The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-05-23
PROGRESS SHOWN IN
YEARS WORK OF
ONGRECAT|ONA[|STS
Fifteen New Churches
Organized in
State
LYGATHER
To be Opened at Belle Fourche
Tomorrow Will be Import
ant One For Church
LYGATHE

Huron. s. D.-The forty-second an
nual conference of South Dakota Con
gregational churches will be held ON
May 2lst, continuing three days. at
Belle Fourche, s.. d., and will be one
of the most important gatherings of
this church in the state.
DR.. w. III. Tharll of this city, con
ference superintendent, has just
drawn up his annual report which
contains some interesting figures of
The of the work of the
church in this state during the year.
In all there are 21l Congregational
churches in South Dakota. having a
membership of 1916, which is an
increase during the past year of L.
i67. The Sunday school membership
is II APO, and the church owns pro-
perly to the value at $1S3,530. The
organization of 10 new churches is
also reported, six church buildings
having been erected and four par
sonages built, while Eve churches
have become self-supporting.
During the year just ended a total
CT S10,1S9.09 for benovelences has
been received by DR.. Thrall as treas
urer, an increase owe last year of 81
S53 .OS. The Congregational Home
Missionary society received $~4,330.SS
of this amount, which is 5000 more
than Il year ago. Two gifts of S 900
each. one for the Congregational
church building society and n for
the board of ministerial relief, have
been received.
Five deaths among pastors and pro-
m'nent workers occurred during the
year, Rev. James II. Cross. OF the
Rosebud Indian mission; Rev. II. O.
Ross of Wall; Rev. j. Spittell OF
Scenic; Rev. A. A. Brown of Wheeler:
Rev. Geo. S. Evans, at II time OF
Canton, hut at the time OF his death
pastor at Rock Rapids.
Sermon by il. Fox.
The conference will open with q
praise .oryice and an address of vel
come by Miss Susie Bird, superinten-
dent of schools of Butte county. j. NJ
! Miles of Redfield viii respond. Tho
conference sermon will be delivered
by DR.. Frank Fox of Sioux Falls or
the subject "The Tinality of Jesu.
Christ and His Religion" the VIC
mems Missionary society will hole
its annual session on the opening da,
as we'll, opening with devotional ser
vices by Rev. Katherine Powell o
Custer, Mrs. ID. j. Perrin giving thu
address of welcome to which Mrs. j
G.. Conner OF Vermillicn will respond
Miss Jessie e. Payne of Pekin, China
will deliver an address.
Among the we'll known Congrega
tional divines and laymen to be pre-
sent will be: DR.. L. o. Bird of Chi
cago: DR.. William A. Rice of Ney
York; DR.. r. p rerrick of Ydinnea
polls: and Dir. William Ewing O
Boston. Among the South Dakoti
clergymen to be present are DR.. w
III. Thrall and Rev. Pearse Pinch o
Huron: Rev. George e. Green, o
LOOMS; Rev. X. S. McCarty of Cham
berlain; Rev. *. S. Tontz of Canova
DIR. N. c. Hickley, president of Red
field college; Rev. II. l.. Riggs o
Oahe; Rev ID. Nj. Brown of Newell
Rev. j.. G.. Cromer of Vermillion
Rev. aE. G.. Ford of Armour; Rev.
w. Cassell of Geddes: Rev. Thos. J
Dent, of A%berdeen; DR.. o. o. Smith
of Pierre: Rev. w. IL. Jammison o
Beresford; Rev. A. II. Keeler of Wat
ertown; Rev. NJ. C. Hecker and j. i
Evans, field workers.
The conference will close with
banquet, at which Dean Thomas Ster
ling will be one of the speakers.