orsdell and others. The talk was de-
voted TO church extension work in gen.
eral, and many ideas were suggested
and beautiful tributes paid to the pio-
neer missionaries in this state. X. NJ.
Craven presided and on the rostrum
were DIR. llif and w. w. Van Orsdell,
and those of the audience who were in
Montana &c years ago were taken back
TO the pioneer days when those three
earnest worker in the Christian faith
held revival meetings in little log
churches and school houses i'm valleys
and towns. and the impressions formed
of the worth of these noble characters
were pictured In the faces OF those
whose memories were aroused. 1t was,
indeed. an impressive view of the retro
spective. In those days these men were
enjoying the youth of their career, they
were splendid specimens of physical
manhood. full of vigor and determina-
ton to do right. Those qualities they
stifl possess. and the only change in
their appearance is the silver hair and
an occasional wrinkle. Otherwise they
are the same old Van" Bob" and
Doctor"
Last nights meeting partook of he
nature of a revival-a kind of old-fash-
toned preface to a business meeting. Mr..
Craven made a few remarks in intro
dueing Mr.. Cattermole of Dillon, who
prefaced his remarks with the sugges-
ton that the time allotted each speaker
was too short. as the average Methodist
can't get around To the real argument
inside of half an hour. He said that at
this particular time the greatest in
terest is taken in the matter of church
extension. The people of America were
never prouder of their country than
they are at the present day. He spoke
of the heterogeneous population and the
efforts of the church To convert the peo-
pie to the Christian faith.
Here is the place said he, for the
missionary. There is work for him. IL
literacy is one of the dangers of our re-
public, and the children who can neither
read nor write are subjects for the mis-
sionary's consideration. The four great
conerstones of the universe are religion,
liberty. learning and law. Neither can
be misplaced. Law without liberty
should never exist; the law of the tyrant
and the despot has no place i'm the Ian
of liberty. but unless you have religion
the other three tones would be swept
away by the flood of crime. Children
should be taught religion, and not that
learning is the only essential To their
welfare. and there can be no religion
without the Bible. Rome was educated,
yet II fell a victim to its W lust
Mr.. Cattermole referred to the growth
of the church and said that this nation
is yet in it's infancy. that the other ma
tions were it's grandmothers. Especial
ly did he refer To the progress of the
work in the West and closed his re-
marks with an earnest plea TO all to do
their utmost for the good of the church.