Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-10-06
WORK CONFERENCE
Reports 81 the Prssid ilg Elders
Submitted to the Confefenee
g 0sags.
Methodist Church Generally Found
to B 81 : Flourtshing
Condition.

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Interesting Address From Returned
Missionary From China Mar
shalltown District.
Special to Times Republican.
Usage, Oct. g.. Conference opened on
Thursday morning with Pentecostal
services. led by Rev. w. T. Barclay. AT
the business session Bishop Hurst pre-
sided and the usual business was taken
up and reportsSmade. The presiding ell
ders and pastors all gave encouraging
reports.
DR.. Heely, Of New York, was intro
duced to the conference and gave an
informal talk which was well received.
He told OF the Improvements made In the
Sunday school quarterlies and other
Sunday school literature. He said the
islands Of Cuba. Porto Rico and the;
Philippines would be free some day be-
cause our government says SO. Whether
they will belong to the United States or
not remains for the inha bitants OF
those islands to say. but the Methodists
are on those islands and will stay. They
need Christian literature and he needed
money to furnish that literature.
In the afternoon DR.. Heely gave an
excellent address on Sunday school
work. DR.. Heely is recognized as one
of the smartest men in America. He
drew picture Of Robert Parkes, who
founded the Sunday school In the slums
of London. He said: The way to re-
form the slum boys is to take them out
of the slums and put them In. clean sur
roundings, instead OF putting clean peo-
pie among them to live
The Woman's Foreign Missionary So-
ctety held a meeting following DIR. Hee-
ly's address. Mrs. ]. B. Albrook. wife
of Presiding Elder Albrook, of Mount
Vernon, presided. The address was
given by Miss Mabel Allen, of Foo Chou,
China. She said the Chinese respected
the emperor, but not the empress. Be
fore the outbreak the wealthy officials
came to the converts for them to teach
their boys and girls. Her district has
six Chinese girls in this country being
educated. The emperor favored the
missionaries, and made improvements
for their benefit, but the empress has
had these destroyed. The older officials
favor the empress work. but the young
er ones believe in improvements. 1t
may be that this outbreak is necessary
to settle some questions. She thinks
foreigners will have a better welcome
after this outbreak is settled. The Chi
nese think the nations are combined in
an effort to get their land. They are
not ignorant Of what the newspapers
say about slicing up their land. They
49,
sionary to get the will power of the peo-
pie and in that way get their land. She
is proud to tell them that her country
does not want their land. Five OF the
| happfest wears OF her life were spent in
China and she wants to go back The
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
has forty-seven missionaries in China
They ought to have twice that number.
Not one Of the Methodist missionaries
were murdered in China.
Mrs. Alspaugh. OF Anamosa, CORE
spending secretary OF the Home Mis-
sionary Society, made few remarks;
also Mrs. j. B. Albrook, conference Sec
rotary OF the Woman's Foreign Mission
airy Society.
The presiding elder OF the Marshall
town district, j. B. Albrook. in giving
his report, said:
THE gum total of probationers re-
ceived aggregates 627. The greatest sue
cesses have been at Belle Plaine, 50;
Montour, Al: Hampton and Rhodes each
81; Marshalltown, 35; Geneva, 30; Union,
20: Mason City and Toledo CT, % each:
Iowa Falls. 81; Steamboat Rock, Tama
and Van Horne. 26 each, and Beaman,
q. Not a single charge has failed to
gather some. which is unusual. OF these.
1924 have been received into full connec-
ton. The time Of many lie not yet up.
The total full membership OF the dis
trict is ,341. q gain of 205: and proba-
TONERS. 4SS, q gain of 50.
Last November we dedicated at sGe-
neva one Of the best churches for the
size OF the town in Iowa. It cost over
Sc. 900. Toledo is erecting church which
vii! cost between $4,000 and $4,000.
Conrad has we'll under way a fine $4,000
church. The pastor Of Morrison has Or
gained a class at Dixie. a new railroad
town, and nearly $1,000 are subscribed
toward a building. The Union church has
been remodeled at a cost Of over 81 900.
Belle PLANE enlarges her already COM
lmodious church and puts in a steam
heating plant, the whole to cost 5000.
Reinbeck is moving In the line Of res
building. Churches at Albion, Beaman,
Montour, Rockwell and Tama have
been repaired and beautified. At Mon
tour. Rose Hill and Tama furnaces are
among the items. The total outlay 30
far on these churches is about $45, 600.
.Eldora has built $1,000 parsonage
with modern conveniencea The new
$1,000 cottage at Ackley has furnace and
electric lighte. The old parsonage prop
lerty at Gladbrook has been sold and a
new one erected close to the church
worth probably $500. State Center has
likewise sold the old. inconyeniently
situated preachers home and purchased
beautiful house near the church. It is
worth fully $500. Van Horne has
bought small parsonage. Chelsea par
sonage has been enlarged and made
Icomfortable. Toledo CT. parsonage has
been enlarged and painted. The par
sonage at Written has been considera-
bly, rebuilt.
Gilman parsonage has been reroofed
and painted. and Belle PLANE has grati-
fled the pastors wife with sundry im-
Iprovemente. The total cash outlay be-
side the utilization OF old properties has
been about $1,000.
The health Of our pastors and their
families has been generally good. thanks