Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-11-12
EXTEND WELCOME
TO NEW PASTOR
Members of McCabe Memorial
Church Extend Welcome
to Rev. Hutcheson

"A most cordial welcome vas ex
tended by the congregation Of the
Methodist Episcopal church to Their
new pastor, DR.. w. ]. Hutchinson, Mrs
Hutchinson and other members of the
family and Mrs. J. G. Moore, wife OF
DIR. j. G. Moore, the new s~uperintend
ent, last evening in the church. DR.
Moore was unable to attend, on &C
count Of attending a meeting in Cali
fornia, of which he is a member Of
the committee.
J.. X. Doran, one of the Oldest mem
ibers of the official board, in point Of
service, presided. Mr.. Doran in be
aalf of the congregation, welcomed
the honor guests. DR.. J. M. Taylor
gave the invocation. This was follow
ed by the singing Of the hymn, "A
Charge to Keep"
After an interesting musical pro
gram, which included numbers by
Miss Gertrude Hoffman, pianist; w
u. Miller, tenor; Miss Lyle Yegen, VIC
linist, and Mrs. John A. Larson, So
prano, DR.. iHutcAeson warmly respond
ed to the Fluctuations rendered Mrs
Hutchinson, himself and family. His
remarks were both timely and enter.
tanning. DR.. Hutcheson came to the
Bismack1 church from Fargo, where
he closed a most successful passionate
l behalf of her husband, Mrs. Moore
responded to the welcome extended
herself and husband in a most gra-
| cious manner She asked the support
of the women of the congregation in
her new work in this new field and
gave a brief outline of the work sic
intends to carry on among the young
people.
Following the program the guests
we're entertained in the church Ear
lcrs, where refreshments were servel
by the ladies of the church. Follow
ing is the address given by Mr.. Do
ran: ....
AS a representative of this official
board and the members of this church
I arise to extend our welcome to Il
incoming pastor, DR.. w. J. Hutchinson,
and on behalf of this board I pledge
him our loyal support for the coming
year, or until such time, as according
to the itinerary system of our church
he may, be transferred to another field
1t might be well to sligtly review
some Of Il past history and try to
profit thereby h@
MY experience with this church be.
gan after the foundations of this build
ing were laid. The first service at
tended by myself and family was the
corner stone laying. From that day
to this we have as faithfully served
under the noble men that have been
in charge here as we can serve under
you. Personally we loved those men
and worked to u best ability in full
accord with them in everything tend
ing to the upbuilding Of the Masters
work in this vineyard. But in the Di-
vine order of Providence they are not
with us now and to you, our dear
brother, We extend our sympathies
and-love and pledge to you%our. sin.
cere and. faithful efforts to continue
the work so nobly begun by your pre-.
decessOrs. ..
In the past few weeks I have sell
dom, if ever, been so impressed with
the direct bearing of the scriptural
teachings in our Sunday school les
sons upon u direct church problem.
When Joseph was crowned king
conditions Of the temple were bad and
the worship of the true God had fallen
into disrepute and idolatry had taken
it's place. The good king and the great
high priest tried to repair the breach
es in the temple and to restore the
true worship. There are no serious
breaches in our church building here,
but there is much unfinished work.
This we hope will be finished under
your %pastorate. Then we have some
obligations that we must meet before
this other is commenced.
The Jewish people had plenty Of
money to use in making the repairs
and when it was brought into the
temple in the forms of tithes, pledges
and otherwise the offerings were sui
.ficient. Now, we are able here tt
meet every obligation promptly wher
u congregation brings in the tithes
and offerings.
have no criticisms to make here
OF ELSEWHERE, as L ILL opposed u
much criticism, but if l did have any
to make, I should say that I believed
that we should make it upon our
selves as an official body in not being
more aggressive in our work and con
fidential with our members of this
big family. So many times with
hearts sore and in dire financial dis
tress, we have kept u W council
and allowed ourselves to be %censurei
for not meeting our bills and often put
ting our hands in our own pockets
and using the money our families
were needing, to pay church obliga
tons, and hoping that by the mex
time the collections would be better
But many knew nothing of these ur
gent needs, or at any rate claimed