The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-09-11

present to preach the opening sermon
which was as helpful and uplifting a:
his presence was inspiring and broth
| erly. The Conference had the usua
attention and interest that character
ICES all the Conferences of the dis
trict The Epworth League after
holding League Institute some time
before at Grinnell held a convention
at Newton the week before the Dis
trict Conference which was one of the
most enthusiastic and successful con
ventions held. The Women's Mission.
airy societies held successful conven.
tions during the year and have done
successful work throughout the dis.
trict
| Salaries, Benevolences, Etc.
1t is a matter of special congratula.
| ton and compliment to the pastors
| that the salaries of the pastors were
increased in the aggregate more than
two thousand dollars, and better still,
most of them will be paid in full, with
| already the promise of an advance OF
over one thousand dollars the coming
year. A number of pastors will re.
| port benevolences in full with per.
haps the exception of the 33 1-3 cents
per member for Iowa Wesleyan am
| confident, however, that the pastors
have faithfully and loyalty done their
| best for the college. Our environ
ment with three institutions of high.
er learning here In Oskaloosa Cen
trail College at Pella, Iowa College at
Grinnell, Simpson College on our west
border Highland Park, Drake and the
Baptist colleges in Des Moines, with
direct railroad communication, the
State University at Iowa City, and
Cornell and Coe near at hand, all of
them watching every possible oppor-
tunity for sending their representa-
tives into our public schools and
high schools to get the attention of
the young people, and the local ones
raising money on the plea of local in
terest involved, II is not missing the
mark to say that our pastors have an
environment with which to contend
that is not the case of any other dis
trict of the Conference, but In the
face of all this some will report the
33 1-3 cents per member, possibly one
or two over that but most of them
unable to reach II.
Epworth Leagues, Sabbath Schools,
Aid Societies.
The Epworth and Junior Leagues
over the district are on the upgrade
and doing excellent work. While it is
misfortune that any church is with
out either, or rather without both of
these, yet in some places the Difficult
;,,. Ii a.
pastor has done his utmost. The Sab
bath schools over the district are in
excellent condition and in most
charges have healthy growth, es-
pecially is this true wherever the
Adult movement Is encouraged. The
w. H. and w. F. Missionary societies
are active and will show excellent re-
suits in their reports. The Aid socie.
ties are proving their devotion and
loyalty by active, diligent work in
the interest of the churches, parson-
ages, and pastors. | will give you in
tabulated form the amount raised dur
ing the year. aI
Among the institutions in which
the entire Conference is interested.
but Oskaloosa in particular on ac-
count of the fact that three of it's pas
tors are members of the Board of
Directors and the District Superin-
tendent a member of the Executive
Committee, with one of the Core.
spending Secretaries living within the
| district and member of the Confer
ence, is the Iowa Methodist Hospital.
AS the Iowa Wesleyan College is the
one institution above all others OF
| the Iowa Conference, so the Iowa
Methodist Hospital is the one insti
tuition above all others of Iowa Meth
odism. The District Superintendent
was requested by the Executive Com
mittee to represent this interest be
fore the Conference but he has invit
ed DR.. Graham, Superintendent of the
hospital, to be present Friday or Sat
urday and you will have the repre-
| sentation from him. The Executive
| Committee have requested the reap
| pointment of w P. Stoddard as one
of the Corresponding Secretaries.
Church Building, Improving, Etc.
In view of the fact that the district
was we'll supplied with churches and
parsonages and these mostly in gOoC
| COuulIlOu, IL "do LiOI dhliClpdLcu ina
much Roadway would be made in this
direction, but in both directions &
commendable progress has beer
made. A number of churches have
been improved at cost ranging from
fifty to three, hundred dollars, among
these the Mt. Pleasant church on the
Kellogg charge, at cost of something
between two and three hundred dol
lars. The church at Barnes City ha!
been made into a new and beautiful
church and will be dedicated soon af
ter conference. the cost about $4,000
The church at Deep River is now il
process of rebuilding and is virtual!
new building and will be credi
to the town and compliment to tn,
church membership at a larger cost
Our church at Sully has been re
seated and otherwise improved an,
made attractive. The new church a
. Newton is progressing somewha
slowly on account of the delay by tn
architect, but it is progressing surely
so that undoubtedly the coming yea
will witness the completion of tn
new church Undoubtedly the bes
location in the city for the ne'
church has been obtained at cos
, of some ten thousand dollars and tn
architects have completed the plan
and these have been accepted by tn
: committee. The building will be |
classic design, 7Sx120 feet, complet