The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-11-24

made a cry DaDy. Men were Hos
made to cry, but to conquer" DR..
Quayle compared various authors,
Hawthorne, Thackery and others, but
said that there was no nero maker"
like Sir Vivtor Hugo. 'That author
can make a hero out Of a child. Hugo
poured all the wealth of his soul into
Jean Val Jean. The story is n OF
poverty and the character has its set
ting in a city. This man always lived
in a city. The city is a live wire and
if you put your hand on it you cannot
let go" He touched deeply on the
poverty question, saying that poverty
does not cut off from joy. Riches can
buy no big thing. The SKY and the
air and the sunshine are all free. No
penury need ever drive a man to
crime. Jean Val Jean stole to satisfy
the hungry cry of orphan children,
He was arrested, convicted and sent
to the galleys. After nineteen years
of servitude with the fire of anger
burning in his heart, Jean Val Jean,
hero, a working man, climbed from
the desolateness of despair to the
heights Of nobility. Nor.
ally and physically brave, Jean Val
Jean was a man who could forgive
and forget. Suffering will not hurt
you if you can learn to suffer without
w~himpering.
1t was a beautiful story, with a
touch, a sometimes heavy touch of
pathos, and there and there was hu-
NOR, earnest suggestions and a
strong appeal for a perfect life. even
among the lowest and most wicked of
Gods creatures.
Conference caucuses.
The Friday afternoon program OPP
ened with the Conference C%aucuses.
The state of Iowa covered by the pres
ent convention comprises four Meth
odist conferences: The Iowa, to
which Oskaloosa belongs; the Upper
Iowa, the Des Moines, and Northwest
ern. Each Of these conferences
chooses ten members from among the
delegates present and these forty peo-
pie constitute the working body Of the
convention. To them is referred the
selection of officers and all business
of the meeting. They do their work
in private, while the general conven-
ton proceeds with the program as ar
ranged. They met at five o'clock Fri
day afternoon and reported Saturday
morning.
New Officers Nominated.
The committee of forty organized
by the selection of Mr.. G. l. Huffman
as chairman and Grace Richardson as
secretary.
The Upper Iowa Conference pre-
sented the name of Rev. E. L. Cru
well, Of Hampton, for president of the
State League for the coming year.
Huffman, of Des Meines was
selected as secretary; w. j. Tutr, of
Des Moines, treasurer, and Mrs. ST.
McKim, of LaPorte, Junior superin-
tendent.
The conference presented the fol-
lowing to serve as presidents of de-
partments:
Des Moines Conference-C. E. Pace,
Of Indianola.
Iowa Conference-Prof. Elias Han
dy, Mt. Pleasant.
Northwest Iowa CONFERENCE.-THE.
G. F. Whitfield, Ruthyen.
Upper Iowa Cenference-Rev. G. H.
Kennedy, Grundy Center.
When the report of the committee
was made to the business session of
the convention the officers were I'M
animously elected for the ensuing
year.
The committee of forty was made
up of the following delegates from
the several Conferences:
Northwest Iowa-G. F. Whitfield,
W. o. Tompkins, R. T. Chipperfeld, F..
w. Wilson, H. L. Houghton, Mrs. o.
S. Dow, Miss Merry, ]. C. Shirk.
Upper Iowa-Rev. E. Il. Gruwell, c.
r. Rohde, Miss Lizzie A. Whitney MI.
Hampton, Rev. Gilman Smith, Mr..
Thornburg, Rev. H. E. Wilcox, Mr..
Haven Harter, Mrs. S. T. McKim, Miss
Grace Richardson.
Iowa CONFERENCE.-THE. J. C. Will
lifts, Rev. ". A Longnecker, Prof.
Elias Handy, Rev. J. r. Payne, Rev.
E. j. Shook, w. R. Robinson, Grace
Dixon, Mrs. Edith Cocaine, E. Roy
Curtis, Kate Glover.
Des Moines Conference-G. 1. Huff
man, L. X. BillingsIey, E. c. Jones' w.
]. Tut, Fletcher Holman, Grace Did.
dy, D. c. Franklin, Miss Weden, Miss
Lille Zilkie, Emerson DePuy.
Friday Afternoons Exercises.
The Conference caucuses were fol-
lowed by devotional exercises led by
Rev. F. w. Wilson.
2:15-Bible Study Methods in Mis-
sions, Rev. T. E. Taylor, Independence,
was omitted, as it was impossible for
the gentleman to be present.
2:45-"The Boy Problem and the
League" Rev. G. w. L. Brown, In.
dianola.
The gentleman made an interesting
talk on the period of the boys life
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