Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-12-11
Afternoon Session.

Conrad, Rev. f.. u. Davies, ReN' T. -
Stoltz and Rev. M. jameson.
Afternoon Session.
At Q o'clock this afternoon the dele
gates To the convention reassembled
at the church and the program was
carried out under the direction OF
DR.. p. F. Stoltz, pastor of hte First
PRESBYTERIAN church.
From Wednesdays LailyJ
The closing services OF the two days
institute which was held in this city
by the twenty-third district OF the
Iowa State Sabbath School assocla-
ton, closed last evening. The event,
was given in the interest OF the SAD
bath school, and the program carried
out was designed especially to be help
full to them in their work. Last nlght
and this morning the workers returned
to their homes richer in experience
for their participation in the meeting.
At 6:15 o'clock last evening was held
the Sunday school workers luncheon
at which upwards OF 100 were served.
The Afternoon Session.
Yesterday afternoons session was,
most interesting. Rev. VIM. Murchie,
Mrs. B. F. Mitchell and Mrs. A. r.
Paddock, the specialists along the line
of Sabbath school work who were
present, took the leading part in the
services and their addresses on the
subjects of interest to the workers
were listened to with great attention
! by the delegates present, who doubt
less will be much the gamers from re-
ceiving the ideas gained from the eA-
i perience of the able workers. One OF
the most interesting features OF the
session was the children's meeting at
4 4:1O o'clock, when Mrs. Paddock
taught a supplemental lesson to a
large class of children. Mrs. Paddock
} is a primary specialist and has the
most modern methods of teaching the
classes. She had large quantity OF
: the latest equipment to assist her in IL
: Illustrating the primary work, and the
i workers were given practical illus
: tration of the work. Last evening ad,
i dresses were delivered by d. H. Payne
/ of Bloomfield and Rev. William Muir
f chic of Allerton, the closing address
i of the conference being delivered by
k the latter. MI, Payne's address was
II of the Impressions he received at that
n great meeting of the Sunday schoo
k workers. He spoke in part as follows;
= = Iowa is Behind.
s. Iowa is not up to the standard in
l. the Sabbath school work, but we are
Il working hard to overcome, the lead
gained by our sister states. We are
not creating strife in the line OF
, Sabbath school organization, but
= want to say that We have a fine field
.. and the harvest is ripe, only waiting
: to be gathered in. We want to under
:. stand that we are not near the front
We have great deal to learn. Penn
sylvania, Ohio Indiana and Illinois
humbled us at the Denver convention
S We are proud of our advancement
e along commercial lines; We have {
g very low percentage of illiteracy ant
5. in religion the.istate ranks very high
f but we need awakening in our linet
n of Sabbath school work There wer'
= from twelve to ,difteen hundred dele
# gates at the Denver convention. o.
(. the train on which Mrs Payne and
# went to the convention there wer
l. delegates from thirteen states. A
y night before retiring the company Q
1t delegates went through each car an
o held short services. There was pra.
If er and the scriptures were read
n proved the class of men and V ,nle,
D. who were enroute to the meeting
a The convention was a compressed r.
,e vival 1t was six months Of evange
is ical work crowded into five days.
~ Held Overflow Meetings.
IN 1--WE filled up the city of Denve
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