The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-06-15
National and Iowa Holiness
Campmeeting.
Rev. c. J. Fowler D. of West Newton Mass President
National Association Rev. j. M O'Ben Shelby
VILE Mo-, elected President of Iowa. today.

a. M, and the bright and enthusiastic
testimonials, the hearty singing and
the feryent prayers kept the service
moving rapidly until Tie hour of the
public preaching service. A large
choir quickly gathered and the praise
service was continued, while the peo
pie were coming in. The audience OF
the morning nearly filled the large
tabernacle and afte~ the opening pray
er by DR.. George A. Mclaughlin, OF
the University, Dr. c. j. Fowler
preached a very forcible sermon from
LIST Thesalonians, 4-3, For this is the
will Of God, even your sanctification
that We should abstain from fornitica
ton" Hethenism has always pre-
scented to the void dark picture
and the heathenism OF St. Paul's time
was a veritable sink of wickedness
1t was in the midst of these condi
lions that the early church of Thessa
+ 4eRiea- as started and st. Paul eX
horts them to seek the experience OF
sanctification, the endowment of the
Holy Ghost, in order to protect them
from their surroundings and keep
them faithful to God. This in a few
words is the setting of the text and
the advice given by st. Paul to the
Christians of those days, applies
equally we'll in this day. The sermon
was replete with illustrations and
incidents which enforced the truth
all the more completely and held the
attention of the people to the very
close.
A special grove meeting for the
non-campers was held at 1880 p. m,
under the direction of DR.. ID. J. Bunce,
of Des Moines, and it was largely at.
tended by the trancients and strang'
ers on the ground. At 230 the pub.
&c service was held and after the
praise service and prayer by Rev
Isaiah Reid, of California, formerly
president of the l. H. A., Rev. c. w.
Ruth, of Indianapolis, Ind, preached
on the subject of Entire Sanctitica,
| ton" Instead of taking a regular
text he presented a series of Scrip
ture references which presented the
attitude of God, the Father, regarding
the subject. These were followed by
others showing the attitude of Christ
| the Son and the Holy Spirit, the
teacher and comforter, regarding the
same question. These references
deal with the divine side and were
conclusive. rhe human side of the
same manner and the obligations OF
humanity were clearly shown by the
authority of the Scriptures. The ser
mon was unique and yet forcefnl and
it presented the truth to the people
in certainly an original manner. AT
700 p. IN. short grove meetings were
held and all were full of interest.
The evening service was naturally
the largest service of the day in point
of attendance as several OF the
churches in Oskaloosa closed their
evening services SO that the people
could come out 10 the camp meeting
At the public service in the even
ing, the yearly census was taken
First the states repl esented at the
camp meeting were found to be Mas
sachusetts, Indiana, Illinois, Missou
ri, Iowa, Nebraska, Oklahoma, New
YORK, California, Wisconsin, North
Dakota. Colorado, Kansas, South Da
kota. Michigan. Minnesota, Idaho
Pennsylvania, Arkansaw, Ohio, Ken
lucky and Wyoming. Total Estates
Canada, England, India, Africa. Wales
Turkey, Russia, Germany, Scotland
and Ireland Total 10 foreign countries
The religious denominations were rep
resented by the Methodist Episcopal
Baptist, Congregational, Friend:
United Brethren, Methodist Episcopa
church South. the church of the Ma
zarene, Presbyterian, Lutheran
Christian, African Methodist Episco
pal, Evangelical, Wesleyan Methodist
Menonites, Holiness Christian, Meth
odist Protestant, Holland Reformed
River Brethren, Dunkards, Salvation
Cumberland Presbyterian, Seven Da!
Adventist, Quakers and Swedish
church. Total 26 denominations. !
contribution was also taken for thu
> benefit of Rev. Isaiah Reid, who wa
practically founder of the Holmes
movement in the central west. He il
, one of the old veterans of the caus'
and every year an offering is mad
for his benefit.
4 The opening prayer was made b.
: Rev. c. NJ. Edgington, of Alton, and ;
3 mixed quartette rendered a vocal Sc
! lection The last sermon of tn
! camp meeting was then delivered b.
4 Rev. w. II. Huff, of Sioux City, ant
/. his text was taken from Daniel 5:27
. Thou art weighed in the balances
. and art found wanting" The subjes
3 "Belshazzars Feast" was one o
tragic import and depicted the fall o
, the Babylonish kingdom. History re
: cords but little OF the life of thi
. wicked king, but what little is know
r is full of evil and sinfulness and W,
have here an object lesson of thu
. vengeance OF God on the continued
. sinfulness of his people. First, Got
is very strict in dealing with the rep
, resentative men in a locality; thOs'