Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-08-20
PTISTS MEET
AT ELDON AUG Is
DISTRICT INCLUDES EVERY BAP-
list CHURCH WITHIN
40 MILES.

Nv N1lIlA0s
Eldon, August 1g.-August 25-26-27,
the Baptists of the district that Eldon
fs i'll will hold their annual meeting
here this year. The distrist includes
every Baptist church within a radius
nf forty miles, and each church viii
send )ne or more delegates. There
will be something over 200 delegates IT
attendance, beside members of
churches that come to their own ac
cord. AS meetings of this kind are
always interesting, 1t will be time well
spent to come to an event of this kind
and character. Able men of this demon
nation Will be here, and there Will
not be one that does not possess a
gifted tongue.
The church of Eldon is confident
that the meeting this year will sur
pass any that was ever held in this
section of the state. able speakers,
large membership of church, good
town, cts. ney have reasons to fell
confident. 1t is remarkable the good
the churches have done the past few
years at home and abroad and as the
United States leads all other coun-
honor to have such meeting.
The following is the program pre-
pared.
Tuesday Afternoon.
2 p. m.--0pening devotional service
Rev. o. Moon.
$3.50 p. manual sermon-Rev. r.
r. Sadler.'
3:15 p. m.-Election of officers, APP
pointment of committees on enroll
ment and arrangements, report Of pro-
gram committee, treasurer's report.
p. m.-Reading of church letters.
Tuesday Evening.
7:30-Devotional service and words
welcome-Pastor f. f. Whitcomb.
S:00-Baptist progress as indicated
by the northern Baptist conventions
John Hansel of Ottumwa and Rev. A.
LeGrand, delegates.
Wednesday Morning.
S:30-My relation to my Il shbor-
(Bible reading)-Rev. ]. e. Beard.
9:00-Business, report of committee
on state and religion, report of as
sociational missionary committee.
9:30-Discussion.
10:00-The brotherhood movement
William Dempster. of Ottumwa.
10:30 Missionary sermon--Rev.
William Beard.
11:O0-State Mission Work--Rev. E.
S. Wilcox. D. D.
Wednesday Afternoon.
nant. Especially in relation to the
great commission-Rev. r. s. Rice.
2:3O--Iowa women and the world
Are We Keeping Pace ?''--Mrs. Car
RE w. Miller, Of Ottumwa.
3:00-Home Missions--Rev. D. D.
Proper, D. D.
3:45-American Baptist Missionary
Union-By representative.
4:80-Christian Education-Rev. s..
P. Shaw.
Wednesday Evening.
7:3o-A Study Of Galatians as APP
piled to Modern Christian Life.-Ed-
mund Brown.
S:00-Evangelistic service-Sermon
by Rev. A. e. Clemens.
Thursday Morning.
8: 30-Devotional meeting-W. A.
Young
8: OO-Business.
s:45-Report Of Sunday school COM
mittee.
e:55-More Schools and Howl
Albert johnson.
10:15-Better Work and How?-Miss
Jessie Duroc.
0:35-Discussion.
11:00-Publication Society and Sun
day School Work-Rev. Wilson Mills,
d. d.
Thursday Afternoon
2:O0-Analysis of Paul's Letter to
Ephesians-Lodentz Hanson.
2:30-Uninished business.
3:00-Training Young Women for
Servce-Mrs Mary English.
3:40-The Forward Movement-Prof.
(. A. Lapham.
4:15-The' B. Y. P. u, and the Young
Convert-Rev. A. o. Broyles.
4:45-Review of Gestweits, "The
Young Christian and His Bible.''-
Rev. Stanley Wikin.
Thursday Evening.
c5O-Song and praise service.
Evangelistic service, sermon by
Rev. Wilson Mills, D. D.
Thursday Afternoon
2:00-Devotional service.
2:15-Adddess of welcome-Mr. Hag-
berg, Ottumwa.
sponse-Rev. T. ]. Petit. Farson.
2:40--How to Increase Attendance of
Sunday SCHOLARS. Ella Menefe,
South Ottumwa.
3:O0-Home department discussion
Mrs. Helen r. Andrew, Ottumwa
3:30-Teachers Training and l. B.
r. A.-Rev. G. w. Hampstead, Eddy
vile.
Thursday Evening".
3o-Devotional-Mis McGinnis, of
Ottumwa.
s:oO-The Organized Class-W. A.
Work, Ottumwa
Special music.
Address-W. B. Ramsell, Ottumwa.
Offering.
Benediction.
Friday Morning.
:30-Devotional-R Cooper, OF
tumwa.
45-Primary discussion-Mrs H.
p. Bishop and Miss Helen Lambert,
Ottumwa.
TO- 45-Round Table--Rev. F. f.
Fitch, Des Moines.
1920 The superintendent and
Teacher--W. s. Shinn, Eddyville
Election of officers and location for
1909 convention.
Friday Afternoon.
2:00-Devotional-M S. G. Cusf1-
ing. Ottumwa.
2:15-How to Develop a Missionary
Spirit in the Sunday School-W. S.