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

| the Forest Home church on Ewart
charge have been ordered sold and
will be put on the market soon after
Conference closes. At Harvey a pro
perty consisting of two houses and
some three or more acres of ground
were decided to the Methodist church
by Brother Williams short time
before his decease and have since
come into possession OF the trustees,
II is most likely that the larger OF
the two houses win be used instead
of the present parsonage.
Statistics Of the Year.
have gathered the following sta.
tistics which will be approximately
correct but only approximately on &C.
count of all not sending in the an.
swers asked:
No. conversions in district. CAT
No additions to the church. 656
Amt. raised for building and
improving ..............................$6 $50, 900
Amt. raised by Aid societies. $3.50
Increase on benevolences over 1000
Decrease on benevolences ........ 225
Total increase on benevolences IT'S
No. of Advocates taken.............. $40
Amount pledged for Goucher col.
lege, and most of 1t paid, $4,000
think the only district of the Con.
ference that responded to the earnest
appeals for Goucher College.
..... Conclusion.
After these notes of success and
victory for the year | close with
heart notes of tenderness and sadness
and yet with the assurance of the
abiding sufficiency of grace of sub
mission to the divine healings With
but two exceptions the homes of the
minister's of the district have been
exempt from affliction and sorrow.
The wife of the pastor at Eddyville
was for time seriously Ill In the
Methodist Hospital at Des Moines, but
has entirely regained her health
again. Early in the year while in dis
trict work the District Superintend-
ent by an unavoidable accident suf-
fered broken right arm and a rib
In the right side but only missed the
appointments of one Sabbath which
DR.. McClelland kindly filled in, and
after that Mrs. Stafford as travelling
companion made 1t possible to carry
forward the work until the injury had
recovered enough to take up the work
again alone.
Two homes have been saddened
with bereavement. The home of
Brother and Sister Filmer was dark
ened with the shadows of a sad be-
reavement In the sudden death of a
noble son who was taken in the prime
of young manhood as the result of a
railroad accident from which he was
hopefully recovering when erysipilas
set in and developed so rapidly that
he passed into the beyond before the
anxious parents could reach him and
they we're left to mourn his going and
to await the meeting and greeting on
the other side.
The District Superintendent was
called home from the District Confer.
ence on the last day of the session
with the news that the youngest son
was seriously i'll with ptomaine pois.
oning in the hospital at Duluth, Mimi
All possible efforts were made by the
members Of the family to reach him
but death outstripped them in the
race and ere any of them could reach
their destination he had gone away
from us, stricken down in the
strength and vigor of strong young
manhood full of rare promise, not
alone in preparation for, but already
entered upon the career of usefulness.
Short vacation seemed necessary in
the interest of her to whom the shock
t1ytth 40 Of
take advantage of this opportunity to
thank the brethren for their efforts
of not only the most brotherly and
kindly sympathy, but of service where
and whenever they could be used to
any advantage. Following this brief
rest the district work has been car.
ried forward, IL Is true with a heavy
heart, but without imposing on the
churches or conferences any of the
weight of sorrow that the heart had
carried; in fact the aim has been to
in measure forget the heartache In
the effort to serve the brethren and
churches in the district work. The
many messages of tenderest sympa
thy from brethren of the ministry and
laity of the district, conference, anc
from the church at large, have moi
only revealed the tie of common
brotherhood of the church, but have
been all the help that human sym
pathy could supply. With highest ap
probation and grateful hearts we &C
knowledge the helpfulness of this
sympathy, but with it all we shall
hope the shadows will stay and the
heartaches abide until we shall AGAR
| feel the touch of the vanished
hands, and hear the sound of thu
voice that grew still"
Respectfully submitted,