The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-08-15
4 REMARKABLE
CHURCH RECORD
REV. .. w. soMERviLLE REVIEWS
EIGHT YEARS WORK.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Seventy-Five thousand Dollars Raised
Trustees Ask His Return to.
Central N. G. Church For
Another Year.


During the morning service on Sun
day at the Central NJ. E. church Rev.
J.. w. Somervllle presented report
covering the past eight years OF his
passionate. During this time he has
offlciated at 224 weddings, attended
over 500 funerals and baptized about
275 persons. There have been receiv-
ed by letter and from probation 1888
persons and there are now remaining
on probation about 40 people.
Rev. Somerville has made In his
eight years work over 10000 pastoral
calls and has also found time to deji-
cate four churches and has raised So
$500 to pay the debts on the same.
Aside from this he has assisted in
ten reyivals outside of Oskaloosa and
mas lectured and preached at confer
eaces, district conferences, conven-
tions, colleges and high schools, and
also delivered memorial day addresses,
and Fourth of July speeches on num-
erous occasions.
During this time the debt Of $4,000
has been fully cancelled, and this year
some $2,1OO.0O mas been provided for
the recent re-decorating, re-carpeting
and re-fnishing OF the church build
ing and about half of this sun has
already been paid IN. In addition to
these sums the regular budget OF
cAurch expenses mas been fully met.
The various benevole1ces Of the
church will this year cover at leasc:
$2,400.OO, and the total sum contribut
ed during the past eight years for
this purpose is about $9,690.00.
For all purposes during the past
eight years the summary will total
about as follows:
Years 190O-01-O2-O3-04 ........ .S5l, 1888
For the year Of 1905. ........ 6,2Sl
For the year OF 1906. ......... S,436
For the year of 1907 about. $1,000
Total ........... ........ $75,000l
The various societies Of the church
have all had hand in these results
and are all vigorous and active ilI
their work. The Sunday school under
Superintendent w. ]. Howell has an
enrolment of over 500, with an aver
age attendance of about 375. The
Epworth League, under President
Robert Fallberg, has a membership
OF 100 and an average attendance or
over 100 at its services. The Ladies'
Aid Society under the presidency OF
Mrs. E. ID. Brewer mas been full OF
good works and has done heroic SER
vice through the years of the past.
The Women's Foreign Missionary So
ciety, under the leadership of Mrs. C. |
E. Barnard has been strong and Wig
orous in its work and has supple
mented the benevolent work OF the
church to commendable degree.
The whole membership of the
church stands at present about as fol-
lows: Members, OF; probatioaers. 10;
total, 967. In connection with tnel
service on Sunday morning some AZ
probaLioners were received in full
membership and about rs adults and
children received the rite of baptism.
The list of trustees for the coming
year comprise: J. w. McMulIin, J. b.
McCurdy, Or. D. w. Clark, w. e. KEN
BILE. w. H. Shaw, Geo. H. Carbon, Geo.
H. Ramsay. Epn. nmith and Robert A.
Kent The board of stewards are:
w. II. Shaw, H. c. Griest, S. E. Barn
hart, W. c. De1nis. A. Updegraff. DIR.
NJ Childress. Henry Tandy, Frank w.
Else, Stanley G. Logan. Mrs. c. E. Bar
nard, Mrs. Fanny Stull, Mrs. Kate
Jackson and Mamie Bfagaman. At
the last meeting of the official board
Rev. Somerville was unanimously re-
quested to return to the oskaloosa
church for the ninth year.