The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-10-21

Aft
nS0cod9 Shape.
L Waa rousing good mesttng
J held ~ the Baptist con.
vsSStioas IS the session Thursday
sysnia9. and Il resulted in placing
thos facts nc the condition OF the Bap-
tist socfsw of the state before its peo-
pie. This was accomplished through
tie statsmont made by Secretary
King and which 10 presented below
IN detail:
Seven buildings have been COM
pieted and three Of these dedicated
namely. at Farmingdale, Owanka
and I.scas. Four are completed and
win soon be dedicated namely. Flor
ence, LeBeau. Mcintosh and the
Swedish g Lake Norden.f Four
churches have buildings in process OF
construction. viz: the First Sioux
Falls. of Aberdeen, OF Carlock and of
Colome.
This society has responded to our
pressing needs in q gratifying man
mel. The appeal made by the board
4 IT. meeting In Pierre for an adj
saditional I 1000 to our appropriations,
was heard and answered fayorably.
ngst ~ adding 1880 for the first
ak months. and again, when the
budget campaign resulted in victory,
by adding $500 April LIST for one
year.
In view of the great increase in ap-
sSsSpropriations made necessary by the
development Of new fields, the board
ssof the home missions society took
under advisement an appeal from the
committee of your board.
md made an additional appropria-
tionN0t $3.50 on condition that We
raiIesa like amount for six months
strOmfsO ctober lst to April LIST. 1910,
understanding that q con-
|Aytinuation u this must be reconsider
edSatsthat time. 4 will thus appear
that our actual appropriation for the
coming year stands as follows: So
400on condition that we are to raise
1870.
s 4 Will thus be seen that our great
home mission society is operating
With d AZ our efforts to meet the
Ierisis that c%onfronts Vi in q large
way, and our churches should APP
preciats and respond accordingly.
Il 4 Eratifyingsto be able to report
YER evident awakening Of the mis-
isionary spirit among III churches.
Ehis u seen II the increased offer
fngs toraAl missionary work. For the
Am.B. I'm. society. this was 10 1-2
percent. The Increase to the home
lmntslsion#saocnlety Is peculiarly crafty
ng.SrssehinxSl0O per cent. We hope
burSSchurches exceed this the coming
b1sslar. inSview 81 the grand interest
hisssocietyl = taking incur Held. But
he increase ID interest In the state
convention, and the fact that our
HTS this year from all sources total
l. 7,613..76 isa most gratifying fact.
As6me companions will emphasize the
jxIoWth IN the missionary spirit. For
instance from October 1907. to octo-
erSIs08. the receipts to the general
alnd-were $1.o24.s4 while from Oc-
bier 1st, 1908, To the present time
! wv were I 4.3s3.5l,showin gain
$s,,308.67, or $50 percent. The
deceipta the forward movement
sl6inldssfor last year $757.1S,
ssIElhIIIe for this year they aggregate
t1sst63..1S,,sshowing q gain Of $2.196.-l,
leors3OS per cent. The gains from
@lissources last year we're $2,072.61,|
gNshile This yearw we reached the
q lopbleS sum az s7.61s..26, showing q
aAn@of $6.640.65, or 272 per cent.
The Baptist churches of South Da-
@sptta hear andsare responding to the
lilo the hour grandly and will do
etterin the future.
This response IA enabled us to
hter new fields than ever be-
FlsDnring tie whole year Broth
J.NH. DAVIS has been In the field
tate evangelist, and wrought with
81 81 llflring fidelity, and effectiveness.
A Ast ilsJ.6.@Kinsey vas called Decem-
md % pastor-at-large has
III iESsksd With marvellous Force and ef-
s s 64alVensss. During the summer three
14(toIal mon we're employed. Broth
aas1 I'm. !. Mcdonald has done most
s s [IEttybtnSwork II the northern Da-
sss IlalLSsassociation. Rev. n. A. Hainer
E ssk III tie central and Rosebud
Iloseiation. While Brother ]. +. Blod-
l|sas & has6Msdons effective work in the