The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-02-18
Religious Minot
No. l
(By w. H. MAnn.)

(By w. H. MAnn.)
That Mlnot is ascending in the
ascending node along money lines, no
oausual observing person will for one
moment attempt to deny Or dispute
but are ready at all times to rise
and confess that the Magic City has
. supreme and q super1ative future
in store for Der.
The first gospel preaching SO far
as our knowledge extends was-cun-
fined to few gospel ministers and
Salvation Army captains, who were
in the then old town OF Mlnot, A, y.
1886. sometimes called the town Of
Bones IN the pioneer days. We re-
member Of, seeing q photo Of street
scene Of early Mdnot ami Of the
wagon loads Of buffalo bones. That
lined the whole street from the
Great Northern Railway to the hill
on the south end OF Main street and
It made the impression on our mind
that Minot was nearly all bones.
We have read in the bible an &C.
count in the pro2hesies Of a whole
valley Of dry bones. That after they
mad been pnophesied unto every.
bone stood up. That some of the
dry bones in Minot have stood up
and confessed for the Lord is doubt
less due to the fact that the man.
listers Of Christ ami Salvation Army
captains have been pro3hesying unto
tnem and the fleet of years since
1880 has seen a marked and credit.
aDie increase in religious endeavor
ana church work that is pleasing 70
note; that the then old town Of
Mdnot did not lay any claims at he.
ing any boom at all, but were.
simply abiding their faith ts,t
something would some time turn M
and were apparently awaiting f,r
the Salvation of God to do some
thing for them. Indeed the citizens
OF That time were really ex-,eo+,na
something better In future for thcm
ana actually hoping something won,,
urn to !their good. This exactly WA
Tue mood of mind that peruaded -
people OF Minot when we came 70 he,
put we ourselves had but ,;tt,e
laith in anything being so near a.
hand' for some time took but 1itfla|
stock in the faith that anvtbine
very soon would transpire that
would look boomy either in town ~
out OF town, but the land fair and
shoe deep in grass, for it was the
END day of May when ourse,f and
vile arrived here. But there were
grave signs Of real disbursement
all over the prairie country adiacnn+
TO .M1not, but those early pioneers
mad departed just before the gorge
Gus dawn. The whole nation was
Just at that time 1896 in the dawn
OF political sunrise that was yerv
soon to cause the sunshine of pros
perity to kiss those fertile land.
sca1es and transpose their wilder.
ness into tameness. A Certain bow
who at that time being driven a
whole day in a rig over the rank
grass and flowers covered l1ouseless
and treeless uniulating south prairie
country exclaimed, "This is a big
country" and queried whether ne
would ever get back to America.
This boy came from Ohio and sup
posed he had gotten out OF America
when he came mere to this wild look
ing country The first person Of
note we met in Minot was ; Mr..
s. E. Vanfeet Of the Stoltz Lumber
Co., this was our first friendship
formed in Minot, and we say with
pride we have never found cause for
regret.
The first religious person we met
in old Minot, but did not form any
acquaintance witch were two young
men of the Salvation Army.
1. God bless the Salvation Army.
rs E j =
They are the latest mouthpiece for
God, they are Like the Apostle Paul
who was not among thea!postles chos
en- by Christ when he was preaching
his own everlasting gospel himself
to be witnesses Of mis- orls to re-
member his teachings and write the
gospels. but was called thirty years
later near Damascus at noon when
the Lord caused a tube of light TO
shine around Paul and he looked no
through the tube and saw Christ