The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-03-03
AMONG The CHURCHES
Items of Interest Cleaned From
Pulpit and Sactuary.
Friends Church.

/ The February session OF OSkaiooSs
Quarterly meeting was held in the
Penn Chapel last Saturday. The
morning session was given over to
devotion. Rev. L. T. Jones, principal
of the Penn Academy, preached from
the text, There was no room fol
them in the inn." In his pleasing
way he brought the lesson home
There was no room for the Christ In
the inn, and a lowly manager receiy'
ed Him. There was no room for
him in Judea and Egypt received
him. There was no room for Him in
the world and Mount Calvary receiy.
ed Hin. No room for Christ in the
business world; no room for Him in
the pleasures of life. Too many rise
from their beds without word OF
praise for the care of the night. They
rush through the day and go to their
rest without a single thought of the
Christ that has made their very ex-
istence possible.
The afternoon was taken up with
the routine business. the only break
being the request of Abba Monthly
meeting that the quarterly meeting
would grant a minute to Chas. Spann
and wife for service in Africa. They
will take up their mission work I'M
der the direction of the Friends
African Industrial Mission Board
and their field will be British East
Africa. The whole quarterly meet
ing Joined in bidding them Godspeed
in their work.
Oskaloosa quarterly meeting is
made up of the six local meetings,
Oskaloosa, New Sharon, Bloomfield,
Hiteman and Hines. The next ses-
sion will be held at Abba in May.
An unusually large congregation
assembled Sunday morning. The
chorus is well filled again. They sang
this morning the anthem. Send out
Thy Light" by Gounod. Rev. Purdy
spoke from the text, "They that earn
money put it in bags with holes. y
He said in part: The man of the
street puts his money, his productive
power. his manhood, his character
and his self-respect into a bag with
holes. and they fall through and roll
into the gutter. The brewer rides in
his steam yacht; the wholesale liquor
dealer rides in his automobile; the
retailer rides in his carriage. and the
drinker rides in the patrol wagon. 1t
cannot be said that the one who
smokes is not a Christian. Perhaps
God has a smoking car on the train
that runs to Heaven. Bags in the Kit
chen, bags in the parlor, bags in the
business Office. in the class room,
and in the college, all with holes in
them. We as a people are drifting
toward extravaganza. The turning OF
the hearts of the people to the Lord
will mean a greater prosperity, true
prosperity to the people. There are
those who. could they go back to the
cabin in which they we're born, with
out the first dollar of their great
wealth. would be infinitely better
off. There are those at the top OF the
ladder of fame who would be infinite
" better off if they were back at the
foot of the ladder and so at the foot
of the cross. Jesus can call Oskaloo-
sa his city. Not day passes but
that the name of Jesus is spoken
times without number, in prayer, in
praise, in song in sermon, in deeds.
When the people will say it is time
for the Lords house to be lifted up,
then Gods time will come and sin
will be routed.
At the Sabbath school Clark Terrell
urged the Bible Glass to organize.
The attendance was 1877.
At 400 p. m. Prof Jones led a
Joint meeting of the Y. NJ. and Y. w.
C. A.. at which the Universal day OF
Prayer for colleges was observed. A
male quartette made up of Knight
Purdy, Lewis and Farr sang MY
Son, Give me Thy Heart"
The Christian Endeavor was led by
Wendell Farr, at which he told OF the
present condition in India as recount
ed at the Rochester convention Miss
Darlington sang beautifully, Living