Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-09-20
MINISTER OF METH
op,sT CHURCH TO retire
FROM ACTIVE WORK.
81: FEELS HOME SHOULD
HAVE YOUNGER CHAPLAIN
Con,rardant Whitshiil Appoints Rev.
W. n. Clement as Successor, and
He viii Assume Duties Nov. REV.
NJ. Clement Former Weii.known
hsthedist Minister.

Rev. Henry 0. Pratt, D. D.. for six
years chaplain Of the Iowa Soldiers
Home, and one of the grand old men
OF the Methodist church in Iowa, will
| formally hand in his resignation soon,
to become effective Nov. l. The res
ignation already has been offered to
Commandment 3. c. Whitehill verbally,
and on this action the commandment
has named Rev. w. H. Clement, Of
! Minneapolis. as chaplain TO succeed
Mr.. Pratt. Mr.. Clement will take up
his work Nov. l.
The retirement Of Rev. DR.. Pratt as
chaplain will remove from the Meth
odist ministry Of Iowa one of its old
est active members. For forty-two
| years DR.. Pratt has been a minister Of
the church, and for forty years he was
, an active member of the Upper Iowa
| conference. He retired from active
; duties in the conference at the last
session in 1918.
Feels Younger Man Needed.
Feeling that 1t was for the best in
| terests of the home that a younger
man take up hts work. prompted DR..
Pratt to take his present course. He
| will be SO next February, but despite
his years he is active mentally and
| physically, and in fact more active
man than many twenty years his
| junior.
Chaplain Pratt has held an enviable
! position in the affairs OF Iowa Method
ism during his many years in the con-
! ference, and has held many Of the
more important pastorates. in addition
to presiding elderships Of different
districts. Altho not converted until in
middle life, DR.. Pratt has made up for
the years he spent out Of the church by
his most active efforts since his con-
version.
! Dr. Pratt was educated for the law.
and finished from the Harvard Law
School. Shortly after his gra duation
the civil war called him to the colors,
and he served in Company B. Thirty
second Iowa infantry. After his dis
| charge he went to Charles City to
practice law, entered politics. was
elected to the legislature in 1853 as
republican, served two terms, and then
was elected to congress from the
Fourth Iowa district. 1t was while he
was in congress that Mr.. Pratt became
converted, and in 1877, one year after
his second term in congress, he entered
the ministry. 1t was just six years aso
today. Sept. 20. 1918. that Mr.. Pratt be-
gan his work as chaplain OF the SOL
diers' home, succeeding Rev. Jesse
Cole upon appointment by the late
Commandant C. C.. Horton.
| Successor We'll Known.
! Rev. W. H. Clement. DR.. Pratt's sue
| cessor as chaplain. also Is well known
in Iowa Methodist circles. He was for
many years a member Of the Upper
Iowa conference. and among his pas
tora:es were Written, Union, Conrad
and State Center. In more recent years
Mr. Clement has been chaplain of the
Minnesota state soldiers home at
Minneapolis. resigning Aug. l. At
presen. he Is visiting in the east.
Rev. Mr.. Clement is e years of 49,,
and a veteran of the civil war. He
served in Company L, Fourteenth New
York heavy artillery. Mrs. Clement
will accompany her husband to the
| city.
Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Pratt already have
taken possession Of their own home at
| LOG West Grant street. altho Mr.. Pratt
will continue to look after his duties
at the home during the remainder Of
| tbiS month and the month following.