The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-08-31
PEACE PROGRAM IN
YEARLY MEETING
GOOD REPORTS FROM COMMIT.
TEE ON EPisTLEs ARE READ.
NEW EVANGELIST RECEIVED
+. DIN Hunt, of kansas, Takes Place
of Wallace Gill, Who is Unable
To Fill Engagement Because b.
Of Accident.

At the opening of the afternoon
session of Iowa Yearly Meeting the
representatives reported the follow
ing nominations which were approx
ed and the appointments made
Printing committee: J. c. Cook, A. c.
Brady, ]. M. Lennon; caretakers :
Orville Batten, Lawrence Farr, Grace
Kitchener. Chase Conover.
Casa Commons, former pastor of
the yearly meeting and her husband,
Clinton Commons, now of New Garden
quarterly meeting in Indiana, present.
ed minutes and were extended the
welcome of the meeting.
New Evangelist Received.
The next business taken up was the
question of the Endorsement of the
action of the eyangslf8tiot and church
extension board in extending the in
vitation to Chas. o. Whitley to take VI
the work as general superintendent
of the yearly meeting. e. H. Stran
ahan as president Of the board eX
planned the, necessity for immediate
action and the nomination of the
board was Endorsed. Harry r
Keates, the present incumbent, mott
fed the board in it's February meet
ing that he would not be available for
the work the coming year. He has
accepted the pastoral work at Romo
la, California, after four years OF
earnest service in his present posi-
ton following two years as pastor in
the Des Moines church. Mr.. White
ly will reside in Oskaloosa. Other
i Ia sun TsiT1
tendency of the yearly meeting are
w. Jasper Hadley, Zenas l.. Martin
and John Henry Douglas.
Letter From Philadelphia.
Philadelphia yearly meeting sent 6
communication in regard to the pres
ent conditions of the peace principles
of the Friends and invited the coop
GRAFTON of other bodies of Friends IL
the maintenance of their attitude IL
regard to war. This message was
not so significant in it's subject mat
ter as in the fact that it is the frs
official communication which the Phil
adelphia Friends have sent out t.
other American bodies since the di
visions which occurred among the
Friends in the earlier part of the pas
|
pondence was directed to forward ;
reply promising the cooperation o
this body.
Other Yearly Meeting EpistIes.
The other Yearly Meetings. epistle
were given in synopsis. Many o
| the other bodies expressed sympath,
with the Iowa Friends in the BURNING
of Penn college and the attendant los
of life. The activities of the youn
people of the church were mentione
in a number of the letters and NeV
York dwelt particularly on the recen
compulsory military training and sci
vice laws which conflict with the al
titude of the Quakers. These epis
ties are sent to the other meeting b
each of the yearly meetings and cor
various bodies.
Reports On Peace Efforts.
Alvin Hoskins of Richland as chail
man made the report for the peac
committee and was followed in a
address by Samuel l.. Haworth,1 pa;
tor at Minneapolis and president 20
the Minnesota Peace society. "a M
Haworth took as his subject the tris
of Jesus before Plate, What shall
do then with Jesus? Plate wante
to do the right thing but was hinde
ed by the local complications. tn
Jews were turbulent people and P
: late's place was in danger; they WEI
r accusing one of their own number I
! treason which was an unheard
: complication. He had to make a d
= cision which would satisfy infuentii
: politicians and preserve order. jest
did not oppose the existing social i
situations but supported the home, Il
synagogue, the Jewish race, and a
vised the payment of taxes to the r
: man state. But the object of his d
n votion was not thrones nor crown
/ nor institutions. but men. The wor
n has made some progress the keyno