The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-04

noon the president assembled the stu
dents and had the distinguished pleas
ure OF addressing them had no par
tieulax subject, but spoke miseeilane-
ously. In this rambling manner tired
to emphasize the Western College and
her present needs. I said Western Col
lege must have some modern buildings
and a larger student body From the
improvements and changes around the
college new life il going to come to our
denomination enterprise At r. m 4
was found at the Vine and Broad Sts-
Baptist church with Rev. J. w. L. In.
Ederwood, pastor, who had made the an
nouneement of my coming, though ne
did not know me. Ny subject WAS co
operation. The student body and fac
ulty constituted two-thirds of the audi
ence. The collection was s26-4s. The
following persons gave one dollar each:
Rev. j. W. L. Underwood, DIR. p IL.
Thompson, Mrs. Mary Mccain. Rev. II.
L. Howard, Dea Arthur Bell, Rev. Val
bingham, Cecil anderson, NJ Grant j.
II. Ancil. Jr., Thomas Adams, Arthur
williams, Rev. J. III. Bruce, Rev. Pol
lard. Antonio II. Smith, Rev. c. w.
Caraline. Rev. c. III. Bratten, Rev. f. l..
Williams, Rev. {. G. Bates, Rev. A. Ross
Brent, Rev. F. E. Law and Mrs. NJ. l.
Chatters.
Thursday morning I left for home,
Des Moines, Iowa. Saturday evening,
Feb. %, I left for Omaha. AT II
o'clock / found myself worshiping IN
Bethel Baptist church, Rev. T. A. Tag
CART. pastor. ] spoke at the morning
hour and arranged for general meet.
ing on Wednesday evening. The sud
den change in the weather prevented us
from having good audience and thus
was the condition with all our meetings
in this Gate City. The collection was
$3.50. The following persons gave one
dollar: Mrs. Lula WILDLY, Rev. Thos.
A. Taggard, Mrs. Mary Dixon, Quincy
Bailey, M. L. simns, Mrs. Mary Den
man, Mrs. NJ. c. Carrick, Mrs. Hill
Scott, Mother Fleming, Clifton Young,
Farley Riley, NJ. Sneed, Ed Luckey and
Earnest Virgins.
The next church visited was Pleasant
Green. The pastor, Rev. J. n. Costello,
was called away, hence the attendance
was poor, but we spoke as best We
could under the circumstances. The
weather was cold and disagreeable.t
The collection was $3.50.
Tuesday morning, Feb. 25, I met the
Ministerial Union, which convened with
the Zion Baptist church, of which Rev.
w. +. Bolts is pastor. / had the pleas
ure of being introduced to that body OF
distin guished citizens. l spoke briefly
of the duty of the laity to the church
and pastor. / was greatly impressed
with the movement on foot by the pas
tors Of Omaha to get the people to the
church Sunday evening, March End. l
spoke at st. John A. M. F., having been
invited by the pastor, Rev. W. 9. Viii
Iiams. 1 was greeted with an audience
of 500 or 600 persons. I spoke from
the subject, cooperation, which seems
to capture any audience, for it is the
subject of the hour. Collections $I4.65.
Monday evening I found myself with
Pilgrim. Rest Baptist church, the young
est church in the city, not more than
ten months old, having about three hum
dred members, with Rev. w. M. Frank
lin pastor. Here the weather again
seemed to hamper our meeting. The col
lection was $21 90. The following gave
one dollar: C. Adams, Rev. W. NJ.
Franklin, Rev. s. FAINT, Mrs. Ethel
Bradley, Mrs. Mabel Mills, Mrs. Alice
Robins, s. F. Goodlet, Mrs. Martha
Taylor, Jno. Robins, VIM. Mcdowell,
Mrs. Garry Franklin, Mrs. Josie Patten,
Mrs. Sarah FAINT, D. J. Baker and Rob
ert Mcdowell
Wednesday evening filed my en-
gagement at Zion Baptist church. Two
things were against us, the change in
the temperature and previously ar
ranged plan to entertain Lieutenant
Turner, who saw service over sea. The
audience was very small, but collection
was $685.. The following persons
gave one dollar: Rev. w. F. Bolts,
Dea. L. Bradley, T. J. Ellis, Dea. J. s.
Pipes, P. L. Wofford, Chas Gibson,
Odessa Harris, Elijah Johnson, Mrs. NJ.
J. Roberts and w. D. Moseley.
The next and last visit in the city OF
Omaha was Mt. Moriah Baptist church.
The church has made wonderful pro
gress in the last three years under tho
leadership Of Rev. NJ. III. Wilkerson.
The church was greatly in debt with a
membership of SIS. It is now from
under all debts and has about $1,000 in
the treasury and membership of three
hundred This was another poor night,
though those present seemed much in
terested in our work. At all these
meetings I tried to press the claims Of
the Western Convention and the West
ern College, which must be fostered and
maintained by the Baptists and friends
Of the west. Collection $500. The fol
lowing gave one. dollar: Rev. M. a.
Wilkerson. Mrs. M. n. Wilkerson, Mrs.