Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-10-08


son. Of the Asbury hospital, AIinneapo-
lis, told about the deaconess work. She
said: Ut has been said that the great
est miracle that came to the people at
the time Of Christ was the compassion
Christ had for the sick, blind and suf-
fering. So the only way they can have
q chance to help the needy, The poor
and suffering in the great city is by
showing compassion." She says it Is a
great comfort to feel that we are
friends to those who otherwise would
have no friends. She said that before
She went into this work she thought 1t
would be SO easy to distribute the gifts
OF the wealt thy but found out different
ly. It was hard to discriminate whether
| it would do good or harm to give wo-s
man pair OF shoes or Christmas din.
ner. They never give money There
are cases under her own observation.
where gifts would not help They lack
a knowledge OF how to use their money
Children three or four years old have
knowledge of evil that grown people
ought not to know about. People.
should go into this work with spiritual
training, SO that they may not only
give medicine for the body, but medi-5
cine for the soul.
Miss Nettie Prather. of the Chicago
Training School. is at the conference
presenting the work Of that institution
This school, the pioneer in the NJ. Z.
church. has had nearly 1900 students:
has sent 100 to the foreign field. eighty
to the home field and nearly 400 into
deaconess work. This is not dea-
coness home, but a training school,
where young women go who want to
know more about the Bible and its sa-
cred history, whether they want to en-
ter mission work or not. Here they
learn how to be evangelists. mission
aries-home or Observation-Disclosures
gospel singers, etc Many also have a
course in elementary medicine and
nursing. The tuition of this school is
free. Board, fuel and lights cost 500 a
year. The entrance fee is IS and the
books cost about $40. If you wish 10
know more of this school, write TO the
principal 1919 Indiana avenue, Chi
scago, ILL.,
Rev R. swearingen. D. D., preached
a sermon from the text: What think
We Of Christi He has preached this
sermon for twenty-four years and
MADE a speclal study aiOnS lnlS line
He is one of the old time Methodist
preachers and it was planned to have
him preach this sermon at this time so
that the young men OF the conference
might hear an old time Methodist SER
mon. The room was crowded so that
chairs had to be carried in and it was
very warm, yet almost every person re-
| manned in his seat end listeneu for an
hour and half while the doctor proved
| that Jesus Christ is the son of God and
an equal with God. 1t was as strong as
| 1t was long. It was powerful sermon.
Rev. Frank w. Gunsaulus, D. D., Of
Chicago. delivered his great lecture at
the NJ E. church Thursday evening.
| October 1. The subject was The Elo-
quence of Partisanism., From begin
ming to end DR.. Gunsaulus held the UNI
divided attention Of the audience,
which filled the church. 1t was a rare
treat for all who were fortunate enough
to hear him. For over an hour and a
| half the doctor poured fourth his elo-
! quence and at the close it was the
unanimous decision Of the audience
| that 1t was mastery and scholarly
1 product and that he was an orator
without a peer in this western country.