The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-09-28
CHURCH WORKERS
.Conereg ationai Association VIII
Meet in Minneapolis.

Meet in Minneapolis.
Minneapolis, Sept. 2O.-Congregation-
Ealists from all parts of the state will
gather in Minneapolis the, first week of
October for the celebration of the fif-
tieth annual meeting of the General
Congregational association of AIinneso-
ia. The meeting viii begin Tuesday
afternoon and continuing through We'd
nesday and Thursday, with sessions
morning, afternoon and evening.
In the business work of the associa-
tion every Congregational church in
Minnesota is entitled to three delegates,
including the pastor and two church
members, with an additional delegate
for each fifty members. One delegate
will be allowed each church at the meet
ing of the home missionary society, to
be held during reunion week
Meetings of the association will be
presided over by Dean W. S. Pattee of
the university law school, moderator of
the society, and the first meeting will
be called in Plymouth Congregational
church Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock.
The program for the afternoon will in
clude devotional exercises in charge of
Rev. Leavitt III. ,Hallock, DID,. the cleo
ton of assistant scribe, appointment of
committee on nominations, enrolment
of delegates, reports of officers and
commit tees and an address, "a Visit
to the Study of st. Luke" by Rev.
Rhys r. Lloyd, Evanston, Iii.
On Tuesday evening Dean Pattee will
deliver the moderatOr's annual address
and Rev. Frank X. Sanders, d. d., of
Boston will make an address OH some
biblical topic.
Beginning with Bible talk by DR..
Sanders, the Wednesday morning exer-
cises will be given over to series of
addresses and discussions. Among the
men who will participate in the pro-
gram are Rev. Frank E. Knoph, Austin;
Rev. r. R. Lloyd. and Rev. Everett
Lesher, Rev. Theodore Clifton, Chicago,
and Rev. W.. w. Newell, Chicago.
Wednesday afternoon and evening
will be given over to jubilee services
in the First Congregational church
Rev. S. V. S. Fisher will give general
historical sketch of the progress of Con-
gregationalism in Minnesota. He will be
followed by Rev. f. S. Williams, Sara
toga, Cal,; Miss Margaret ]. Evans,
Rev. George r. Merrill, Professor George
Huntington and Professor j. J. Dow.
All of the subjects presented by the
speakers will deal with the development
and spread of Congregational doctrines
/ i'll Minnesota.
! At six o'clock the annual supper will
be held in the First Congregational
| church. There will be table talks by
President Cyrus Northrop, Rev. Samuel
G.. Smith. Rev. Alexander AIilno and
Rev. Alexander McGregor Rev. Leav-
lit III. Hallock viii preside. In the
| evening Rev. Robert p. Herrick will de-
liver the annual sermon
On Thursday morning the routine
business of the association will be
transacted and Rev. S. G. Smith and
Rev. r. r. Lloyd will address the dele
gates. In the afternoon the annual
meetings of the Minnesota Home Mis-
sionary society, the Minnesota Women's
Home Missionary union and the Mime
sofa branch of the W. B. NJ. I. will be
held.
The work of the meeting will come to
an end with Thursday evenings session.
The principal speakers of the evening
will be Senator Moses L. Clapp and
Rev. W. L. Tenney of Chicago, who will
deliver an address on "The Work of
the American Missionary Association
The Western Passenger association
has granted fare and one third rate
from any point in Minnesota. Enter
tainment will be provided by local MEM
bers of the Congregational churches for