The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-09-20
DR.. RILEY'S
SUCCESSFUL WORK
PASTOR OF FIRST BAPTIST
CHURCH, WHO HAS BEEN
SPEAKING NIGHTLY AT THE
BAPTIST CONVENTION, DOING
FINE MODERN CHURCH WORK.

DIR. w. B. Riley, who has been
speaking three times each day before
the Baptist state convention in this
city at the First Baptist church the
present week and who delivers his last
sermon this evening at SIS, is the
nestor among Minneapolis pastors.
Although a comparatively young
mar he has held the pulpit of the First
Baptist church of Minneapolis for the
past sixteen years. In that time $500
people Fave been welcomed by him in
to fellowship and today his is one of
the largest churches in the United
States and it's works are manifold. its
home Is open every day in the week
from s a. IN. to 10 p. m. 1t has sala-
ried officials and it's matron can be
found ready to serve the public inter-
ests. II has reading rooms, rest rooms
and in its various. activities, holds,
during the week, from sixty to seventy
meetings, and these comprise church,
home, mission, balls and Bible school
gatherings.
Bible Training School.
The Bible Training school was
founded by DIR. Riley about ten years
ago and is owned by the church and
is located on the opposite side of the
block from the church at 2 to 8 South
Eleventh street. The building is a
most beautiful one, academic in APP
rearance and has side offices and class
rooms, in fact about forty rooms in
all.
... Has Fourteen Teachers.
The faculty of the Bible training
school numbers fourteen teachers
which contains some of the most wide
~ known ministers, professors and
medical men. DR.. A. ]. Frost, DR..
~ TR-a,N-A-.-. A.. Fnr,nVa SnntnH
preacher, DIR. Stanley r. Roberts, Rev,
Earl v. Perez and DR.. Riley are among
the list of teachers. It's medical in
lstructors, DIR. l.. Max White and j.. c.
Leitzenberg and other teachers of note
to teach the English b~ranchehs.
Different Denominations.
The school has a faculty of many
different denominations and last year
| eight denominations and nine nation
alities were represented by the student
body, They fit young men and women
for preaching, mission work, secre-
tarial work in christian organizations
and many Iaymen take the Bible
classes.
The session opens oct. 1 and closes
May /. The full course requires two
to three years for completion and some
of it's graduates are now in NORTH
Dakota. The school has sent mission.
aries to China, Africa, Cuba, Soutf
America and other countries.
Recently DR.. Frederick w. Farr Of
Philadelphia, now dean of the S. Ny
ack theological school, was called t
be the principal of the Baptist schoo
at Minneapolis and DR.. Riley's assist
ant or associate pastor. 1t is not We
known whether he will accept, but i
is hoped he may. He is one of thu
most notable Bible teachers in Amer
lea.
A Great Orator.
DR.. Riley is one of the very bes
pulpit and platform orators who eve
visited This city and he has been meet
ing with overcrowded audiences eacl
evening this week and it is expected
that the church will be filled to over
flowing this evening. Last spring TO
several weeks he occupied the cele
Grated DR.. Spurgeon pulpit in the cit!
of London, England, where he mad,
a most profound impression.
He has been listened to with rap
attention by his congregations thii
week, and several OF the local churches
on Wednesday night dismissed thei
Lrayer meetings so as to enable tn
CONGREGATIONS to hear him. 1t is stat
ed that there are no less than min
paid people connected with his church
in the twin cities and that all are KEEP
busy.