The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-03-21
PAT eARNHART OF osKALoosA
A PROMINENT FIGURE
KAISER WOULD HAVE HOLY WAR
Pleaded For Help on Bonded Knee Be,
fore the Mohamnnedan Ruler. His
Efforts Frustrated Through
Y. M. C. A. Influence.

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tiyity, was in substance the message
of Harry w. White, the travelling sec
rotary and also one of the information
al Committee, at the Central NJ E.
church gu Sunday morning and even
ing.
| At the evening service the large aU
dtorium was filled with a vitality in
terested audience, and General Secre-
ltary G.. r. ID. Kramer Jr,, of the local
Y. M. G, A. served as the chairman,
and State Secretary w. M. Parsons Of
Des Moines, led in the devotional ex.
ercises. Special music was rendered by
the choir led by DR.. J. /, Tony, in an
inspiring anthem, the solo parts being
taken by Claire ID. Gordon, and Miss
Olga Heuser and later Mr.. White was
introduced, speaking on the subject of
THE Army. Work of the Y, M. c. A. in
| the Orient"
As the meeting was Union, service
of all churches the hearing was most
auspicious and the speaker presented
facts regarding the work that was
largely from his experience and OBJ
seryation, as he had spent five years
in India and knew of conditions there,
later during the .Dardanelle campaign,
he was with the British forces in
Egypt and waS with the same army
that afterward succeeded in the cap
ture of Jerusalem.
American Soldiers Everywhere
In all of his travels he stated that
he found the American soldier in the
Australian, New Zealand and Canada
an regiments and that everywhere
they were not only power for good,
but were also brave and daring He
has been in France twice and also in
England and he stated that there were
one and a half million soldiers from
India. practically the cream of the
manhood, who are now on the West
ern front with the British forces and
in all of these camps, the work of the
Army 'Y" is ever ready to aid and
comfort.
The impressions and the influence
that is received by these men in re.
Spouse to this needy service is irwin
chile and no matter what their creed
or nationality, they are all treated
alike. Every man has a soul that needs
Christ and it is our work to strength.
en-, encourage and supply a Christlike
service to these men. In France at
present there are over 100000. Chi
nese who arc with the allied forces
doing duty in various ways and the
Army "Y" appeals strongly to them.
What is the influence of this work?
The great work of Frank Brockton
and our own Pat Barnhart in Soule,
Korea, was glowingly referred to by
the speaker. Mr.. Barnhart has sue
ceeded in gathering about him in the
Korean work a force of about 1900 Y.
M. C. A, workers that in the present
crisis are not to be found wanting.
oskaIoosa Boy Making Good.
Pat" Barnhart as he is fondly call
ed by those who know him best, is one
of the products of the Oskaloosa "Y"
and from here he has gone out into.
the larger work. He is the son of Mr.,
and Mrs. Elmer Barnhart, and in the
Korean field is making great record
for the cause of Christ. Korea
is now a field that is rapidly coming
to the front and they are coming to
the aid of Uncle Sam and the cause
of the Allies in way that needs en-
enlargement.
This foreign work is quite separate
from the regular Army "Y" fund that
is being maintained by the gifts of the
people and it is probably omre OF
seed sowing character, but the appor-
tionment of Iowa has been placed at
$4,000 and about $3.50 of this comes
to OskaIoosa for payment. BY special
vote taken after the close of the SER
vice, the matter was referred to the
Y. M. C. A. Directors, and the amount
needed will probably be raised by pri-
vate subscription.
Kaiser Tried to Bring on Holy War.
Mr.. White told of the masterful task
of the Germans trying to swing the
Mohammedan nations into a holy war,
and how il failed to great degree.
How the kaiser knelt before the Mo.
hammedan ruler and wanted the back
ing of the Mohammedans. the most
autocratic and warlike people in both
religion and government. Ammunition
was given the warlike tribes in India,
Egypt and Africa, and at present, said
the speaker. the Y is with the British
against these warlike tribes. as all the
time the German propaganda is con-
Itinuing and II is being fought by the
| Y. M. C. A., whose secretaries are tell
ling about the spirit Of democracy and
/ Christianity In words which the Mo.
lhammedans can understand.
az" Breaking Down Prejudice
i How this Organization is breaking
down the prejudice in all countries Of
1.-THE East against the allies, and how
\ India has put enc and a half million
men into. the battle IN Africa, Europe
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