The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-10-17

wife was summoned to exchange
Earth for heaven. a little life appear
ID in the home of Brother and Sister
Howell OF Vivian. tarried but for IA
and then passed on to the land
If endless day. one day a sad teie-
gram came to the home of Brother
and Sister Blunt of Alexandria, n
n|ouncing the sudden death of their
oldest son Clara. a promising young
man of 20 years at Fremont. Neb..
where he was am employee OF the
BURLINGTON II. X. Co. The bereaVed
parents accompanied the remains to
Huron, their former home, where
funeral services We're conducted by
the pastor of the church, DIR. Rlch
mond, but with the shadows the
lights lnterblended, during the year
two OF our brethren. Curtis b. Her
aid OF Murdo, and h. y Hughes of
Springfield. have each added a star
of the first magnitude to the atreadN
splendid galaxy of pastors wives.
congratulate these brethren upon
their good taste and judgment in the
selection OF the life partners and VIC
welcome the good women to the joys
and sorroWS OF the itinerant lite OF
a Methodist preacher. But This story
is to me continued for immediately
upon the adjournment of this confer
ence this district superintendent VIII
HE away TO n OF his district ields
to tie the matrimonial knot for an
other of his benedict preachers who is
emmulating the good example set by
Higaes and Harold. Brethren let the
good work 90 ON.
Mitchell District Near Top.
Mitchell district still holds ii rank
as one of the great empires OF Meth
odistism larger by far than amy one
OF half a dozen states in the union,
that might be mentioned, comprised
of four great counties west OF the
Missouri river and $ counties OF no
mean dimentions east OF the river.
On one trip alone this year out in
those far regions this district super
intendent travelled $40 miles and
held quarterly meetings or quarterlS
conferences services in the course o
these journeyings | have reached dis
tant points eve before visited by ;
minister and in all such places
have NOT failed 10 find people Slat
to look into the face of Il Protestan
minister and hungry for the truth o
the Blessed Gospel and nowhere have
been more cordially received ant
enjoyed greater hospitality than il
the rude unpretentious shack and so'
shanties of the homesteaders in Icy
man, Tripp and Mellette counties, TIN
development OF these new fields ha
been somewhat retarded by the re
N .L-,,Lj ..,D,, 20 IL =, 90. ia NJ l., scot i'm
For four successive Years these BRAY
people have not hardly seen one bu
shell of grain non OF corn; Yet IN spit
of such depressing conditions the
are iull OF courage and hope iof III
future. With the exception OF a feN
rural communities where our peopl
have all moved away lave nc
heard one suggestion about ciosln
the church and disseminating th
services, They say sen us a preacl
er. We will stand by the cause an
viii divide what We have with hin
want TO say, brethren. If the pee
ple i'm these older regions that a KIN
providence has blessed with what "
! have termed to please bumper crop
possessed the anne heroic Sagrltlcl;
spirit of giving that characterizes IT
people out yonder, with absolute.
empty g%ranaries. we would hear lie;
OF this dismal heart-rending pess
mistic vail about cutting preachel
salaries. There is not one preacher
2 Mitchell district that is over paid; b'
there are many that are under pal
and if our laymen who are Wort
their hundreds of thousands and rio
i'm their automobiles and spend ii
winter i'm N%alifornia. would only hee
he Bibl injunctions and take God
' his word and bring all the ties IN
g the store house without making al
offering at all there is scarcely
church in Dakota conference tn;
d could not easily pay every dollar
G it's obligations and close the year Wi
$ a neat little bank balance TO !
5 credit. We make the proud boa
that South Dakota has the large
y p%er-capita wealth OF amy state in Il
$ union according to the United Stat
bureau OF statistics the average j
q come of every man, woman al
l. .hild in this country is $500 per a
N mum. multiply that by $500 Il
membership of Dakota Conferen
] and il would mean an annual incor
- d So,oUU, VVt. ANU lSlll ! wa
o TO say this: If Brother DIR. Jenklr
could be turned loose within Il
i bounds of Dakota conference to d
u liver every where his heart searchir
substituting series of addresses
christian Stewardship it Won
a mean much indeed in inspiring o
laymen with an enlarging vision
80 privilege and responsibility IN u
vital matter.
A. Statistics of Mitchell District.
II We have in this district 81 char
10 es with a total If - preaching pli
e IS. These charges are served by
conference members, and 10 ST
plies of these 81 pastors. - are
N dained elders. and IL are undergrt
III oates or local preachers. The me
I bership of these 81 charges aggreg
~ as 4,372, an increase OF 42S over !;
We year is reports received from my p
tors are correct. For this substant
e increase in the church membership
Mitchell district, we are profoun'
ID grateful.
az The mid-yeer melting of our mir
M terial association was held on
H. A. 1sAt ln1I