The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-14
STATE MISSIONARY DAY
THE PRINCIPAL FEATURE AT BETH
ANY PARK YESTERDAY.
Effort to Secure DIR. Hall for butler
A Business Meeting with the
"UsuaI' Harmony.

The hills of Bethany with their green
slopes and forest trees never looked more
beautiful than they did yesterday. Stand
ing upon the summit of Mount Aetna" one
commanded a broad view of village and
farmland resting peacefully in the summer
sun. At the foot of the hill could be seen
the buildings in the wooded vale and the
people occupying the settees and ham
mocks while on the placid lake were many
boats manned by the younger element of
the Park.
1t was state missionary day, and the pa
Wilton was occupied by good audience
during the afternoon. W. d. Starr of Mum
Gle, president of the Indiana Missionary
Society, presided and made a short adj
dress at the opening of the meeting. After
a praise service the following new officers
were elected: President, e. B. Scofield of
Indianapolis; vice president, E. A. Cole of
Upton; secretary, G. H. Clarke, of Indian
apolis; treasurer, Amos Clifford, of Indian
apolis; corresponding secretary T. j. Legg,
of Logansport; state evangelist, j. V.
Coombs, of Indianapolis; executive board,
Amos Clifford, w. O. Darnall of Lebanon,
A. M. HOLMAN of Union City, and Rev.
Henry r. Pritchard of Indianapolis.
TO SECURE DIR. JABEZ HALL.
The convention adopted a resolution urg-
ing Butler College to secure DR.. Jabez Hall,
of Virginia, to take charge of the Bible de-
partment. President Butler, who was pres
ent, suggested that an assistant be added
to the department, and proposed that if
the missionary society would guarantee
$500 for that purpose, the college would be
responsible for the remainder of the money
necessary. The society by resolution de-
cided to raise the $780, and appointed j. Y.
Coombs. T. j. Legg ard j. H. Mcneil as
committee to take charge of the matter.
The reports OF the secretary ana treasurer
In the evening L. f. Brown. of Frank
fort, delivered missionary address:
The board of managers or the park asso-
citation held u meeting in the afternoon for
the dispatch of routine business; NO eHort
was made to elect officers, and 1t Is SAID
that the usual, peace and harmony pre-
vailed The only Improvement for next
year that was seriously talked OF was the
building of a new road back OF the park
Dr. w r. Moore in the morning delivered
his farewell lecture to preachers, talking
on the topic True and False Methods OF
Working.
SOME AUSTRALIAN YARNS.
The assembly lecture was delivered by
Rev. J. ]. Haley of Kentucky, on Aus
tralia." 1t was very interesting lecture
being conceived in a light vein and furnish
ing Iuucn Valuable lHIoIlIetlOAi eAbONS 'iAS
inverted continent" He said he had been
absent from Australia for twelve years and
had never made a lecture concerning the
country before from fear of boring people.
Talking about the climate of Australia he
said it was peculiar like everything else
down there. A sea captain on the way out
told him that when the people wanted apple
dumplings they sprinkled flour on the trees
and the sun did the rest. This same cap
tain also said that there was just one layer
of tissue paper between Adelaide and the
lower regions. The captains story was
not much of q yarn after all, for the
trees. 1t is said that a man who died in
New South Wales telegraphed back from
hades for his blankets and oVercoat that
it was too cold down there for any one
who had lived in New South Wales.
The speaker said there is a tree of the
eucalyptus species that grows TO the height
of five hundred feet in Australia and there
are worlds of bush so dense that nothing
larger than a rabbit can get through.
Talking about the wonderful birds, he de-
sCribed a small species known the
laughing jackass, which is protected by
the government on account of it's snake
killing proclvities. This bird when it sees
reinforced by all of its friends, when
scene of vast merrmenI and laughter en-
sues finally one of the birds takes the
snake by the nape of the neck and yanks
ii up in the air about $50 feet and politely
let's il drop. III this doesn't end his snake
ship he IS given another aerial voyage.
To-day is the continuation of the state
missionary convention, while for tomorrow
an elaborate programme of services has
been arranged.