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

with Bishop w. o. Shepard on the
w. r. Oldham of New York, DR.. A. H
Lathrop of Keokuk. and DR.. McClel.
land. DR.. Lathrop led In prayer and
DR.. Oldham read the Scripture lesson.
An anthem was rendered by the choir
and the solo parts were taken by Mrs.
Logan and Miss Edith M. Paris.
The discourse by Bishop Shepard
was taken from LIST Corinthians 15:45:
And so it is written, the first man
Adam was made living soul; the last
Adam was made quickening spirit.
His subject was Immortality, or the
Greatest Thing in the Universe" The
Bible is a theological book, but it is
more. II is a sociological book, but
1t is more; 1t is biographical, 1t is a
book full of life. At the time of the
creation, God made Adam and breath
ed into him the breath of life. Life
comes from God and he became a
living soul. He entered the garden,
but fell from his high estate and from
a living soul became a dead soul in
trespasses and sins Sin has increas-
ed with the centuries from the first to
the present. Death causes corrup-
ton and the loss of God teaches cor
ruption.
That peculiar life, the more abund-
ant life, how can we get it? Jesus
Christ came into the world to give
life and to save the people from their
sins. What is a Christian? He is
one that God has touched for the sec
ond time and who now lives in the
life and the will of God. Pardon, re-
pentance, regeneration, sanctificatian,
the resurrection and finally glorifica-
ton were all touched upon and en-
larged upon in a most eloquent way.
The sermon was tender and sympa-
thetic and in all was a masterpiece of
spiritual truth. At the close quite a
large number raised their hands in re-
quest for prayer. In spite of the heat
and the crowd the sermon was given
the closest attention and made a deep
and profound impre Ssion upon all
present.
Sunday Afternoon.
Another large audience gathered in
the afternoon to, witness the ceremony
of the ordination of deacons and ell
ders Bishop Shepard was in charge
and was assisted by District Superin-
tendents Stafford, Boatman, Tenant
and Shook, Secretary w. A. Long
necker called out the class of deacons
as follows: Rev. c. L. Rubottom, Will
liam zabilka, f. r. Bartlett, c. Cray
Jones, c. V. Hulse and C. G. Ellis.
These were ordained by ritualistic
service and the laying on of hands by
the Bishop. Following this came the
ordination of elders as follows: Revs.
w. J. Hamilton, w. j. Fowler, T. G.
Kennedy, c. N. Courtney, E. G. Sand
meyer and c. Z. Ward. After the rit-
lalistic service, they were ordained by
the united laying on of hands of Bish-
op Shepard, DR.. J. A. Boatman, DR.. &.
l.. Stafford, DR.. c. l.. Tenant, Rev. E.
J. Shook, DR.. J. M. McClelland, DR.. I.
]. Myers and Rev. II. n. Smith.
Mrs. Blanche Brewer of Giyin was
as deaconess, she being
presented. for that Office and work by
Rev. r. l.. Patterson. At the close of
the installation, Bishop Shepard made
a strong plea for pastoral evangelism
and at the close he invited all of the
pastors of the various districts to
come to the altar for a service of con-
secration and prayer. Burlington.
District pledged 1000 converts; Mus
catine District 1900; Oskaloosa Dis
trict minimum of 1000, and Ottum-
wa District 1000. The spirit of fl
deity and zeal was strong and the
event was most impressive.
Evening Session.
The last anniversary service OF the
present session of the Iowa Confer
ence was held on Sunday evening.
r. Z. Newsom, of Boston, Mass, fine
young musicion, presided at the organ
and delighted the people with his
playing. Rev. A. B. Hightshoe of
Mystic presided and the interests OF
the Iowa Conference Permanent
/ und and the Board of Conference
Claimants were presented. The
Elva Jackson and Edith Jones
of Oskaloosa rendered a fine vocal
duet, "Tis Sunshine All the Way"
Rev. C. r. Zimmerman led in prayer.
Bishop Shepard was the first speaker
and he was followed by DR.. U. S.
Smith of d, Washington. The Iowa
Conference have $36.212 invested in
an interest producing fund and this
income is paid over to the retired pas
tors and their widows. DR.. e. G..
Clemens of the Minnesota Conference
and at present in Chicago, presented
the needs of the Board of Conference
Claimants. The income for the old
and mccoy pastors is derived from the
Permanent Fund, the Board of Con-
efrence Claimants, the Charter Fund
and the profits of the Methodist Book
Concern. All Conference collections
go to the General Board and are then
prorated back to the Conference for
distribution.
At the close of the service the
Monkman Brothers, ]. A. and George
rendered vocal duet by special re
quest.
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