The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-09-15
Thursday MornIna, 3 O'CLOCK.

with prayer by Levi Mills.
Susan B. Sisson was excused from
further attendance at the meeting.
The following were appointed as s
Nominating Committee to name per
sons Dor the Yearly Meeting Mission
airy Board:
Chas Sweet, Ezra Hinshaw, Mar
gerry Wooton, Mary Loft, Edwin Nor
rison They are to report seventh
day morning.
A communication from Platte Val
ley Quarterly Meeting was heard al
this time. 1t asks Iowa Yearly Meet
ing to consider taking steps to organ
lie a Yearly Meeting.
The proposition is heartily approved
by the other Quarterly Meetings OF
Nebraska.
The,work in Nebraska is developing
and increasing quite rapidly.
Mahlon Perry, of Central City, Neb.
and w. Jasper Hadley, Yearly Meet
ing superintendent, both spoke favor
ably for such action and recommend.
ed that a committee be appointed to
which the matter may be referred. As
the matter must be acted on by the
Five Years Meeting, the committee
are asked to report in two years.
It was suggested that two be ap,
pointed. from each Quarterly Meeting
not directly interested.
Committee-Mar Gibbons, Joseph
Smith 2Isom p Wooton, Eliza Collins,
Chas. S. White, d. B. Cook, Chas. w
Sweet, Frank wv. Kitchener, Albert
Greene, Emma F. Coffin, Will S.Reece
Richard Newly, Ida K. Johnson, Ell.
wood Day, j. H. Stewart, Eliza J.
Lindley5 Albert f. N. Hambleton, Nor.
ris Leptnons, David H. Jones, Rhoda
E. Nevill, Alma J. Kellum, Isaac T.
Gibson, S. F. Hibbs, J. H. Bowles, HUI.
dab Enlow, Henry M. Wore, Alvin
Hawks.
The committee having charge OF
the request from Bear Creek Quarter
that uniform blank certificates be
printed by the Yearly Meeting ap
prove the request and the printing
committee are directed to get such
printed
Newton Day. Yearly Meeting super
intendent of Sabbath School work
gave his report for the year. Reports
show a favorable condition in most OF
the Quarters. AZ number of Cradle
Rolls and Home Departments have
been organized. There have also
been number of new schools organ
lied.
The Bible school teachers should
look forward to better preparation for
their work, same as in our day
schools.
Joseph Wells, state organizer Of the
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and created new interest in the work.
He gave an account of his trip to the
Jerusalem Conference this summer.
Jerusalem was an especially fitting
place for the convention to be held,
as it took the workers back to the
place where Christianity started and
where $50 much Bible history is con.
tanned. There were over 800 dele
gates, representing every state of the
Union and every province of Canada
left New York for this Conference
His account of the trip past Madeira
Gibraltar, Algiers, Island of Malta
was very. interesting and instructive
as some Of them are places of Bible
history They then visited number
of places where Paul went as a mis-
sionary eighteen hundred years ago
At Athens they tried to imagine the
scene there on the same grounds
when Paul was there. Smyrna, where
one of the seven churches was locat,
ed, is noted, for its figs and rugs
They visited the ancient city of Ephe,
sus, where Paul spent more time, per,
haps, than at any other place They
stood in the theater where Diametris
and his mob tried to capture Paul
From there they passed by the Island
of Patmus. where John was banished
At one Bible house where they are
printing and sending out $4,000 Bibles
per year, they are about two years be.
hind with their orders, as there is
such a great demand for the Bible in
those countries In Palestine they
visited Nazareth and many places Wis.
tied by Jesus when on earth. When
in camp they soon learned to get up
at the first call in the morning, as the
servants would soon come and begin
tearing the tents down.
The meeting expressed their appre.
citation Of Brother Wells talk.
a person then came to the platform
dressed in Arab parh
The report of Jasper Hadley, the
Yearly Meeting eyangelistic superin-
tendent, was given. This was very
condensed report of the work for the
past year,
The pastors have tried to so supple
ment the work Of the evangelists that
the harvest of souls might be kept.
There is work to be done at home as
well as in the foreign field. There
are many rural districts where the
gospel issseldom heard. The work of
Chas. and Ida Draper, in Colorado
Springs. was especially commended