The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-10-12
NORTH DAKOTA CONcRtcATlOhAuSTSI
Hold Annual Meeting Unusually Interesting and
Instructive

The annual state. meeting OF the
Congregationalists, held. in James;
town, Sept. 1922, was remarkable for
the talent represented and the i'm.
portant matters discussed. Rev. Nor.
itz E. Eversz Of Chicago told Of ''the
German as a factor in the future of
our country" speaking of his loyalty
to his home church, which must be
respected IL he is to be brought into
active fellowship with our greater
freedom of thought and action ON the
part Of the people. He will take an
increasingly active part in unifying
the various nationalities in this coun.
try for the best citizenship. Rev.
Frank X. Sanders of Boston took an
active interests in all matters dis
cussed, and gave number Of very In;
structive and interesting Bible studies,
besides presenting the larger work
Of the Sunday school and publishing
society of which he is secretary. The
West, and especially North Dakota,
he considered hopeful in point of work
and results.
Rev. w. w. Newell, d. D. of Chi
cago, spoke of the work of the church
building society, which is kept unu-
sually busy keeping pace with the
calls for help in building churches and
parsonages in the hustling West. in
vp.I,fA nnl,~ t. t..
A love song, illustrating missionary
.heroism. gave added interest. Rev.
E. M. Vfttum, D. D.. of Grinnell, Iowa,
gave a fine address on: 1.-THE New
Movement in Home Missions" and
some thrilling "reminiscences of his
pioneer work in the vicinity of Dickin-
SON twenty-five years ago as student
missionary.
Mrs. Ida Vose Woodbury. Of Boston
presented the work of the American
Missionary association in a very pleas
Ing manner, telling particularly of the
conditions in the South among the
negro population, and of the people
Of Lincoln" in the Appalachian noun
tain country, from whom sprang one
eighth of the presidents of the nation,
yet 100000 of these people have
been passed by in the onward march
of civilization. Speaking of the me-
/ gro problem, she isaid: ct can
neither be settled by colonization, de.
portation or mortality, because the
present population of 100000 is being
Increased by net increase of 400
daily. The only solution lies in the
Christian schools and colleges which
have and are doing successful work in
' proportion to the support given by
the churches. Not one graduate OF
/ the A. M. A." schools has ever been
convicted of crime.
The Rev. Theodore Clifton of Chi
sago, representing the Congregational
Educational society, told of the debt
of appreciation due his society from
the many pastors who have and are
/, occupying fields in this state for time.
ly aid given them in helping them to
collegiate and seminary training, and
suggested that they arouse their
churches to sense of their obliga.
ton to help the society to continue
the good work. He also referred to
the aid given to Fargo college and
Phillips academy and to the work
among poorer classes in New Mexico in
the schools that had been founded
and sustained by his society. DR..
Clifton showed that commendable con.
sideration had characterized the faith.
full teachers, and the incidents he re-
lated of his visits among some of the
wretched, ignorant people showed
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS