The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-04-16
At the Episcopal Church.

ever new.
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| At the Episcopal Church,
! There we're five services at St
James Episcopal church during the
day and evening and all of them we're
marked with great interest i'm the
spirit of the day. De Payens Com.
mandery, Knights Templar, attended
the morning service in body and
forty of them were in line. The brief
address to the Knights and the ser.
mon by Rev. Thomas Horton, the Rec.
tor, were appropriate and most i'm
Ipressive. The choir, under the leader.
ship of Mrs. Kalbach, and accompan.
led by Miss Porter on the organ, rem.
dered the Easter music delightfully."-,
and Miss Henry charmed all with a
beautiful solo. At the Sunday school
service in tho afternoon Master John
Frederick, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Taylor
=. kalbach, was baptized and mum
Der of the children acquitted them.
selves most creditably i'm songs and
lrecitations Eggs. cards and other re.
membranes appropriate to the day
were distributed, and the church was
profusely decorated with palms and
plants from Mrs. w n. Lacey's con.
servatory. The Easter Offering
amounted TO about $3.50, which added
to the Sunday school mission boxes
and the other mite boxes filled by
adult members, brought the offerings
for the day up close to 5000. Nearly
the entire membership of the church
took part in the Holy Eucharist and
the day was in all ways a most salts.
factory one to the parish.
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Christian Church.
The Bible School gave the unusual
record of 629 present. The primary.
in charge of Mrs. Willis Utterback
and her helpers, to the number of DC,
treated the larger school TO a song
|service which was most delightful in
deed. There were solos, Quartettes.
anthems and choruses by different
members of the school, all with the
most complete perfection and in full
accord with the handsome floral dec
Grafton about the assembly room. The
class of loyal women numbered l2S
and the loyal men "a. All the classes
were full. Everything was respons-
i've to the touch of the right kind Of
SluCeEc SUOu VIII anu LLIChuohip'
The offering was $64.70, and goes to
the Orphans Home fund and other
Ibenevolences. There is big school
of young folks and a growing number
of men and women who thoroughly
enjoy every session. Every Tecita-
ton, exercise or brief talk aims di-
rectly toward opening the school life
to a higher Christian culture. Mr..
Early gave a most excellent address
on the text, IF man die shall he
live again: AltOgethe" too brief,
but earnest and clear on what the
Holy Scripture has taught and tho
verdict Of the worlds great sages
on the life of the soul after death.
Two persons responded to the invi-
tation for membership. The evening
sermon was devoted to lessons de.
rived from the responses to letters.
There was a crowded house both
morning and evening.
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Congregational Church.
Special effort was made with flow
erg and ported plants to make the
court room of the Mahaska county
court house. the present place of
holding service for this organization,
attractive, and pleasing. Following
the morning service the flowers we're
distributed by the membership to
places where they would give Easter
cheer by the sick bed or in the home
of the aged.