The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-09-03
IOWA FRIENDS IN
YEARLY MEETING
FoRTY-SlxTH ANNUAL SESSION
IN oSkALooSA.
OPENED BY ENDEAvOR UNION.
Prominent Friends Already on the
Ground and Large Attendance
Assured-Notes of the Big
Gathering.

The forty-sixth annual session of the
Iowa Yearly Meeting of Friends was
opened Monday evening by the devo-
tiOnal and business session of the
Yearly Meeting Christian Endeavor
Union, held in Penn College Chapel
and conducted according to the pro-
gram outlined last year. President
Robert II. Williams presided over the
meeting and the secretary, Edith
Smith of Ackworth was in her place.
The message of the evening was CIV
en- by the president, based on Matt.
1928. EndeaVorers were urged to be
faithful in using the talents given
them by God in winning souls to
Christ. The fact that very little eff
ort sometimes results in the salvation
of a soul was emphasized as well as
faithfulness, though our sphere may
be small and obscure. 1t is faithful
ness that God rewards. The business
of the meeting was then taken up and
the following committee on nominal
tons was appointed Ora Carroll,
Mile Alice, Clark Pickard, Anna X.
Kitch, Harley Moore, Clyde Coffin,
Bertha Hobson, Clinton Morris, Err
nest Gregory, Laura p. Townsend
The ACCESSIBILITY of having a superin-
tendent of junior work was discussed
at some length and the nomination
committee were instructed to bring
forward name for that office for the
ensuing year.
Following the business session an
interesting set of stereopticon slides
illustrating Friends history and con-
tanning the pictures of many promin-
ent places and persons connected with
Friends work since George Fox's
time, were shown by E. Howard
Brown of New Sharon. A pleasant so
cial time of half an hour was enjoyed
ing that Yearly Meeting had really
begun. The attendance was very
good and good interest was manifested
In Christian Endeavor work. At the
roll call of societies the prominent
features of progress for the past year
to note that several societies had
paid in more missionary money than
was pledged. "
18th Session Of Iowa Yearly Meeting
Meeting of ministry and oversight
met at 8 a. m. Tuesday morning. AT
ter season Of devotion names of rep
resentatives to this meeting were read
tahf IaI ALL Ia.
Clifford n. Jones, Isaac p. Cook, Geo.
J. Mcclellan, NJ. o. Smith, Emeline
Binford Maggie Ellis. Bangor: J. S.
Hocket, Henry Hickman, Hiram Ham
mond, Laura Paul, Fred Comfort, f.
b. Mendenhall. Bear Creek: Chas.
S. White, c. G. Callison, Miriam Beals,
Benz. ]. Hiatt. Greenville: Alvin Hos
kins, Charlotte Pickering, Philip Slack
A. w. Greene, Mary Slack w. J. Kent,
Elizabeth Patten. Honey Creek: J. l..
Hockett, G. j. Bowles, Bessie +. Col
Inns, Mary p. Michener. Lynn Grove:
Clark Brown, Ida X. Johnson, Robt
Lincoln, Melissa Davis. Minneapolis:
Mary A. White, J. Harlan Stewart.
Oskaloosa: Sylyanus Haworth, Emma
+. Coffin, VIM. p. Sopher, Viola Spur
gin. Anna Span. Pleasant Plain: Har-
vey Hoskins, Rhoda f. Nevill Frank
lin Hadley, A. C. Brady, Mary Il. So
pher, Francis Jones. Salem: Lewis
T. Hill, Enos Kitchener, Melvin Smith,
Arthur Davis. Springdale: Jason Ne
gus, Pliny Fry, Newton Branson, Eu.
nice II. King, Mary Fry. Winneshiek:
Harlan C. Carter, Francis C. Dilling,
ham. Jessie B. Monroe, Taylor Guth-
rie.
Des Moines and Scranton Quarters
had no reports. Denver, Hiawatha,
Platte Valley, Spring Bank, Mt. Yer
non and Union Quarterly Meetings
having formed a new Yearly Meeting
on Ministry and Oversight the meet
ing made minutes of its earnest de-
sire for their prosperity in the Lords
Sork
Minutes of introduction were read
from the following: Lewis Il. Stout
a minister and his wife, member of
Western Yearly Meeting; Frank w.
Dell, minister of Nebraska Yearly
Meeting; Jesse McPheson, a minister
from Ohio Yearly Meeting; Chester
F. Harris. an evangelistic singer, and
his wife, Martha II. Harris, a minister
from New York Yearly Meeting.
Words OF cordial greeting were ex-
pressed to these friends by the meet.
ing and also to John Fry. superintend-
ent evangelistic work of Nebraska
Committee on credentials appoint
ed Eli b. Mendenhall, Philip Slack,
Mary Hornaday. Mary White, commit
tee to prepare a summary report to
Yearly Meeting of reports sent to
this meeting, Alfred ]. Hanson, Il.
Howard Brown, John Long, Rhado Ne
will, Mary Wore.
Committee to report on condition
of ministry and membership of this
meeting to Yearly Meeting. Clark
Brown. Harley Moore. Malinda Hunt,
L"ura Townsend, Joseph Sopher, Lew
is 7. Hill, VIM. Jaspar Hadley.
Representatives were instructed to
bring forward to next meeting names
of Friends to act as clerk and assist.
ant clerk.
Meeting adjourned to meet to-mor-