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November 9, ISS4 ..
Madison
October 26, IS7S.
December 22, ISSO __ December 24, ISSI.
Goodwin
August 10, IS79.
S June 11, ISS2.
Brookings
May 2, ISSO
December 11, ISS7 __ October 7, 1883.
Huron
August 23, ISSO
Big Stone City (German).
May 9, ISSO.
Montrose
September 17, ISS1. November 27, 1881_
December 17, 1SS2 January 20, ISS4
Oldham
November 25, ISSS_
Egan
Arlington
Aberdeen
May 7, ISS2
Strandburg (Scandinavian)_
June 25, 1SS2
Chamberlain
December 2, ISS3-
Spencer
Flandreau
Brookings (Scandinavian). De Smet
Armour
February 13, ISS7. May 19, ISS3-
{ July 19, 1893. December 21, ISS4.
Sioux Falls (Scandinavian)_ Sun Prairie (Scandinavian).
June 3, ISS3
Plum Creek (German).
June 9, 1883
October 17, ISS3 June 19, 1893
June, ISS3.
Kimball
June, ISS3.
Estelline
July 13, ISS3
August 14, ISS4 April, 1894-
IS84. February 3, ISS4. January 15, 1993.
Ipswich
January 27, ISS4
Parkston
August 10, ISS4
January 15, 1593
October, ISS4.
Pierre
Madison (German)
May 1, IS$5.
Elkton.
July 2, ISS5. July 25, 1885.
November 21, 1886_ November 29, ISS5. March 11, 1893- June 21, IS91. November IS, ISSS.
1889. ISS4. ISSS.
. Gettysburg Plankinton
Eureka (German)
June 16, 1886.
October 10, 1SS9. November 5, 18So. -
Dell Rapids (Scandinavian)
November 2, 1SS6
May 15, ISS7.
November 29, ISSS_ September 1, ISSO _.
November 28, ISSS_
Troy.
Orleans (Scandinavian
J June 4, 1872
IS72.
July, 1869
j June 7, 1873-
June, 1872. December, IS72.
March 20, 1871.
Spirit Mound Bloomingdale (Scand.)
July 23, 1871
October 15, IS71
November, 187S
March IS, IS72
December 7, 1887
April 15, ISS5.
July IS, ISSO.
August 1, ISSO.
November 7, ISSo. May, 1874.
July 15, 1873.
Sioux Falls
July 4, 1875.
Emanuel Creek (German)_ Centerville
April 26, 1876
June 15, 187S.
5 November 27, ISSI.
-
July 4, 1875. IS-S. June, 187S. ISS2.
August 10, 1$79. September 1, 1SS2. ISSO. June, ISS2.
Watertown
June 20, ISSO.
November 20, ISSI_ July 6, IS90_
Mitchell
January 25, 1882
October 24, 1886 February 12, 18S2. June, ISS2_
January 1, ISS2 September 25, IS92. January 2, 1SS6.
July 22, ISS3. June 25, IS>2.
May S, ISS4.
December, ISS7.
December 9, ISS3
October 19, ISS4
§ May 5, 1883.
October 14, ISS7
January, ISS6. September, 1884. May 6, ISS3. April 3, 1SS7. July, ISS5. April 1, 1892.
May 3, ISS5. July 2, 1SS5.
Pukwana (Scandinavian).
Emery (German).
February 24, ISS6. March 14, 1886 May 9, 18S6.
June 7, 18S2
1857.
May S, 18gS. April 4, 18SS. April, 1896. May, IS93. November 23, 1SS9.
September 1, ISS7. January 1, ISS2.
July, ISS2.
August 2, ISS5. September 18, 1892.
April 17, ISS+ December IS, ISS7-
February 9, ISS3. § February 23, ISS3 -- July 1, 1894. March 15, 1SS3 April 15, ISS3.
October 12, ISS4
June 16, 1895 ..
May 9, 1550.
Bryant_ Spink Co. (Scandinavian) __ White Rock
July 10, ISS7. August 21, 1887 October 27, ISS7 April 8, 1888
January 19, 1879.
