Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-14
mETHoDIsTs OF STATE TO HOLD
CONVENTION IN
FEBRUARY.
ALL STATE CONFERENCES
TO BE REPRESENTED
One Of Series Of General Meetings Held
at Long Intervals-Many Important
Church and Moral Problems to Be
Considered Bishop Mcdowell Will
Preside.

Cedar Rapids, Dec. 14.-One of the
biggest religious conventions in the
history of the state and one which
promises to be most far-reaching in it's
effects is to be held by the Methodist
Episcopal church of Iowa at Des
Moines, Feb. 10 and IA.
AS is well known. the Methods.
churches of the state are in confer
ences and a general meeting, where all
the churches of the state are repre-
scented, is held but seldom. This con-
vention is to be such a meeting and it
is hoped and planned to have a full
representation from all parts of the
state.
Bishop Mcdowell will preside over
the convention. He is man of great
breadth Of vision, an inspiring leader
and speaker, a seer who is capable of
pointing out the road which the church
ought to follow in the future. He will
make a brief address on the afternoon
of Tuesday. the 18th, striking the key
note of the great gathering.
Then will come Henry Wallace, Of
Wallace's Farmer, who has a message
for the state entitled The Rural
Church. 1t is a subject which he has
given much thought and study. and it
will be enriched with the fruits of his
long years of observation and expert
enCe.
The other address of the afternoon
will be by Gardner Cowles of the Reg
lister and Leader, whose subject Will De
"A Layman's Vision of Iowa Metho-
dism.' Mr.. Cowles has some ideas On
| this subject which are decidedly origin
al, tending he believes. to the greater
unificaton and effectiveness of the
work of the church.
The Tuesday Evening Program.
In the evening Bishop Mcdowell will
give an address and educational prob
lens of the church in this state will be
discussed by several of the college
presidents. The general question of
handling the Methodist students of the
state will be discussed and among the
speakers with great experience and
success in this field OF work will be
Rev. j. c. Nate of Champaign. ILL.,, and
Dr. Fox of the Presbyterian church at
| Iowa City.
lnterdenominational Comfy.
| Wednesday the great problem OF in
terdenominationa1 comfy will be taken
up How best all the churches Of the
state, the Methodists, the Congrega-
tionalists, the Presbyterians. etc car
work together, viii be discussed by
able speakers, among whom will be DR.
H W. futile of Grnnell.
The problem of the liquor traffic in
| Iowa will be another subject to be TAX
en- up and discussed and the effect will!
! be to arrive at some general plan and
platform upon which all the churches
may unite.
The Church and Labor.
Finally, as the grand climax Of the
convention. on Wednesday evening
February IA, the problem of the church
and the labor organizations will be TAX
| en- up. Rev. DR.. E. J. Lockwood Of Ce-
| dar Rapids is in charge of this phase
OF the work of the convention. He is
making arrangements to secure some
of the best qualified and ablest speak
ers from labor organizations and from
the church, and it is felt that it will be
possible to devise ways and means b.
which the two great organizations may
CO. operate in work for the good OF
both.