Fergus County argus., 1904-10-05
SYNOD MEETS
NEXT WEEK
Presbytery Of Great Falls and Synod
OF Montana Honors lewistown
by Their Selection.
MANY GOOD SPEAKERS TO COME
Prominent Men in the Presbyterian
Church From All over the State
Will be in Attendance.

tana next week in the Presbyterian
church marks the beginning of ten.
dency to make Lewistown a conven.
tion city. The Synod is yearly meet
ing and heretofore the body has met
ohtside Montana's larger cities. Tie
ratio of representation is one minis.
ter and one elder from each Presby.
terian church in the state, but owing
TO great distances and difficult con.
nections the attendance is some times
materially reduced. The Synod now
numbers about fifty ministers and
about fifty-fiye churches organized.
Bringing so many representative citi-
Zens into our community will adyer.
tise our wonderful resources, while
at the same time it will tend to help
the moral and spiritual conditions.
1t is desirable that every courtesy
possible be extended our lay and
clerical visitors next week. The pro-
gram provides a feast of good things.
Besides the fine talent from within
the state, the committee of arrange
ments has secured some able speakers
from distance. Miss Lena Thomas
Granger has been sent by the Chi.
cago office of the Womans Board Of
Home Missions and will speak on her
work among the Mexican population
in the United States. Reports from
her meetings are of the most favor
able kind. The general assembly's
Evangelistic committee mas commits
stoned the Rev. James Beveridge Lee.
ID. d., pastor of Emmanuel Presbyter.
ian church, Milwaukee, to attend the
Montana Synod and make one address
Saturday evening and two on Sunday.
DIR. Lee ranks high as one of the
ablest extemporaneous speakers in the
church.
The Woman's Synodical Missionary
Society will meet on Friday and Sat.
urday in the lecture room of the
church. while the Synod meet in the
main room. The manse will be used
for committee and Presbyterial meet.
ings.
Synod proper does not open till
Thursday evening, but The Presbytery
of Great Falls, one of the three pres.
byteries constituting the Synod, will
hold its regular fall meeting begin.
nj n+fth
by Rev. A. Kerr, of Kendall. The
Presbyterian choir and soloists have
been preparing appropriate music to
be rendered each evening. All the
sessions. business and otherwise, are
open to the public and the evening
services are specially designed for
popular interest. The detailed pro-
gram will be found elsewhere in this
issue. The Presbyteries of Helena
and of Butte will also hold their fall
sessions here, but will meet between
the sessions of the Synod. The pro.
gram for the week follows:
Tuesday, October II.
1880 p. m. Sermon by Rev. A.
Kerr, of Kendall.
Election of officers.
Wednesday, October IL.
300 a. m. Devotional exercises led
by Rev. E. NJ. Ellis, of Helena.
$3.50 to IL. Presbyterial business
p. m. to p. m. Presbyterial busi.
ness.
1880 p. m. Address-"Better Spirit
and Methods in the Sunday School
Work." Rev. e. NJ. Ellis. of Helena
Address-"The Improvement of the
Young Peoples Work" Rev. q. A.
WILDER, of Benton.
Thursday, October 13.
300 a. m. Devotional exercises led
by Jas. Rayburn. S. S. Missionary.
$3.50 to -. Presbyterial business
1880 p. m. Retiring Moderator's Ser
mon by Rev. A. X. Baird. ID. ID.
Election Of officers. Informal re.
ception TO delegates at the close.
Friday, October IA.
900 a. m. Devotional exercises led
by Elder p. Koch, of BoZeman.
$3.50 to IL. Synodical business.
y. m. 10 p. IN. Synodical bust.
ness.
AIS p. m. Special order: College
Religious Education Association" by
Rev. r. NJ. Donaldson, of Bozeman.
1880 D. m. "The Church Abroad.
address by Rev. Walter Hays. of Mis-
soula. Address also by Miss Lena
Thomas Granger upon the work among
the Mexicans in the U. s. Miss
Thomas represents the Woman's
Board of Home Missions and this
meeting is to be joint one with the
Womans Synodical Missionary Soci
ETY..
Saturday, October is.
900 a. m. Devotional exercises led
by Rev. e. NJ. Calvin, of Miles City
$3.50 to 10:30. Synodical business
1890. Address on the American
Standard Revised Bible" by Elder p
Koch, of Bozeman. Special order
Saturday afternoon. Left for the
disposition of the Synod.
1880 p. m. Address-'Louisiana
Purchase Missions" by Rev. DR.. w
N. Sloan, of Helena.
Address on Evangelism" by Rev
j. Beyeridge Lee, of Milwaukee, Wis.
representing the general assembly's
committee on Evangelistic work.
Sunday, October 16.
1900 a. m. Moderator's sermon.
1:l5 TO 2:l5 p. m. Sunday School
to be addressed by Rev. A. Pringle. ol
Kalispell.
$3.50 p. m. Evangelistic conference
led by Rev. j. Beyeridge Lee. ID. ID
Celebration of Lords Supper TO fol
low, Rev. C. F. Richardson, presiding
1880. Address to young people by
Rev. F. f. Bancroft. of Deer Lodge
500 p. m. Sermon by Rev. j. Bey
eridge Lee, ID. ID.