The Holt County sentinel., 1914-03-13
M E. Church Notes.

athena, kas,, last week, Methodtsm
indeed lost great and good man.
lie was one Of very notable family.
on my first charge, - years ago,
while pastor Of the NJ. T.. church at
Colesburg, Iowa, I came In touch with
the Fiegenbaum family, as the son
Rudolph was at the same time the
pastor OF the German church In the
same community, having l. appoint.
ments In his circuit, preaching every
night through the week and three
and four times on the Sunday. The
great family consisted Of four sons
and two daughters. Each OF the sons
we're travelling preachers In the Ger.
man conference. and each Of the two
daughters married clergymen, one a
travelling preacher and the other a 10.
cal preacher In the church. In the
demise Of =. W, the last one Of the
brothers has gone to his long home,
having heard his Master say, We'll
done. come up higher" Methodism
will feel the loss very keenly.
Again the church is In deep mourn.
Ing. ON Tuesday OF last week Bishop
Thomas bowman, the senior bishop
OF the church, died at the home Of
his daughter, In Orange, y. j. lie
was ~ years old at the time Of his
death. At no other time In the his.
tory OF the church has q bishop lived
TO 40 great an aye. lie was born In
1917, and for more than 10 years lie
Was active IN the ministry Of the
great church, y OF which were spent
a. . bishop or general superintendent.
lie had Travelled extensively, had Wis.
tied every mission station In the for.
eign field. lie was active In the edu-
cational circles Of the church as we'll.
For q number OF years he Was presi.
dent Of Du Paw university, at Green
Castle, Ind, at which place his body
was brought last Friday and buried.
II has been the privilege OF the writer
TO have heard this distinguished
preacher and educator many times.
Tie church has sustained a distinct
loss.
The Ladies' Aid society held a very
delightful session again last week a.
the home Of Mrs. Geo. Seeman. There
were large number present and
much work vas accomplished. They
took a great interest In the proposed
room To he added 10 the church 20
make room for our rapidly growing
sunday school. The school has gone
forward with great rapidity OF late 50
that We now do not have room for al
the classes In the main room Of the
church. They net again this week az
the same time and place,
The prayer.meetings last week were
very largely attended. There were
- persons present AT the Two, twelve
at the one and fifteen at the other.
This bespeaks live, wide.awake
church. The devotional meetings are
the pulse OF the church life. There
will be twoDmeetings again this week,
one at the home OF Brother and Sis.
ter Burger, and the other at the home
Of DR.. and Mrs, Evans. The pastor
viii lead the meeting at the home OF
Mr.. Burger and Mrs. Margaret Howell
will lead AT DR.. Evans home. Let us
have good audiences al both places.
The meetings will be held tonight at
1880 O'Clock, sharp.
The W. +, NJ, 5, was well attended
at the home Of Mr., and Mrs. Andrew
Kreek, last Friday afternoon. There
were II present, including little Miss
Mary Louise Grinstead, OF Kansas
City, who was there with her mamma
and grandmamma, The meeting was
presided over by Mrs. Matthews and
the program was very interesting. 1t
was study on conditions In Japan.
AT the close Of the missionary meet
Ing, Mrs, Kreek with the aid OF Miss
Ethel, served luncheon, which was
enjoyed by all.
Next Sunday viii be the regular
time for the service at the Culp APP.
pointment. We hope to organize the
Sunday school classes at this time and
give out the literature, so as to be
ready to begin the work Of the Sun
day school with an enthusiasm, that
will mean success. The Sunday school
will begin the first Sunday In April
at 2 O'Clock.
We reached high water In the Sun
day school, last Sunday morning.
The number present as reported by |
The efficient secretary, went far be.
vond the l25 line, yea even considers.
,ly beyond the $50 mark. This was
very gratifying indeed. The fact Is, !