The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-11-17

"Remerber, obey those that have the
rule over you'-TIeb. l3-l7-and may a
real hwyl (exhilaration) be yours. Grace
be unto you all. Amen"
After the correspondence and sing
ing of songs of praise, the Rev. Maurice
B. Morris, field secretary of Window
institute, uttered the greeting of the
state churches. The Rev. William B
Hubbard, secretary of Mankato confer.
ence brought the conference greetings
The Rev. DIR. Lloyd Roberts voiced the
strong desires of the sister Welsh
churches of the denomination. Deacon
Thomas Hughes represented Mankato
church, and bore her love and esteem
New Ulm church was represented by
their pastor, Edward F. Wheeler, and
Brother OttOmeyer, who spoke warmly
of the respect their church bore for the
Cambria church. The extreme point of
the western conference was represented
by Rev. Frances Wrigley of Garvin who
spoke as to the warm place Garvin had
in her heart for Salem church, having
many former members amongst them.
This fact also was strongly emphasized
by Deacon Hughes of Mankato who
stated that Salem church had supplied
Mankato church with something in the
teens of useful and respected members.
Then was our neighboring churches
the "Welsh Calvanistic Methodist" rep
resented by the able DIR. d. NJ. Jones
of Horeb Vanwert, Ohio, who spoke
eloquently of the services which Salem
church had rendered to the community
of Welchmen who have pioneered and
fourished in Blue Earth county fifty
years.
The Welsh singing was feature
which the English speaking people en-
joyed so much as to cell for repetitions,
and certainly the heart of Zion was
moved to publication on this occasion
more than when their corn and wine in
creased; and the fellowship meeting
closed with heavenly sanction upon it.
At two o'clock in the afternoon the
people again met even in larger num-
bers; by this time their appetites had
been quickened; their step seemed
brisker, and their zeal grew keener, and
as they entered it could be noticed that
they began to expect greater things.
There seemed to be holy reverberation
in the tones of. the organ and the ora
chestra. The opening preliminaries were
conducted by the Rev. Edgar L. Her
nance of MankatO, who in his scholarly
and dignified manner lent magnaminity
to the occasion. The devotional exer-
cises were such as they were called-de
votional exercises in deed and truth,
realized; after which it was easy to
sing and to speak. The Junior choir
was W SSlCSoioh
"Gloria in Exelces" which was not only
well received, but gave impetus and in
spiration even to an historical meeting
which the meeting was designed to be.
Mr.. Henry Hughes, the patriarch of
the well known Hughes family of Man
kato, being a resident of Cambria since
two weeks after the organization of
son to outline it's history which the vet
eran Christian with trembling voice
and hand betimes as he was moved him
self, and moved others by his interest,
ing detail, as he spoke of the changes
which had taken place during the half
century which had elapsed fgorever in
to the mistic past. Many heads were
bowed and cheeks moistened as he ut
tered the names of fathers and mothers
and other members of the respected
church and congregation which had
passed to the great beyond but,
nevertheless, cheered were the hearts
that were bowed down with the
pathetic recollections of the past, that
out of the changes, bereavements, and
struggles success had crowned the eff
forts of the pioneer workers, and now
that they had gone to their eternal re-
ward, he, the narrator, was glad, and
so also were others, in knowing that the
changes and struggles had produced
great facilities and conveniences both in
location, building, and means to greet
the rising generations as they come to
be in structed and taught in the truths
and principles of the everlasting gos-
pei.
Mr.. Henry Hughes was followed by
his able and much esteemed son Thorn
as, who gave touchingly, indeed, his
"reminiscences of boyhood days; when
in log cabins, schoolhouse, or private
houses the ark of the living God rested
and sojourned until in 1876 the church
building was erected, and many of his
associates, as well as himself, thought
that their lot had fallen in pleasant
places, indeed, in having real sane