The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-06-11
FOUR THOUSAND
DOLLARS GIVEN
HOLINESS FORCES ARE GENER
Gus WITH THEIR MEANS.
SABBATH WAS A GREAT DAY.
The National Association Closed With
The Sunday Sessions and the
State Forces Broke Their
Camp Monday.

the amount of the free will Offering
taken up at the Sunday morning SER
vice of the National and State Holt
ness camp meeting for the expenses OF
the convention and to assist in the
Holiness work during the coming year,
The sum was subscribed in very
short time and every cent was given
willingly and cheerfully, not in largel
amounts, but in a generous offering
from every worker and friend OF thel
movement in the tabernacle. This
makes sum toral of nearly $4,000
which has been raised in free will or
erings during the camp meetings.
DR.. ]. C. Fowler presided during the
service and spoke briefly on the double
object of the Holiness movement-the
spirituality of Ii the church and the
evangelism of the world. Short talks
then followed by JON. o'Bryen, d. J.
Bunce, A., S. Corcoran and M. L.
Haney before subscriptions were
asked for. fa s ton .f IN
$500 For Missions.
The missionary session of the con-
vention was held Saturday afternoon.
The attendance was large and the en-
thusiasm remarkableso BThey speakers
foreign fields and their messages
while full of encouragement and hope,
brought also an appeal for financial
aid and an Offering was taken for the
forwarding of the missionary work OF
the association, which amounted to
over $500. ]. C. Lawson, of PHILLIP
hit, India, and Rev. Kilbourne, of
Japan, were the speakers of the after
noon, and they pictured wildly the
scenes in their respective fields and
the powerful results being attained by
the spread of the gospel.
Record Attendance Sunday.
The tabernacle Sunday afternoon
was completely filled with the large
crowd which assembled to hear DR..
Carradine, and he held the closest OF
attention throughout his sermon,
which was based on Acts lis. There
was special music and large altar
service following the preaching
In the evening the attendance was
again the largest 1t had been during
the meetings. The entire seating ca
pacity of the tabernacle was utilized
The number of visitors from out or
town this year is fully one-fourth
larger than last year, but the attend
ance from the city is diminishing so
that, while the crowds Sunday did not
exceed those of the closing Sunday
last year, the number of Holiness
people on the ground was much larg-
er and the spiritual work of the con-
vention was proportionately more
effective. The sermon was preached
by Rev. Will H. Huff, who chose for
his text, Prov. 28:13. A few of the
thoughts brought out forcibly were
that God can tolerate ignorance, but
not sin, for it kills every virtue. Sin
cannot be hidden from God, and when
He uncovers sin, destruction soon fol
lows. Sin itself must be entirely
cleaned out of the heart in order to
bring satisfaction and salvation.
The altar service which followed
was the most remarkable which has
been seen during the camp meetings.
About one hundred and fifty people
rushed to the front of the tabernacle
and the front seatsHwere5 cleared to|
make more altar room to accommodate
those who wanted to pray for sanctl-
fication and holiness. Screaming and
shouting were heard for nearly an
hour, while the people struggled with
the devil in their endeavor to secure
the blessing of God in the publication
of their hearts.
One Hundred New Members.
A brief session of National Holiness
Association was held Saturday after
noon to dispose of unfinished business
and one hundred new members were
taken into the organization. Two ad-
ditional officers were elected as fol
lows:
Field Secretary-Millie MLawhead,
Van Vert, Ohio.
Corresponding Secretary-H.F.Klet.
zing, Chicago.
Reward For Faithful Service.
A considerable and noteworthy &C
ton of the Iowa Holiness association
was decided upon at their closing bust
ness meeting which is the providing
for sum of money to be set aside as
a pension fund for the payment of an
allotted sum yearly to veteran minis
tiers in the work. The proposition
has been considered for a number of
years. but was brought to the atten-
ton of the, association by the absence
of their most faithful veteran worker,
Isaiah Reed. OF, Des Moines, past pres
ident of the Iowa association. For
thirty years, since the first state camp
meeting of the association near JEFF
ferson in 1879, Mr.. Reed has never
failed to be present. For twenty-nine
years he was never absent single
day during the state conventions OF
the association and at this, the thir-
tieth consecutive camp which he
would have attended, his absence was
most conspicuous. He was detained
by his work In the Deets Bible school
at Los Angeles. II was the thoughts