The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-04-21
THE POWELL MEETINGS
"Make Jesus King" Was the Sub
ject Of Friday Evening.

The meeting at the Central M. y.
church on Friday evening, held In the
interests of the Knights of the Holy
Grail, by DR.. Perry Edwards Powell.
was fairly we'll attended. Or. Powell
spoke on the subject OF Make Jesus
King" The talk was somewhat in
formal and was based on the life and
character of King Arthur Of England
and his followers who went in search
of the Holy Grail. The habits OF
young man make character. The
speaker stated that in his experience
with boys, that pract cally all Oh the
triumphs and victories Of the Old
Testament heroes had been repeated
In the lives of those he had been con.
nected with. No one realizes the
trials and self-denials of those who
have the will and the purpose to sue
coed in their efforts to do right and
form the character OF worthy man
hood. Considerable outside work is
being done and the young men and
boys are being reached by personal
canvass. The order Is divided into
three degrees, the Pages, from to IL
years, the Esquires, from IL to 10
years, and the knights from Is to 80.
It Is estimated that there will be over
one hundred young men and boys VINO
will be ready for initiation on Mon
day evening. The degree team which
have been assisting DR.. Powell In MS
work, were with him on the platform
at the service on Sunday evening, in
their regalias. The order has the
highest of ideals and in all will be a
fine training for the development OF
character and manhood.
The services practically all day ON
Sunday at Central M. 4. church We're
given over to the interests OF the
young men and boys. After the open
ling exercises, during which Mr.. Roy
Kemble and Mr.. Gordon rendered
Isplendid vocal duet, DIR. Perry Ed
wards Powell gave an outline of the
knights of the Holy Grail and the OBJ
ljects that it was intended to reach In
the training of the boy and young
man to a manhood of Christian chival-
Try. He then took up the subject of
the morning, THE Man and the Boy,
and gave the people some plain and
candid truths regarding the proper ed
ucation of young men for the respon-
sibilities of future manhood in the de-
velopment of Christian character.
One person was received into full
membership and two others were re-
q ceived by letter. The Epworth
League service in the evening was led
lby DIR. Allen and he spoke on the sub
!, ject of Accidents in Life" Special
music was furnished by the mixed
quartette from the choir, Misses Hunt
and Grant, and Messrs. Gordon and
Douglas. DIR. Fred Jarvis also fav-
} ored the League with a fine vocal solo,
which was greatly enjoyed. At the
|, evening service, nine young boys we're
received into the church on proba-
ton. Mr.. Gordon rendered special
vocal solo during the opening exer-
! cises. An interesting feature Of the
|, service was the presence on the plat
form of the degree team, Roy Ander-
son, Warren Cadwallader, Cecil Smith
and Don Russell, in the full regalia
of the knights. These young men
have been assisting DIR. Powell in his
, work in Oskaloosa and will naturally
work in as leaders among the young
men of the order, after 1t has been In
stituted. DIR. Powell spoke regarding
"St. Paul as an Athlete" taking his
text from the last verses of the 9th
chapter, of LIST Corinthians. The
trend of the address was the factthat
c 1t was possible for any one to sin
q against the body in not taking proper
/, care of it, as well as to sin against
the soul. That Christianity was more
than an appeal to the spiritual as it
applied also to the physical and men
tai natures as well. DIR. Powell men,
! toned the Chicago Cubs, as being one
J of the finest bodies of athletes in the
world, and said that If it was neces-
sary for a body of men to keep up a
proper system of training in order to
play base ball, IL was far more i'm
: portant that we should use judicious
care in order to properly meet the re-
sponsibilities of life.
;, At both morning and evening ser
vices Dr.. Allen made a special appeal
for free will offering for the benefit
;, OF DIR. Powell and in very short time
secured over $4,000 for his personal
work in Oskaloosa. The expenses OF
;, these special services have been pro
yided for. On Monday evening the
, lOrdef of the Knights of the Holy Grail
: will be instituted in Oskaloosa. The
initiation of the Pages from 8 to IL
years will take place first, and they
will be dismissed. The initiation oil
the Esquires. from IL to is years
: will take place next an dthey WA re
!, tire, and lastly the knights will be
4 Initiated and each degree as soon as
J. possible will meet separately and SO
+ llect their officers and begin ,thelI
: work. 1t is expected that over 10C
4 boys and young men will be among
= the members of the new order.
4 The Knights OF the Holy Grail inl
= tiation will be very attractive. To I
= have been invited the ministerial as
= ISOLATION and most of them will at
Il -.