The Oskaloosa herald., 1903-01-22
MISSIONARY MEETING.
Resume of the Work of Methodists
in Foreign Fields.

and evening of Monday. A large
crowd was present and representatives
came from points in both the Ottumwa
and oskaloosa Districts, and nearly
all of the churches of the city we're in
evidence at the services.
The afternoon exercises were opened
by an organ selection by Miss Lillian
Hughes, which gave h occasion a
bright send off. Rev. j. C. w. Coke,
ID. D., Of Knoxville, presided. Prayer
was offered by Rev. w. G. V-anSchoiack
and Rev. w. F. Oldham, d. D., of New
York City, was then introduced, who
spoke on the subject, why are We
Here" The genial doctor gave a
bright, spicy talk of some fifteen min
utes and put whole sermons into sin
gle sentences, and just threw them
out into the audience for people to
think of and then take nome. He
touched on nearly every feature of
Missionary Work and by weaving in
personal experiences in the field, thus
clinched the point after the nail had
been driven home.
IuS pdpCl VI W. : OtOOol VI H. -
of Grinnell, was read by rev. A. B.
Hightshoe and was listened to with
close attention, the subject being
Prayer, the Real Missionary Force"
Rev. d. G. Bevan and Rev. w. H. Per-
dew presented papers on ''The Young
Life of the Church and Missions" Rev.
j. w. Lambert, presiding elder of the
Ottumwa district, then gave an ac-
count Of the missionary work Of his
district and he was followed by Rev.
John c. Willitts for the Oskaloosa dis
trict. Both gave facts and figures
which proved that their respective
districts were doing grand work in this
line.
Bishop David II. Moore, d. D., of
Shanghai, China, was here presented
and with some bright and cheerful re-
marks by the chairman the Bishop then
gave an interesting account of some
of the Missionary Workers in China,
who are we'll known among the people
here. This occupied the time until
the closing hour of the afternoon SER
vice.
The evening service was the grand
climax of the Rally. The church was
opened to the fullest extent thus max
ing available the entire seating capac-
ity of the building. The opening pray
err was offered by Rev. Hughes, and
Chair man Coke then presented DR.. w.
F. Oldham, of New York, who gave an
other bright talk on the experiences
and influence of missionary workers
among the people.
The speakers of the evening, Bishop
David H. Moore, d. D., of China, ia
pan and Korea, was presented, who
spoke on "The Awakening in Eastern
Asia" Bishop Moore seemed to be a
firm believer in the possibilities OF
Iowa and spoke %eloquently concerning
her work as a state and the influence
of her people among the councils of
the nation.
He said he felt a good deal as Pres
ident Lincoln did during the time of
the Civil War; that Lincoln had al
ways been grateful to God for the
Methodist church. That he had more
soldiers in the field, more Red Cross
nurses in the field and general hos
Ipitals, and more prayers had assembled
to Heaven from the Methodist church
than from all other churches put to-
gether, and regarding Iowa Mission
airy workers, the bishop felt that he
had more workers in the field, more
money per capita, and that more pray
ers had assembled to the throne of God
from the people of Iowa han from all
other states put together, and as far
as his work was concerned this was
certainly tTue,a,r,. ala. s..w
Bishop Moore then spoke feelingly
and in a highly eulogistic manner re-
garding his main workers. Among
others he mentioned Kate Ogborn,
we'll known and beloved by the people
of Oskaloosa, Gertrude Howe and
Lydia Trimble, each Of these names
in turn provoking merited applause.
The speaker referred at some length
to some mistaken ideas about China
and gave a detailed account Of h
elements and principles which formed
the character of the Chinese, and
when once they were Chrfstianized
their thorough devotion and loyalty
to the cause of Christ.
Under this head the Bishop gave a
vivid and almost startling description
of the Boxer cruelties of a few years
ago, when thousands Of native Chris
tians were numerically and horribly
slaughtered rather than renounce
their religious views. In closing the
Bishop gave a grand conception of the
future possibilities of the Chinese
Empire, referring to the commercial
activity which was being developed
and the great work which different
nations were doing to develop n
open up the territory. The agricul-
tural features and the inexhaustible
mineral supplies throughout the EN-.
pire promised a period of future activ-
ity in reaching and raising the people
of China to a proper level of civiliza-
ton, which would be unrivalled in the
worlds previous history. Here are