The Bismarck tribune., 1922-05-22
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INGRA.NlDl A. ! } FORKS
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Are Holding Their Thirty-Ninth
Anniversary From June
LIST to 5th
GRIFFITH IS PRESIDENT
One Of The Leading Speakers
Will Be Judge w. Freeman
OF Denver, Colorado

Frandi Forks, N. D. May 22.-
The Thirty-Ninth Anniversary OF
the North Dakota Baptist convention
will be held in Grand Forks, Thursday,
to Monday, June to 5. Special inter.
ests Of the church will hold prelim:n-
ary meetings.
lMr. r. b. Griffith Of this city is
president of the state organization of
the church, a position he has held for
the past eight years. Mr.. Griffith,
Rev. Fred r.. Stockton, general super
inte,ndent of the interest of the church
in the state and Rev. J. g. York Of this
city are making the arrangements for
the convention.
Preceding the convention proper,
the Baptist State Board will meet
here on the evening of May 81. Thurs
day forenoon, June /, will be devoted
to separate meetings Of the Baptist
Ministers conference and the North
Dakota Baptist Women's Mission So
ciety. The convention proper will be
called to order Thursday afternoon.
Thursday night will be especially
North. Dakota night. Rev. Fred p.
Stockton, superintendent, will make
his report on the work Of the church
in the state. Mr.. Stockton will be
followed by. the report of the treas
urer. Mr.. S. C. Erickson of Grand
Forks. The state missionaries, or
field workers, will give brief reports
of their work and the evening program
will be concluded by an address by
Rev. r. w. Hobbs of Fargo, on the
subject, "The State Convention in Re-
lationship to the Denomination"
One of the leading speakers of the
convention will be Judge Fred w.
Freeman of Denver, Colorado. Judge
Freeman is one of the vice presidents
of the, National Baptist convention and
is the general chairman of the Bap-
fists Laymen's Council Of the Nation.
al convention. He is at the head Of
the organization of laymen of the
church who have instituted q drive for
$15,OG0,O0O for the mission needs Of
the church and for education.
.H1 Science and Religion.
Another leader of the church who
will be present and speak number Of
times is DR.. Allen K. Foster of New
York City. who is the college and Uni
versity representative of the Baptist
Board of Education. The subjects Of
his addresses will be science and re-
ligi0n.
The Missionary interests of the
church will be- represented by Miss
Mabelle Rae McVeigh Of New York
city,. the newly elected secretary Of
the Women's American Baptist For
eign Missionary Society. Miss Nc
Weigh is q western woman, having
graduated from the University of Me-
braska, Phi Beta Kappa, and follow
ing this wide travel experience.
Rev. Lee w. Spring ,of Burma, fol-
lowing fifteen years experience in the
Chin Hills of that land will be at the
convention to tell of the actual condi-
tions of mission work in India. Mr..
Spring comes fnom the land to which
the American Baptists sent out their
first missionary, Rev. Adoniram Jud-
son. He was accompanied by his wife
and their labors were the first mis-
sionary ENTERPRISE from America as
we'll as the first missionary effort in
farther India. Rev Mr.. Spring will
be able to tell of the work which has
endured from that early foundation.
Saturday, June 9rd, the convention
will hold a picnic at Riverside
Park. and the closing day of the con-
vention will be a special laymen's.
and women's day, with separate meet
1nes Of these two organizations. Each
wilr have its own especial dinner at
the noon hour this day.