The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-11-11
new MISSION
DEDICATED
YESTERDAY
Splendid New Building on Front
Street
Rev. Mr. McCracken Has Done
Splendid Work
Hon. L. B. Hanna Gave the
Dedicatory Address

The new Glad Tidings Mission
church was formally dedicated yester-
day afternoon with appropriate cere-
monies and the edifce was filled to its
utmost capacity by friends and SYM
pathizers in the work.
There were three services held in
the, house, but it was at the afternoon
In tho morning Rev. +. II. Ashcraft OF
GreenYille, Ill, addressed the congre-
cation and there was the usual eXer-
cises held, which were listened to with
close attention.
The Dedication.
In the afternoon, long before the
hour, the church was filed, and extra
seats had to be carried in. The ex-
ercises opened with congregational
singing, which was followed by the
reading of the scriptures by Rev. John
Moran of LarimOre. and prayer by
DR.. ]. NJ. Walters OF the First NJ. z
church. ....
Rev. Q. e. McCracken, pastor of the
chuFch, then followed with the vocal
solo, Be Kind to the an When He's
Down, which WAS sung in q most Of
fective manner. Then followed a, short
address by. Rev. William Edwards oi
Christine. and solo thar was nost
beautifully rendered by Miss ella
Beckman. ......
g.. p. Governor elect Hanna.
Hon. L.. B. Hanna, congressman
from North Dakota and governor
elect, WAS the next and principal
speaker of the day. He talked of mis-
sion life as he had seen 1t in the
eastern cities and compared it with
the work that Rev. Mr.. McCracken
has been doing for the past five years
in this city. He spoke in the high
est terms of that work and said that
Fargo owed a gret deal to the energy
and hard work of the pastor of the
mission. In closing he congratulated
the pastor and people on the SUCCESS
which had attained their efforts in the
building of the church.
Raised Over 500.
This was followed by the address of
Rev. Mr.. Ashcraft, who talked on the
financial condition of the church and
asked those who were in attendance
to assist all in their power. He then
called for contributions, which were
Forthcoming. At the close of the aft
erIloon meeting it was found that over
$500 had been pledged. There has
been contributed in cash and pledges
the sum of $4,000, which leaves o
balance of about $4,000 yet to raise,
before the building will be entirely
paid for.
A personal canvass is to be made at
once in the effort to clean UP tho debt
ON the building and any friend of
mission work throughout the state,
who desires to help in q practical
cause can do a great deal of good by
forwarding a donation to Rev. Mr..
McCracken.
Some of the Big Ones.
Among those who have contributed
might be mentioned the following:
% ID. Iein. ....'..-.-...s...s..s. $500
J. w. Soaring .....,..s.s..-s..s. 150
John DyneS ......s.s..ss.s. .!t.sss $50
William Fl. White s.......s..s... 100
stern BIOS. 1880 100
William STeck ..s.....-...J.. 100
The following are the ones who
gave $50 each: e. C. Watkins, j. b.
Folsom, r. H. Cummings, Col Morton
Page, Hon. l.. b. Hanna, Hon. James
Kennedy, ]. p Clapp, Merchants Ma
tional bank, First National bank,
Northwestern Saving & Loan. William
A. Scott, John S. Watson. Fargo Lum-
Der Co. There were q large number
OF $25 gifts as we'll as those who had
contributed smaller amounts, all of
which were thankfully received
4%zIoL ONChAh6 LliCLS was d uiS LlGGL-
ing held in the church, at which five
persons were converted. The day was
great one for the mission and from
now ON there will be services every
evening in the week.
Rev. Mr.. Ashcraft, the talented pull
pit orator who has been assisting Rev.
Mr.. McCracken for the past ten days,
leaves for Gardner, where he will as
sist in ten days special service that
will be held in the Free Methodist
church there.