The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1913-10-09
CONFERENCE CALLS
ON STATE REGENTS
TO ABOLISH DANCING
Body Would Have 1t
Barred From the
Schools.
HISTORY
To be Published With Con-
terence Minutes
ments Are Announced.


ments Are Announced.
Redfield, S. DIR. S. II. Kirk
bride of Chicago, made a stirring adj
dress before the Methodist Confer
ence here. The American Bible So
ciety, which as Field Secretary he
represents, is made up OF 1876 church
denominations-one of the earliest
efforts at church corporations on a
large scale. The word of God, he
said, is the greatest Evangelizing
agency in the world. Every great
revival in history has been brought
only one could be given to the
heathen-the Bible without the
missionary, or the missionary with
out the Bible, he would send the
Bible without the missionary.
The Sunday School movement
which furnishes about 20 per cent
of the church is maintained by the
study of the word.
DR.. kirkbride say that when the
negro becomes a reader of the word
he no longer is a problem.
In closing he made a plea for
every Christian person to aid the So
ciety which is so helpful to evangeli.
cation at home and abroad.
Ministers Received on Trial.
Marion L.. S%underlin, w. S. Row
den, w. H. Ringler, and Radcliffe
were admitted on trial into the min
istry of the church.
The sun of s166.635 was paid to
the ministry of the Methodist church
in South Dakota, exclusive of the
Black Hills Mission in 1912.
The Church and the Dance.
Resolutions were passed by the
Conference requesting the Board OF
Regents of the State Educational In
situations to abolish dancing in the
+ schools belonging to the state.
A motion was adopted that the
incorporated with those of the Da-
1 kota Conference. ftu 'tn'
5 The chorus of the Watertown Dis
trist chorus presented to Mrs. O.. E.
Boyce, the director. with a beautiful
e cut-glass fruit dish which was pre-
sented by the Bishop as their repre-
ttsentative.
Benevolent Contributions.
The sum of nearly thirty thous-
and dollars (s29,273D was contri-
buted to the work of Home and
Foreign Missions the vast year. This
a includes the contributions by the
women's societies in the church. A
total amount of $59.333 was given
e as a whole to the benevolences of
4 the church exclusive of pastors sal
b aries and the expenses of the local
> churches.
Watertown district led in the total
amount contributed to the b%enevol-
| ences of the church, over forty
thousand dollars in all. Mitchell
district led in the amount contribute
ed to the cause of education.
Transfers.
: Revs. Harry Lee of the Oregon
: Conference; ]. Edwards. N. w. Iowa;
: E. J.. Fish, Neb.; H. w. Minish, N.
: York East; w. j. Waltz. Mimi; p.
+ T. Lawson, Neb.: FL. l.. Case. N. w
Iowa; f. NJ. Faith, Minnesota: Il,
Q C. M~cReynolds, Okla; w. e. Weir.
""ch, Mimi; and Percy kenderdiue,
Mimi, were transferred into the
conference.
Rev. f. e. White was transferred
, to the Colorado Conference.
DR.. Thraill, State Superintendent
e of the Congregational church OF
South Dakota and DIR. Perrin of the
Presbyterian church addressed the
Conference. DR.. Thrall said Metho-
e dism is setting a pace which keeps
Congregationalism busy in keeping
: up with and it congratulated the
, Methodist church on the leadership
g of the churches in South Dakota.
Black Hills Mission.
The Conference requested Dr. C
b. Clark and Rev. III. w. Minish to
furnish historical data for publica
f; ton in the Conference Year BooE
concerning the Black Hills Mission
: since it's organization until merged
with the Dakota Conference.
NJ. T. Habgood. e. e. Vernon, A
. j. Hoyer. l.. A. Mcdonald, G. T. Mat
thews, w. j.. Dudgeon and r. s. Row
der We're ordained elders.
Ordained Deacons.
p. V. B%rethorst F. Tanner, f
i, Redmayne and A. G. Campbell wer,
ordained deacons.
t Closing sessions.
$ DR.. ]. P. Jenkins presided at tn,
1880 p. NJ. session when Resolution
u were adopted concerning the variou
benevolent and other interests O
u the church. Complimentary resolu
; : lions were made respecting Rev
/" Holgate, Rev. Hardness. the loca
pastors. the kindness and co-opera
ton of the various churches and tn
cordial reception by the citizens o
Redfield to their homes.
, Before the reading of the appoint
= ments the Bishop said no Conference
\ had touched his hear. more and af
ter the reading of the appointment
y the Conference closed in singing
"Blest Be the Tie That Bind"
Il APPOINTMENTS AS MADE
l., FOR THE COMING YEAR