The Daily Missoulian., 1912-08-22
YELLOWSTONE AFFAIRS
ARE TOLD IN REPORT

OF the conditions in the Yellowstone
district Superintendent G. u. crouch
made the following interesting report:
Bishop Luecock and Brethren.
| with the consciousness OF Gods pro-
tocting care over us during the past
year. and n feeling of deep gratitude to
our dear Lord for his blessing upon
the work of the district. we present
this. our fourth annual report:
Health.
The health of the pastors. ny n
whole, has been very good, with the
exception of Bro. J. A. Badcon of Jfv-
ingston. who was unable To mi his
pulpit for severa weeks during the
winter. all has been well During Bro
Badcon's illness the pulpit was supplied
by Bros Scott and Thompson and the
district superintendent. Sister Leland.
Wiie OF our pastor nj Glendive. has
pcen III for long time and liz now I'm
serious condition, with friends In the
east, Sister Smith. wife of our pastor
at Billings. III recovering from n recent
operation. Early In the conferences
year Bro. and Sister Scott Of Pine
Creek lost little child. The sympathy
OF the conference is with them all
Changes in Pastors.
All changes on the district now have
regular pastors with the exception of
Salcsvillc and Bloomfield, the district
superintendent has kept these supplied
and Sunday schools have been main
tanned, Mi9a
has done good work at tho latter place
during the past three months. East
Gallatin was without n pastor unti,
supplied In June. Huntley circuit WIS
supplied by local help for the first four
months or the conference year. then
rev T. =. Bostock, n member of tho
Austin conference, came as pastor.
During the month of March BRO. &. p.
Hlrlch. pastor OF the Bridger circuit. re-
signed. and on April first. David Hardy
or Big Timber circuit. was appointed
to Bridger. Thomas clarkson, n local
preacher, has supplied Big Timber. |
since the change. These changes have
been satisfactory to nj.
New Work.
Much new territory has been entered
during the past year which has drawn
heavily upon tho time and resources
of the district superintendent. A new
work has been opened ut Decker on
the Wyoming line on the Birney cir.
cut. On the Red Water circuit. new
fields have been opened IN and two
strong societies, numerically. have been
organized: Rev. Harry NJ. Cooper. n |
member of the Des MoInes conference.
was appointed as pastor, and IN doing |
good work His cash salary for the |
first ten months was s210O. During
our visit In the month of July we held |
an al1-day service on the banks OF the |
Rcd water river: there were 11s per- |
sons present. some of whom had come
~ mics to the service and, with ono |
exception. not ono OF them had been In |
the state longer than three years. Tho
preaching points and Sunday schools
are Lease Creek. North Red Water and |
Tied water On the same trlp which |
required two weeks OF travel overland.
an all-day meeting ut Bloomfield, called |
together more than three hundred peo-
pie AT the morning and evening SER |
wees sixty persons partook 0f tho |
communion: and the Love feast was n
"'"''i - innpliuIiuU W MI, M1HY |
Jones' our evangelist deaconess had
been holding revival meeting there for !
week, and much fruit was gathered
into the Lords garner on the Sunday
and good EpWorth league organized.
very FEW of those present had been in /,
the country long enough to prove up
their homesteads under the three year
act. Preaching points and Sunday
schools have been established at Void. |
Twin buttes, Bloomfield. Independent,
and Morgan Table. One of the best
circuits on the district was opened
last October-the Wibanx circuit
near the North Dakota line. The field
was partially organized at Slater near
the Carlyle postoffice. A good Method
ist Sunday school and Epworth league
had been organized before our coming
and no Methodist preacher had ever
visited these people before. In Decem-
Der. Rey. G. =. Adams, Of the Illinois |
conference. was assigned to this work, |
and SUNDAY anhnn1a na snoiatln. ha.,.