The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-08-03
STATE Conference ENDS
The Popular Meeting at City Hall
Thursday Night Productive of
Good Things

Good Things.
The session of the American Sun
day School Unions conference
Thursday afternoon was presided
over by w. l.. DeGrotf, superinten-
dent of the Home Department. of
Philadelphia.
After a song service the topic,
How Shall we Interest the Indiff-
erent i'm Sunday School and Keep
Then Interested was presented
by Missionaries Tiffany and Larsen.
The general thought seemed to be
that "A heart filled with love for the
individual connected with a common
sense understanding OF the mental
and physical needs of the individual
will suggest means as we'll as ways
of solving difficulties and meeting
problems. In illustration Mr.. De-
Croft told Of the boy, a foolish
fellow, who FOUND a lost mule and
secured a reward when others fdlled
and when asked how be bad succeed
ed said that he went where he last
knew of the mule being and then sat
down and thOullgt. III | was a mule
where would ! CO. and went there
and found him. Put yourself in the
other persons place if you would
meet his need.
Mrs. A.. Anderson. OF this city,
read AN excellent paper on "The
Missionary's Wife: What Can She
DO to Make Her Husbands Work
More Elective" The paper and
discussion led to the thought that a
hearty interest. a thorough under
standing, q prayerful thought in his
work will nus her to assist him
with correspondence, visit homes
and schools as occasions may offer,
acquaint people with his work,
make his homecoming pleasant and
bis outgoing courageous.
Rev. Bowdish spoke to some length
on THE Family Altar as a Means
OF Grace" He regretted that there
should exist so great a lack of its
observance in the Christian home.
He felt this to be a distinctive loss
in every way. The introduction of
this service might be secured by
various means, dependent upon
conditions OF the home, etc. Some
families might observe the after
breakfast hour, some the noon hour,
some the evening and it might
range from a general reading and
discussion and prayer to a hurried
PRAYER of the business man who
gathered his little ones in his arms
for a hurried prayer as he left for
his business. But by a means it
should be maintained as a means Of
spiritual and mental development
and grace.
g. 6. Greene spoke on .'Finan-
ces He felt that the force and
work of the union in the state
might be greatly Increased by
interesting the people OF his field in
the work and by asking support.
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by telling of our WORK We might
interest pastors and Others in our
work. The people only need to be
acquainted with the work done to
become Interested. fIe as a pastor
came to know OF the work and be-
catne so interested that he was now
one OF the force in this state.
"Deyelopilg Schools into Church.
es, vas handled by B. Larsen. OF
Madison. who spoke Of many Of his
schools as about ready to deyelope
into churches. Tie felt and the
sense OF the conference was that
when a school reaches that stage it
should lie turned over to the proper
officials of whatever church seemed
to he the most likely fitted to work
there.
Rev. Willis ID. Skillman. OF Tabor
Presbyterian church, Philadelphia.
was introduced and spoke OF his
reason for being with the confer
ence. He had been instrumental in
planting a school in Sanborn county.
by having furnished The union funds
for that purpose and proposed to
spend a part. of his vacation with
this and other schools in house to
house visi tation and IN preaching
services.
Rev. A. Anderson. OF Mitchell. felt
%1~~% i: -I,~,l1 H.
pared mentally. physically and
spiritually by study. continued and
to the point. Preparations being
necessary for successful effort.
The City Hall Meeting.