Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-11-24
The Semi Annual Session of the
District Conference Comes
to a Close
WEEK FOR METHoDlsTs
Row. DR.. Robert Forbes Of Philadelphia
Delivers Lecture on mistakes Of tho
Devil and Some Other People" -
Next Meeting to bs Hold at Union
Other News.
Special to Times Republican.

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Eldora, Nov. 24.--The fifteenth semi-
annual session Of the district confer
ence of the Methodist Episcopal church
closed u very interesting three days
session here last evening. The meeting
has been in connection with the semi
centennial jubilee week OF Eldora
Methodlsm. Altogether 1t has been n
time of spiritual uplift to the people Of
lIldora and to the visiting laynen and
minister's. On Monday evening Rev. DR..
Robert Forbes. Of Philadelphia. the
corresponding secretary of the Board OF
Church Extension, lectured ON "rhe
Mistakes OF the Devil and Some Other
People, For moro than two hours he
held his large audience spellbound. He
Ia peculiar and gifted man. Extremely
witty. possessed Of great oratorical
ability and descriptive power, he dwelt
on tho Mistakes of the Prince Of the
Under World" and tho Prince Of the
Other World" the preachers. and of
others also.
On Tuesday morning Hiram Bailey.
of Albion, led the devotionals and G..
A. Parkin, of Conrad, preached u very
helpful and inspiring sermon from the
text. Acts 1927.
Dr.. Follows, of Iowa City. who Is Sec
retary of commission to raise $4,000 as
q permanent fund for conference claim
ants. The fund now reaches about $685.
600.
The afternoon devotionals were led
by j.. Il. Gallagher, of Laurel. The re-
ports from the charges showed that
all the new pastors on the district are
well satisfied with their new fields of
labor and including the pastors who
have served on the charges and are re-
turned all look forward to revival work
and In every case the outlook Ia good.
Rev. r. NJ Coleman, of Toledo, read
q paper on "The Place Of Prayer in Az
gressive Evangelism" and r. o. Rob-
inson, of Belle Plaine, one ON Faith as
a Factor in Revival Work" Both were
we'll written and well received. Rev. M.
N. smith. of Ackley was elected Sec
rotary, w. i. Spry. of Geneva, assistant
and Mark Masters. of Montour. report
ca.
The evening evangelistic service
was largely attended, the house being
crowded. l.. d. Stubbs. of Union, led
the song service, w. +. Spry preached
and DR.. Pitner the altar service.
On Wednesday morning number
of minor business matters were at
tended to. The place of the next
meeting was fixed at Union. and the
time sometime next summer to BIS
fixed by the presiding elder.
The following committee was ap-
pointed to cooperate with committee
of laymen to apportion the Eeneyo-
lences to the charges: Rev. Coleman,
Masters Parkin, Bunch and Stubos,
AMI the plan used in other years was
reud1rted.
Mrs. Oner Dove, OF Garner. who is
In the employ of the Womans For
eign Missionary Society made !. very
good address. Among other things she
said ,cat Marshalltpwn dist.,cs stood
fist in rOint of contributions OF any
district In all the Iowa, Miasrir, kan'
.as and Nebraska confe 'cncei. The
charges Of this district should all be
proud Of the eS cGllent stali'ng IN th!'
respect.
Two book reviews were read during
the morning hours. c. K. Hudson, of
Gladbrook. reviewed Hollenbc:ks
Passion for Souls" and G. r.. Shear,
of Tama, reviewed Bishop Mallnhen's
"The Why, When and How of Rev'v-
ais" l.. D. Stubs of Union. made a
brief address on "The Relation Of the
Official Board to the Revival" w. I'll.
Fl. Bunch, Of Gilman. discussed "rhe
Epworth League and Evangelism" and
Wesley Crossen, OF Written, discussed
Flow to Reach the Children of the
Sunday SCHOOL,"
A symposium Of papers on the gen
eral subject 1.-THE Pastor and the Re-
vlval," took up large part of the
afternoon. Ellis Relation to the
Word" by g, H. Kennedy, OF Grundy
Center, "His Personal Christian Life"
o. M. Sanford, of Rockwell, His 1ndi-
vidual Work for Individuals" A. T..
Bishop of Sheffield and "The Convert
and his Relations" by Mark Masters.
OF Montour. Mrs. Dove again adj
dressed the conference on Christian
Stewardship"
A large audience heard DR.. S. J..
Herben, editor of the Epworth Her.
aid, last evening.