New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-06-08
DISCUSSED CHRISTIAN WORK IBI
Mankato District Union Has Busy
Convention.
Learned Discourse by the Rev. E
A. Driscoll.
Delegates Reflect Former Presi.
dent and Secretary.


in this city Friday, Saturday and
Sunday. From every point of view
the convention was success and be-
tween forty and fifty delegates were
present. All of the meetings were held
in the First Congregational church
and at each there was a large attend
ance, other than delegates, to hear the
discussions of the various phases of
Christian work.
Rev. Lewis S. Hall of St. Peter.
president of the Union, led the devo-
tlonal and song service which opened
the initial session Friday evening and
upon its conclusion Mayor Charles
Silverson welcomed the delegates to
the city. Mayor Silverson made one
OF his charaeteristically able address
les, which was very well received by
the visitors, and the district president
replied in kind. Rev. D. o. Bean, the
resident pastor, then delivered the
convention address and later recep-
tlon was given for the delegates.
At $3.50 Saturday morning Miss Lulu
Rlbble OF St. Peter, lead the sunrise
prayer meeting and at O'Clock there
was a song service under the direction
OF the Misses Edna Buell. and Marga-
ret Wilcox of Kasota. ''Enrichment
OF the World' served as the subject
for an instructive paper by Miss M airy
Yanke, this city, and then Miss Lii
liam Rosback, of St. Peter, read a
paper on "Enriching Associate Privi-
leges, = which had been prepared by
Miss Eleanor Stempel, of the same
city.
Enrichment of the Prayer Meet
ing," Mrs. Geo. Van Arnum, Amboy;
"Quickened by a knowledge. of Mis-
sions," Mrs. Reiss, LIE Sueur; 'sQuick-
ened by God HIMSELF Rev. Hall, ST.
Peter, followed in the order named
and Miss Mary Forsberg. Kasota,
closed the meeting with an appeal for
an increase campaign.
At the opening of the afternoon ses-
sion Rev. Hall announced his appoint
ments on the committee on resolutions
and the committee on nominations.
The former consisted of Mary Fors-
berg, Kasota: W. r. Jones, Ottawa:
Miss Franc Davis, Mankato; Anna
Smith, Shakopee; Alice Jones, Cam
bria, while the nominating committee
was made up of Mrs. G. D. Snow,
Mankato; Lulu Ribble, St. Peter; Erie
da Meister, Kasota; Herman Held,
New Ulm; Mrs. Geo. Van Arnum,
Amboy
Prof. AID. Griffin, Kasota, openedthe
actual program with paper entitled:
"Why Does Not the G. E. Appeal to
Young Men?" and members of the
Mankato Presbyterian society talked
on the general subject: SIN an Ideal
Society How Do the Members Take
Part?' The last paper, "What Do
We Mean by a Business Meeting?"
was read by W. r. Jones of LIE Sueur,
and the delegates then listened to the
annual report Of the secretary and
treasurer.
After the close of the meeting the
visitors repaired to the home of Miss
Emily Triton, who displayed the col
lection of curios gathered by her while
in China with the United States army.
The New Ulm choir opened the even
ing meeting with devotional and
song service and then the following
officers were elected:
President-Rev. Lewis S. Hall. St.
Peter.
First Vice President Mary Yanke,
New Ulm.
Secretary and treasurer Mary Fors-
berg, Kasota.
Vice Presidents
Blue Earth county Mrs. Geo. Van
Arnum, Amboy.
Brown cOunty-H. Held, New Ulm.
LIE Sueur cOunty-Mrs. Reiss, LIE
Sueur.
Nicollet county - Miss Lillian
Rossbach, ST. Peter.
Waseca county-Miss Anna Hoist,
Waseca.
Superintendent of Primary Work
Alois Treadwell, st. Peter.
ST. Peter and Mapleton sent invita-
tions to the Union for the 1905 conven-
ton and the matter of making selec-
ton was left to a committee
Miss Forsberg, the district secre-
tary, handled "Christian Endeavor
Standards" in pleasing manner and
Mrs. II. Z. Beecher delighted the audi
ence with a paper on Loyalty to Our
Christian Endeavor." Mrs. Beecher' S
paper was extremely we'll written and
was read by her with great expression.
It served as an excellent prelude for
the very interesting monologIa by
Rev. b. A. Driscoll of ST. Paul.
Sunday morning the Mankato Con-
gregational society had charge of the
sunrise prayer meeting and afteward
| the DELEGATES attended church services