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

Zook by standing during the closing
chorus, and as they sang, giving the
Chautauqua salute.
w. A. Welty, of Waterloo, spoke o
the Christ, of the perfect example O.
His life, and begged that the Gideons
never forget Him, but keep Him close
to their every day lives. He said il
had been blessed opportunity to be
in this convention. 1.-THE Christian
world is one great family, from differ
ent churches perhaps, but still one
family The great work Of the Gid
cons today is to bring about a union
of Christian purpose. There SHOULD
be no dcctrinal division in this great
family. God has greatly blessed us
in this convention. He is always
ready to bestow as many blessings or
us as we desire or have capacity tt
receive. The commercial traveller
has more temptations and less en-
couragement than most men"
Chas. E. Baker, the newly elected
president, in behalf of the Gideons
present, formally presented to w
H. Darner, a beautifully carved Gid
con gavel in remembrance. ct his
three years faithful service at the
head of the state organization. Mr.
Darner responded in a feeling man
ner.
r. B: George, of Muscatine who has
SUM with Moody and Sam Jones, TOLD
4 che authors and origin of "ThS
!. :s.,sA e~ Bye and Bye, land led the audi
ence IN IT'S singing FITS method O
extracting music from an unrespons
i've audience was Irresistible.
Song "The Sword of the Lord and
Gideon" led by S. U. Zook.
After the music the Gideons and all
the gentlemen in the house formed a
Gideons' circle about the entire
church and joining hands, sang,
"Blest Be the Tie That Binds"
w. H. Darner, the old president,
clasped hands with the new president
Chas. E. Baker, of the order, and for
mally gave into his care the leader
ship of the Iowa Gideons. President
Baker then instructed State Chaplain
W. G. Wright to pronounce the bene-
diction and closed the convention by
saying:
''The fourth annual meeting of
Iowa Gideons stands adjourned"
A touching feature was that during
the chaplain's asking of Gods bless
ing on the parting Gideons. ]. H.
"the father of the Gid
cons" stood with bowed head and
one arm about the new president and
the other about the old.
Sunday Services.
The Gideons occupied the local
Dulpits Sunday and all services felt
he influence of the visitors presence.
The list of appointments was as fol-
ows
Sunday Morning Services.
Friends church-Scripture, S. G.
Cushing, Ottumwa; prayer, A. w.
Green, Spencer; solo, s. U. Zook,
talk w. A. Welty, Water
90.
Congregational church-Prayer B.
z. Cushing, Ottumwa; solo, John A.
3ollman, Des Monies; talk, o. ]. Al
ard, Fl. Dodge, e. H. McDuffee, Mar
on.
Baptist Solo, John A. Boil
nan, Des Moines; speakers, John H.
Nicholson, GAINESVILLE, Wis, F. Willis
Tenks, Waterloo.
United Presbyterian church -
speakers, r. e. Crowther, Waterloo,
Phil Hutchinson, Hampton.
Christian church-Scrpture, G.. G..
Thomas, Ottumwa; speakers, w. A.
Hicks, Mason City, w. H. Darner,
NJ Z. church-Speakers, Chas. e.
Baker. Cedar Rapids, H. H. Budke,
ut. Vernon.
Presbyterian church--Solo, r. b.
George, Muscatine; speakers, M. e.
irifith, Cedar Rapids, T. G. Belts,
,edar Rapids.
Episcopal church Speakers, w. G..
Wright, Nevada, J. E. Marshall
Sunday Afternoon.
Y. M. G. A.-The usual Sunday
neeting of the Y. NJ c. A. was turned
yer to the Gideons and the opera
ouse was secured to accommodate
be crowd. Both men and women
'ere in attendance at the session and
I the conclusion of the general meet
ng at four o'clock an after meeting
Eas held that was attended by the
nen interested in the work The SER