The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-09-09
CLOSING SESSIONS
YEARLY MEETING
FILLED WITH IMPORTANT AT
=, FAIRS TO IOWA FRIENDS
STANDING COMMITTEES NAMED
Closing Day Brought Out Large
Crowd.-Large Increase in Mem
Membership of Church is
Shown in Report.


After the educational uplift that
was given by the Iowa Yearly Meet
ing on Saturday i'll behalf OF Penn
College, the services were somewhat
extended in order to finish up fully
the business Of the Yearly meeting
without the necessity OF carrying the
business over into an evening SEES
sion
A committee on Foreign Missions
was appointed with 5. NJ. Hadley
Mrs. Anna M. r. Kelsey and Emmett
+. Morris; also AN evanSelistic com
mittee of l.: n. Rich, A.. J. Hanson
and W. S. KitCh was appointed. W. S.
Kitch and Viola Smith were APP
pointed on the summer assembly
board at Iowa Falls and memoirs
were read regarding the decease of
Levi Marshall and Hariin C Carter
and the program committee was in
structed to arrange for a regular
memorial service to be held in con
nection with the Yearly meeting of
next year, the present program com
mittee being reelected.
-'' Care Takers Chosen.
j. Walter Ewes, Fay Hinshaw, Lau
renee Farr, Loren Jones, Ray Ire.
land AMI Anna NJ. Parkham we're Sc
lected as care takers for the next
years session. The matter of the re-
vision of the discipline was delegated
to a committee comprising represent
atiVes from all OF the quarterly meet
ings' was instructed that all suggest
ions and changes were to be filed
with the committee as early as pos
sible prior to January /, 1916, and
that an outline report of the changes
are to be sent to the second quarterly
meetings prior to the next yearly
meeting for the general information
of the membership. This committee
comprises AckWOrth Henry Watland,
Bangor, George b. Carroll, Bear
Creek, Richard Haworth, Des Moin-
es, II. r. Newly, GTeenVille, Royal A.
Arms, Honey Creek, Emmett T. Nor
ris, Lynn Grove, ZenO H. Dean. Min
neapolis Roscoe &. Coffin, Oskaloo-
sa, }. NJ. Lennon, chairman, Cora
Mattison, Secretary, 5. M. Hadley,
Pleasant Plain, Alvin Hoskins, Salem;
George j. McClelland. Scranton, Mary
M. Meredith, Springdale, Edward r.
Hoas Winneshiek, Il. NJ. White.
Ministry and Oversight.
Reports were received from the
Ministry and Oversight, with also the
report of the Commission on lncreas.
ed Efficiency. The report of the De
Votional Committee was also given,
outlining the appointments for Sun
day. The case of the church at Mus
CaLine was referred to a committee
composed Of S NJ. Hadley, Edith f.
Smith, A. c. Brady, Harvey HOskins,
/. n. Rich, Jeremiah Coffin ami Sarah
Standing
The report of the Representatives
was received and also that of the I'll
nance Committee making approprla-
tons for the various Boards and Spec
ial work OF the church. 1000 copies
of the Minutes of the yearly meeting
are to be printed
Zeno II. DOan was reappOinteI as
Statistical Secretary, AMI as far as
possible, the Uniform blanks OF the
Rive Year Meeting are TO be used.
The Permanent Board presented their
report. A memorial to Congress re-
garding the subject of Peace and the
manufacture Of munitions of war in
this country tor the use of the war
ing nations was ordered to be prepar
ed and sent by he clerks in behalf Of
the Yearly Meeting.
SkptCneS OF lUe fIdjtIllul LGIIclS
we've read from New York, New Eng
land, Baltimore, Ohio, Western Kan
sas, Nebraska, Oregon, California,
North Carolina and Wilmington, all
indicative of progress, good work and
encouragement. Responses to these
were also real and also to the loyal
Epistles OF London and Dublin in
Europe. Expressions of appreciation
I,n nIi nIi MN
ed.
Sunday Afternoon Service.
The real crowds Of the closing day
was brought together at the afternoon
service Large numbers of autos and
teams were located on the college
campus ami on the side streets, the
teams being hitched back of the gym"
nahum and on North street The
auditorium was well filed and several
hundred were walking permiscuously
about the grounds. Prof. Burnett had
charge of the music and he was assist.
ed by Miss Orpha HOckett with the or
gan, Caleb J. Jenkins with his cornet
and by Claren Coffin and his SaXl'
phone During the service an lnstru-
mental duet was enjoyed with the cor
net AMI saXiphone. Misses lnez and
Birdie V. BaICnelOT, SllStlS anu evan
gelists of Nevada, Iowa, sang several
selections to the accompaniment Of
the Autoharp. E. l., McCarger deliver
ed the message of the afternoon from
Isaiah \5g:1-2 His subject being, Sep
aration and What Causes IT, 1t was
an evangeljstic plea for steadlast
service for Christ.
Evening Service.
Clinton Morris led the Vesper serv'
ice at the tent and at 1880 a. m. the
large auditorium was more than half
full at the evening service. Prof. Bur
nett led in the praise service and a
vocal quintette composed of Misses
Orpha Hockett. Esther Fallberg, Sus
lie Edwards AMI Messrs. Claren Gotten
and Loren Jones, Miss Mayme Hook
EFT serving the organ. 1t was delight.
full rendition of From Every Stormy
Wind That Blows" Richard r. Newly
,of Des Moines delivered the sermon OF
the hour from John 1887 and the sub.
ject, "The Living Water" 1t was full.
ly in harmony with the spirit OF the
.aaair.,, of tho XaarIv fAIaaffnaf n Qll