The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-11-03
THE M. /. CONFERENCE
Interesting and Instructive Meet
ing at Central Church.

The District Conference of the os
kaloosa District convened at the Cen
trail M. e. church on Tuesday after
noon at o'clock. Dr. c. l.. Stafford
the District Superintendent, presto
ed and Rev. H. c. Millice of Kellogg
was elected secretary After the op
ening devotional exercises led. by DR.
z. H. Waring of Oskaloosa, DR.. Star
ford presented a verbal report re,
garding the work in general on the
district and indicated few general
features which he wished to be DON
sidered by the conference during
their session. LIST, The Summer Re-
yival Campaign; I'd, The District Be
nevolences; Sd, The District Revival
Work (FalD; 4th, The Work OF the
District Deac6ness. 7E@s sN7
The following were selected as a
Committee on Nomieations: Rev. J..
NJ. McClelland of Oskaloosa, Rev.
Elias Handy of Grinnell, and Rev. w.
S. Gardner of Delta. DIR. Stafford re-
ported the work on the district to be
in very encouraging condition and
afterwards the various pastors pre-
scented verbal reports regarding the
work on their several charges. In.
the main they were filled with hope.
vigor and enthusiasm. The spiritual
and temporal features of each charge
was presented with any additional
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interest. The work in the Methodist
Brotherhood, the condition of the Ep-
worth League, and. the work among
the boys 1.-THE knights of the Holy
Grail, were particularly mentioned
The Committee on Nominations re-
ported as follows: On Licenses to
Preach, Rev. w. H. Perdew of New
ton, Rev. Richard Collier of Cedar,
and Rev. l.. II. Burdock of Deep
River; on Local Preachers Course of
Study, Rev. F. c. Edwards of Brook.
Ign, Rev. George Monkman of Pella,
and Rev. o. A. Mcbride of Sonora;
on the Work of the District Deacon
ess, DR.. c. l.. Stafford and Rev. /. ..
Kemble of Oskaloosa; on Home Mis-.
sions, Rev. G. N. Pace of Knoxville, 4
Rev. H. F. Holm of Attica, and Rev. |
w. A. Smith of Harvey; on Local
Preachers and Eshorters, DR.. c, L. !
Stafford Rev |. o. Kemble and Rev. |
Z. H. Waring of Oskaloosa; on Re |
ception on Trial, Rev H. F. Gilbert
OF Montezuma, Rev. G.. l.. Minear OF I
What Cheer, and Rev. j. A. Monk
man of Killduff; ON Candidates for
Orders, Rev. j. C. Caughlan OF Rich |
land, Rev. G. H. Hanawalt of New /
Sharon, and Rev. j. E. Hall OF Rose
Hill; on Apportioning the Benevo; |
lences, DID, G. L. Stafford OF Oska-
loosa, Rev. w. S. Gardner of Delta,
and Rev. j. E. Ward of Rose Hill.
The evening service opened with a /
song service led by Rev. j. A. Monk
man OF Killduff, during which a line /
vocal duet was rendered by the two
brothers, Rev. J. A. Menkman and
Rev. George Monkman of Pella. The
two voices. first and second tenor,
and the selection only created
taste for more. The devotional exer.
cises were led by Rev. Richard Col
Her of Cedar, and Rev. F. c. Edwards
of Brooklyn was introduced as the
speaker Of the evening, his subject
being sightseeing in the Holy
Land" The Holy Land was outlined
as being $50 miles in length, about IS
miles wide at the north and 10 miles
wide at the lower end. The trip of
tho evening began at Damascus on n
the northern border and came gradu.
ally down. to the Sea of Galilee, and
on to Cana, Nazareth, Mt. Carmel,
and finally to Jerusalem and Bethle-
HEM Interesting scenes and expert
ences were related and at times Gre
ated considerable amusement, particu-
larly when the habits and customs
Of the country came in conflict with
American ideas. Although the Holy
Land is now considerably modern.
lied, yet there are still quite few
points of interest to the traveller and
Biblical student The fact that this
section Of country was in years past
the scene of the Life and Ministry of
Jesus Christ, is in itself of peculiar
interest to the Christian worker II
The talk as whole was exceedingly
humorous in many re.
spects and yet contained an under
current OF religious devotion which
made it peculiarly fitting to the ooca-
sior.
The Conference will adjourn on
Wednesday after the address by Rev.d
c. N. Pace of Knoxville, on ''The
Passion Play" A large audience
should hear him, as he is a gifted
speaker. 4