The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-05-23
Debt Of $4,000 Will
II Fade From a Church
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From TUESDAYS Daily.

From tueSoaX0 Oatly.
At the annual business meeting
of. the members of the Presbyterian
church held last night, Theodore
Williams and Dr. c. d. Snow we're
| named as committee to raise
money to pay off the church indebt-
edness, which now amounts to about
$4,000. There was considerable dis
cussion OF the matter, and some of
THE members were not in favor of
attempting to pay off the $1,700,
mortgage on the church, believing
that it would be too much of a. tax
on the members and that the mem
bers paid their money for the sup
port of the church more readily if
there is an Indebtedness. Those
! people, however. agreed to pay their
shares toward eliminating the debt
The meeting commenced with a
supper served by the Ladies Aid
society. which was attended by
about 100 members of the congrega-
ton. The supper was given by the
ladies, and no charge was made.
After the meal the meeting was
called to- order by the pastor and
i the general reports from the various
organizations of the church were
! heard. The Ladies' Aid. society re-
ported that during the past year
they had aimed to have better fel-
lowship among the ladies of the
church and amcng the affairs given
were six division suppers, nine
thimble bees, one reception for new
members and one Sunday school
supper.
Reported For Sunday School.
| E. c. Willard made the report for
the Sunday school and reported that
the attendance in several of the
classes had decreased during the
year, but he believed that the work
was more satisfactory as whole.
The school has adopted the graded
lesson leaves and Mr.. Willard ex-
pressed his approval of these les
sons.
w. d. Willard, superintendent of
the Hope chapel school urged the
i need of several more good workers
in that school and spoke encour
agingly of the work there. Seven
members of that Sunday school
joined the church at Easter this
, year.
The Brotherhood reported that il
had held six Sunday evening meet
ings, which were only fairly success
full from the stand point of attend
ance. and had several suppers and
meetings in the church which had
had an attendance of from thirty tc
forty members.
/ Very encouraging reports were
given from the Women's Missionary
, society, the Christian Endeavor so
ciety, the Junior Endeavorers, the
!. Westminster Guild Dr..C. d.. Snow
gave a report of the work of the
I membership and benevolent budget
II The terms of w. w. Davis, IL. P
) Jensen and Dr., Snow as elders ex
!, pired this year and these three mer
5 were all reelected to their offices.
Judge Cray presided over the lat
) ter part of the meeting, when thu
D election of president of the con
D gregation and the election of. trus
4 tees to succeed George r. Brett
/ Charles A. Chapman and. Theo
: dore Williams, whose terms expired
' These men were all reelected
: Theodore Williams reported tina
: the finance committee hoped thi
!. year to raise $4,000 for the churc
l work, am increase of twenty-five pc
t cent over the amount raised las
0, year.
S ~ The Financial Report.
e The financial report of the churc
r is given here also the statistical re
port of the session.: - "sG,
/ DEnDIDTO