The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-09-06
81, 900 IS RAISED
DURING SUNDAY
HAzARENE CHURCH DEDICATED
FREE OF DEBT.
CLOSE DISTRICT ASSEMBLY
Excellent and Inspiring Services Mark
Climax Of Years of Faithful En-
deayor. New Structure the
Pride Of All.

Iowa District Assembly at the Nazar.
enc church and in all it was a day
full of victory for these worthy peo-
pie. They started auspiciously with
praise and testimony service led by
Rev. f. B. Gowland of Webster City
and this was followed by the morning
preaching service to those who were
there, it will long remain as one of
the epoch making services that some
times cross our pathway
The discourse by General Superin-
tendent DR.. Roy T. Williams on the
subject of "The Two Baptisms" was
sublime and inspiring and this was
followed by the climax of the day in
the raising without any special effort
of $6,215. Oskaloosa is known far and
wide as practically the center of the
Holiness work in la. and has the most
progressive organization in the entire
country. For these reasons, the pres
ence of a Nazarene church in Oska
loosa was desirable and informerly
during the day Rev. j. A. Ward, the
pastor was approached by people from
ali parts of the District who were anx-
ious to give to the cause so that by
Night total of $500 was received
in pledges, to defray the cost in the
Building Enterprise. These gifts were
given joyously and without any special
urging.
Dedicatory Services.
Another remarkable service was
that of the afternoon in the Dedica-
ton of the church. Visiting pastors
were present as follows. Rev c. L.
Prenniman of the Free Methodist
church, Rev Alexander McFerran of
the First Presbyte church, Rev.
l., M. Grigsby of Central M. e. church
Rev. Arthur M. Lewis of the Episcopal
church, and William Crosson of the
Penticostal Mission. The Scripture
lesson was read responsibility by the
visiting pastors and prayer was offer
ed by Rev. Theodore Ludwig of York
Nebraska, and Rev, ]. A. Ward the
pastor, ..,.'. .us u..
In many respects the dedicatory ad-
dress was remarkable ana it was Civ
en- the closest attention by the large
audiences present. DR.. Roy II. vii
liams is an all inclusive speaker and
his plea for the spirit of True Wor
ship in our Churches and the idea of
putting God first in our life activities,
met with hearty response. AT the close
the short service of the dedication was
conducted by DR.. Williams in the
transfer of the completed building to
the Jurisdiction of the church, the
dedication prayer and the delivery of
the building to the care of the trus-
tees, for the worship of God.
Evening Service.
One of the interesting features of
the district assembly was the presence
of the representatives of the church
from beyond the limits of the district
Among these were DR.. Roy T. Will
liams of Nashville, Tennessee. DR.. w.
G. Schurman of Olivet, Illinois, Rev.
NJ F.Lienard of Burr Oak. Kansas,
and Rev. and Mrs. Theadore Ludwig
of York, Nebraska. The closing SER
vices of the assembly were that of the
young people led by Kenneth Carroll
of Charlton and later by DR.. w. G.
Schurman, the District superintendent
CT the Chicago-Central district.
District Appointments.
At the close of the evangelistic ser.
mon by DR.. Schurman, DR.. Williams
read the appointments as follows:
District Superintendent, Rev. E. A.
Clark; Bloomfield, Rev. M. C.. Camp
bell; Botna, Alfred Christensen: Cedar
Rapids, To be supplied; Charlton and
Mason, w. l.. Fear; Climbing Hill,
to be supplied; Council Bluffs, to be
supplied; Fairview. to be supplied
Pennington, ]. w. White; Grinnell,
George NJ. Middlebrook; Tacoma, Mrs.
Agnes Frye; Marshalltown, to be sup
piled; Montrose, r. L. Morgan: Mus
catine, Mrs. Maude M. Mumey; Owasa,
1, be supplied; Oskaloosa, J. A. Ward;
Ottumwa, Thomas F. McLearn; Pho
neer, C. T. williamson; Sioux City,
s.. M. Lehman; Spencer, Ernest Mil
Ter: Webster City, F. B. Gowland.
Saturdays Record.
In the district there are Fl charges.
IL church buildings and parsonages.
766 members were also reported as
having given during the year $685.
08478 or an average of $50 per mem
Der. Oskaloosa has 80 members and
of these four were received during the
session of the assembly. The final re-
port OF the Board of Examiners was
received and Mrs. Sylvia Ferguson,
Ernest Miller, J. w. Youngblood, Chas.
Pleasant Gray, Guy Matthew
son, Thomas M Greaves, Agnes Frye,
Reed Richards and w. w. Bell were
all advanced one year in the work of
their study courses.
Evangelists licenses were granted to
B. F. Sheline, w. d. Merriman and d.
W. Dobson At the noon hour, pho
tograph of the assembly was taken
ord tha faafura of the aft ernoon SER