March, IS72. -
Parker
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THE BAPTIST HISTORY OF SOUTH DAKOTA.
CHURCH.
ORGANIZED.
DEDICATED.
SUNDAY SCHOOL ORGANIZED).
Faulkton
April 27, ISSS ) May 14, 1896.
Pierpont
May 15, ISSS.
July 28, 1SS9
IIecla.
June, ISSS.
Bradley
September S, ISSS_
September 12, IS97.
June, IS93. April 6, 1890.
Lake Norden(Scandinavian) Bushnell
Deadwood
September 17, 1SSS_ September 21, ISSS_ October 31, ISSS. November 11, ISSS.
September 6, 1891 March 27, 1892
November 25, ISSS. March 29, 1890.
Spring Valley(Scandinav'n) Bruce
January 4, ISSO.
Gem
March 24, 1889 June 16, ISSO
Rapid City
Miner Co. (Scandinavian)_
June 16, ISSy
Delmont
June 19, 1SSy
Hetland
June 27, ISS9
Onida
July 12, 1889
October 26, ISS4
Huron (Scandinavian)
December 19, ISS9. April S, 1890
September 20, 1891_
Washington
June 26, 1890.
HIot Springs
August 27, 1890.
Custer City
August 29, 1890.
1 Iill City
September 1, IS90_ December 4, 1890_ December 15, IS90 April 26, 1891 ..
September 10, 1893- November 22, 1891_
Woonsocket
Lead City
September 3, 1891
February 2, 1896. October 16, 1892.
Zion (Clear Lake)
October 20, 1891
March 22, IS92.
March 27, 1892.
March 13, 1893.
Highland
May S, 1892.
July 15, 1892
December 23, 1894. May 21, 1893. October 21, 1894
January 1, IS92. August 14, 1893. March 26, IS93.
Beaver Basin
March 26, 1893.
February 21, IS94.
Parkston (German) Warner
February, IS94.
Verdon
February 17, 1895.
Blendon
Vernon
May 26, 189}
Conde
June 14, 1894
IS99
June 21, IS94. March 25, IS95. April, 1896.
Effington
Napier (German)
Window
Vernon (Scandinavian) Hayti
June 19, IS97
Mound City (German).
June, ISOS. February 27, IS9S.
Suminit (Scandinavian) Choteau Creek
Millville
White
October 9, 1899. October 23, 1898 January 22, 1899
July 21, 1SS9. June 13, ISSO. June 24, ISOS. June, ISS9.
April 1, 1890. IS91.
April 20, 1890. June 10, 1890. November 1, 1892. ISSO.
Salem (German) Avon (German)
1SS5. July 16, 1893. 1892. October 9, IS92.
Chancellor (German) Yankton & Scotland(German) Turkey Valley (Scand.)
Oelrich
November 22, 1892_ February S, 1893. March 5, 1893.
January 13, 1894 January 28, 1894. February 22, 1894- March 10, 1894-
April, 1894.
Fairfax (German) Rose
June 30, IS94
March 17, 1895 November 9, 1895. November 14, 1896_ May 16, 1897
June 9, 1897.
August 10, IS95. March, 1895. July 15, 1897.
September 22, 1897- Deceniber 29, 1897 __ March 15, IS9S.
March 5, 1899
December 25, 189S.
{ April, ISSS. + May, 1896. April 27, ISSO.
March 15, 1891 November 21, 1897-
Beresford
August 28, 1892. September 11, 1892.
Lake Preston Clark
August, IS92. April, ISSS. ISS9.
255
THE BAPTIST HISTORY OF SOUTH DAKOTA.
Reference has been made elsewhere to the fact that on account of the uncertain future of early settlements in a new country, the drifting of population from one locality to another, the changes in location occasioned by the building of railroad lines, mistakes in organiza- tion, or adverse internal and local conditions, a good many churches organized, especially during the first and second decades, are no longer in existence. The following churches are now extinct:
Yankton, February 3, 1867.
Webster, March 1, 1SS5.
Gayville, June 7, 1873.
