The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-09-07
frrom Mondays Daily.)

(From Mondays Daily.)
Quaker Meeting Sunday" was not
the great day in Oskaloosa this year
that it has been heretofore. The
weather is blamed for the absence Of
a great portion of the crowd. A YER
table cold wave swooped down upon
the country, the heavens were clouded
and threatened rain. The day was
dark, cold and disagreeable and peo.
pie would not come out.
The excursion trains that are usual
" a feature OF the day were not han.
died this year, and this cut OFF one
great source Of the crowds. Few peo-
pie from the country desired to risk
such unpromising weather, and the
crowd from the city was almost a mi
nus quality. At the Yearly Meeting
grounds in the afternoon hundreds
were scarcely to be seer where thous-
ands have been counted upon previous
years.
There was a large meeting in the
Yearly Meeting House in the morn
ing and the attendants sought the
shelter OF the building rather than en-
dure the chilly atmosphere Of out
doors. Meetings were held in botn
the upper and lower rooms. 1t was
impossible for the people who did
brave the elements and come to the
grounds to stand still in the raw
northwest wind and endure the cold,
and so small effort was made to ad-
dress the multitude upon the grounds,
as had been arranged and as has been
the practice in years past. The cold,
dark dag was as a wet blanket over
the crowds and the workers them
fselves felt the influence of the wealth
err and the depressed spirits of the
visitors.
The regular Sunday morning trains
on the Iowa Central, Rock Island and
the Burlington brought several hun
dred excursionists to the city on &C
count of the meeting. These came
with the hope that ut would warm
up." All OF the Aotels and restau
rants Of the city were filled to capac
ity during the day and the greater por
ton Of the visiting crowds whiled nc
hours away "up town."
Ministers who were In attendance
at the Yearly Meeting occupied the
several pulpits in the city morning
and evening and m of unusua
strength were given close attention
The Christian Endeavor Society 81
the Yearly Meeting marched dowr
town in a body Sabbath evening ant
held an imposing and effective stree
meeting on the square.
The morning services at the Yearly
Meeting House were in charge O
John Henry Douglas and Presideni
Albert j. Brown. The early morning
meeting was In charge OF Sylvester
Jones, missionary from Cuba.
In the afternoon President Brown
occupied the pulpit in the lower room
In the upper. room Edward Stranahar
and Guerney Binford presided.
Sunday Evening.
The city pulpits we're again occupied
by u ministers and the crowd hat
left the Yearly Meeting grounds, buf
when the time Tor evening service ar
rived the lower room of tnt
Yearly Meeting House was we'll filled
John Henry Douglas stood as a proph
ct OF old before the people and witt
touching references to his past ser
vice OF fifty years and encouraging
words for the church and its risint
leaders held the people in careful at
tention for more than an hour. HI
felt that this would be his last meet
ing with the Friends of Iowa Yearly
Meteing and could hardly find a plact
for closing the meeting. At the close
OF the sermon many knelt In prayer
Saturday Morning.
The volunteers for Foreign Mission
Work to the number Of thirty.twc
met in Committee Room No. / and
organized a permanent association tc
meet each year at Yearly Meeting
time. Enrol Peckham war elected
president, and Miss Carrie Powell sec
rotary and treasurer.
Al committee was appointed to draft
a constitution, as follows: Milo Reece
chairman; Bertha Lawrence, Clarence
MCLEAN.
Next meeting appointed to mee'
Monday, Sept. 4, 1905.
A committee was appointed TO ar
range for correspondence among our
members during the year. as follows;
Julia Bentley, chairman; Ross Had
ley. Anna spann.
A list OF the members present was