The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-09-02

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the peaceful silence broken, has been
succeeded by the lively activity of the
Iowa Yearly Meeting. The forty-sev-
enth annual assembly is now in ses-
sion and with dispatch the business
OF the year is being disposed of. No
fuller sense of joy and gratitude could
have been manifest than was express
ed at the opening session by the rep
resentatives and visitors present for
the DRESSINGS which they have enjoyed
during the seasons since the last gath
ering of the Friends. The spirit of
prayer prevailed and Gods guidance
was earnestly invoked upon the Year
ly Meeting.
The session was called 20 order at
10 o'clock this morning by Presiding
Clerk Stephen M. Hadley of Penn col
lege, following which prayers and
words of testimony were offered by
Rev. Ellison r. Purdy, pastor of the
Oskaloosa Friends church, Rev. Dav-
id II. Herald, of Indianapolis, Ind,
W. Jasper Hadley, of Marshalltown,
John Y Hoover of West Branch, and
others. Miss Lurana Terrell, of Cen
trail Holiness university, led in the
singing of several hymns.
The reading clerk being absent, hav-
ing moved out of the state, e. How
ard Brown, of New Sharon, was APP
pointed to that office. Rev. Zeno
Doan, pastor of the Frients' church
at New Providence, served as an
nouncing clerk and Laura p. Town
send OF West Branch as recording
clerk.
The list of representatives as re-
ported by the various quarterly meet
ings was read and forty-one responded
who were present. Ministers from
other Yearly Meetings as named pre-
scented credentials and were intro
duced and cordially welcomed, as fol-
lows: Rev and Mrs. David II. Herald,
of Indiana; Abba Z. Wooten, Califor-
MIA; Leslie Bond, Indiana; Samuel
Jackson, Oklahoma; and Ell Perisho,
of Kansas. Hearty words OF welcome
were offered these by Malinda B.
Hunt, of Iowa Falls, who also ex-
pressed the regret at the minority of
women in the ministry; A. f. N Ham,
bleton, of Oskaloosa; Lurana M. Ter
rell, of Oskaloosa; Eli B. Mendenhall
of Marshalltown, and others.
A communication from the Pleasant
Plain quarterly meeting was referred
to the committee on the suppression
of intemperance, and communica-
ton from the Ackworth meeting to
the representatives.
The report of the devotional COM
mittee presented by Alfred j. Hanson,
chairman, was read and approved.
The report of the caretakers was
presented by Amy Maddox, the Sec
rotary, read and accepted.
The following committees were Sc
lected:
espondence-David M.Edwards,
Ora w. Carroll, Alice Lawrence, Leona
Doan, Laura Paul and Dr. Philip Slack
Devotional Meetings.. r. Purdy
alfred j. Hanson, Joseph Sopher AL
bert Courtney, Anna Smith, Emma F.
Coffin and c. j. Bowles.
Extracts-Birdie B. Bachelor, Fred
Comfort, Clark Brown, Julia Bentley,
Edgar S. Worrel and Julia Enlow.
New Business-Wm. Mather, Jas.
Hadley and VIM. H. McCracken.
Returning Minutes-W. 5. Kitch,
Clyde Coffin, Abbie ]. Lake, Edith e.
Smith and Grace Elliott,
Synopsis of Epistles-P. Fry, Har-
Ian Harter, Cora Mattison, Bessie Col
Inns, Lurana Terrell, Beulah Spencer.
This committee was ordered to pre-
pare the synopsis of epist.es to be
read instead of the epistles.
A committee consisting OF zeno H,
Doan, J. Morris Lemon, Harry w.
Purdy, A. F. N. Hambleton, Mary So
pher, Jasper Hadley, Clark Brown,
Lydia Newlin and Sylvanus Haworth,
was selected to take under advise
ment suggested changes in the hand
ling OF correspondence.
The London general letter was
read
Ministry and Oversight.
The Yearly Meeting on Ministry
and Oversight was held at s O'Clock
this morning. Rev. Purdy was in
charge and there was a soodly at
tendance A brief report of this meet
ing will be made to the Yearly Meet
ing.
Opening Session.
The Y. p. s. c. e. Union opened the
Yearly Meeting with their devotional
and business meeting in the Penn
chapel Monday evening. President
N. Blanche Ford, of Springdale. and
Secretary Lilly ID. Peckham, OF Union,
both OF the Penn '0S class, served in
their official capacity. Alexander
Purdy of Oskaloosa led the service,
giving an excellent short address up
on the theme of the marks which dis
tinguish the Christian Endeavor. The
meeting was started with an enthusi-
astic song service led by Messrs. Clar-
ence Il. Pickett and Willard Farr, Miss
Jeanett Hadley playing the piano. A
very effective vocal duet, HE Lifted
Me-" was also rendered by Alex. Pur-
dy and Grover Hawk.
The president announced that in &C.
cordsnce with the action taken at the
last Yearly Meeting of the Union,
Clarence Pickett of Penn college had
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