The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-10-14
BUSY WEEK
MANY CHURCH BODIES MEET IN
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
AND SYNOD
OF INTEREST READ
CHURCHMEN FREELY
DISCUSSED

Sioux Falls-Various church organi-
cations throughout South Dakota have
been holding important sessions dur
ing the past week, and others are In
session this week.
At Huron the Methodist conference
has been in session and the re otis
received from there indicate 1nat the
meeting has been one OF the most i'm
p%ortant and helpful of any ever held.
The attendance was large and the re-
[, ports OF pastors of the work over the
state was exceedingly gratifying show
ing a most phenomenal growth anu
general prosperity.
New churches have been erected at
the White Lake and Pukwana charges
and also at Farwell and Iowa. Par
sonages have been erected at Kenne-
beck, Springfield and Bijou Hills. At
Dallas a $4,000 church is under way.
A 5000 church was dedicated at Val
ley Springs and at Sioux Falls, Jor-
dan church has completed a $2,8G0 par
sonage. A new church is being pro-
jected at Wakonda. AT Madison the
debt on the s25, 900 church recently
erected has been entirely l~iquidated. In
the four year pastorate of A. ID. T'hi-
badeau the membership has been near
ly doubled and one of the finest
churches of the state erected.
w. j.. Graham reported hi sdistrict
at Lake Preston a new 5000 church
has been erected and the parsonage
improved at a cost of 81, 900.
A new parsonage has been erected at
Whita Pnnk II n Mooknnnar onJ n
e. Boyce have lone splendid work in
temperance work during the year.
At Layne a $4,000 church was dedi-
, Gated, c. o Bullock, pastor and at
Miranda a $4,000 church under the
leadership OF Fred Rawlinson. Parson-
ages have been erected at Blunt and
Wolsey.
Rev. G. f. Hopkins reported the
work of the Aberdeen district. New
churches have been built at Liberty
on the Hecla charge and at Claremont.
Selby Is building a new church to cost
about 1000. Aberdeen expects to dedi-
cate a SIS, 900 church on November g..
The matter of divorces was consider
ed at some extent. No minister can
be employed by the Methodist denom-
i~nation in South Dakota, viii is -
vorced or who marries a Divorce, ex-
cept for scriptural limitation. Bishop
James L.. Nuelson OF Omaha, who was
elected to the office in 1908, by the in
fluence of the German Methodist con-
ference vote. o many friends by
the in which he conducts the
business of the conference. He is a
man OF rare executive ability, keen
perception, and well equipped in every
way for the important office so admir-
ably filled by him. The bishop is a
comparatively young man. but has had
marked experience for one of his years.
He Is rapidly growing In favor and is
esteemed as one of the brightest men
In the Methodist denomination OF this
country. Among other notables present
were DR.. Edgar Blake, assistant gener,
al secretary of the Sunday school
union. DR.. S. +. Kerfoot, president of
the Dakota Wesleyan veg sity, at
Mitchell; G.. f. Hagar, of Huron; G..
f. Hopkins OF Aberdeen. and w. 1.
Graham of Watertown; j. G.. Shepherd
of Sioux Falls and j. o, Dobson of
Mitchell district superintendents who
took active part in the deliberations Of
the conference.
DIR. Hay of Deadwood, Mr.. Royce and
DR.. Dolliver, district SUP erintendents
of the Black Hills mission; j. B. Trim
BILE, missionary secretary in tie north-
west; DR.. Hoagland of Mitchell, DR.. c..
M. Stuart. editor OF the Northwestern
Christian Advocate, together w tn
ministers from adjoining ccnfer eaces,
were also present at the conference.
DIR. Nicholson for some years presi-
dent of Dakota Wesleyan universe 2.
now secretary of all the many educa-
tional Institutions in the Methodist
Episcopal church, presented the work
of his departments. He told of the
work of the Dakota Conference in the
large per capita collections which
they gave to their own local educat OH
al work. TINS fact he used as an in
spiration to many of the large conf r
ences of the church. who are only now
beginning to do what the Dakota
Methodists have been uoing for the
last five years. DR.. Nicholson shortly
expects to make a tour of the schools
Of the Methodist Episcopal church in
the south.
A greater inter-denominat' onal m s
sionary rally. will be held in March,
1910, at Mitchell.
A committee was appointed from the
conference to meet with from the
Black Hills, to consider the advisa-
bility of erecting a Methodist hospi'a
for South Dakota.
Rev. G. T. Notson. secretary OF thu
fund for providing a $4,000 endow-
ment fund for the veteran ministers
widows and dependent children has al
| ready provided than that
amount.
Plankinton-Bonds recently voted