Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-11-17
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ASSOCIATION SPEAKERS OCCUPY
PROTESTANT PuLPiTs SUN
DAY MORNING.
CLOSE OF BUSY SESSION

sion Last Evening at First Metho-
dist Episcopal church-Dr. A. 3.
Storms Speaks on "The Cross"
From Mondays Daily.
IF you would measure man you
must know the strength of his convic-
tions," said DR.. A. B. Storms, presi-
dent of Iowa State college at Ames.
last evening at the First Methodist
Episcopal church in the closing session
of the state Y. w. G. A. convention.
The audience which greeted the speak
er filed the big auditorium and balco-
ny to overflowing. Many stood through
out the service in the aisles in the
rear of the room and still others turn
ed away and went elsewhere because
they could not gain entrance.
A Busy Convention.
Since Thursday evening when the
convention opened with an address by
Miss Ben -Oliel the delegates have been
busy with conferences and lectures
which have followed eacl other in rap
i'd succession from early morning till
late at night. Aside from their work
nothing has claimed the attention of
these busy young women. They have
taken time for eating and sleeping,
grudgingly it seemed, but nothing else
in the way of social receptions or gen.
eral entertainments has been allowed
to interfere for moment.
Ottumwa has had many conferences,
conventions and annual meetings dur
ing the present year which have
brought delegates and representatives
from all over the state but not one of
these has it been greater pleasure to
this city to entertain than this present
annual convention which has brought
with it the representative young wom-
anhood of the state of Iowa.
They have come nearly 800 strong
and they have been willingly granted
not the freedom only but the posses
sion of the city. Their conduct and
their strict attention and adherence to
the business which brought them to-
gether prove them to be what their
name implies, Christian young women.
1t has been a great pleasure to Ottum-
vans to have them and to entertain
them. When they come again they
will be more than welcome.
Saturday Afternoon.
On Saturday afternoon the confer.
ences and lectures continued as on
the day previous. Miss Ben Oliel,
Miss Martha Stahl, of Indianola, mem
ber of the Iowa state committee, Miss
Elizabeth Jones, general secretary of
the Sioux City association at Grinnell,
and Miss Mary S. Dunn took the lead
ing part on the program. In the even
ing Miss Mary B. Hill spoke upon
9Iowa's Relation to the Worlds Com.
mittee," and this was followed by a
splendid and inspiring address by DR.
Storms upon the subject, "We Would
See Jesus"
Sunday Morning.
Sunday morning at 8 o'clock Miss
Ben-Oliel gave another of her intense
ly interesting and entertaining descrip
tive addresses upon the "Blood Cove
nant." Bible Interpretation from the
standpoint of one who has lived fol
years among the Arabs and Jews OF
Palestine, who has made a close and
intimate study of their manners, Gus
toms with the view to the thorough un
derstanding of the language and the
figuratiye expressions of the Bible is
the dominant feature of Miss Ben
Oliel's addresses.
PuIpits Supplied by Women.
Officers and workers from the asso
citation occupied every Protestant pul
pit in the city Sunday morning at the
hour for regular services. The worl
the association is doing and hopes tt
do for the young women of Iowa wa!
the message presented by all. 1t was
perhaps, the first time in the history o
Ottumwa that all the pulpits at thu
same Sunday morning service were
occupied by women.
The Assignments.
The assignments for the various
churches were as follows:
First Methodist Episcopal, Mis-
Mary S. Dunn, American city secretary
First Presbyterian. Miss Frances A
Bridges, American college secretary
First Congregational, Miss Mary 3
Hill, Madras, India, worlds secretary
Second Congregational church-Mis
Ormond, of Cornell college.
First Baptist, Miss A. Estella PAD
dock, state secretary.
Willard Street Methodist Episcopa
Miss Bessie Harris, Des Moines, ger
eral secretary
East End Presbyterian. Miss Eliza
beth Jones, student secretary stat
normal.
West End Presbyterian Miss Emm
Schultz, Dubuque. general secretary.
Christian, Miss Dora A.. Spencer, as
sistant state secretary,
Main Street Methodist Episcopa
Miss Martha Stahl, member of low
state committee.
On Sunday afternoon Miss Hi
spoke upon Student Volunteers" an
a gospel service was led by Miss E'
tella Paddock, the state secretary. |
the evening following half hour son
service DR.. Storm delivered the clol