The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1911-09-07
DAKOTA MEMBERS OF
DENOMINATION WILL BE IN
sTRUcTED AT GRAFTON,
PASTORS WORK Is TOPIC
State Conference Will Be Followed
by Young Peoples and
Women's Missionary
Sessions.


attendance that will be given the an.
nual conference of the Baptists of
North Dakota in this city September
IL to ~. will be shattered, and the
gathering will, in every particular, be
vastly more important and of greater
enect than had been supposed. as four
distinctive bodies of the Baptist faith
in the state will hold their annual ses.
slons. These organizations are the
North Dakota Baptist conference, the
North Dakota Baptist Ministerial
union, the North Dakota Baptist
Young Peoples union, and the Wo-
mems missionary association, each of
which has been given a prominent
place in the four-day program that
has been arranged.
Rev. w. B. Riley, of Minneapolis, is
the evangelist selected for the series
OF meetings. and he will speak before
each of the separate organizations.
Minister and His Work.
The first of the series of gatherings
Will take place Tuesday afternoon,
September 19, when the Ministerial
union will hold it's sessions. Rev.
Walter Ingram of Grafton is the presi-
dent of this branch. The annual SER
mon will be delivered by Rev. A. E.
Peterson Of Fargo. The general topic
Of the meeting is '"The Minister and
His Work" The closing address of
the afternoon will be given by Rev.
w. B. Riley Of Minneapolis. In the
evening Rev. c. E. Hemans of Grand
Forks, general missionary for the
state, will speak on 1.-THE Essential
Qualification of the Minister Of the
Gospel"
Wednesday morning the regular ses-
eions of the state conference will be
called to order by Judge F. P. Allen
I of Lisbon, president of the organiza-
lion. The address of welcome will be
given by Levi Blades of Grafton, and
fthe response will be by Rev. o. Lar
son of Fargo. Then will follow the
preliminary work of organization
which leads up to the convention SER
mon by Rev. w. P. Canine of James
town.
In the afternoon number of inter-
esting subjects have been selected for
discussion. These include the follow
ing: "Reopening of Closed Church."
Rev. w. H. Rogers of Glendale; Car
rying on Building Enterprise" Rev.
H. A. Buell. of Lidgerwood; Conduct
ing an Evangelistic Campaign" Rev.
Walter Ingram of Grafton; Colpor-
teur's Work." Rev. C. c. Heidenberg;
Scandinavian Work." Rev. o. Larson
of Fargo. These discussions will be
followed by an address from Rev. L.
McKinnon Of Calvin on Country
Church Problems;" by Rev. E. A.
Schlaman of Bottineau on "The Eff
c1ent Layman." and by Rev. George
B. Newcomb of Bismarck on "The
Cause of Crime" The afternoon gath
ering closes with the school of evan
gelism conducted by Rev. Riley of
Minneapolis.
In the evening there will be an ad.
dress by DR.. T. L. Kotman, of Chi
cago on "The Publication Society and
Evangelism" as well as an evangel.
Istic sermon by Rey. Riley.
Thursday morning the closing ses-
sion of the general association takes
place. At that meeting the general
subject will be Baptist Leakages."
Next in order comes the Baptist
Young Peoples union, which COM
mences its work Thursday afternoon
with President James A. Van Kleeck
of Fargo in the chair. The meeting
will open with round table discus
sion. led by Rev. George T. Webb of
Chicago. while Rev. Riley of Mime
apolis will conduct the school of evan
gelism. At the evening session Rev.
Webb Of Chicago will deliver an ad-
dress on Young People and Evangel-
ism" The evangelistic sermon will
be preached by Rev. Mr.. Riley.
Lastly will come the session of the
women's missionary societies, opening
in the afternoon of Friday The
speakers who have been named for
this session are Mrs. R. B. Griffith of
Grand Forks, Mrs. H. c. Buckingham
of Grand Forks, Miss Gerda Paulson
and Miss Anna Knox AS in the 9th
or meetings. Rev. Riley will be the
evangelist.