The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-11
GREAT DAY FOR
FOREIGN MISSIONS
THREE LARGE MEETINGS HELD
IN CITY CHURCHES.
Members Of American Board Occupied
Twin City Pulpits in the Morning
Rally at Westminster Preliminary to
an Institute This Winter-Two Meet
ings at Plymouth.

Members Of the American Board Of
Foreign Missions, prominent clergymen
Of the Congregational church and mis-
sionaries under the jurisdiction of the
foreign board, who spent yesterday in
Minneapolis, left at 8 am. today for
the west.
Congregational pulpits of the twin
cities were occupied Sunday by mem
bers Of the party Of 200, which was on
it's way to the ninety-sixth annual con-
vention at Seattle, Sept. 14-18. An in
terdenominational missionary confer
ence was held at 2:l5 pm. in Westmin-
ster Presbyterian church, addressed by
Harry Wade Hicks of Boston and Miss
Violet Roberts of Minneapolis. A raj
.ly of Congregational Endeavor societies
was held at pm. in Plymouth
church, DR.. Cyrus Northrop presiding.
Among the speakers were Rev. DR.. c. Fl.
Patton, home secretary; Rev. G. Il. Bur
ton of Minneapolis; Miss Lucia Lyons,
a future missionary; Miss Alice Brown
OF Boston, to go to Japan; Rev. I. w.
Channon of the Pacific islands; Harry.
w. Hicks and Rev. Fl. j. Bennett of ia
PAN
At Plymouth church in the evening
addresses were made by President S. 3.
Capen, Rev. G.. D. Wilder of China,
Rev. s. G. Bartlett Of Japan, Rev. H. J.
Bissen Of India and Rev. G. A. Clark of
Japan. Rev. DR.. G. S. Rollins of Park
Avenue church presided.
The committee which met the Boston
tram at am. yesterday consisted of
Harrington Beard, T. H. Colwell, Rev.
Henry Holmes, Rev. G. R. Merrill and
Rev. G. p. Burton of Minneapolis and
Rev. G. G. Campbell, Rev. s. G. Smith
and Rev. Alexander MacGregor of St.
Paul.
| After. breakfast the members were
apportioned to Minneapolis and st.
Paul. Rev. DR.. G. H. Patton preached
at Pilgrim church, Rev. H. j. BisseIl
| at Lowry Hill, Rev. w. E. Strong of
! Amherst at the First church, Rev. II. W.
Hicks. at the Fifth Avenue.
| 10 Plymouth church was assigned the
famous DR.. W: j. Dawson of London,
VINO has electrified American audiences
IN IN the east In series Of meetings. In
the evening DR.. Dawson preached at the
PEOPLE s. church in St. Paul. ~
I Institute to Come Here.
At the Westminster church confer
enee, Harry Wade Hicks said in part:
The young people s interdenomina
tlonal missionary movement is really
only federation of all the young PEG
pies missionary societies, and it is con
Quoted by fifteen board secretaries
L = ASA. "O1N I1Co LII StlnulaGl00 the
boards of their respective denomina.
lions to definite work. Mission study
classes are being formed In every part
of the country.
"Four years ago there were but 5000
IN these classes. Today there are 60,
QUO and the number is doubling every
year. ~.
"The effort to train workers is meet
ing with wonderful success. At SiIye1
Bay recently GIL earnest students spent
ten days under experienced teachers.
'Similar institutes are to be greatly
multiplied. One is soon. to be estab
lished in the middle W est. y 80 =
After the evening service at Plym
outh church, Mr.. Hicks met members OF
the city Christian Endeavor union for 9
conference in regard to- the February
institute. He had just come from the
New. York body, having the matter il
charge, and was able to say that per
manent summer institute is to be soo1
established somewhere in this part Of
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