Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-10-19

The expectations of Lewistown re
garding the Presbyterian Synod o.
Montana have not been disappointed
The presence of these good men ant
women among us has been a grea
help. Hospitality has been develop
ed, standards have been raised anC
some of the best quality of address
es have been heard. Miss Lena Thorn
as Granger was especially interesting
as she, with great charm and ,ivacity
told the story of the Mexicans in the
United States. which people she very
devotedly called her own people. Mis-.
Granger had the singular advantage o.
being raised in their midst since she
was five years of age. The Presby
terians are already planning to dc
something for her school work.
Rev. DR.. J. Beveridge Lee, of Mil
waukee, gave three addresses that af
forded Lewistown some of the finest
examples of the fine art of preach
ing.
Ben Hadad, Syrian, spoke to the
Sunday school of the work done by
the Presbyterian missionaries of the
Syrian school where he was educat
ed. The speakers from within the
synod were generally strong. The Rev
r. NJ. Donaldson on Friday evening
made fresh and forceful presenta
tion of foreign missions. A fitting
close was given to the sessions Sun
day night by the powerful sermon OF
the Rev. DR.. A. X. Baird, the grand
old man of the synod, who is now in
partial retirement.
The Rev. DR.. Sloan, of Helena, and
the Rev. F. E. Bancroft, of Deer Lodge
gave strong addresses sunday.
Reports made by the various com
mittees showed commendable ad
vance along nearly every line. The
Presbyterians have now about fifty
five churches in Montana. The Rev
Henry Quickenden was reappointed
chairman of the synod's foreign mis-
sion committee and showed desire
to increase the gifts to this cause
The Rev. e. NJ. Ellis. superintendent
of Sunday school missions. was worth.
lily honored by being elected modera.
tor for the year. The invitation OF
Bozeman to meet there next October
was accepted. Great Falls presbytery
accepted the invitation of Kalispell
church to hold the spring meeting
there.
The Presbytery of Great Falls met
at Lewistown in the Presbyterian
church, on Tuesday evening, October
11th. The Presbyterial officers are
the Rev. Henry Quickenden. modera.
tor; the Rev. C. +. Richardson. stated
clerk; the Rev. James Rayburn, TEN
porary clerk.
Mr.. Rayburn, who has labored as a
Sabbath school missionary for the
past year, made application to be Ii.
censed as local evangelist. On Wed.
nesday afternoon he was examined as
to his personal piety, knowledge OF
the scriptures and fitness TO teach.
The licensure service was conducted
on Friday in connection with the pop.
ular evening meeting.
In the last year four churches have
been organized within the bounds of
the Presbytery: Whitefish, the Rev.
w. II. Hoole, pastor; Conrad, the Rev.
l. N. Roberts, pastor; Fort Benton,
the Rev. George A. WILDER, pastor;
Kendall, the Rev. A. Kerr, pastor.
The Rev. George Edwards, of Great
Falls, was elected chairman of the
committee on home missions to fill
the vacancy caused by the resignation
OF the Rev. +. r. Farrand. The reg
ular spring meeting of the Presbytery
will be held at Kalispell.
The eleventh annual meeting OF the
Synod of Montana began Thursday
evening in the Presbyterian church,
with the moderator. DR.. A. X. Baird,
OF Mount Vernon, Iowa. presiding.
The Rev. ]. Beveridge Lee, OF Milwau-
kee, who was present as the repre-
sentative from the committee on evan
gelistic work of the general assembly,
preached the opening sermon to an
appreciative audience, which more
than filled the church. DR.. Lee is a
finished speaker and delivered an ad-
dress which was worth going far to
hear.
The Synod elected the Rev. E. M.
Ellis, of Helena, superintendent OF
Sabbath school work for Montana. to
act as moderator, and the Rev. B. 2.
Mccullough and Elder b. w. Badg-
er as temporary clerks. The other Of
ficers of the Synod are the Rev. c.
+. Richardson. of Great Falls, super
intendent of missions: the Rev. A. X.
Baird, synodical evangelist; the Rev.
George NJ. Edwards. stated clerk and
historian and the Rev. Z. NJ. Ellis,
superintendent of Sunday school
work.
The Women's Synodical Missionary
Society met here in connection with
the Synod, as usual. At the JOINT
meeting of the ladies' society and the
Synod Friday evening, Mrs. Peter
Koch, of Bozeman. presided. The re-
port Of the secretary Of the womens
society. read by Mrs. Davis Wilson,
of Bozeman, showed that there we're
sixteen local societies in the Synod.
Their contributions this last year
amounted to S1.150.26, which is an in
crease OF about $3.50 over the previous
year. One-fifth Of this amount Is used
for work among the Freedmen and
the remainder is divided between
home and foreign missions.
Miss Lena Thomas Granger was
present in the ladies' meetings as the
representative of the women's board
of the northwest. Her work for sew
eral years has been amoung the Mex
leans of this country Of which people