Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-10-11
Golden Anniversary Convention
of Evangelical Church Opens
at Nevada This Evening
PASTOR ORDAINED
Exercises of That Day Will Be Of Pc
cuIiar Interest to the Members of tho
Memorial Lutheran Church - Con-
vention Will Last the Entire Week.
The Completed Program.

Special to Times-Republican.
! Nevada, Oct. 1.-THE golden ami
| versary convention OF the Iowa Synod
Of the Evangelical Lutheran church,
will open at Memorial Lutheran
church in this city this evening. The
convention, which will extend over the
entire week, will be opened by Rev. G.
w. Maggart. president OF the synod
with the synodical sermon. 1t is ex-
pected that there will be about seven
ty-fiye delegates present. There are
| twenty five churches in the synod anu
each one is entitled to one pastoral ana
one lay delegate. Besides this the Wo-
mans Home and Foreign Missionary
Society will hold their convention az
the same time as there Is to be a oei-
egate from each society In attendance
at this convention. -.
The opening Of the synod proper VIII
be held Wednesday morning, when ~
will be organized, the officers eleceeu'
etc. Thursdays exercises will be deVot-
ed almost exclusively to SUNDAY
school and mission matters. FTloay
and Saturday will be devoted to the
| work of the synod, while Sunday will
he a day of peculiar interest to mem
hers of Memorial church OF this CITY,
when their pastor, John O. Simon VIII
be ordained and regularly installed as
4heir pastor. Rev. Simon left Written
berg Seminary before the closing OF
! the term and was not ordained as was
the balance Of the class, at the time OF
ora duation. The program will be as
follows:
Tuesday, October II.
1880 D. M, Synodical Sermon. Rev.
C. w. Maggart, president.
Wednesday, October IL.
| 900. Devotional service, led by pres
ident.
$50, Organization Of synod, election
! of officers, appointment or commits
tees, etc.
| 900. Business session.
7.3O. Address" The Place OF Chris
tian Education in the Development OF
the Church." Rev. M. L. Tate.
Address. "Education." Rev. A. b.
| Shrader.
Thursday, October IS.
900. Devotional service, led by Rev.
w. Luther Bright.
| $50. Business session.
| 900. Service in charge of Woman's
Home and Foreign Missionary Soci-
ETY..
Topics as follows:
| SYMPOSIUM on superintendent -
fought the Pastor be Superlnteno-
ent?" Mrs. Rose Ellis Sherk.
"Three Essential Qualities in Sup
| erintendent''-Rev. M. L. Tate.
'What is There For the super1nten.
dent to do Outside the Sunday Schooi
Per1od ?"-Davenport.
Second Part.
what Methods Would You Suggest
For Teaching the Primary depart
ment ?"-Miss Meribah Wright.
SHOULD the Sunday School Pay on
the Apportionment, or Ought Their
Offerings be Applied to Some Special
Work ?"-Arthur Dean.
(All subjects will be open for gener-
q. discussion.)
1880. Service in charge OF Womans
Home and Foreign Missionary So
ciety.
Friday, October IA.
900. Devotional service, led by Rev.
j. E. Sponseller.
$3.50. Business session.
200. Business session.
| 1880. Anniversary service. Address,
"Our Synod! It's Past"-Rev. G. w.
Snyder.
Address. "our Synod; Its
Present"-Rev. ]. A. Writ, D.
A D.
Address, "our Synod; It's
Future"-Rev. A. B. Learner.
Saturday, October IS.
900. Devotional service, led by Rev.
j. X. Bloom.
$3.50. Business session.
2:3o. Preparatory sermon, Rev. j.
A. McColloch.
1880. Address, "The Relation Of the
Formula of Concord to Augsburg Con-
fession'-Rev. w. w. Hess.
Sunday, October 16.
1880. Holy communion; sermon by
Rev. w. A. Lipe