Groton, March 12, 1885; May 26, 1885.
Sunnyside, September 15, 1877.
Beaver, March 16, 1885.
Oakwood, June 2, 1878.
Clear Lake, March 25, 1885.
Fountain, June 4, 1878.
Myron, June 6, 1885.
Big Stone, November 17, 1881. Ordway, July -, ISSI.
Marvin, October 7, 1884.
Andover, June -, 1885.
Redfield, March 29, 1882.
Dayton, October -, 1885.
Alexandria, November -, ISS2.
White Lake, May 1, 1886.
Columbia, April -- , ISS2.
Garfield, July -, 1886.
Castlewood, May 6, ISS3.
Warner (German), July 20, 1886.
Bijou Hills, September -, 1886.
Blunt, November -, ISS3.
Miller, October 27, 1887.
Howard, December 23, ISS3.
Wessington Springs, April -, 1887. St. Lawrence, July 14, 1889.
Sand Creek, August 1, 1883.
Beulah (Alpena), November 27, 1884.
Vilas, July -, 1884.
Afton (Carthage), February 20, 1885.
Beulah (Sioux Falls), June 28, 1891. Salem, May 12, 1893.
Huffton, July 11, 1894.
Only six of these thirty-six organizations had houses of worship. The buildings at Yankton and West Sioux Falls (Beulah church), are in possession of the Amer- ican Baptist Home Mission Society. When the church at Vilas became extinct, the house of worship there was sold to the. Congregationalists. When the state capitol was located at Pierre. the members of the church at Blunt removed to Pierre, and their house of worship was removed to Onida. The Myron church was a little country organization in Faulk county. which passed out of existence on the death of their
Silver Lake, July 14, 1883.
256
THE BAPTIST HISTORY OF SOUTH DAKOTA.
first and only leader, Deacon Purdy. Their chapel, which was a sod house, soon fell into decay. The feeble organization's at Alexandria and Columbia died under the weight of heavy indebtedness, occasioned by building too expensive houses of worship.
Future Baptists, who may have an opportunity to look over the early files of associational minutes, during territorial times, will see some unfamiliar names of churches and localities. Most of the churches alluded to still exist, but under different names. Reference has been made elsewhere to the change of location and name of many early villages, caused by establishing stations a few miles distant, when railroad lines were built, in the early days of the territory. For this reason Dakota City became Parkston; Huston was changed to Armour; Freedom, afterwards Dover, was changed to Spencer; Spring Lake to Oldham; Finlay to Parker; Swan Lake, afterwards Bethel, was removed to Hurley; Fountain passed out of existence with the birth of Brookings; Arlington was first called Nord- land, and later Denver. The Akron church had a series of names, including LeRoy and Portlandville. The church at Madison was originally known as the Union Baptist church of Lake county. The name of the church organized at Lodi in 1871, was changed to Bloomingdale in 1878, and to Spirit Mound in 1895. This shifting of locations and changing of names was a part of the experience of former days and has not been necessary in later years.
The following table has been carefully prepared for the purpose of showing the location of Baptist churches by counties, giving also the number of members in each church, and the name of the association to which it belongs. The names of churches located at county seats are printed in small capitals.
T
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, MADISON. CHURCH ORGANIZED OCTOBER 26, 1875.
FIRST HOUSE OF WORSHIP DEDICATED NOVEMBER 27, ISSI. PRESENT HOUSE OF WORSHIP DEDICATED DECEMBER 22, 1550.
THE BAPTIST HISTORY OF SOUTH DAKOTA.
257
LOCATION OF BAPTIST CHURCHES BY COUNTIES.
COUNTIES.
CHURCHES.
Members.
ASSOCIATION.
AAurora
PLANKINTON
7
Sioux Falls.
SITURON
IIS
Central.
Beadle
Huron
Scandinavian.
Avon.
61
German.
Bon Homme
Emanuel's Creek
115
German.
BROOKINGS
93
Northeastern.
Brookings
IS
Scandinavian.
Bruce.
1
Northeastern.
Bushnell
20
Northeastern.
Elkton
32
Northeastern.
White
Northeastern.
ABERDEEN
121
Northwestern.
Gem
6
Northwestern.
Hecla.
IO
Northwestern.
Highland
14
Northwestern.
Verdon
IS
Northwestern.
Warner
23
Northwestern.
CHAMBERLAIN
15
Sioux Falls.
Brule
Pukwana
16
Scandinavian.
Buffalo
MOUND CITY.
125
German.
Choteau Creek
15
( CLARK
16
Northeastern.
Bradley
nó
Northeastern.
( VERMILLION
366
Southern Dakota.
Clay
Lodi.
35
Scandinavian.
Spirit Mound
40
Codington
WATERTOWN
IIO
Northeastern.
CUSTER CITY
40
Black Hills.
Custer
Beaver Basin
5
Millville
IO
Black Hills.
Davison
Blendon
27
Day
Pierpont.
S5
Denel
Goodwin
20
Southern Dakot:1.
Douglas
IS
Southern Dakota.
Edmunds
65
Black Hills.
Fall River
Oelrichs
Black Hills.
Faulk
Orleans
21
Scandinavian.
Grant
Strandburg
32
Northeastern.
Gregory
FAIRFAX
25
Bryant
55
Hamlin
Hayti
13
[ Lake Norden
26
Scandinavian.
Hand
Emery.
72
Central.
Hughes
PIERRE
93
Southern Dakota.
Hutchinson
Parkston
137
German.
Plum Creek
170
German.
Hyde
Jeraula
ARMOUR
56
Delmont IPSWICH
Northwestern.
HOT SPRINGS
75
FAULKTON
Northwestern.
Big Stone City.
47
German.
Scandinavian.
Troy.
T
German.
Central.
Northeastern.
Estelline
Central.
German.
Hanson
MITCHELL
120
Sioux Falls.
Sioux Falls.
Northwestern.
Northeastern.
Butte
Campbell
Charles Mix.
German.
Clark
Bloomingdale
72
Scandinavian.
Southern Dakota.
Black Hills.
Brown
474774
Brookings
Parkston
2 17
258
THE BAPTIST HISTORY OF SOUTH DAKOTA.
LOCATION OF BAPTIST CHURCHES BY COUNTIES .- (Continued.)
COUNTIES.
CHURCHES.
Members.
ASSOCIATION.
[DE SMET
43
Central.
Arlington
36
Central.
Hetland
Central.
Lake Preston.
4
Central.
Oldham
43
Central.
\ MADISON
ISI
Lake
Madison
244
German.
§ DEADWOOD
IIS
Black Hills.
Lawrence
Lead City
52
Black Hills.
CANTON
5S
Southern Dakota.
Lincoln
Chancellor
42
German.
Lincoln
25
Southern Dakota.
I.yman
Marshall
SALEM.
30
German.
MeCook
Montrose
55
Sioux Falls.
Spencer
27
Sioux Falls.
EUREKA
155
German.
Me Pherson
Washington
7
Northwestern.
Meade
Berton
37
Sun Prairie
59
Scandinavian.
{ SIOUX FALLS
210
Sioux Falls.
Sioux Falls
57
Dell Rapids
70
Sioux Falls.
Dell Rapids
94
Zion (Clear Lake)
50
Sioux Falls.
FLANDREAU
12
Sioux Falls.
Moody
Egan
20
Sioux Falls.
Pennington
RAPID CITY
S
Black Hills.
Potter
GETTYSBURG
IO
Effington
IO
Northeastern.
White Rock
7
Northeastern.
Vernon
5
Vernon
23
Scandinavian.
Windom
Northeastern.
Summit.
Scandinavian.
Sanborn
WOONSOCKET
Sioux Falls.
( Conde
IS
Northwestern.
Spink
Rose
20
Northwestern.
( Spink County
39
Scandinavian.
Stanley
ONIDA
31
Southern Dakota.
Centerville
75
Southern Dakota.
Turner
Daneville
SS
Scandinavian.
Ifurley
4S
Southern Dakota.
Spring Valley
19
Scandinavian.
Beresford_
Southern Dakota.
Union
Big Springs
193
Scandinavian.
ELK POINT
74
Walworth
YANKTON
IS
German.
Yankton
Turkey Valley
33
Iowa
AKRON
153
Southern Dakota.
Nebraska
Napier
30
German.
Totals-Counties, 53.
Churches, 106. Members, 5, $35.
Associations, S.
Sully
Central.
[ PARKER
156
Northwestern.
Northeastern.
Roberts
14
44
22
Scandinavian.
Minnehaha
Scandinavian.
Scandinavian.
Miner
Sioux Falls.
Kingsbury
Southern Dakota.
Scandinavian.
259
THE BAPTIST HISTORY OF SOUTH DAKOTA.
The following summary has been compiled from the foregoing table, with four additional columns, giving the ratio of members to population in each county, the number of houses of worship and parsonages in each county, the seating capacity of the former, and the total reported valuation of church property.
SUMMARY OF MEMBERSHIP AND CHURCH PROPERTY BY COUNTIES.
COUNTIES.
Population,
State Census IS95.
No. Churches.
No. Members.
Ratio of Membership
to Population.
Parsonages.
Houses of Worship.
Seating Capacity.
Valuation of
Church Property.
Aurora
3854
I
7
I to 550
Beadle
7756
2
129
I to 60
I
I
200
$2600 00
Bon Homme
9612
2
179
I to 54
I
4
550
4200 00
Brookings
10810
6
ISI
I to 60
2
3
575
13600 00
Brown
14036
6
192
I to 73
I
300
4580 00
Brule
5435
2
31
I to 151
75
600 00
Buffalo
714
Butte
1575
I
125
to 340
I
I
2000 00
Charles Mix
3689
I
15
I to 246
I
Soo 00
Clark
6060
2
S2
I to
73
2
475
4550 00
Clay
8251
1
513
I to
10
4
1000
20600 00
Codington
7096
I
110
I to
65
1
300
+800 00
Custer
3326
3
55
55
I
150
2500 00
Davison
5934
2
156
to
3>
I
1
300
7500 00
Day
10561
I
55
Į
to
124
1
150
1500 00
Deuel
5316
I
29
I to 190
I
200
1400 00
Douglas
475S
2
74
I to
61
1
I
150
2700 00
Edmunds
3704
I
05
I to
57
I
150
2500 00
Fall River
416S
2
S2
I to
50
I
200
5150 00
Faulk
3365
2
35
I to
06
So
Gregory
1042
I
25
I to 260
I
1
102
I to
51
2
330
2500 00
Hand
4657
Hanson
1606
I
72
I to
04
I
150
2000 00
Hughes
3150
I
93
1 10
34
I
200
5000 00
Hutchinson
3
319
I to
36
I
3
650
6600 00
Hyde
Jerauld_
2779
Kingsbury
5
137
I to
61
3
600
5500 00
Lake
2
425
I to
13
2
2
650
9000 00
Lawrence
14345
2
170
I to
SI
2
350
11000 00
Lincoln
IOSS4
3
126
I to
SO
2
450
4500 00
Lyman
So4
Marshall
4503
McCook
7206
3
S5
I to
S5
I
3
575
4500 00
McPherson
62SS
2
162
I to
39
I
3
175
3000 00
Meade
3552
Carried forward.
230071
72
4347
14
49
9125
137980 00
Grant
7682
3
Số
I to
200
2000 00
Hamlin
5225
11543 133S
S374 7650
Soo oo
Campbell
4303
I
I
260
THE BAPTIST HISTORY OF SOUTH DAKOTA.
SUMMARY OF MEMBERSHIP AND CHURCH PROPERTY BY COUNTIES .- (Continued.)
COUNTIES.
Population,
State Census 1895.
No. of Churches.
No. Members.
Ratio of Membership
to Population.
Parsonages.
Houses of Worship.
Seating Capacity.
Valuation of
Church Property.
Brought forward.
230071
72
4347
1.4
49
9125
$137950 00
Miner
5015
2
106
I to
47
2
150
1400 00
Minnehaha.
