Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-02-18
The Audubon County Holiness
Association.

We desire to make few statements
through the columns of this paper re-
| garding the Holiness Association.
Such an organization has been in eX-
| istence in Audubon for the past ten
| or twelve years auxiliary to the Iowa
State Holiness Association. Knowing
there has been a certain degree of
| Misunderstanding mingled with q
shade OF prejudice against this move
| ment. We would appeal to the people
| OF Audubon to hear, read, be inform
| ed and then Judge for themselves as to
| the merits of the cause. Article , of
| its bylaws sets forth the motive of the
movement. 1t reads as follows:
The object of this association is the
| conversion OF sinners to God, the en-
tire sanctilication of believers, the
| christian edification of the saints and
the spread of the gospel of our Lord
Jesus Christ by the preaching of the
word: founding missions, establishing
schools, publishing papers, periodi-
Gals, books and tracts, and appoint
ing and supporting evangelists and
| missionaries in home and foreign
| fields.
To this no conservative mind can
object.
1t will be admitted by all who know
the situation there has come a cry
from Bishops, Church officials, Edit
ors, Preachers and Layety of the spir-
itual dearth of the church. The cause
| of this is admitted, is worldliness and
Journalism in the church. AS early as
1867 such men as Rev. John A. Word,
Rev. w. B. Osborn, John s. Inskip,
and DR.. George Nj. Roberts who were
of deep spiritual turn of mind, saw
this condition and sought to save the
| church from departing from the faith.
They did not depart from the church
nor encourage others to do so, but
stay in and defend the doctrines and
policy of the church. To this move
ment the worldly mind has objected
and the founders and their followers
have suffered themselves to severe
criticism, while their motives have
been pure and their desires the saliva
ton of the church and the world This
movement is in no sense church yet
its influence has spread until those
who are of like mind have increased
to vast multitude and their organic
ations are found in many states and
counties.
The Iowa State Association was
founded in 1879 and Incorporated in
1899 and has about 1000 members who
are and must be members of some or
thodoX church in good standing with
about 100 Evangelists whose annual
reports show their labOrs are abund-
antly blessed in the salvation of souls
and sanctitication of believers. They
believe that Jesus Christ through the
attOnement on the cross made it pos
sible for sinner to be saved from
his actual transgressions and be
cleansed from the depraved nature
or canal mind and by the grace and
help OF God to live life above sin.
They never have taught in their rules
or in their preaching the impossibility
to sin though they have been thus &C
cused. AS long as we are in the flesh
we are subject to temptation and may
fall, but falling is not essential to
christian leaving or humiliation, but
the contrary. The movement is put
ting out some strong, clean, religious,
papers such as 1.-The Christian Wit
ness, " 1.-THE Standard. 1.-The Reviv-
alist, "Nayerean Messenger" "Pen-
tacostal Herald and many other
publications of like type which has
helped many a soul into a deeper and
better christian life.
The Audubon County Association
have arranged for ten days conven-
ton to be held in the Baptist church
commencing Friday evening Feb. 10,
at 100 conducted by Mrs. Phebe Ep-
person. There will be service each
afternoon at , O'Clock. Bring your
bible and come to hear what the word
saws about holiness. COMMITTEE.