Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-06-21
CONVENTION OF THE OTTUMWA
DISTRICT TO OPEN IN kEo.
SAUQUA JUNE ~.
EXPECT LARGE NUMBER
Attendance 10 Thought Will BE Great
and Many viii Go From Here
Program 10 Lengthy and
Well Selected.

Of the Ottumwa district Epworth
League will convene in Keosauqua
The magnitude Of the gathering "a
such that hundreds will be In atten.
dance at the convention and some Of
the best speaking talent in the NJ. b
church in southern Iowa will be pres.
ont. Ottumwa will be represented by
large number of delegates and vis
itors and the program shows mum
Der of Ottumwans to take prominent
parts in the work Of the convention.
The convention beginc with service
at 7'3O Monday evening, June 81, with
President Harry v. Henness in
charge of song and praise service The
convention will continue until the aft.
ernoon of June 20 and special music
will intersperse the program. Rev. T.
w. jeffrey, J. G. Kendrick, e. J.
Shook and Edwin A. Scheu are among
the speakers. The program complete
follows:
Monday, June 27-EvenIno.
7:30-Song and Prllsc service
Harry V. Henness.
A Word Of Welcome-Rev. W. G.
Thorn, Keosauqua.
Why Hold League Conventional.
c. Minear, Kilbourne.
Life Adjusted to Large Units-Rev.
II. B. Schreckengast, D. D., Burling-
ton.
Tuesday, June 2s-Mornlns.
8:45-Devotional service, led by
Edw. stodghill Dudley.
9:OO-Business session Appoint
ment of committees.
9:30-Our Fight With the Bottle
C. S. Cooper.
10:0O-The League Institute-Rev.
c. A. Field. Mystic.
Practical Methods in Junior Work
Miss Emma Nehre, Batavia.
1O:30-"Ben Hur and It's Author
Edwin A. Schell, D. D., president
Iowa Wesleyan University.
Afternoon.
1:30-Song and Praise Service
Rev. c. E. Coggeshall, Eldon.
1:45-Paper, "Will We 1.-THE, II So,
How ?'-Miss Blanche McTaggart,
Knoxville
Tithing-Rev. o. G. circuit, Agency.
2:15-"Glimpses Of India"-Miss
Lydia Pool.
Missionary Echoes-Rev. e. j..
Shook, Ottumwa.
3:OO-"Saved for Service"-I.-At-
tracing, Miss Mary Robertson, Cen.
terville; II.-Russell G. Nye, Agency;
III.-Training for Christian Service,
Rev. P. NJ Conant, Moravia.
Discussion.
3:45-Department conference.
Recreation hour
Evening.
8:OO-Song service-Rev. Lloyd
Tenant, Cantril.
"Samson"-T. w. Jeffrey, D. D., Of
tumwa.
Wednesday, June 2e-Morning.
6::30-Morning watch and commun-
ion service-Rev. H. N. Smith, dis.
trict superintendent.
8:45-Praise service-Rev. A. M.
Smith, Moulton.
9:00-Our Deaconess Home and
Bible Training School-Mrs. A. E.
Tanford, Des Moines.
9:45-Reports Of local chapters.
-eports of committees.
Lection Of officers.
Afternoon.
1:30-Song and praise service-Rev.
Charles E. Petit. Blakesburg.
2:O0-"What Is the Use of the 'Ep-
worth Herald PC. X. Foote, Ottum.
wa.
The Epworth Leaguers Debt to the
Old Ministers-Rev. J. C. Kendrick.
Epworth League vangelism-Rev
w. s. Gardner, Mt. Pleasant.
2:45-ConventiOn sermon-Rev. ].
s. Decker, Kirkville.
Installation of officers.
Delegates From ottumwa.
Delegates from the Willard Street
Methodist Episcopal church are as
follows:
Miss Martha Berry, president Of the
league Of the church; Mrs. Florence
Millisack, Mis- Ruth Smith, Miss Alice
Goodall, Miss Lena Grips and Rev. b.
]. Shook.
The Main street church delegation
is:
Miss Alice Lukens, Miss Helen
Holmes, Miss Mabel Cary, H. 8. Scott,
Margaret Shepherd and Mr.. and Mrs.
A. F. Pelham.
The delegates for the League Of the
First M e. church have not yet been
selected.
Dies at Mt. Pleasant.
Mt. Pleasant, June 1s.-John Moon
died at the hospital last evening and