The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-09-12

Miss Pearl Hamish, secretary of the
Y. W. c. A.. of Des Moines. gave a
short Bible reading in the interest of
l"Our Girls For Christ" Undoubt-
eddy the great feature of the after
noon service was the Circle Hour"
during which four young ladies were
presented and dedicated to service as
missionaries in the foreign field.
University Place church, Des Moines,
presented DR.. Cal. Tallman, of Guth-
rie Center, who goes to India as a
medical missionary. The Keokuk
church presented Miss Gretchen
Garst who goes to Japan. Marshall
town presented Miss Myrtle Furman,
who goes to India, and the Oskaloosa
church presented Miss Anna Cow
drey of Fort Madison, who also goes
ito India.
DR.. Finis 1ngleman and DR.. c. S.
Medbury of Des Moines had charge
of the dedicatory service. DR.. Lngle-
man read the Scripture lesson and
made an address to the class, and DR..
Medbury delivered the charge first
to the class and afterward to the peo-
pie and then closed with the dedica.
tory prayer. At the close of the
prayer. the state officers draped
about the young ladies the protecting
folds of the American flag. 1t was
an inspiring and an impressive sight
and the spirit of devoted loyalty and
sincere encouragement was profound
In the minds of many the service will
never be forgotten and these four
young ladies go to their work with
the prayers and God speed" of the
Christian people of the whole state of
Iowa.
Evening Session.
Dr.. c. S. Medbury of Des Moines
led the devotional service and the
subject of missions was given special
emphasis during the whole evening.
DR.. B. S. Denny of Des Moines pre-
sided and a missionary symposium
was held and short addresses were
given by Rev. Royal ]. Dye, who
spoke on Africa; Rev. d. o. Cunning
ham spoke for India; Mrs. Laura d.
Garst spoke for Japan; DR.. A. l.. Shell
ton spoke for Thibet, and the last
speaker was Rev. A. E. Corey who
spoke for China and also summed up
in general way features which ap-
piled to the worldwide field. Rev.
MI. Corey has lost none of his fire
and energy since leaving the Oska-
loosa church and enlisting in the for
chile address and outlined the plan
of the church for the raising of one
million dollars to be used for mission
AIRY purposes and payable during the
next five years. The plan was out
lined last fall and yet in one year
$500 900 has so far been pledged and
the coming winter will see the pledg
ing of the remainder. This arrange
ment will give the Mission Board the
use of 100000 per year in addition
lions and as the church now uses
about 100000 per year in field work,
this plan will make about 100000 per
year available for the use of the
Foreign Board DR.. Corey was en-
Enthusiastically received and his ad-
dress was frequently greeted with
applause. After the close of the
evening service. Buffers, the proto-
grapher, took a fiashlight picture of
the four young ladies and the group
who upra on tho nlatfOrm at tho af-
ternoon service.
H. S. Butler, of st. Louis, an old
newspaper man, now at the head of
the Christian Board of Publication, is
in attendance at the convention and
is doing efficient work in the meet
ings. Mr. Butler has wide acquaint-
ance in the field occupied by the
Board of Missions and is a valuable
man in the position of field manager
OF publicity.