Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-02-22


boys meeting at the Y. NJ. e. y.
SUNDAY afternoon was attended Tor a
good sized audience and twenty -e!Sht
boys were converted.
other Meetings Of the Day.
n the forenoon laymen attending
the convention preached from most OF
the pulpits of the city \, 80 sun
dav evening TWO meetings were held
one in the Methodist, the other in the
Central church OF Christ. Large au-
diences attended both.
Harold J. Wilson, a Burlinstop law
ver. led the Methodist church meeting,
and he and Robert Paterson, Fort
Dodce business man, and George Neo-
er. OF Dss Nuines. state student secre-
tary, spoke.
Harry goodrich. state boys secretary,
conducted the meeting in me Central
Church u Christ. He and David +.
Porter. OF New YORK City, spoke.
a thousand or more gathered al the
Methodist church at o'clock for the
farewell service. which STATE Secretary
". N Parsons led z. W. Peck, OF
Mi~reapolis and George .. McDin, ad-
dressed i. RAYMOND Robbins, OF chi
cago who has been at AInes conduct
Ing e revival among the students OF
Iowa State college, was IN the audi
euce He was called 20 the platform
bit dtd not speak.
Smith Talks 20 Men.
"Ar7er.ca's Greatest Sin was the
subject Of. Fred Z. Smiths evangelistic
/ sermon 10 men at The Methodist church
4 II me afternoon. He defined the great
est sin" a. irgratirude. TIE nation :
! greatest sinner. he said, was not the
| Grunkard. the thief or even the muir
derer. bur The migrate, he who forgets
father and mother those who helped
70 make him what he is. and the
church, religion and his God 1t was
| one Of Smiths ENTHUSIASTICALLY earn
est and powerful efforts.
ANY man" he said, who is letting
religion ont Of his life is in peril Of his
morals.
ANY man who leaves religion out Of
his life Is going 70 lose the thing God
meant him 10 be.
Any man who leaves religion out
Of mis- life Is going to be guilty Of
Americas greatest sin"
Porter Talks 10 Boys.
David p Porter, international high
school secretary, addressed 200 boys
from Is 70 10 years of age III thu gym
nasium at the Y. NJ c. A He en-
phasized the fact that II was IN every
boys power TO make himself what ht
desired y be He urged every boz
there TO begin 70 think about what h'
was going 20 DO with his life. now tha'
the time was approaching when tn
boy was about to become d man. on
of his mos. striking statements wa
that the ability 10 decide a question
quickly and aptly was the real DIFF
ference between a "kid' and a man.
Committee Members Elected.
Three new members were elected {
the state committee and eleven mem
5ers Of the committe we're reelected
Saturday afternoon. The new mem
pers elected were a. X Harper Fair
field; (. H Conger, Sac City, and Prot
F. W Beckman, Amss. The eleve'
reelected were: Harry e. Wallace
Des Moines; Robert Patterson For
Dodge; c. Z. HUM, Des Moines
Harry Hopper, Indianola. Joseph L
Alien, Pocahontas; 7. D. Foster, OF
tumwa; W Z. Coffin Des Moines. .
: G. Olmsted, Des Moines; z. y Wal
lace, Council Bluffs; Roger Leayit
r Cedar Fails: and Prof 6. I. Ka,
Iowa City. The above and the follow
ing members, whose terms did not eX
pire, make up the new state commit
tee: T. l. WATSON, city; J. g. Ear.
Fort Dodge; j. II. T. Main, GrinnelI
T. A Mccormack, Sioux City; Geore
~ Alice Newell; and Harold j. wa
son, Burlington.
Lecture Saturday Evening.
Fully 500 people allied the lower foo
and balconies Of the Methodist churc
Saturday evening TO hear the Inter
national quartet sing, +. ". peck an
Fred p. Smith speak. The quartet va
forced to respond to three or four er
cores before the audience would i
the lecturers proceed.
e. W. Peck, state secretary Ut Nil
nesota. lectured on The Wor
Movement" and what it is and what
is striving to do. Mr.. Pecks lectu
dealt with the business Of developer
efficiency in men and ooys al over Il
world, and was illustrated with ster
opticon views Of buildings in differe
cities. classes of foreigners, and seen
in the various departments of the a
sociations. Mr.. Peck spoke of the In
portance Of the different department
Of the Y. NJ. c. a., the physical, indu
trial, railroad, boys, farmers. and &C
lege departments, dwelling briefly y
concisely on each one
lowa's Share in Movement.
After the quartet had sung. Fred
Smith spoke on the share Iowa Dug
. to have In the world movement.
described wildly the gigantic task
missionary work that was still to
1es done, and said that the great need
NV present was definite christian !