20468
5
4ST
I to 43
6
I 200
28900 00
Moody
644S
2
41
I to 157
I
150
I200 00
Pennington
2464
I
IC
I to 246
I
250
2500 00
Potter
7509
6
103
I to
73
2
400
1600 00
Roberts
4326
I
22
I to 292
Sanborn
S964
3
77
I to 116
I
200
I200 09
Spink
511
I
31
I to
53
I
200
2700 00
Sully
IIS37
5
386
I to
30
5
1150
IOS50 00
Turner
10515
3
283
I to
37
2
1
900
7800 00
Union
2450
Yankton
11305
2
51
I to 221
2
475
4500 00
Akron, Ia
I
35
I
175
Soo 00
Napier, Neb
Seventeen Unorganized Counties
West of Missouri River
3354
Total
70
330975
106
5$35
I to 56
IS
77
14445
$206230 00
I
SI
I to
64
I
175
5000 00
Stanley
1641
Walworth
I
153
I
I
200
3500 00
5163
From the foregoing tables it is ascertained that 106 Baptist churches are now in existence in South Dakota, with 5,835 members. These churches have seventy- seven houses of worship, with a seating capacity of 14,445. There are eighteen parsonages. The total reported valuation of church property is $206,230.00. According to the state census report of 1895 the popu- lation of the state was 330,975. The ratio of Baptists to the total population is one to fifty-six. The ratio of American Baptists to the native born population is one to sixty-eight. The ratio of Scandinavian and German Baptists to the foreign born population is one to thirty- eight. The ratio of the Scandinavian and German Baptists to the population of foreign birth and foreign parentage is one to seventy-three.
261
THE BAPTIST HISTORY OF SOUTH DAKOTA.
South Dakota is divided into seventy counties. Sev- enteen of these counties, all of them west of the Mis- souri river, are unorganized, most of them being included in the Sioux Indian reservations. The total population of these seventeen unorganized counties, not including Indians, is 3,350. These are mainly ranchmen, engaged in raising cattle and sheep. Of the forty-three organized counties, all are east of the Missouri river except Butte, Custer, Fall River, Greg- ory, Lawrence, Lyman, Meade, Pennington and Stan- ley. Six of these counties, Lawrence, Meade, Butte, Pennington, Custer and Fall River, include the Black Hills. The Baptist churches in the Black Hills are located in Lawrence, Pennington, Custer and Fall River counties.
With the exception of the Black Hills, nearly all of the settled portion of the state is east of the Missouri river. This includes thirty-eight counties. Many of these counties are very large, containing from thirty to forty townships. There are Baptist churches in all of these counties except Buffalo, Hand, Hyde, Jerauld, Marshall and Walworth. Churches formerly existed in Hyde and Jerauld counties, but they became extinct. There is only one Baptist church in each of the follow- ing eleven counties: Campbell, Charles Mix, Coding- ton, Day, Deuel, Edmunds, Hanson, Hughes, Potter, Sanborn, and Sully. The following nine counties have one or more Baptist churches, but none at the county seat: Bon Homme, Charles Mix, Day, Denel, Grant, Hamlin, Hanson, Miner and Spink. In twenty-seven of these counties Baptists are represented by a church at the county seat: Aurora, Beadle, Brookings, Brown, Brule, Campbell, Clark, Clay, Codington, Davison, Douglas, Edmunds, Faulk, Hughes, King's- bury, Lake, Lincoln, McCook, McPherson, Minnehaha,
262
THE BAPTIST HISTORY OF SOUTH DAKOTA. -
Moody, Potter. Sanborn, Sully, Turner, Union, and Yankton; also in Gregory county, and in Custer, Fall River, Lawrence and Pennington counties in the Black Hills.
Sunday school statistics are seldom reported fully and accurately. The following statistical table has been carefully compiled from all available sources, but it does not represent all that has been done. For sev- eral of the early years no report from the Sunday schools were presented at the annual meeting's of the association. It is only within the last ten years that reasonably full statistics have been furnished:
263
THE BAPTIST HISTORY OF SOUTH DAKOTA.
