The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-08-29

tan association. and after song and
prayer the assemblage went into
business session. The first order of
business was the reports Of officers.
o. F. McHargue of Bozeman, treasurer
| of the state association, reported the
financial condition of the organization
| as follows:
Balance on hand Sept. LIST, 1900 800. %.
| Received during year from National
Christian Women's board of missions,
$1,000; received from churches in the
state. $17021. Total receipts for year,
$2,32050.
| Assistance to mission churches in
state, $2,21306; balance on hand, $107.44.
w. M. Jordan of Helena, correspond
| ing secretary. read his report showing
| the membership of the respective
| churches in Montana together with the
| amount of money raised from all sources
| by them as follows:
Anaconda "A, gain IA, $942.60.
Augusta q, gain q, $500.
Bozeman 168, gain Is. $1,S84.94.
Butte 1919, gain Al, $3,59610.
Cascade 8, $61.04.
Central Park "a, gain "a. $1.2S0.09.
Corvallis p, gain 5, $62165.
Deer Lodge g., $560.27
Florence 49, gain 81, $685.
Hamilton g, gain s. $780,
Helena 112, gain IS, $1,72O.24
Hogan 30, $113.
KaHspell 81, gain 81, $50.
Missoula IS, gain %. $1,422.16.
Spring Creek 49, gain 5.
South Boulder o. $14320.
Whitehall Ga, gain 80, $S1S.s0.
Total membership. 1,156; gain 273;
amount raised, $14, S3607.
The feature of the public meeting
which .chnrt1v oft
o'clock. was the annual address of Pres
ident Kenyon, which, in part. was as fol-
lows:
Il extend to you a cordial greeting to
this twenty-first annual convention of
our church in Montana.
II notice before me few OF the earn
est workers who. seeing the needs of
the state something over 20 years ago,
met in Helena and organized the Mon
tana Christian association. They can
see what great changes have taken place
since then, much better than We of later
arrival.
"This is a great world and the United
States forms very important part of it,
and Montana is fast advancing and soon
will rank among the best of the states.
But what would Montana be today had
1t not been for the religion of Christ; as
Christian influence advances, evil must
retard. Take the evil of open gambling,
which few years ago was as common
as most any other occupations; it Is today
a thing of the past.
..The men employed in 1t have been
driven from the state or have engaged in
some lawful business, all due to the
gospel of Christ and the earnest work
of His followers.
zone of the greatest needs Of the state
today is more men and women that are
filled with the spirit of Christ who are
willing to give all for Him. We need
more business men Of energy and will.
Someone has asked, Suppose there
was no God and no hereafter as some In
sist Would not the girls and boys that
are growing up make better men ana
women, better citizens in every way II
they spent the Lords day at church, un-
der Christian influences, than they would
n the day were spent with wicked and
evil doers?'
"since our last convention. one year
ago, there has been added to the Chris
tan church alone in Montana 27o mem
hers. which makes a total membership in
the state of 1881. The Sunday school
forms a very important part in the work
of the Lord. as shown in the number OF
conversions which number %"
The balance of the forenoon was taken
III by discussions of general interest to
the church. Frank Minnick. Edward
oliver Tilburn of Butte. II. Z. Rosseii OF
Missoula, were prominent among the
speakers.
This afternoons session commenced at
o'clock, after which Edward Scharni-
kow of Deer Lodge. led in dis
cussion of B. C. Blacks address, delivered
last evening. Other discussions followed
and at 1 o'clock Wiley Mountjoy OF Twin
Bridges delivered a sermon to the dele
gates. The program for tonight IS as
| follows:
Devotional exercises. conducted by b.
| r. Norris, Cascade, S o'clock.
Violin solo, Samuel Mahau, Anaconda,
S:15 O'Clock. t-ss9
Address, 1.-The Plea of Our Forefathers;-
| or Contending for the Faith" Edward
oliver Tilburn, Butte. $50 O'Clock.
| Adjournment. 1925 O'clock. = ~ -.
| The Bible school session will open to-
morrow morning at $50 O'Clock In which
| the members of the convention will in
dulge in a general talk on bible school
| topics.