The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-31
|M'ALL|STER HOME
FROM CONVENTION
Pastor Of First Baptist Church Of
This City attended State
Church Meeting at
Des Molnes.
TELLS OF WORK DONE
eaptIsts to Erect Great New College
at Des Moines In the Near Fu
ture at chautauqua
Park.
TELLS OF WORK DONE

Rev. F. E. McAllister, pastor of the
First Baptist church returned last
evening from the Baptist state conven
ton, which was held this year in pes
| Monies. The pastor said II was ack
, nowledged by all who attended to be
the greatest convention the state has
held in generation. This was true
not only because the program com
mittee had gone through the country
cleaning out the national speakers Of
fame to address the principal meetings
but because of the educational move
ment which has been hanging fire for
over thirty years.
when the mass of delegates gather.
ed on Friday afternoon, packing the
| large auditorium" said the pastor. "It
was plain to be seen that fight was
brewing-the delegates were going to
settle the educational problem once
and for all. For years it has been rec.
ognized that there should be only one
Baptist college in the state. The ques-
| ton that has caused the trouble was
WHO'RE shall that college be? Both
schools, Pella and Das Moines,
had rs hosts of followers, and none
of them were going to see their school
die without a strong resentme ns.. The
session fairly sizzled with electricity
and warm oratory, and every moment
of that four hour afternoon session
| was tense. Des Moines won out. Pei.
la was to be given to another denomi
nation outright, and Des Moines was
to be used only temporarily until the
new Union college could be started on
The large sixty-two acre tract in Des
Moines which has been called Chau-
tauqua park Des Moines business
men alone are going to give two hun
dred thousand dollars toward the new
college. The tract for the new college
will perhaps make one of the finest
campus grounds in the country. Al
ready the plans have been laid for a
program that will make the school pos
sible."
! another lively session. said the
pastor, came when the resolutions
committee fled for adoption reso-
luton suggesting that the Baptist con-
stituency support the dry candidate
for governor Of the state Of Iowa. No
names were mentioned in the paper.
but it was so evident what was meant
that a storm arose. Both sides wanted
a better Iowa, but they were at odds
as to which man would bring it. At
ter the heated debate had lasted the
designated length of time vote was
taken and i. appeared to be almost
unanimous in favor Of the resolution"
The pastor spoke four times. at the
session devoted to evangelism. at the
large mems banquet. to the delegation
during the Sunday schoo, hour. and at
the First Baptist church at the morn
ing service Sunday.
The delegation took couple hours
off Saturday afternoon to watch the
Des Moines-Leander Clark football
game. The convention will be held
next year a. Fort Dodge.
THE convention closed" Rev. Nc
Allister stated, 'in spirit of sweet
est harmony. DR.. John Marvin Dean,
pastor of the Se1bnd Baptist church
of Chicago giving the last address
brought the busy convention to an ap-
propriate close. Forty addresses had
been given and this one speech