The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-08-27
THE CLOSE
Adjournment of the Information.
al German Baptist Con-
ference.

eONNkA01oA WOE
ed by Rev. r. p. Kruse of st. Louis,
Mo.
A mass of unfinished business con-
fronted the conference, but owing to
the tactful leadership of Moderator
L. Kaiser everything received proper
attention and was transacted in due
order.
. The report of the committee for the
next conference wss accepted accord
ing TO which the next triennial confer
ence will be held in Detroit. Mich,
beginning the first w ednesday in Sep
TENDER, 1915.
For some time a minister's pension
fund has been agitated. Rev. w. J.
Zirbes OF Cleveland, o., Submitted q
report Of the committee appointed to
draft plans for the establishment of
such q fund. A new committee was
appointed to work out a detailed plan
and present it at the next conference.
The growing needs of the work on
the home mission field, necessitsted
the ele;tion Of a field secretary. Rev.
W. Kuhn of Philadelphia was chosen.
Next on the program were the re-
ports of the Orphans Home, situated
in Louisville, KY, and the election
of q board of managers. Mrs. Gelan,
the natron of the home, in a pleasing
address outlined the activities in the
institution
The committee appointed to draft
resolutions of thanks reported through
Rev. A. Waldvogel of Chicago. In
this report gratitude was expressed
to divine providence, to the local
church and its pastor. to the mayor,
officials and citizens of Madison, to
the Commercial Club, to the board of
regents, TO the moderator, officers,
singers and speakers of the convention,
and TO each and everybody who in any
way contributed to the success of the
conference. The report was heartily
and unanimously adopted, and or
dered to be read at the evening ser.
vice and interpreted into English by
the moderator.
The afternoon session was devoted to
unfinished business and to a meeting
of the Young Peoples Union. The
young peoples meeting was presided
over by MIR. Rochs of Detroit, Micn.
Two addresses were made, one by
! Rev. j. Kaaz of Buffalo, N. T., and
the other by Rev. II. Stoeri of FEES
sender. N. d.
The obituary committee presented
its report through Rev. J. A. PanKstz
of Peoria, Ill. Touching tribute was
paid to those who had passed away In
the past three years and special men
tion was made of pastors. PASTORS
| wives and missionaries. who had gone
to their reward. A short season of
prayer was engaged in in remem bering
the dead and the bereayed in which
Rev. G.. A. Schultz and Rev. ]. Kraft
took the lead.
AT 5:15 the regular business sessions
| of the seventeenth triennial conference
adjourned.
Owing to the fact that many Of the
visitors and delegates had left during
the day the hall was not packed like
it bad been ut all previous gatherings
in the gymnasium. nevertheless it
was a great and enthusiastic assembly.
"A letter was read from Prof. s.
Gubelmann, senior professor Of the
Seminary in Rochester.
A short sermon was preached by
Rev. VIM. Appel of Akron, o., and
then the meeting wa thrown open to
/ voluntary testimony. A number of
ministers and laymen responded. The
service closed at 9:45 and then there
was a rush Of the automobiles In wait
ing to take the Chicago delegates to
the special train which had been side
tracked here since its arrival at the be-
ginning of the convention. Those who
leave later went to the station to see
them of. 1t was a happy crowd that
surged to and fro ON the platform of
the station. shortly before the train
pulled out the people on the platform
broke out in singing, "Blest be the
Tie that Binds" and "We'ie Going
Home no More to Roam
The delegates and visitors of the
convention are singing the praises Of
Madison IN every key. Never before
in its history has 1t received such a
royal welcome and had such convent
ences as were offered in Madison, s. d.
In closing your reporter introduces
himself as f. p. Kruse, pastor of the
First German Baptist church in st.
Louis. Mo-, brother of Mrs. Peter
Backus and Mrs. Herman Kruger of
your own Madison.