Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-09-07
CHURCHES join
IN CONVENTION
UNITARIANS AND UNIvERsALlSTs
TO CONVENE IN DIES MONIES
IN OCTOBER.
JOINT GATHERING
Two Organizations 10 Meet Together
For Three Days-Havs 4 Big
Program Arranged For
.. Meeting.

Dies Moines. Sept. 6.-There Is to be
a joint convention of the Unitarian
and Universalists churches to be held
in the First Unitarian church In Des
Moines October /, 2 and 8. The joint
meeting will be the thirty-dfth annual
session of the Iowa Unitarian associa'
ton and the seventeenth annual SEES
sion of the Iowa Universalist conven-
ton with Young Peoples Christian
Union, Women's Missionary associa
ton and Sunday School and IIaymen's
league. The convention opens Tues
day. October with the following pro.
gram:
Tuesday, October 1.
200 o. m.-Ministers' meeting.
Paper-Pragmatism, What Is and
What It Is Not-Rev. George r. bod
son, Phi. D., minister Unity church,
St. Louis, Mo.
Introduction to general discussion
Rev. A. R. Fiske, Galesburg, Ill.
1880 p. m.-Sermon, Rev. George r.
Dodson; subject, The Life That
Maketh all Things New"
Rev. r. B. Fisher, La Crosse, Via,
will preside.
Wednesday, Oct. 2.
900 a m.-Convention called To
order by Franklin ]. Drake, M. D.,
president Iowa Universalist conven-
ton.
Prayer-Rev. H. H. Schumacher,
Iowa CITY.
Address Of welcome H.
Griffiths president board Of trustees,
nEaS~>c TYri&oriop ~hnrNh
Response - Universalist, J. l..
Kamrar.
Response Unitarian, Mrs. r. O..
Smith, Sioux City.
1000 q. m.-Appointment OF session
al committees.
1910 a. m.-Business session OF the
Iowa Unitarian association.
Reading minutes of last meeting.
Reports of secretary and treasurer.
Appointment of committees.
Reports from churches.
Our Missionary Field and Our Mis-
sionary Motive-Rev Ernest G. Smith,
secretary w. U. c., Chicago.
The Appointment Plan for Raising
Missionary Funds-Rev. William Chan
ming Brown, Boston, Mass.
1900. noon-Luncheon served In the
church. u.
1910 a. m.-Business session OF the
iowa Universalist convention.
. /. Opening of the session by Frank
lin J. Drake.
2. Calling the roll of members.
4 Reading the minutes of the pre-
ceding session. IS ss
1. Reports Of the committees on
credentials; religious services and un-
finished business.
S. Reports Of the president secre'
tary and treasurer. t..
1900 a.. m.-Occasional sermon
Rev. Loomts o. Black, Boone.
Communion service conducted by
Rev. Noel E. Spicer, Webster City:
Gum ministerial relief fund of1er-
ing. ... ..
200 D. m.-Iowa Unitarian associa'
discussion: 1T is Possible to Make
the Ethics OF Jesus the Controlllns
principle in Modern LITER
Statement of the Historical Prod
,em-Rey, Henry H. Burch, HumDolt.
Tolstoy's Answer-Mrs. Clarinda
Oeo6o. -,, WIT.
8. Neitzsche's Answer-Mtss Persls
Des Moines.
4 The Conventional Answer or the
Everett Dean Marun'
Des Moines.
5. The Kingdom Of God-ReV. n.
u. Van Tassel, Sioux City.
200 p. m.-The Iowa unlversails'
Missionary society.
Meeting called to order by mrs. y.
r weaver, Waterloo, presiding of1icer.
Devotional exercises, leo oy Mfs'
John Garth, Webster City.
Appointment of committees.
Report OF president.
Report OF secretary.
Report OF treasurer.
400 D. m.-Paper, "The unconsloer-
ed"-Mrs, v. J. D. Kearney, Usage.
D,scussion led by Mrs. Clara Manu.
paper, 1.-THE Housekeeper's oppor-
kunitv for Missionary work by mem'
lar Of Waterloo circle.
discussion led by Mrs. saran Hen'
new, Mitchellville.
Report Of committee.
General business.
100 .. ny. P. c. U. business ses'
sion. 1x..,o,
1880 D. m.-Sermon- Rev. marion
D. D., Minneapolis. SuoJect'
THE Everlasting Gospel: