The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-05-03
WEDNESDAYS WORK
From Thursdays Daily Gazette.

The State Sunday School conven
ton was called to order yesterday
lnsorning at $50 o'clock by H. M. Pat
terson of Butte, president of the as
ISOLATION, with an attendance of about
100, mostly delegates. Miss MacKen
zie of Miles City was elected secre
tary in the absence of w. r. Conner
of Helena.
After a song by the congregation
and prayer by Rev. G.. G. Stull, the
report of the executive committee was
given informally by Rev. w. S. Bel
in the absence of Rev. D. B. Price Of
Helena, chairman. This report GOV
cred in a general manner the work
of different county conventions under
the management of the field worker
Rev. John Orchard. A written report
will be secured later from the chair
man.
The following committees were ap.
pointed by the president:
Resolution-H. F. Cope, Dillon
Geo. Miles, Miles City and Mrs. A. e
Flager, Red Lodge.
Nominations-Rev. w. S. Bell, Hele.
ma; Rev. e. NJ. Calvin, Miles City and
Rev. Smith, Livingston.
Enrollment-Mrs. Railsback, Bill
ings; Mrs. E. Veltum, Logan, and Mr..
Forbes, Big Timber.
Business-Rev. j. A. Orchard, Far
go, N. D.; Rev. w. D. Clark, Billings;
Mrs. Herring, P%hillipsburg.
Auditing-A. e. Flager, Red Lodge;
Rev. Mountjoy, Twin Bridges.
The report of Treasurer E. H. Tai
colt, of Livingston, was read by Rev.
w. S. Bell, owing to, the formers alb
sence. The report showed receipts
from the counties amounting to $685.
, Is. three counties, Meagher, Teton
and Valley making no payments. Sill
yer Bow county leads viii the larg-
est amount, $3.50. Lewis and Clarke
comes next with $3.50. Park county
is third with $55.S2, while Yellowstone
is seventh in the list with $2l.35.
The expenditures for the year
amounted to $581.24..
A study in the Gospel of Luke, the
first of two, were given by DR.. Geo. R.
Merrill of Minneapolis, and proved
most interesting to the congregation.
He stated that Luke, who was the
artist evangelist, was prepared to give
the world a new picture of Jesus, first
because of his nationality, he being
a Greek; secOnd-because of his pro-
lSessiOn, being a physician; third
(&6ecause of the name of his profess
sion, coming into the kingdom of
Jesus Christ by testimony; and fourth
by reason of his acquaintance with
Paul. The speaker said that Luke
was first associated with Antioch, but
being a young man and a physician
he soon branched out and went to
Troas, where he hung out his single
announcing himself as a healer Of
diseases. About one of his first pa
tients he had was Paul, who was trou-
bled with malaria. The speaker then
went on to relate the friendship that
sprung up between the two men and
the great work that was afterward
accomplished by them. The points
brought out during his remarks we're
that everything connected with Luke's
life came under the Divine ordering,
and that it was also that way with
the people who were willing to place
themselves wholly under Gods teach
ling and trus. Him. God means sthat
we shall be as nearly like His Blessed
Son as is possible and He will take
care OF conditions II we will but trust
Him." said DIR. Merrill.
r. w. Smith, Of Livingston, then