The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1911-03-31
MOUSE RIVER PRESBYTERY
Church Meeting Brought Ministers and
laymen to City This Week.

AVO4L l"CIIy IllIllSIClS anu
elders representing the Pres
byterian churches in this vi
cinity met at the Presbyterian
church Tuesday evening, open
ing the annual meeting of
Mouse River presbvtery. A
popular program was provided
for the first session. Rev. J.
Way Huey of Ecknan, the
retiring moderator, preached
the opening sermon. This
was followed by the adminis-
tration of the Lords Supper,
in which Mr.. Huey was assist
ed by Rev. John r. MacLean of
Souris, Rev. J. l.. Skerret of
Burlin gton and Elders Mcln-
tosh. White and Pearson. The
last address of the evening
was delivered by Rev. J. l..
Skerret. This was his fare
we'll address to the presbytery,
as he has resigned the office of
pastor-evangelist to take up
work in a settled pastorate.
When the business session
began, Rev. James X. Hamil-
ton of Omemee was elected
moderator, and Rev. G. Will
liam Barnum Of this city tenn
porary clerk. The following
guests were asked to sit as
corresponding members: Rev.
J. L. l.. Coates, moderator CT
the Synod of North Dakota;
Rev. DR.. B. H. Kroeze, presi-
dent of jamestown college;
Rev. A. J. Taylor of the pres
bytery of Mattoon, Illinois;
and Rev. w. H. Pascoe, pastor
of the Methodist Episcopal
church of this city.
The Wednesday evening pro-
gram began with an address on
The Excellency of Unity,'
delivered by Moderator Coates.
Then the special order of the
evening, the installation o f
Rev. G. William Barnum as
pastor of the Bottineau church
was taken up. Moderator
Hamilton preached a sermon,
Rev. Thomas Johnston 0 f
Antler offered PRAYER, Rey.
John II. MacLean of Souris de-
livered the charge to the pastor
and Rev. John G. Reinhardt,
the charge to the congregation.
At both evening sessions the
choir gave excellent special
music.
Business affairs occupied the
time of Presbytery Wednesday
morning and afternoon and
Thursday morning. Several
matters of considerable i'm
portance to the religious life of
this vicinity were decided. 1t
was voted that the minimum
salary of ministers in the pres
bytery should he $1,000, and
efforts are to be made to secure
this amount in each case,
through the cooperation of the
local officials and the board Of
home missions.
Rev. A. J. Taylor, who has
been preaching in West
hope for three months was
elected pastor-evangelist, with
the duty of caring for the va
cant churches.
Rev. James Hamilton, hav-
ing closed his pastorate at
Omemee, it was decided to
unite that church with Willow
City, and both will be under
care, for the present, of Rev.
J. G. Reinhardt.
The Tow1er church has ask
ed to have Rev. A. E. Hall as
pastor. He will be installed at
an adjourned meeting of pres
bytery to be held at Towner,
April IL. $780,. '....
Rev. w. w. Warne, formerly
of Norwich, has been supply
ing a church in Montana for
several months, and will be
dismissed to Yellowstone pres
bytery. ... .l.... - ...
Rev. J. r. MacLean of Souris
and Elder Hector Mclean Of
Antler were elected com mis-
sioners to the general assem-
ly which meets in May in
Atlantic City, New Jersey.
1t was decided to hold a
monthly meeting of the minis
ters for conference and ex-
change of methods. The first
one will be held at Ometnee,
May l. s.u t
In the readjustment of prom
inent committees, new chair
men were appointed for some
branches of the work. The
chairmen Of a few Of the more