The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-12-06
OF
The CITY BANQUET
FIRST JOINT GATHERING OF THE
MEN OF FARGO CHURCHES
WAS HELD LAST EVENING AT.
PRIZES HALL--175 MEN AT THE
BANQUET.

One of the largest festive gather
lhgs OF men of Fargo churches that
1 has ever been held in the city was
the big joint brotherhood banquet
| given last evening at Prizes hall Over
/ ITO men gathered together to discuss
! the problems that are confronting the
| Fargo church workers
Attorney John Frame acted as the
! POSTMASTER for the evening and pre-
sided over the after dinner speaking
and introduced to the guests Judge
Amidon, Dean Bowling and DR.. j. q.
Dillon as the orators OF the evening.
The talks were all dealing with the
questions that were confronting the
mems church organizations in the city
and country, and it is expected that
great good will come to the different
church gatherings in the city, as a
result of the diversity OF the beneficial
addresses given.
DR.. Dillon was the first speaker OF
the evening and he reviewed the past,
showing the men the work that the
city's brotherhoods had not done In
their organizations, and on the other
hand he pointed out the vast amount
of work that these same organizations
were doing for the respective good Of
their churches. In citing what the
churches had done through the mems
clubs he showed where the different
male church societies in the city of
Fargo had accomplished great deal
OF good and materially assisted in the
uplift of the church and the better |
ment OF conditions in the church
Dean G. Dewitt Bowling was as
signed subject of lighter vein by the |
toastmaster. and he spoke on Just Fon |
Fun, taking both a humorous and |
more serious attitude of the subject. |
His remarks especially directed to- |
wards the goodfellowship among men, |
and he pointed out the sociability |
that such gatherings as the one of last
evening would bring about among the |
men of the city of Fargo. The great
good that could be gotten out of ono /
another's lives, by such herding to- /
gether was dwell upon at some length /
by the dean.
Judge Amidon was the last speaker
OF the evening and the federal court |
mead rounded out the evenings pro-
gramme in most admirable manner.
He made plea for the greater and /
united effort of the churches He in
Dictated the large division that had
come within the church and that now
the minds of the people were tending
to swirg, in the opposite direction, and
the churchmen were devoting their
efforts to union and concentration in
the work that was being done.
The judge highly praised the work
Of the visiting nurse department of
the associated charities and showed
how Miss Robinson was doing a sal
walton work in the city. that the
church brotherhoods might be great
help in support of this field Uplift-
Ing of the poor was one of the things
that the speaker asked the men Of the
brotherhoods to take into considera-
ton in their church and brotherhood
work
At the close of the address by Judge
Amidon the meeting Was thrown open
or discussion and number Of the
prominent workers of the church air.
I'd their views on the different sub
ects that were presented. The con.
fusion Of the meeting brought about
he action of appointing a committee |
II five men to take up the matter of
rganizing a united church brother
lood. This committee will get togeth-
II and plan for future meetings and
'anquets, similar to the one given
asst evening
After the banquet had adjourned |
bout fifty of the leading church
workers. Of the city remained to an
fter meeting to hear the report of a
ommittee which returned last even
~ from Waterloo, Ia, where the
1embers had long talk with Billy
unday, the evangelist. The commit
ee was very enthusiastic over the
oming Of the great preacher and the
nited effort of the churches of the
Ity will be behind the preacher when
Q comes to Fargo. Owing to a mis-
the dates of Sundays
oming to the city have been chang
j, and Just when he will be able %
ct to Fargo is not definitely known.
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