The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-10-20

Christians and told how he urged'her,
to become a Christian. Her own faith
er and mother had been murdered
some six or seven years before but
she could not forgive. He told the
story of her defiance, then of her
breaking heart and finally Of her
surrender to Jesus Christi and the
great JOY that came into her life when
she came rushing down the aisle to
the altar. She now is a middle aged
woman and married to a Chinaman.
Sala with her four. children came on
the buship"s return to her land, run
ming and behind her four little child
rem, and she fell down and clasped
the bishops feet in her unexpected
jay in seeing her spiritual father
again. This is but one example of
the power Of the gospel to saw men
and women in heather and other
lands.
The collection Of the afternoon was
devoted to the support of Miss Birth
orst, one of the missionaries support
ed by this branch. i Ss
DR.. Sheridan's Last Address.
DR.. Sheridan, VIII ohas been giving
addresses Of great interest and i'm
port during theslast threesdays Of the
Conferences gagye as. the sSext Of his
address IIsaiah. Vi l-s; Isaiah at the
had a vision ofsthas heavenly world
with the Son OF God upon the throne.
He saw also the seraphim and their
glory filed the fteemple;;s tKef there
came to him the, visionsof sin.
Sinfulness may. be manifest by un-
holy ambitions Of an undedicated life
to God; there isa the sin OF the unholy
temper, the despoileF soef JOY In the
home life and sin IN jts, various forms
but at the hour 81 dis crying oout to-
God the observation-disclosures his lips.
with a coal from the altar ottGood. /,
wnen the vision g God comes
what a Transformation comes into q
human life and shewG great Is the
capacity for service. The physical
Joys are nothing compared with the
joy OF God il the soul AZ We face
the battles otsltJhef year tAey must be
fought out mon our, knees.
| For twenty-five years isaiah went
about ~preachiAgY q. message the peo-
plegdid notggNent 80 he6Y. ae@na<
called ~ ec~e1est4sttcs and pciitf%
clans q traitor.
If " put ourselves. into Gods
hand he will come into, our lives-and
help us in every CRISIS and make QUE.
lives a blessing. to many others.
Foreign Missions Might;
Bishop Oldham came to the city !n
the afternoon and got. to workimme-
d lately with ,theaConference session.
Friday evening he was. greeted by ar
audience Of 1900 people in the Meth
odist church. which listened will,
great interest as he told ,ofithe for
eign situation.
The'services we're in charge o Rey..
W. A. Black, and some splendid mu-
Sic was furnished by Prot. ssHobson's
chorus choir. This body Of singers
has appeared several times during the
Conference andsEthe. music has been
highly appreci ated BY the audiences.
: The address Of Bishop Oldham was
a happy and felfcitous one,, and at tie
same time he carried the Though
home to the people eof, the greater
need for aid In the foreign countr:esl
He said he was greatly Impressed with
the west. It was the place when the
people lived and Who were of that.
generous and happy disposition thae
they gave unstintingly to 4 cause thar
they owed. The bishop said there was
a "reat mead. for missionary assist
ance at the present time to pay up e.
deficiency and to put the board on q
b .ter financial basis. He. said that
when the pastors got to their new
appointments he wanted them with
ing threed days after to get the first
$40 of the $50 they are to raise and
send It at once to the treasurer of the.
board In New York, which would be-
the means Of helping to pay up. that
Indebtedness.
The bishop devoted the Create
part of his address to the work u, {
Is being doone, in the Philippine Is.
lands, where in one part Of the Is
lands the Methodist church has .
00O,O 600 people to look after. and to,
convert over to the religious life. H.
said that after the people had gotteie
p%artiall~ trained away from their
former religion that they were en-
bracing the religious faith with great
eagerness. He spoke of many inter
esting incidents and told howo relig-
ion was being introduced in thu
country. He declared that it ha 3
been a hard work after the fearfng
conditions which have existed the.s.
for so many years. He said that bc--
cause the Roman Catholic church neitT
a monopoly on the religion OF than
country for so long. that it had de-
perforated, and had spent the great
er part of the time in trying to keep
the other religions out and had done
nothing for the people themselves. 1t
would be the same with the Methodist
or any other church, the bishop said.
He did not believe that n church
should have a monopoly on the re-
ligious training OF a country.
The bishop said that since the
Methodists have entered that country
that 10000 people had ben convert.
ed to their religious faith, but that
it was only a very small part of the
work that was to be done. What they
needed he said was churches in which
to worship. and he made a speciaE
plea at tins close ~ MS address for
the people in ''iq's si}tienee 10 contri.-
butte $1nn Wiz ~ifi il 10 build q
church in N PIT, isfsinas. which, lhie.
said, would ie sal'eA u Mitcbel1
church. A collection was taken my
and when the cash was counted the
amount reached $l31.56. This e
bishop said would build a fine banlbo03
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