The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-01-07

tion more success, am,
| Your Gideon Brother,
w. w. DuPre, No. 1898.
This shows how a little OF the right
kind of spirit can be aroused and the
blaze kindled in the heart Of man
| by the Gideons and the button.
will not take up your time with
any more letters but I nave received
many of this knid
One year agowe had eight aoeal
camps. Today We have eleven.
The camp at Dubuque was organiz-
ed Dec. q, 1902.
The camp at Cedar FAILS was organ
! ICED an. 81, 1908.
The camp at independence was or
ganized Nov. Is, 1903.
This morning you heard the reports
| of the secretaries of each of the IL
| camps and you can see that they are
working and God is blessing their
| work. At the time of our last con-
vention we had net membership of
| 445. Since then we have added 81
members by application and six mem
bers have come to us from other
states, making a total of 93.
We have lost by resignation 20, by
death A, and have lost the address of
6, making total loss Tor the year of
| GO and making a net gain for the
year of 80, and total net member
ship Of ATS. Total membership en-
rol1a5 cipon oruoni1afinn EQA 1xo<oI
loss since organization 10.
At the time ofo UT first convention
Dec. LIST, 1900, we had 112 members
enrolled, and % attended our first
convention at Marshalltown. One
year later at the time OF the Afhe5--
| convention we had 373 members en-
rolled and had 48 at the convention.
Last year at the time Of the Waterloo
convention we had 1872 members en-
rolled and had 68 at the convention
Note-We have gained 20 at each
convention.
The following have resigned since
our last conventions:
F. w. Briggs, 1417, Iowa City.
w. J. Conner, 1917, Davenport.
Lou Dunn, 265, Milo.
w. M. Hagerman, 1861, Des Moines.
John w. Jorden, 1884, w Cedar
Rapids.
G. H. Knox, 1920, Des Moines.
l.. w. McKnown, 670, Davenport.
H. S. McGavic, 1882, Ottumwa-
w. A. Morrison, 1883, Des Moines.
w. r. Robinson, 1873, Creston.
B. w. Sinclair, 9O3, Marshalltown.
T. M. Smith, 1882, Dunkerton.
T. s. Vespertodd, HOO, Des Noines
Daniel F. Young, 1886, Manchester.
Chas. d. King, 1915, Fort Dodge.
Burton M. Boss, 1916, Cedar Falls.
J. W. Clark. 974, Indianola.
The following have been called
home and their grips have been laid :
away and God has wiped away the
tears from their eyes:
1146, Chas. H. EdrIs, Abba, dropped
dead while at the breakfast table
at hotel in Centerville, Iowa, ON
June %, 1903.
1886, Robert Geddes, Atlantic, died
Dec. %, 1902, but was not reported to
me until May Is, 1908
500, E. A. Price, AIIerton, died
April Is, 1908.
1881, ]. e. Smith, Marshalltown,
died June 6, 1903. Taking care OF
sick, took bad cold and overworked
and died in five days after taking
down.
My brethren, do you think we can
imagine the sorrow of the loved ones
left behind by the death of these
II hoU 10 he
wives of these brothers and our Chap
lain, President and National Secretary
have also written them. Our letters
may have comforted them. some bur
the thought that they will see them
again should comfort them more than
anything else
In case you hear of theSdeath of
Gideon notify our State Secretary at
once, giving him al 1.-The information
you can.
We have lost the address Of the fol-
lowing Gideons. If you know the
present address Of any please write
their names and address on a piece OF
paper and hand it to me- marking 1t
Lost"
R. U. Blair, 977.
NJ r. Ellis, 97S.
Levi G. Frazier, $50.
J. X. Frazier, 1890.
H. J. Fuehr, 1915.
c. w Gleason, SIS.
E. j. Holmes, 1116.
H. Spurrier, PAPA
A. H. Tikerton. 1852.
w. M. Wise, It'll.
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