The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-08-24
Sunday Afternoon.

The prelude was given by the En-,
glish Concert Singers and comprised
solos, quartetes and duettes of a
sacred character and all were render
ed with the attractiveness which has
made this company so popular. There
is sympathy and depth of feeling in
their music which is really comfort
ing. The Scriptures were read by DR.
McClelland of the Central M. f.
church and prayer was offered by
Rev. Adkins of the Congregational
church. The address of the afternoon
was delivered by Rev. Chas. A. Payne
of Milwaukee, Wis. He is an active
congregational minister and has given
considerable time to travel in various
lands. His talk of the afternoon was
regarding Palestine and the Man OF
Gallilee." The trend of his address
covered the geographical and histori.
cal features of Palestine, the manners
and customs of the people and last
but not least, the life and ministry of
Christ who came to dwell among them.
| In his delineation of the country, the
speaker shattered some of the popular
| ideals of the public regarding Pales-
tine. They have practically two sea
sons, the dry and the hot period of
summer and the moist and fertile sea-
son during the winter. This seems to
be the time when most of the tour
lists see Palestine and then it is in
deed a land of beauty. but during the
| dry time ii is just the reverse. No
vegetation, hot, dry and sandy. The
ground is rocky and billy so that the
| farm products are very limited, and
the people largely very poor. This
was the country which was the scene
a glowing tribute to His ministry and
work among men.
Sunday Evening.
The English Concert Singers APP
peered for the last time on Sunday
evening. They gave various select
ons of a sacred character and their
work was much enjoyed by ALL They
are a fine company of young people
and all are artistes in the true sense
of the term. Their work here was
most acceptable to the people and it
is hoped that they will again come to
Oskaloosa at some future date. The
lecture of the evening was given by
Rev. Chas. A. Payne, with the aid of
Illustrations. He spoke on the sub
ject of Ancient Rome and the Christ
ian Martyrs" The illustratins were
fine and very vivid and depicted the
historic city in the olden days and
many interior views. All were lavish
in their statuary and decorations and
illustrated the prodigality of that day.
The lecture was largely descriptive,
but exceedingly interesting and in
was that in the insane and brutal per-
secutions of the christians in Rome
and in their desire to stamp this new
belief off the earth, they really scat
tered many christian believers
throughout the nations of Europe, and
it was eventually thorugh this that
christianity came to the shores of
America and the blessings which we
enjoy today in our civilization, were
given to us by the christian martyrs
Of Rome
Saturday Morning.
The various programs of Saturday
were given in their regular order. The
Bible hour was taken by Rev. J. G.
Warnock who spoke on Timothy, a
Type of the Young Man" 1t was very
interesting. Charles r. Taggart, the
man from Vermont, gave the enter.
tainment of the morning and all were
delighted with his work. He gave
character sketches, approximations
and his work on the violin was some
thing unusual and afforder a great
deal of pleasure. He played the vio-
lin in every conceivable way and was
a revelation to many. He is strictly
an entertainer and he is a good one.
Saturday Afternoon.
The great attraction of Saturday
was Bryan, and people of all political
faiths and of no faith at all, came
from far and near to see and hear
Bryan, not as a politician, not as a
candidate three times for the presi-
dency, but as true and genuine man.
They came to hear him on a great
subject, The Prince of Peace" He
spoke to one of the largest audiences
that was ever under the roof of the
tabernacle, and all were more than
pleased After a delightful prelude
by the English Opera Singers, Mr..
Bryan was introduced by Mayor S. V.
Reynolds, of Oskaloosa. After getting
acquainted with his audience in a hui
morous way and touching upon poll
ticvs in general way, he took up the
subject OF the afternoon. His address
was a classic and seemed TO cover
every conceivable objection which
could possibly be made to christianity
or to the teachings of Christ. 1t was
good for the skeptic, it was good for
the agnostic, for the moralist and for
the modern higher critic. He knocked
the underpinning out from under ev-
cry question or objection that could
possibly be made regarding this great
and vital subject. His speech was