Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-07
THREE HUNDRED MEN FIRST
SUPPER GUESTS OF coNeRE.
GATloNAL CLUB.
MEN OF TEN CHURCHES
TAKE PART in GATHERING
Speakers From Each Bring Crossings
From Their Respective Dsnomina-
tions-Roser lsavitt and Or. J. D.
stoops Principal Speakers = Latter
Delivers Scholarly Address.

hood at supper Monday evening In the
new church. 1t was the first meal
served in the new dining room, which
accommodated all the guests at one
time, with a few chairs to spare. Inc
gathering was the special function CT
dedication week for the men.
Women of the congregation served
the good meal that was followed by a
progra N Of toasts, given in the dining
room. and later addresses in the audi
rorium. The brotherhood had as Its
special guests and speakers DR.. j. ID.
Stops of Grinnell College, and Roger
Leavitt, banker of Cedar Falls. and
a member of the state board OF edu-
cation.
Ten Churches Represented.
Groups of men from the brother
hoods or congregations Of seven Of the
local churches, the Methodist church
of Albion, and the Congregational OF
Lamoille. accepted the invitation OF
the Congregational men
DR.. George NJ. Johnson gave the in
vocation. and after the meal had been
finished DR.. D. E. Collins, president OF
the Congregational Brotherhood de-
livered a short address and presented
James T. Pound, who was POSTMASTER.
Expressions of congratulations for
the successful building project their
hosts had put thru, hopes that the
brotherhoods held for work that might
De accomplished by such company OF
men, and a fine feeling Of real broth
erhood were voiced by those men who
represented the different churches:
Very brief talks were made by each,
the keynotes of which were the doing
the churches, but of the city and the
community.
List Of the Speakers.
J. o. Lamb, for the PreSbyterians,
urged vocational training IN which the
churches could have a part. Thomas
Stotts, for the Methodists, spoke Of the
brotherhood of the churches and their
influence for harmony and good will.
F. d. Dennis, from the. brotherhood Of
the Methodist church OF Albion, came
with message that the newly organ
lied group he represented had done
something already for the civic better
ment of their little town.
Superintendent Aaron Palmer. rep
resenting the Baptists, pointed to the
influence as an educator that the habit
Of church going to their elders had
upon the young people of the churches
and schools. Dr. W. P. Galloway, sec
rotary of the Marshalltown Club, COM
mented on the influence Of the brother
hoods in civic affairs and W. E. Ru-
pert, from the United Brethren church,
expressed similar convictions. Els
worth Austin, from the First United
Evangelical church: James Rissette, Of
the Lamoille congregational church;
and X. C. Roberts, representing the
First Church of Christ, Scientist, also
spoke.
D. ". Norris closed the program by
urging the requirement of the enthus-
iasln for good work that marifests IT.
self in giving to aid just such projects
tionalists had completed, but not yet
entirely paid for.
Hear Splendid Address.
After the men had gone up into the
auditorium Henry NJ Shove and D.
Ross Salisbury sang duet and so
pleased the men that they recalled the
singers.
Mr.. Leavitt, who is rapid fire talk
er, with a strain of good humor and
abundant good sense running thru
what he said, expressed his feeling of
delight that the gathering Of church
men before him indicated that as the
women were getting nearer to the bal
lot box, with the right of suffrage,
they are making room for the men to
do some Of the church work.
He urged efficiency as much needed
thing in church work. Il would sug-
gest that youfdo a lot of INVESTIGATING
with view Of increasing the efficiency
Of the church," he said. Il would in
vestigate the preacher and see If he
isn't doing lot of work you ought tc
be doing. You need highly efficient mer
on the board of trustees. Another
thing you need is good ushers. A
fool usher can drive more people away
that the preacher can attract.
Il wouldn't Investigate the choir
Our preacher calls it the war depart
ment Of the church. I'd leave it alone
Turn your efficiency engineer loose or
the Sunday school. A number of 70,
men ought to be teaching classes"
Dr.. Stops on Christianity.
No more scholarly or concisely ex.
pressed Interpretation Of the trend O.
church work. and the development o
the religion and the activities Of tn
church has probably ever been mad
from q platform in this city. The &C
tivities Of the church. in expansion
toward the establishment of a socia
brotherhood, with all the correlate &C
tivities implied by the expression was
he said, the logical development o
/ christian activity.
1t had its authority and its founda
ton in the basic teachings Of the new
testament, and it was but carrying OH
| the doctrine there expounded OF tn
4 establishment Of the kingdom of Go,
4 on earth.
1.-The one great organization that
going to bring this about Is the chris
| tian brotherfloods- y he said.
I'VE are all members Of an unsee
world. That means that we are al
members OF some religious order. Their
4 Is no such thing as an isolated, alb
! stract, independent human being in hi
relations to society. Each one
l touched directly or indirectly in his re
l 1o<soV. wfth 0ttSerA We have nI1t