SUNDAY SCHOOL STATISTICS. FROM 1867 TO 1898.
YEAR.
No. Schools.
Officers and
Teachers.
Scholars.
Total.
Baptized.
Benevolence.
Expenses.
Total.
IS67
1868
IS69
1
ISTO
4
IS72
5
IS73- -
6
1874-
9
59
332
391
$126 25
$126 25
9
50
394
+19
6
12S 21
128 21
1876
9
53
364
417
S
143 4S
143 48
IS77
13
65
55S
623
$101 74
149 45
251 19
IS7S.
59
526
5$5
152 69
132 59
285 2S
IS79
19
45
694
739
117 55
117 55
ISSO
IIS
1057
1239
253 57
253 57
ISSI
22
107
770
877
253 37
253 37
ISS2
162
1039
1201
350 86
350 Sn
ISS 3.
32
131
93S
1069
467 75
467 7S
ISS4
20
237
1422
1659
500 SS
500 SS
ISS5
2S
232
1512
1744
16
66S 06
668 06
ISS6.
240
1530
1770
703 39
703 39
ISS7
5S
594
4028
4024
1169 95
1169 98
ISSO
6.4
557
3865
4422
237 28
1237 68
1474 90
I SOO
71
528
3773
4301
5207
130
272 54
2253 55
2520 09
IS92
ST
497
4158
4655
1344
221 83
1724 66
1940 49
I SO3
712
4911
5623
ISI
623 40
1927 91
2551 31
1894
726
4946
5672
232
+SI 96
2315 01
2796 97
IS95.
728
5152
58So
232
298 14
1924 S4
2222 9S
IS96.
os
735
5-190
6231
165
2Sz 64
2276 39
2559 03
ISOT
S5
658
5143
5SOI
105
173 12
2152 15
2325 27
S6
732
5598
6330
179
176 20
2327 16
2503 36
Total
1408
$329$ 74
$25676 42
$28971 56
In compiling the following table of contributions for benevolence and expenses since the beginning of our history in South Dakota, numerous omissions and defects were found in the early records. During the first decade, and longer, sufficient care was not taken to collect and report the statistics of the churches. The whole amount reported as raised by the churches for benevolence and expenses is $570,356.86. Of this amount, $73,854.60 was for benevolence. The full amount of contributions for benevolence was undoubt- edly much larger. The thoughtlessness of many
271 20
1092 55
1303 75
I 891
S7
603
4004
4032
1279 10
1279 10
63
504
3528
36
16
30
I.871
IS75
17
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THE BAPTIST HISTORY OF SOUTH DAKOTA.
churches in electing their officers, and the indifference and carelessness of many of these officers in keeping their records and making reports, are mainly respon- sible for the inability to make a full and complete show- ing of what has been done.
REPORTED BENEVOLENCE AND EXPENSES. 1867-1898.
Year.
No. Churches.
No. Members.
State Missions.
Home Missions.
Foreign Missions.
Publication Society.
Christian Education.
Other Objects.
Expenses.
TOTAL.
1
1867
I
IS68
2
IS69
3
IS70
3
1871
7
$14 00
$2250 00
$2294 00
IS73
13
273|
49 16
29 00
78 86
1874
14
377
213 52
$12 00
2355 60
2610 52
IS75
15
26 35
10 00
1702 75
1739 10
ISTS
IS
600
49 99
$3 00'
3 10
2271 62
2475 61
IS79
19
715
S9 40
96 14
18 45
4274 50
44496 96
ISSI
22
679
175 34
67 79
17 35
3497 62
3758 10
ISS2
932
$5 29
07 37
36 38
16 43
20 00
73 29
10476 40
10695 54
ISS3
1105
445 20
164 20
57 75
26 54
III 09
19877 98
20682 70
ISS4
38 130S
3 44
269 10
86 00
52 50
7 00
536 68
233SS 90
24343 68
ISS5
44 1495
13 45
435 55
132 85
86 42
357 67
1174 84
ISO77 S9
20278 67
ISSO
1776
5 76
353 73
123 47
101 91
56 33
2010 67
18154 44!
