The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-09-02
IOWA YEARLY MEETING.
Proceedings Of the 47th Annual Session Now In Progress
In Oskaioosa. 81

ury, while this year, before the open
! ing session, the treasury contained
| Sl.O3y, which is more than the amount
pledged.
The nominating committee was
chosen as follows, consisting OF a rep
resentative of each quarterly meet
ing: Ackworth, Katie Putnam; Bear
Creek, Lee Martin; Bangor, Beulah
Spencer, Des Moines, Chas. Sweet;
Greenvlle, Melborne Elliott; Honey
Creek, ]. c. Bowles; Lynn Grove, Eth
ell Day; Minneapolis, Edward Worral;
Oskaloosa, Ida Rogers; Pleasant
Plain, Ora Jones; Salem, Abbie Lake;
Scranton, Alice Lawrence; Spring
dale, Laura Townsend; and Winnie
shiek, Pursey Roberts.
The chair appointed the resolution
and devotional committees as follows:
Resolution-A. j. Hanson, Pleasant
Plain, chairman; Viola Smith, Sears
boro; Grover Hawk, Oskaloosa; Zeno
Doan, New Providence; Edith Smith,
| AckWOTlu, DeSSlt oShdiOOod.
Northumberland Brown, New
Sharon, chairman; Carrie Butler, New
Providence; and Ora Carroll, Musca-
tine.
c. E. Rally Day.
Thursday will be observed as Chris
tian Endeavor Rally Day. At 100
o'clock in the afternoon the Methods
Meeting will be held in the Endeavor
tent in charge of International Field
! Secretary Clyde E. Van der Maaton.
The C. +. business meeting at which
many important matters will be dis
cussed, comes at 400 p. m, and YES
per service at $3.50. The devotional
service at 100 will be led by Ora w.
Carroll, pastor Of the Muscatine
| Friends church. Miss n. Blanche
Ford, of Springdale, Ia, president of
the Y. p. S. C. E. Union, will give a
report of the International &. E. con-
vention. Following this report will
be the presentation of the prize ban
ner to the society sending the largest
offering, in proportion to its member
ship, to missions. The address of the
evening will be by International Field
Secretary van der Maaten; subject,
christian Endeavor, Its Progress and
Outlook
Methods Meetings.
Thee must arise early in the morn
ing if thee wishes to attend We Chris
tian Endeavor Methods meeting. At
7:15 o'clock each morning the Endeav-
orers will meet in their tent for the
study of methods in personal work,
committee work, etc. This morning
the meeting was led by Clarence E.
Pickett, recently appointed field Sec
rotary of the Iowa C. E. Union. The
subject was that of personal work.
CLYDE Coffin will lead the meeting on
Wednesday morning. The methods
meeting Friday will be conducted by
Mr.. van der Maaten at 400 p. m.,the
methods of the missionary committee
beingt he special subject for study.
Carrie Nation Tomorrow.
| Carrie Nation comes tomorrow, with
out her Ratchet. She will speak at
the afternoon meeting, which begins
at 200 o'clock. This session will al
so include a short business meeting
and the reading of temperance re-
ports, etc. The prayer and praise
meeting convenes in the morning at
s 100 o'clock and the Yearly Meeting
for Worship at 10000 a. m. In the ev-
ening the devotional meeting will be
held in the lower room and the an
nual meeting of the Penn college
stockholders will be held at the col
| lege building, both converting at 1870
| p. m.
The Christian Endeavor program
for Wednesday consists of the meth
DDS meeting at 7:15 a. M, the Mission
Training Glass at 100 p. m, led by
Miss Edith E. Smith of Ackworth, Ia,
and the vesper service at $3.50 p. m.
Weeks Program.
The remainder of the weeks pro-
gram in brief is as follows:
Thursday - Evangelistic Reports
and Bible School, w. F. NJ. S. and
Y. p. S. c. E. meetings.
Friday Foreign Mission Work.
Peace reports.
Saturday Educational Day and
closing business sessions.
| Sunday-Devotional and Worship.
Friends ministers so far as posi-
BILE, will occupy pulpits of churches
in the city in addition to the meet
ings on the grounds Sunday morning,
| afternoon and evening
Program For Thursday.