Oakes Republican. (Oakes, N.D.) 1898-1906, 1905-10-19
PRESBYTERY AND
SYNOD MEETINGS
Rev. e. P. Lawrence Chosen Mo.
! derator Of Synod
Notes Of interest from the Oakes Presbytery
and Routine Work Of the
State Synod


bon last week on Tuesday evening.
The opening sermon was preached by
Rev. E. P. Lawrence of Oakes, the re-
firing moderator. Rev. B. A. Fail of
LaMoure was chosen moderator for the
coming year. Reports from the various
fields showed progress in every line of
work. Eighty have been added to the
church on profession of their faith and
thirty-nine by letter. A new chapel is
being built at Wishek and new parson-
ages at Monango and Edgeley.
Rev. C. M. Haas from New Mexico,
has taken charge of the work at Mo-
mango and Rev. E. P. Fisher at Ellen
dale. Rev. B. A. Fail has just left the
work at LaMoure and taken charge of
the work at Enderlin. The evangelistic
and home mission work was placed in
the hands of Rev. E. P. Lawrence, Rev.
r. c. Young of Lisbon and Mr.. B. G.
jackson of Edgeley.
Mr.. S. B. Doty of Upton, Iowa, was
chosen and commissioned as Sunday
school missionary for Oakes Presby-
terry in the place of Mr.. B. G. jackson,
who has resigned. Mrs. Doty, who is
an evangelist, was commissioned as
Presbyterial evangelist to assist her
husband. We hope for much good from
these two excellent Christian workers
who have taken up the work with us.
They will make their headquarters at
Oakes.
Synod rleeting
The meeting of synod was convened
in Mimic on Thursday evening. The
sermon was by the retiring moderator,
ElderA. G. Burr of Bottineau, who is
very able lawyer in the northern part
of the state and a very staunch Christ
ian man. The honor of the moderator
ship for this year was conferred upon
Rev. E. P. Lawrence of Oakes. The
meeting all through was the most har-
monious and deepest in spiritual tone of
any synod for years. The keynote of
the meeting was that of evangelism or
the reaching out for the unsaved in
every possible way. We were led all
through the gathering to a constant de-
pendence upon the Holy Spirit as the
power of God working in and through
the church. The communion service led
by the moderator on Sunday afternoon
was one of intense earnestness. The
Sabbath evening evangelistic service,
mass meeting in the hall, was
crowded. The music of soul inspiring
character led by mixed quartet and
also male quartet each of which sang
special songs. Three addresses were
given-one by Rev. j. L. T. Coates on
the Bible conference at Devils Lake
last summer. An evangelistic sermon
by Moderator Rev. E. P. Lawrence,
followed by an address on the Deeper
Spiritual Life, by Rev. S. N. Reeves Of
Devils Lake, one of the most earnest
and brilliant young men in the state.
Many CONSIDERATIONS to more intensely
active ministry were made by those
present.
There were several fine speakers from
the different boards <of the church.
Rev. DR.. Bradt of Wichita, Kansas,
gave very interesting address on the
Foreign Mission work in the Church.
DR.. r. A. Walton, DIR. Chapman 8 right
hand man, who is now conducting union
revival meetings in Fargo with two
helpers and three singers, gave a very
thrilling presentation of the wonderful
evangelistic movement spreading owe,
the country. These with others made
the meeting Of the synod one of the
best in years. We hope to meet next
year in Bismarck.
/. E.P LAWRENCE.
flarried.