The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-10-14
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churches during the past year. and
have labored with marked fidelity TO
proauutc the inerests of God ana the
church Material Improvements
have been made in several places. A
nest ana substantial church has Teen
erected III Butler at a cost OF about
81 400. which is clear Ct debt with
the exec ption Of 500. a new pan
sonage at Frederick bias been erected
at Il cost of 1920, Debts have been
removed from churches at Lcola. at
Columbia and Doland. While the debt
On the parsonage at Claremont has
been paid. 'i'he same good reports
are made ON church and parsonage
debts at Mellette. and B%litton's is
nearly removed. Aberdeen is look
ing hopefully to a SO, 600 church in
the near future, the present church
being too small to hold the congrega-
tion. Revivals have been held dur.
ihg the year at Frederick, where.
with The aid of the Salvation Army.
AZ professions were made. At Franc
toit and poland ,6 We're converted
and 46 Joined the church on prona-
tion. At Ashton over so professed
conversion, mostly adults. At Abb
erdeen 10 We're brought into the
church from probation and by letter.
AT many other places the rcvivals
nave strengthened the membership
of the church to a large degree.
Rev. j. =. Jenkins, presiding elder
of the SIOUX Falls district stated that
the past year has been one of steady
pleading rather than OF startling in
noVationS an unprecedented achieve
menls. In the way of material i'm
~prONenlents there has been consid-
cradle accomplished. The year
opened with a new church at VALLEY
Springs. all of which was paid for
by subscription. Two parsonages
have been built, u at Garretson.
which was the remodeling Of the old
church building, and one at Wakonda
DIT a cost OF 81 $50. At Dell Rapids
ST .225 was added to the parsonage
for improvements and at F%landerau
81 l00. was spent for the same pur-
pose. The church at Yankton has
been lemodeled entirely at a cost of
50. 200. AT Hartford 81, 200 is being
expended to double tl~le-seating capa-
city of the church. The presiding
elder noted that church extension
debts had been annihilatd at Parker,
Flandrcau aud Davis. Excellent re-
vival meetings were held at Davis,
Faulkton, Canton, Beresfcrd, Dell
Rapids, First Church Sioux Falls,
Gayville, Harrisburg. Montrose, Par
ker. Hurley, and Colman. There
have been about 425 conversions in
the district, from which 275 were
received into the church.. The min
i%sterial meetings OF the year have
been we'll attended and were very
protitai lie. The Epworth Leagues of
the district, of which there are 3;
chapters, are, with a few shining e
%ceptions, a disappointment. Chris
tan testimony is seldom heard and
only the reading OF some text OF
scripture or selection from EpwOrtf
Hearld, in response to the leaders
call, engages the devotional hour.
Missions from the collections will Ds
! at laoSt canal 70 last vnnr A l,rnny
OF 81, 900. OF coulse swelled our aggre.
gate last year above what we can
hope for this fall.
Presiding Elder c. Il. Hager com.
pletes ms six years as presiding elder
OF the Mitchell district, and he re.
views some OF the work IN that time
as follows: On coming to the dis.
trict found is pastoral charges
With Ii members at work; now We
have thirty charges to report 70.
next wear. When had % churcl
buildings all except three under
debts more or less embarrassing. We
report TO this conference 81 without
Il single embarrassing debt. We
found eight parsonages. all of which
have aeen replaced by better build,
|ingS with two exceptions. and there
have been added to the number /:
new ones. The membership of oul
chulch in the Mitchell district lla.
been increased by about SEQ, As L,
pastors salaries this is the showing
FROM our minutes: 50. 4SS i'm lS9s.
$40, 500 in 1904, an increase of $40. 500.
We have reason to be pleased oven
oul benevolent report. In lS9S WI
raised Sl,S6I, this year 81, 200. an in.
I|crease OF SD, 300. Our churches il
ls9s We're valued ut SIS, 3o0; This yoal
at SO, 900, AN Increase of S44. 600; ON
p%ar>onagcs 81. 400, this year AT &3l. t15,
an increase OF &24 .075. Alta Roche
a new church was dedicated in and
winter at a cost of 50, 100. and one
was completed at Fairfax. Riverside
WAS the greatest surprise OF then
all. We had no class there when the
year opened. now WI have a good so
n cjptV and a new chllrrh r]astinu al