20So6 51
ISS7
64
2So3
897 651
361 37
147 55
278 98
461 73
20277 59
22424 87
ISSS
69 3186
1009 80
348 43|
145 21
1220 03
676 65
24123 51|
27523 63
ISSO
S3 3786
1049 99
445 57
197 03
2264 94
2353 02
23302 37
30109 92
IS90
$5 3$53
965 20
396 59
160 59
239 75
354 94
37608
39755 79
IS91
93 3972
1.184 42
729 10
219 01
262 37
2360 31
29392 17
34448 44
1892
90 4171
1678 41
1172 37
IS4 48
539 95
1739 52
36668 51
41953 29
IS93
99 4473
1592 49
2323 17
340 S7
826 32
4200 90
42216 35
51500 10
1894
103 5009
1398 22
1457 27
285 03.
1851 71
3416 24
36973 59
45382 66
IS95
104 5463
650 34
971 60
1064 45
159 91
742 32
1439 07
36965 30
41992 96
ISon 103 5045
1567 82
697 35
14OS 24
208 60
656 41
1072 99
31289 77
36901 21
IS97
104 5703
2007 25
689 40
1258 44
175 29
391 15
1321 43
31894 68
37737 67
ISOS
105 5535
IS46 06
731 95
1536 05
257 17
997 97
1305 20
33935 32
40609 72
$6071 50|
$15972 81
$13250 94 $2835 41
$10752 54 $24941 46 $496502 26 $570356 86
1
1
1
1917 52|
2023 34
1877
14
486
1267 00
1499 29
ISSO
21
731
92 S2
5 00
$S 00
1870
14
459
$5 55
$146 74
147 93
9 85
1218 70
1256 69
IS72
12
157
12 14
16 co
IS 41
31
36
55
427
Adding the total of the amounts raised for benevo- lence and expenses by the Sunday schools to the table of contributions from the churches, we have the follow- ing result:
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THE BAPTIST HISTORY OF SOUTH DAKOTA.
BENEVOLENCE.
Churches
$ 73,854 60
Sunday schools 3,298 74
Total $ 77,153 34
EXPENSES.
Churches $496,502 26
Sunday schools 25,676 42
Total S522,178 68
Grand total for benevolence and expenses- - $599,332 02 . In the table of reported benevolence and expenses from the churches it will be observed that the column headed state missions is practically a blank until 1894. Until a few years ago all contributions, not intended for foreign missions and other objects, were designated for home missions. Since 1895 changes have been made in the blank forms for annual reports to the associations, and annual offerings are made for the use of the state convention in the prosecution of missionary work within the state, under the existing plan of co-operation between the South Dakota Baptist Convention and the American Baptist Home Mission Society.
The two states of South Dakota and North Dakota are separate and distinct in their missionary operations, but the long-continued relationship of their citizens together during the existence of Dakota Territory created a mutual interest in each other's welfare. The first Baptist church in North Dakota was organized at Fargo, January 27, 1879. The beginning of active mis- sionary work dates from the appointment of Rev. G. W. Huntley as general missionary, June 1, 1881. His field of operations was at first mainly along the line of the
266
THE BAPTIST HISTORY OF SOUTH DAKOTA.
Northern Pacific railroad, and extended from Minne- sota into Montana. Ten churches were organized in 1881, and these were formed into the first association, which met at Grand Forks, November 5, 1881. The first recorded baptism in North Dakota, was that of Mrs. J. D. Burgar, at Grafton, June 24, 1882. Mr. Huntley was a faithful and successful leader in missionary work. He served until June, 1892. His successor, Rev. C. H. Holden, served until July 1, 1894, when Rev. W. L. Van Horn was appointed and continued in the work until 1898. The latest statistics give the follow- ing items of information concerning North Dakota Bap- tists: Churches sixty, including thirty-seven Ameri- can, seventeen Scandinavian, and eight German; number of members, 2,630. There are forty-three houses of worship, and ten parsonages. Total valuation of church property, $78,000.00.
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