Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-10-15
have a choice location, furniture has
been ordered, and we expect to dedi-
cate at an early date.
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have choice location, furniture has
been ordered, and we expect to dedi.
cate at an early date.
Beautifying Church Property.
l would have this conference by
resolution call upon all our pastors
and church officials throughout the
state to give more attention to the
identifying of our property. We
have church and parsonage grounds
in many communities unadorned by
a shade tree. 1t may not be map
propriate for the district superintend-
ents to ask at the Spring Quarterly
conferences, Are the church and par.
sonage grounds properly cared for
BY conforming to such a resolution as
l have suggested much of our prop
erty can be increased in value from
rs to so per cent within the next
ten years.
Women's Societies.
The Woman's Home and the Wom-
ans Foreign Missionary Societies
have manifested zeal for their var
ious departments of work in the
home and the foreign field. Each
organization held convention with
in the bounds of Grand Forks dis
trict.
Every circuit on the district has a
LADIES Aid society and all contribute
to the social life and financial aid of
the churches.
Sabbath Schools and Epworth
Leagues.
Throughout the district there has
been an increased interest in Sabbath
school work. Many of our churches
have felt the inspiring influence of
the board of Sunday schools.
There is an awakened interest
among out Leagues in missionary
work. A number of our Senior
Leagues are making a study of mis-
sions and plan 10 contribute more
generously to the benevolences of the
church. Several of our Junior
Leagues are represented in Foreign
Mission Fields while others are in
terested in Home missions.
Wesley College.
Wesley College, our Conference Ed
vocational Institution, is located with
in the bounds of Grand Forks dis
trict. Larimore and Corwin Halls
are nearing completion. A financial
statement recently published by the
trustees reports the net assets of the
institution to be S-v7,89332 This
amount includes the conditional SUBJ
scriptions of Mr.. A. j. Sayre and Mr..
]. j. Hill. Two special subscriptions
have been made during the year.
Mr.. S. F. Corwin of jamestown gives
$4,000 for Corwin Hail. Mr. A. J..
Birtch, formerly of Langdon, now of
st. Paul, Minnesota, gives $4,000 for
the endowment of Birtch Lectureship
on Missions. All the rooms in Sayre
Hall are now occupied and the indi-
cations are that Larimore Hall will
be filled with students as soon as the
building is completed and furnished.
Wesley College asks for the hearty
of the conference. Our
young people are offered special in
struction under the direction of the
church and at the same time they
have the full benefit of all that the
State University provides for the in
tellectual development Of young life.
Wesley College has a capable faculty
and we are exceptionally fortunate
in having Mrs. Emma c. Hoy as ma
iron in charge of Sayre Hall.
Our church and conference in
North Dakota has been and will con-
tinue to be embarrassed by frequent
changes in the ranks of the laity
and clergy. Men come to North Da-
kota, accumulate property, and then
move out in search of a more suitable
In our conference the I'M
rest is even greater. Within the past
ten days Bros. Moore, Eldredge. Nc
Arthur and White have transferred
to other conferences. Unfortunately
ours is the last fall conference to