The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-08
The Warsaw Gate CITY
Warsaw, I'LL, June 8, 1913.

About eighty delegates and visitors
from nearly twenty cities and villages
of southeast Iowa, west Illinois and
Missouri attended the eighth annual
Evangelical Y. P. convention at ST.
Johns Evangelical church in War
saw. While number of ministers We're
hindered from attending by sickness
and Official employments. ten clergy
men took part in the sessions. Five
young people read very able papers
ION vital questions of our time. The
various committees were presided
over as follows:
Reception. Miss Tuns Wirth; enter
tanning, Mrs. G.. Schmitt; social gath
ering; Mrs. E. Berlin; meals: Miss E..
Meyersick: general committee: b..
Berlin; Warsaw delegates: Mrs. Ell
lenberg and Henry With.
Most of the delegates arrived with
the 12:45 car and were received at
the depot by the reception committee.
They were furnished with badges and
led to their home during the conven-
ton days. Between the sessions the
hall of the church as we'll as all the
rooms of the parsonage were open
for the delegates and visitors. The
: first gathering was the convention
services Tuesday, 500 p. m. Rev. G..
Tillman of Sigourney, Iowa, deliv-
cred thoughtful and strong
sermon on the subject: Jesus,
the King of Truth The altar SER
vices were conducted by Rev. Ch
Il Meyer of West Burlington. The sing
/ Ing of the choir was directed by Mrs.
E. Berlin. After the sermon the local
pastor Rev E. H. Jagdstein delivered
Rn address of welcome He express
ed his Joy that the Y. P. league had
selected Warsaw as it's meeting place
for 1913. He further expressed the
hope that the delegates would feel at
home in our city. The president Of
the league Rev W. Kreis responded
with few we'll chosen words.
Wednesday Forenoon.
The second session was opened at
300 a. m. with short devotional
exercise by the president Rev. W
Kreis. On motion Of Rev. Jagdstein
the order of business was adopted as
printed in the program OF the conven-
ton. The mayor of the city Hon 4.
Lamet was introduced By Rev. Jagd-
stein Mr. Lamet in his address ex-
tended cordial welcome on behalf
of the people OF Warsaw. In the
course of his address the mayor re
ferred to some interesting events in
the history OF Warsaw which began
with the building of Fort Edwards by
Zaeharia Taylor century ago, who
later onbecame president Of the Unit
ed States. The mayor reminded the
audience that the secretary to Lin
i coin, John Hay, received his first edu-
cation in the public school of Warsaw
his home still being occupied by his
sister Mrs. Voolfolk.
Rev. w. Bechtold of Kahoka, chair
man of the committee of credentials
moved to recognize the delegates Of
the following Y. P. s.:
Burlington l.. Burlington, Zion; Bur
lington, Luke; Donnellson, TT. Madi-i
son, German Valley. Hamburg, Hamil-
ton, Kahoka, Keokuk, Muscatine.
Rock Island Sigourney, West Bur-
lington, Washington (Towa), Warsaw ",
Suffer (fraternal delegatesl, Winches-
ter represented by the minister in
CHARGE. The minutes, read by the
secretary Miss Myrtle Hammer OF
Burlington, were unanimously adopt
ed, as the report of the treasurer Miss
Amy Hess. Then the Ri Rev. ].
Jams. president of this church district
was called upon by the chairman of
the session to address the meeting.
In the course of his remarks he wei
the church. Rev. Jams reminded the
audience that he was sponsor at
the founding OF the southeastern Iowa
League of Y. P and has attended all
of the sessions held as yet The first
paper was read by Miss Lola Breiten-
slime, Kahoka, Mo-, on the theme:
What good can be derived from the
membership OF the Y. P s." 1t was
an interesting and clear discourse and
was received with thanks Quite a
number of ministers and delegates
took part in the discussion Of this
paper.
Third Session, Wednesday Afternoon.
At 200 p. m, Rev. J. Nuesch OF
Keokuk conducted the round table
discussion and the answering of ques-
lions, as substitute In the place Of
Rev K Nickels of Burlington. Some
OF the questions were: How can the
Y. P. League assist the work of the
Sunday school," what is the best
way to get the members of the society
to study the bible?" In what way
can we win new members?"
Delegates Of nearly all the Y. p. S.
rarraeaptod o+ Tho convention DC maII