The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-30
Annual Meeting of the Montana
Christian Association.
PROMINENT CHURCH MEN
Many Lay Delegates Will Be in Attend
ance - Will Exchange Reports
on the Work Done Dur
ing the Year.

Ahc HiieteeHtn annual convention OF
the Montana Christian association, rep
resenting the Christian church in the
state. will convene in Butte to-day.
The opening session will be held at
O'Clock tonight in the Christian taber-
nacle. 1t Is expected there will be
about $50 church representatives in at
tendance, including all the ministers in
the state and many lay delegates.
Among the prominent church men from
the outside who will be present is G. Ia
Hoffman of Columbia, Mo-, president
of one Of the church universities G. w.
Muckley of Kansas City, secretary of
the church extension board is also ex-
pected to be present later in the week
The convention is the yearly meeting
OF the association for the purpose of
exchanging reports of work done during
the year past, devising ways and means
for the developing of new plans, and
for general edification. There will De
three sessions each day-at $3.50 a. M,
1:3O p. m and p m.-which will afford
opportunities for the business of the
various departments of the church
work, and also for experimenting on
the part of those selected to fill out the
programme.
The Christian church, in its conventions
and methods Of church government,
differs from other denominations in
some respects. The convention is not
ecclesiastical, but congregational in
character. Each congregation is indie
pendent. but all cooperate.
The Christian church in the state is
in very prosperous condition. The
church in Butte has for some time been
self-sustaining, and is contributing to
the various missionary funds. There
is still mortgage on the church prop
erty, the interest on which is being paid
by the women's board of missions, but
the mortgage itself will be paid by the
church when it falls due.
There are at present Is churches of
the Christian denomination in the state
with an estimated membership of about
1000. The principal matter that will
come before the Butte convention will
be the question of church extension in
Montana. The greater part of the ses-
sion on Friday will be devoted to it,
Rev. F. F. Grim Of Hamilton will de-
liver an address at the morning session
on that day on the subject of THE Land
Yet to Be Possessed" and Rev f. o.
Tilburn of Butte will respond with the
subject, Shall We Go Up and Take
IT,"
The programme for the opening ses-
sion this evening will be as follows:
S:00-Praise service and greeting.
S:30-Address, why Are We Here?"
by Walter M. Jordan, Helena.
9:00-Appontment of committees.
For tomorrow the programme will be
as follows:
:, Thursday Mornings: S0-Bible study,
E. o. Tilburn, Butte
q 9:30-Devotional meeting.
9:45-Report of corresponding secre-
-tary, Walter NJ. Jordan, Helena; report
of treasurer, S. c. Kenyon, 'Bozeman;
report of executive committee E. Schar-
nikow, Deer Lodge; reports from
churches.
1:00-"Church officers; their titles.
functions and terms" Massena Bullard,
Helena. Discussion.
11:20-"The church register, conditions
of enrolling names thereon and remov-
ing names therefrom," 3. F. Norris,
Anaconda
11:4O-"The attitude of the church to-
ward secret benevolent societies. w.
l.. Holloway, Bozeman.
Thursday Afternoon Bible school
session
1:30-Praise service
1:45-Report of corresponding secre-
tary, Miss Addie Brandenberg, Boze-
mon.
2:00-"Office of the Bible school, Miss
Sallie Batterton. Deer Lodge.
2:15-"Duty of the church to the Bible
school," Miss Mary E. Sloane, Missoula.
2:30-How to make the Bible more eff
ficient," Mrs. ]. G. Mckay, Butte.
2:45-"Preparation for teaching" Egg
bert Cockrill. Bohemian.
3:00-'Mission schools as foundation
work for churches" j. F. Adair, Cres-
ton.
3:15-Reports of committees.
Y. P. S. c. E. Sessions: 00-Report
of corresponding secretary, Miss Mag
gle Slack, Corvallis.
3:45-"The Endeavor society as a
training school," John W. Moody, Cas-
cade.
4:00-"The unwritten pledge" Miss
Arma E. LangSton, Butte,
4:15-Reports of committees.
Thursday g-S:0O-Devotiona
meeting.
S:15-"What the Christian Endeavor
society has accomplished" Mrs. Jessie
Thompson, Missoula.
S:30-"The possibilities of Christian
Endeavor," Mrs. Edith Shivel, Florence.
S:00-Address, Saved to Serve" ]. c.
B. Stivers, Missoula
The convention will continue in ses-
sion over Sunday.