Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-06-28

The first annual session OF the Des
Aiolhes District Sunday School Com
yention and Normal Institute was held
at Abba last Thursday and Friday,
and as had been predicted by The BY
stander was one Of the largest and
most successful conventions VI A. M.
Il. Sunday school workers ever held
In the state.
Mrs. 8. Joe Brown OF Des Moines.
acting district superintendent, called
tho convention to order promptly ut 8
O'Clock Thursday. morning. The roll
was called and about twenty-five del.
egates were found to be present even
at that early hour.
The principal features Of the first
days session were the annual address
OF the district superintendent, the an
nual address OF the presiding elder,
Rev. M. l. Gordan OF Ottumwa, and
the lecture by Rev. DR.. w. Sampson
Brooks OF Des Moines on the Holy
Land In which he held his audience
spellbound for nhour while he actu-
ally lifted his audience up. mentally
at any rate, and carried them all with
him on his eventful tour Of the land
the Savior trod. A number Of other
interesting papers were read and full.
Is discussed by the delegates.
Thursday evening the committee
from the Abba school, under the d.
rection of that remarkable little wOm-
an, the wife OF the pastor, Rev. j. H.
Bell, served an elaborate banquet to
all the visiting delegates.
The forenoon Of Fridays session
was devoted to course OF lectures
by the president and other members
of the normal faculty.
On Friday afternoon the officers for
the ensuing year were elected, with
tn following results:
For the s. s. convention-Mrs s..
Joe Brown, Des Moines. district SUI
perintendent; Miss Susie Lee, Clarin-
da, secretary; Miss Bessie Davis. Al
bia, assistant secretary; Mrs. Lizzie
Tannahill, Council Bluffs treasurer.
Sub district Observation-Disclosures
Mcines sub-district, Mrs. A. l.. Bolden,
Indianola; Buxton sub-district, Miss
Mary Davis, Buxton; Council Bluffs
sub.district, Mrs. Jos. Norris, Sioux
City.
For the Normal institutes. ice
Brown, Dies Moines, president and pro
lessor of S. S. pedagogy; Miss Alice
Starks, Boone, secretary; Mrs. j. H.
Bell, Abba, first vice president and
professor of sacred geography: Rev.
f. G. jackson, Buxton, second wee
president and professor of sacred his
tory; Rev. J. D. Peterson, Clarinda,
third vice president and professor of
Bible study; Rev. M. l. Gordon. OF
tumwa, general superintendent,
At the evening session certificates
were presented by the president OF
the Normal Institute to Mrs. Laura A..
Jones and Miss Lydia E. Long of Clar-
india for having successfully complet-
ed the work of Book of the Normal
Course. A complete set of Bylaws
dolence on the death Of the former
district superintendent, the late Miss
Lydia +. Bartlett, were presented and
We're adopted after many glowing trib-
utes of respect had been paid to the
life and character Of that very useruf
and devoted young woman, who even
though cut of in the very flower Of
her youth was pronounced by all who
spoke, one Of the sweetest aud most
consecrated Of Christian characters.
The presiding elder then presented
to the pastor, as the representative Of
the Abba church and Sunday school,
| a beautifully framed portrait of DR..
w. s. Brooks, taken in the tomb of
the Savior near Jerusalem, with the
compliments of the delegates and the
presiding elders wife presented to
the pastors wife neat little sum Of
money as a token Of the appreciation
Of the delegates for the very excel
lent care she had taken of them dur
ing their stay in the city, and after
adopting set Of ringing resolutions
Of gratitude to the pastor, his wife,
the church, the Sunday school and the
citizens In general for their generous
hospitality, the convention adjourned.
8. Joe Brown, Chairman.
Mildred Lewis, Secretary,
Press Committee.