Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-15
TO MEET AT COLFAX
.EPWoRTH LEAeUERs WILL HOLD
ANNUAL ENcAMPMENT At
RESORT IN AUGUST


First Twelve Days Of the Month viii
Be Devoted to Work of This .Auxili-
airy of the church-ottumwa Will be
Represented.
OttumWa will be represented at the
annual encampment of the Iowa State
EpWorth league to be held at Colfax
August 1-12. The encampment will be
the most notable gathering in the his
tory of the organization Three of the
church's greatest bishops, Bishop J. G..
Hartzell Of Africa, we'll known as q
missionary; Bishop c., C. McCabe and
Bishop ]. F. Berry are to appear fire.
quently on the programs. Some of
the strong men Of other churches are
to take part. Among these will be Dr.
M. M. Parkhurst of Rochester, N. Y;
Dr.. Robert Mcintyre, Hon. Joseph C.
Camp, DR.. D. F. Fox, Professor Hen
derson, DR.. M. B. G. Mason, Dr. Walter
P. Stoddard and others.
A Spelling Contest.
The feature in which there is to be
universal local interest is to be spell
ing contest. open to the schools of
Jasper county on Educational day, Au-
gust IL. Each school in the county
Will name representative, In fact ),
number have already been named, and
one of the greatest spelling matches in
Iowa will take place. All of the teach
ers in Jasper county and the county
superintendent are greatly interested
In this phase of the program and are
preparing their scholars for the event.
Prof. Henderson Martin is to give his
famous lecture on 1.-THE Country School
Teacher" on this program. DR.. Park
hust will conduct a Bible exposition
on that day and the Wilbur Starr Con-
cert, company will furnish music. It is
to be sort of Jasper county day es-
pecially and from the enthusiasm al
ready manifested, there will be
large number of the residents Of that
county in attendance.
Department Work.
Among the topics in, which there will
be instruction during the assembly will
be domestic science, under the direc-
ton of Mrs. Sam Wharton Moore;
Sunday school teachers training, In
charge Of Prof. w. r. Manning, field
secretary for the State Sunday School
association; Bible teaching, under the
direction of DR.. M M. Parkhurst of
Rochester, N. Y; DR.. Parkhurst will
also conduct a ministers institute; the
Woman's Home Missionary society led
by Miss. Carrie Barge.
The, assembly will open Wednesday
evening, August /, with a lecture by
Dr.. Robert Mcintyre, one of the bril-
liant speakers in the ministerial field
the Sunday school work, whose first
meeting will be held Thursday after
noon. In the evening John Bollman
will have monologue. entertainment
and Prof. ]. L. Zwickey will give an
illustrated lecture on 1.-THE Philosophy
of the Beautiful"
The institute work will be carried
through all the programs. On Friday
afternoon Bishop j. G. Hartzell will
speak on What Shall We Do for the
Negro in American" The deaconess
movement in Iowa will be discussed by
Miss McMillen.
On Saturday afternoon DR.. Lewis
Thuurber Guild of Minneapolis, will lee
ture on "The Crescent and the Cross"
In the evening Bishop Joseph G, Berry
will lecture on "Sky Wonders"
Sundays Are Special Days.
Sundays are to be special days. On
Sunday, August 5, chorus Of fifty
voices, led by Professor Early, will
furnish the music. DR.. Parkhurst will
preach at II o'clock and Bishop ]. F.
Berry at 2:30. Bishop Berry will lee
ture, in the evening.
Monday morning DR.. Parkhurst will
lead in Bible exposition In the aft
ernoon Rev. Sam P. Jones will preach;
in the evening at 1880 Mrs. Anna Rog-
of this country. The sessions will
start at 9 o'clock, beginning on Thurs
day morning, with morning, afternoon
and evening sessions each day. Mrs.
Sara Wharton Moore will open her in
structions in domestic science at 10
o'clock Thursday. At IL o'clock will
come lecture by B. F. Mitchell on
1.-THE Holy Land and It's Customs" In
the afternoon Bishop ]. G. Hartzell will
speak on the open Door in Africa"
Prof. Elias Handy will have charge Of
ers-Fish will give dramatic readings.
On Tuesday afternoon Bishop @. G.
McCabe will lecture on THE Bright
Side of Life in Libby Prison" Hon.
Joseph G.. Camp will lecture on Truth
and 'Shams." On Wednesday evening
there will be a grand concert by the
Midland Jubilee Singers. Thursday
night the Wilbur Starr Concert CON-
pany will give a grand concert.
On Friday afternoon DR.. d. F. Fox
will speak on Characters We Have
Met" On Saturday will take place the
spelling match and the lecture by Pro-
lessor Martin. Sunday, the closing day,
will witness a love feast and a sermon
in the morning by DR.. e. M. Holmes.
DR.. NJ. B. C. Mason of Cincinnati,
speaks IN the afternoon. In the even
ing DR.. Walter P. Stoddard will speak
on Hanging Pictures on Memory's
WALL,
Emerson DePuy is the manager of
the assembly j. E. McClintock Of
Cherokee is president. D. L. Baker of
Des Moines, vice president; w. p.
Stoddard of Centerville, secretary, and
]. H. Hahn of Colfax, treasurer.
BRoMPToN.
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