The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-11-04
THE METHODIST
CONFERENCE.
0skaloosa District Will Be Repre-
scented at Meeting.
FIFTy-SEvEN DELEGATES HERE
Applications of Five Candidates Acted
Upon FavorabIy and Licenses to
Preach Are Granted - Com
pIete Roster Of Delegates.

The District Conference now in SEES
sion in the Central Methodist Episco-
pal church will close with the SER
mon by Elias Handy of Grinnell this
evening, this being the third day of
the meeting The attendance has
been fully up to the expectations and
profitable gathering has been enjoyed.
The program has been very nearly
carried out as printed, one or two
changes having been necessitated by
the absence of those who were to
have spoken.
Tuesday Morning.
Fully thirty were present at the
converting of the Tuesday morning
session when the devotional services
and communion service were in
charge of Rev. 1. o. Kemble, of this
city. Then followed the organization
o. the conference, Dr.. &. L. Stafford,
district superintendent, of Grinneli,
being chairman. Rev. H. c. Millice,
o. Reasoner, was selected for secre.
tary and Rev. Geo. MonKman, asso-
ciate secretary.
The report of the committee on
granting licenses to new preachers
was given by Rev. H. F. Gilbert, OF
MonteZuma and five men were called
TO the front and examined closely
upon matters of doctrine and disct
pine. Immediately upon the oDnven
ing OF the afternoons session all OF
these were voted licenses to preach,
a ) follows: VIM. A. Odel, John S.
Phillips, Donald beware, Harry "
Dole and Geo. Trip.
During the business session the re-
ports o the district superintendent
and preachers were heard. The re.
mainder of the program, comprising
the symposium, was omitted for lack
OF time, and was taken up in the al
ternoon, the first number on the pro
gram OF the session being The Need
of the Pastors Responsibility, open.
ell by ]. F. Barnett and C. W. Coch
ran. The Laymen's Responsibility"
opened by William Crosson. was next
followed by Fred C. Edwards. on the
subject of Pastor or Evangenst?"
Tuesday Evening.
The evening service on Tuesday
was highly interesting. Rev. George
Monkman. of Pella, led in the praise
service and afterward prayer was OF.
fered by Willim Crosson and Rev. w
n. Hall. During the evening a male
quartette of ministers rendered The
Victor's Song" in a very creditable
manner. The quartette comprised
Rev. Geo. Monkman of Pella: Rev. w.
B. Ireland. Rev. J. +. Barnett, of New
Sharon, and Rev. J. L. Caughlan, or
Richland. After the scripture lesson
had been read by Rev. !. o. kemble.
Rev. II. S. Gilbert, of Montezuma'
preached from the text as found in st.
John 1924, Verify, verify | say unto
you, except a grain of wheat fall into
the ground and die. it apideth alone;
but ii it die, it bringeth forth much
fruit" ] keeping with the law OF
christian service, Christ lived a life of
self denial. The text was part OF
the last familiar talk that he held with
his disciples before the crucitixion
He well knew the future and was pre-.
pared 10 meet II. He made himself
o. no reputation for us. that we
through his life and death might be
saved. The self sacrifice OF Jesus
Christ is one of the tInest examples
ever given to the world and is thor
oughly in sympathy with the idea OF
the text. The greatest men OF history
! were always the servants of the PEG
pie in some worthy cause. Washing
ton, Lincoln, Clara barton. Francis
Willard and Florence Nightingale, ait
represent the principal of self sacri-
fee and self denial Ii is through this
| life of service for others that the
world is made better. as people see
! His life exemplifed in the lives of His
saints. His work in the world must
be accomplished by Hi people. Rev.
! Mr.. Gilbert Is a very vivid and for
/ chile speaker and he held the interest
/ Of his hearers to the close, The spirit
of evangelism was decidedly manifest
! throughout the service and in fact
I tniS mas Dttu the luSliS VI thS "hOaN
convention. Quite large audience
was present and the service was thor.
oughly enjoyable.
Wednesday Morning.
! W. B. Ireland led the morning deyo-
tionals, following which the regular
business was taken up, The matter
of publishing the Waring history of
early Methodism in Iowa was referred
to.
The paper by c. w. Wilson on "The
Laymanis Responsibilities" which was
to have been given Tuesday afternoon
twas heard this morning.
George Monkman spoke upon the
subject of The Epworth League in
Evangelistic Services" " A. Swick-
ard on Saving the Boys, or Knights
lof the Holy Grail" and w. A. Smith