Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-09-08
.CENTERv|llE GETS
M,E.C0NF ERENCE
VOTE THANKS TO kNOxVILlE-
THE SUNDAY UNION
SERVICES.

Fort Madison, Sept. Tine NJ. r..
conference delegates held union
service of all Fort Madison churches
at the Grand opera house Sunday,
when Bishop Shepard delivered the
sermon.
! Following is the program:
The morning service, held in the
Grand opera house.
The Conference Love Feast, at 900
o'clock.
The conference sermon, by Bishop
w. O. Shepard, DID,, LID, which is
union service of all Protestant
churches who care to join with us.
This service will commence at 1880.
At 2:3O p. M, ordination service of
deacons and elders by Bishop Shep-
ard of the Santa Fee Avenue M. E.
church, also the baptism of children.
Conference evangelistic sermon at
700 p. M. by Rev. A. H. Lathroy, DID,,
| of Fairfield, subject, Jesus of Nazar-
eth-King.'
Union services of uptown churches
at the Baptist church at 1880 p. m.
/ Sermon by Rev. w. F. Hoppe, DID,, of
Burlington.
st. PAUL. English Lutheran church,
I 5 d.
Minear, DID,, of Knoxville.
Conference Session.
The bishop led the conference In
devotions and in his address answered
the question, Does God Suffer-" He
argued that if God be person he
must be capable of emotions. He
distinguished between Joy and happi-
ness by saying that joy Is something
that is within, while happiness is that
which is created by something from
without So God could have JOY while
He felt the greatest unhappiness be-
cause of mans sins. He closed with
very touching appeal that the Meth
odist ministers of this conference do
their best to relieve the suffering OF
God by, under him, saving men.
Where shall the next conference be
held, was the order of the day after
the reading Of the minutes, and Knox
Vile and Centerville were placed IN
! nomination After most heated dis
cussion Centerville was chosen and
vote of thanks given to Knoxville by
the conference.
The rest of the session was given to
regular conference business, IN which
committees were appointed to assist In
securing and enforcing laws for the OBJ
servance of the Sabbath, and opposing
the liquor business and vice.
The following ministers were trans
ferred into the conference: w. H.
Hoppe, G. D. Cleworth, j. A. Spyker.
Those issued transfers were: c. V.
tultz, w. E. Whitlock and Eugene
Allan
At the anniversary of the Temper
ance society the address was given by
1.-THE assistant national secretary.
! At the Woman's Foreign Missionary
anniversary addresses were made by
Miss Kate Ogborn, the missionary
from Wuwu, China, and Miss Alice
| Cheney of Keosauqua, who is under
appointment to Rome. She expects to
sail in October. The anniversary was
held at 2:3O. At 400 o'clock the Rev
Edward Thompson, ID. of st. Louis
delivered an address on the subject
why Go to Church on Sunday This
address was filled with characteristic
uniqueness and greatly impressed the
audience with the need of keeping
holy the day on which the Christ
arose.
!
banquet was given at 500 o'clock anc
the committee is to be congratulated
on the splendid entertainment. given
The guests, after spending an hour
and a half around tables spread with
all the heart could desire, were enter
tanned with the following program
The Rev. Thomas Osborn, DID,, of Mt
Pleasant, acted POSTMASTER, and in
most pleasing way presented both sub
jects and speakers. The Rev. Town
end, university pastor. spoke to the
toast Religious Life in the Univer
sity." Prof. Dan B. Heller, winner @
the 1913 state oratorial prize, respond
ed to the toast 81. w. c. and Civic
Life" The Rev. Charles E. Petit
represented the class of 1914 ant
Bishop Shepard spoke on the toas
Education and Modern Life"
The anniversary of the board o
education was held at 1880 p. M. ant