Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1917-04-12
PRESBYTERIANS CLOSE
TWO DAYS SESSION
Ministers and Lay Delegates Attend
Spring Meeting of The Council
Bluffs Presbytery Held Here

The services began Tuesday after
noon with the semon by the retiring
moderator, the Rev. o c. Garden, of
| Shelby. who took for his text. Luke
22:41. Mr.. Garden is an able speak
er and his message proved him a
! spiritual student aLG teacher of the
| Word.
Rev. Sampson Cocks of Adair. was
elected moderator of this session and
Rev. j E. Cummings, of Council
Bluffs. was reelected statistical
clerk for the next three years.
The Rev. ]. S. Smith. of Walnut,
was elected temporary clerk. Rev. j.
c. OSth. of Guthrie Center. made
his report as chairman of the COM
mittee on education. Student Wal
lace. of Omaha Seminary. was rec
commended for ordination after the
Presbytery had sustained his exam
nation for ordination after the young
brother took place in connection with
the evening service.
DR.. Evans. of Council Bluffs. pre-
sented his report as chairman OF the
Home Missions committee. His re-
port showed excellent progress
among most of the weaker churches.
and some reported large in gatherings
Most of the fields are being supplied
and plans are being made to care
for the vacancies. Several other in
teresting reports were presented
which indicated a healthy condition
in the Presbytery.
The Womans Home and Foreign
Missionary convention was held in
the parlors of the church during the
latter part of Tuesday afternoon A
most interesting and profitable pro-
gram had been prepared for them.
Although the inclement weather of
the days previous to the convention
cut down the number of delegates,
the ladies reported splendid SEES
sion.
Tuesday evening joint session of
the two bodies was held in the audi
forum of the church when DR.. c. +.
Bradt, d. ID Secretary of the for
an address on IAN Inspirational
World Survey or "The Moral Value
of War" During the course of the
address, the speaker took occasion
to pay his respects to the Kaiser.
The Wednesday Session
The Presbytery resumed it's ses-
and was opened with devotional eX-
ercise by Rev. J. S. Smith of Walnut.
The entire morning session was
largely occupied by reports of the
various agencies of the church which
showed that all the benevolent
boards of the Presbyterian church
had received a liberal contribution
from the church. and that progress
was being made along all lines of
christian endeavor. Professor Wat
son, of Fairfield. appeared before
the Presbytery and spoke on behalf
of the church colleges and especially
Parsons College.
The ladies of the Audubon church
served a bountiful dinner in the par
lors of the Presbyterian church to
the delegates of the Presbytery and
the ladies of the missionary socie-
ties
The session was resumed at 1:15.
when Rev. j. c. Orth. of Guthrie
Center. was elected delegate to the
General Assembly which meets at
Dallas, Texas, the middle of next
May Rev. Harvey Hostettler. of
California was elected alternate. Ell
der J. w. Hellwig. of the Bethany
church of Council Bluffs. was elected
lay delegate and Elder Thomas Dun
can, of Carson. was elected alternate.
Rev. j. c. Orth, of Guthrie Cen
ter. reported on the condition of the
Presbytery and it showed a most ex-
cellent condition along all the lines
of church work. A good increase in
membership is reported by most
Showed advance. The financial con-
dition of the churches is splendid
dition of tn echurches is splendid
and several pastors reported sub
stantial increases in salary.
The session closed with COM
munion service in connection with
| the ladies societies BY special ar
rangements the afternoon Rock Is
| land train was held an hour which
permitted all delegates to attend the
entire session and yet be able to
leave at 1880 in order to reach At
| lantic to make connections with the
main line trains.
The ministers and delegates were
| entertained in the homes Of The
members of the local church, and all
of them expressed their delight in
| having been able to attend the ses-
sons and to enjoy the hospitality of
| Audubon and her people.
Many i'm Attendance
/ The snow storm and inclement
weather of the latter part of the
week made II impossible for AUTO
mobiles to travel. and this of course
prevented many from attending who
| had planned to come overland. How
ever, there was good attendance
and those registered were:
DR.. Geo A. Ray, Courcil Bluffs;
Or. J. +. Cummings. Council Butts:
| DR.. J. c. Orth. Guthrie Center; DR..
Frederick Evans. Council Bluffs
Revs c. F.. Davenport Macedonia;
Sampson Cocks; Adair; j. X. Diver,
! Atlantic. VIM. Alderman. Casey; w,
~. Cresswell, Logan; Harvey Hos
| teller. California; DR.. c. +. Bradt,
Wichita. Kansas; DR.. Theodore
Morning. Des Moines; Rev. W. j.
Shallcross. Omaha; Rev j. c. Jor-
gensen. Marnc: b. C. Bailey. Carson
Rev. A. r Aller and Rev. ]. A. Nit
chell of Manning.
The Elders present were: VIM.
Montgomery Atlantic; II ID. Drew
Carson; j. w. Hellwig, Council
Bluffs; II. w. Stoy Guthrie Center;
IL. +. Lambert, Lone Star, w. II. Pom
eroy. Shelby Theodore Johnson
Walnut; H. l.. Allen, Woodbine. r
b. Shanes, Menlo and Peter Larson
Lone Star.