The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-07-26
SERVICE TO SUIT ALL.
Sundays Religious Exercises of
Cosmopolitan Character.

Cosmopolitan Character.
There was no dearth of religious
services in town despite the fact that
several ministers are away on vaca-
lions, and plenty of opportunity was
presented all to worship in variety
of ways during the heat that prevailed
over Sunday.
On the streets were holding forth
marian and Charity" hailing from
Benton Harbor, Mich, and dressed in
unique way, representing the Scrip
tural characters of Jesus and Mary.
They were representatives of the "Is-
raelites," whose headquarters are at
Benton Harbor, and brought the mes
sage to suffering humanity that there
is no DEATH" They attracted large
crowds of curious people and incident
ally took up a collection to help the
cause along. The "Israelites" are a
colony of Australians who look for the
coming of Christ in the near future.
They regard themselves the Israel OF
the House of David to whom the prom
Use of restoration was given by the
prophets and who are now being gath
cred from out of the masses to get
ready body and soul to meet the Lord
at his return to earth. They own
number of farms now and are build
ing to obtain more room. To the
question as to how they secure the
means of their apparent prosperity in
material things, they answered that
their difficulty was not in getting
what they needed, but rather in know
ing what to do with the abundance
that was coming in upon them. Ben
jamin and Mary are their leaders, UNI
der whom the new creation" occurred
some three years ago; the sect Itself
is not new, but is now under new
economy. They eat no flesh and have
all things in common.
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The Salvation Army in special SER
vices on the street Saturday and Sun
day night made announcement Of the
series of big meetings that open this
evening. The services will be con-
Quoted by Commissioner Geo. A. Kill
hey, who commands the western ter
ritory, accompanied by Col. Stephen
Marshall, the provincial officer under
whose jurisdiction comes Iowa. he
will also be accompanied by Brigadier
I Az loot Hnld offafrc
and many other special officers. The
meetings will take place at the Saliva
ton Army Barracks on West High
avenue. Commissioner Kilbey is one
of the worlds leading officers and
should be heard by the general public.
AS the repairs are not entirely COM
pleted as yet, the Sunday morning ser
vices and the Sunday school of the
Christian church were held in the Y.
NJ. c. A. auditorium. The subject OF
the sermon by Rev. Zendt was 81 Set
Before You An Open Door," and it.
appealed in a peculiar way to the
large congregation that heard him.
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The union evening service on the
lawn to the west of the Christian
church was addressed by Rev. A. M.
Duboc. Although the day had been
warm, the evening was pleasant and
good crowd attended and enjoyed
the services. The open air idea il
proving popular, and affords greater
comfort to the attendants than could
be had indoors.
Father ]. H. Renihan, the new priest
of st. Marys Catholic church of this
and made fine impression on his con-
gregation.
Rev. A. NJ. Hills, president of the
Holiness University, preached Sab
bath morning at the Congregational
church. During the vacation Of the
pastor, Rev. A. Cato Kaye, regular SER
vices will be held so far as possible.
Notice of the services will be given
each week by r. L. Turner, clerk OF
the congregation.
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In the absence of the regular pastor,
Rev. ]. w. Somerville, the pulpit of
Central NJ. E. church on Sunday was
filed by Rev. G. w. Wilson, of What
Cheer. Rev. Wilson is one of the
strong characters in the Oskaloosa
Conference and his messages were
most impressive on all who heard
them.