The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-01-27
AMONG THE CHURCHES
Items of Interest Cleaned From
Pulpit and Sactuary.
Sunday at Central N. E. Church.

The attendance at Sunday school
rea,tiel a total OF 395, which was a
slight Improvement over last year.
The announcement was made at the
morning service that Evangelist Baker
would be obliged to leave for his
home in Berkeley, California, after the
evening service and that the meetings
gould have to be brought to close.
Rev. Baker has, been of immense
benefit to the people and this has been
he Testimony oGiboth the church mem
bers and others who have attended
the services. "A large congregation
was present at the morning service
when he spoke on the subject of In
His WILL the text being taken from
Colossians. 4:12: "Epaphras. who is
one of YOU, a servant of Christ, sa-
uteth YOU, always laboring feryently
Tor YOU in prayers, that We. may stand
perfect and complete in all the will of
Cod" The discourse was both doc
trlnal and explanatory and was given
the closest attention throughout. 1t
vas WILDLY Illustrated by incidents of
experience which brought out only the
| nore clearly the truth presented. II
made deep suppression and will not
coon be forgotten. ~. ,.ta..
AT the afternoon service another
large congregation gathered and after
| short song service, Evangelist Baker
spoke on the subject OF What Is It?''
The text being taken from st. John
l7:i5-22. This is a part of Christ's
prayer for His believers and the
prayer contained four petitions; unat
His believers while in the world might
be preserved, sanctified, unified and
slorified. Rev. Baker spoke particu.
arly OF the experience of Sanctifca-
ion This Is an experience which IS
ntteh misunderstood and consequently
much abused. The doctrine is thor
)ugiily biblical and should be as much
part OF the plan OF salvation as any
other. To sanotify, is to set apart
Tor religious use-to dedicate ones
elf for Christian service. AS peace,
owe and holiness possess various de-
srees On activity, SO sanctification is
described in the Bible as truly sane
ifed, sanctified wholly and entire
sanctification. IN a word, the expert
ence is one which is identified with a
clean, pure heart, full of love to God
and man. The confusion Oh the sub
Ject In the minds of Christians ex-
iSts Ifttf,ro haoopra IL Is NJ ,~ro,,orI, a,
understood, than because they object
to the belief. After the sermon, when
requested, nearly, all OF the audience
arose and indicated their personal be.
lief in the subject. sr.r, . r. 49,.
At the meeting of the Epworth
league the subject considered was
THE Voice Within and referred to
che conscience, which was void of OF.
fence toward God The leader. was
Mrs. Irma S.-'Gray of the university.
At the public, service in the evening
still another large audience was pres
emit and as this was the last service
Of the meetings about $4,000 was
quickly raised TO cover the expenses.
Rev. Baker sang as a solo, God Will
! Take Care of YOU" and spoke on the
subject Of The Greatest of AL" the
text being taken from St Matthew %:
1898: Jesus said unto him, thou
ahalt love the Lord thy God with all
thy heart and with all thy soul, and
with all thy mind; this is the first
and great Commandment The ser.
mon was thoroughly evangelistic and
was full of interest throughout At
| Jhe close of the service one seeker
came forward. The result of the free
will offering for the services of Evan
gelist Baker during his stoy of three
weeks was over two hundred dollars.
He greatly enjoyed his stay in Oska.
!oosa and there is possibility that
ne may return to the city for further
meetings in october or November. As
far as could be learned all were
greatly pleased with his work and
although the meetings have been dis.
continued, the good work will 60 on
md harvest will yet be gathered as
a. result of the meetings.
Revival at Rose Hill.
Rose Hill, Ia, Jan. 24.-The revival
meetings. in progress at the M. E
church at this place are progressing
nicely. Large crowds are attending
and conviction is setting on the PEG
pie. Rev. A. Arthur Heath. of Oska
loosa, Is bringing us messages of Cos
| pei truth that. stlrs the heart We are
expecting a great meeting because OF
Gods power working in our midst
II, W. Cannon. the pastor, is standing
by the work and nobly assisting in