The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-09-13
MANY PREACHERS
n GET SMALL PAY
IN METHODIST CHURCH 5000 PAID
Gs LESS THAN $500. .
HELPING WESLEYAN COLLEGE
IoNa Conference Working for the Nit
Pleasant Institutions. Fine Report
J of Work Done by Women's
Foreign Mission Society.

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Foreign Mission Society.
Washington, Iowa, Sept. 10.-One
final service of the annual Iowa Meth
odist conference was held this morn
ing and the delegates are now on their
way home. Yesterday was big day
and filled with many sessions of va
rious branches of the church work.
Sunday morning at 8 o'clock &C.
CURED the conference love feast. II
was to have been conducted by DIR
l.. M. Grigsby of Oskaloosa, former
pastor of the Washington church, but
he was called home to officiate at the
funeral of the venerable Mr.. Martin
Bishop Cooke preached in the morning
service at 1890. At o'clock in the
afternoon the ordination of deacons
nd elders was held, and at in the
evening the anniversaries of the Ep-
worth league and Sunday school
board was observed, with the address
ly DR.. Edgar Blake of Chicago. Min
;ters in attendance at the confer.
ence spoke at morning and evening
services in the various churches of
the city.
Iowa Wesleyan College
Iowa Wesleyan college of Mt. Pleas
ant came in for the larger share of
attention from the conference Satur-
day.
Prompting most of the talks were
the conditions of the offer of w. B.
+ Seeley of Mt. Pleasant, who recently
ade a gift to the college of the
I. Seeley Memorial Y. M. C. A. building
: at Mt. Pleasant, valued at 100000,
and also cash gift of $4,000, on
condition that the college, through
the Iowa conference, raise an addi-
tional 100000 by the first of next
year.
Ia For the last several months the
people of the conference have been
IdlSlIl& d Udll IOL IhS
college endowment fund and it is not
yet all in sight. Many of the leaders,
while they appreciate the gift of Mr.,
Seeley, do not wish to accept his offer
with its conditions until the 100000
endowment campaign is concluded
They do not want to have two cam
paigns on at the same time.
Foreign Mission Anniversary.
The anniversary of the Woman's
Foreign Missionary society was held
with Mrs. A. j. Pichereau of Fort
Madison, the conference secretary, in
charge.
Mrs. Pichereau gave the following
interesting statistical report of the
Woman's Foreign Missionary society,
for the year:
Number of auxiliaries ..:,.".,."..".. 80
Number of members ....................2,8 $3.50
Number of Young Woman's So
cletles ......"..................:."... 70
Number of members .................... $50
Number of children's bands ...... 40
Number of members ....."."......... $50
Total organizations ."..".".";."." lao
Total numbers ..............-....."......4,33 G
Subscribers to the w. M. Friend $50
Subscribers to the J. M. Friend. $50
Numbers of mite boxes ...r.......,... $50
Number of tithers ..........."............ $50
Their annual pledge offering now
amounts to over $4,000. Their work
throughout the conference shows an
enthusiasm in this work that only
women can accomplish. Many young
women have gone out from the Iowa
conference into the mission fields.
The sixteenth, Miss Henrietta Roset-
ter, of Oskaloosa, who is under APP
pointment to sail Sept. 27, gave her
experience and an account of her call
to the work. .4s.e- sg#...
Meet With Laymen. 81
The joint session of the Iowa con-
ference and the Laymen's association
was addressed by Bishop Cooke.
At the close of the bishops address
Capt. J. A. Young of Washington, a
veteran of '61-'65, came forward with
"Old Glory and the audience received
the flag with cheers. Loyalty to
country and church was clearly
shown.
The bishop asked Mr.. E. f. Phelps
of Delta, president of the Laymen's
association to take charge. Rev.
John Lowe Fort, d. d. of Chicago,
member of the general board of fl
nance, made the address. The best
year for evangelism in the last twen-
ty-five years was in 1914, when there
was per cent increase. There were
in that year 3,710 churches who did
not report one probationer. Last
year we made "a per Gent, increase,
and brethren we are not doing our!
l,,+., aIonrr thk SuY,nart NJ the church 4.