The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-24
Rose Circle Glass Of Christian Sunday
School Honored by the
Other Glasses Last
Night.
MADE A GOOD RECORD
Program for the Evening Exception.
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Acted az Toast
master.

The Christian church Sunday school
last evening IGNORED one of its classes
by banquet given at the .>nurch. The
banquet was given in honor OF the
Rose Circle class Of young ladies
taught by Mrs. Roscoe Lowe and Mrs.
W. O. Burris, for winning the highest
per centage in series OF contests
with the other adult classes of the
school Out of twelve asNtests the
class honored last evening lost but
two. winning by a percentage OF 1913.
One hundred and forty were present
at the banquet .ast evening. there be-
ing people OF all ages present. A fine
banquet was served by the Bethany
class OF which Mr.. A. H. Hossetter
had charge. The menu: Roast beef.
gravy. mashed potatoes, Sot biscuits,
coffee, icre cream, cake.
Following the banquet a fine pro-
gram OF short talks was given. Mr..
Johnson B. Angle was POSTMASTER
and proved very popular in that ca
pacity. Rev. R. w. Lilley was the
first speaker, his subject being:
why I Am Proud of the cereans."
The speaker said that he was proud
of every member OF this class, chiefly
because OF their loyalty. He COM
pared them to Napoleon's .'Old Guard"
which had always been -. effective
and loyal in critical tme. The
Bereans, said he. were Just like the
"Old Guard"-always faithful and
loyal. and very effective in their work,
and It was for these reasons that he
was proud Of every one Of them.
rs Contest Worth While" was
the subject given to Or. H. H. Stat
ford. DIR. Stafford assured the aud.
fence that a contest in the Sunday
school was worth while. He stated
that life itself was one continuous
contest. There was constantly con-
test occurring in the body, in the
mind. and in the soul. Victory, he
but not really essential in gaining
good results from contest.
why / like our Sunday school,"
was the toast responded to by Miss
Alice Vermillion, and a great many
very good reasons were given by the
speaker. Mr.. e. l.. Aldrich spoke on
the subject. What the Burlington
Contest will do for Keokuk.' The
speaker stated that whether or not
Keokuk won the contest with Burling-
ton was matter of minor importance
as long as a strong bid for the hon.
ors was made. He freely predicted
victory for the local organization,
however, and said that he could see
victory everywhere he went. The
effect of the contest would be very
beneficial for not only Keokuk, but
for all surrounding towns, said the
speaker.
"A Vision Of Our Men, was a sub
1ect at first given to Mr. l.. D. David
son but turned over to Mr.. Frazier.
Mr. Frazier made very forceful
talk on this subject. The last number
on the program was talk on the
worth of religious instruction. by A.
b. Hughes. The speaker stated that
religious instruction would give us
greater vision OF our possibilities, and
that the value gained from religious
instruction was in proportion to the
amount Of work done along this lip
The program for the evening was
ended by a few remarks from Mr.. ].
O. Boyd, after The Rose Circle class
had EXPRESSED its appreciation OF the
entertainment Of the evening.
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