The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-11-01
s.venty-nnth Annual Convention Of
The Iowa Church Held Here Last
Week Was Real Sue
cess.
BANQUET IS SERVED
christian Church Women are spon
sors for This Event Enjoyed by
Men and Women Of the
Convention.

The seventy-ninth annual conven-
tson of the Iowa Baptist church slosed
held, last night at the First Baptist
church of this city. when the five days
| conference came TO an end The Rev.
Loren D. Osborn, of Boulder, Colo,
| delivered the final address of the con.
| vention on 'sThe Special Mission OF
the Church Today"
There were LOT churches in the
state represented at the convention.
with 312 delegates and twenty-six visi.
tors present during the week. While
the attendance was not as large as ex-
pected, owing to the condition of the
| weather all week, it is generally con-
. coded by the local church members as
| well as by the 1893 out-of-town per-
| cons, to have been one of the best
conventions ever held. The delegates
went away expressing their satisfac-
| ton at the splendid manner in which
| they had been entertained in this city.
The members of the Baptist church
here have also expressed their appre-
citation of the way Keokuk people out
side of their church opened up their
homes to the visitors during the past
week.
In addition to attending all of the
sessions of the convention the dele
gates found time to visit various points
Of local interest, including the dam
and power house, historic Nauvoo,
drive up the Lake Shore road and
visits to Rand park.
One of the high spots of the con-
vention was the annual sermon preach
ed yesterday morning py the Rev. w.
H. Rogers of Muscatine, which was
an exceptionally fine address. Other
churches in the city had as their
guests yesterday, ministers from diff
ferent places in the state, who sup
piled in the various pulpits.
Young Peoples Meeting.
The Baptist Young Peoples society
held an inspirational service Sunday
afternoon at 2:3O o'clock at the
church, to which the members of the
young peoples soc.e.ies all over the
city were invited to attend. A large
number of persons availed themselves
Of this opportunity and heard the
splendid address delivered by A. H.
Gage of Chicago, director of the Sun
day school and Young Peoples work
for the city of Chicago and by the
Rev. r. B. Davidson of Ames.
The Rev. Davidson made an appeal
to the young people for volunteers
for life service in the Mission fields
to which there were several responses
The Ames minister's address was OF
so much merit that he was asked tc
repeat it to the young peoples society
of the st. Paul's Evangelical church
in the evening. which he did.
The joint banquet served to the mer
and women Saturday evening at the
First Christian church was an attrac
tive social event and was followed BY
program of speeches afterwards, thu
men adjourning to the Baptist church
for theirs and the women remaining
at the Christian church.
Banquets are Held.
The mems program was entirely il
the hands of the laymen Of the con
vention no minister being allowed tt
speak upon this occasion. Clyde L
lnman presided as toast master owe.
the program, which included speeches
by j. 0. McCulland of Des Moines
9. M. Anderson OF Fort Dodge; E. II
Williams and w. A. Starckey of OF
tumwa. The speakers chose thei
own subjects, organized Mems Bibl
Glasses" and "The Value of Gospe
Teams" being two of the importan
ones. Other banquet guest wer
called upon to speak extemporaneaous
~ and Edward Sheimer sang durini
the evening
A movement was started upon thi
occasion concerning an organization
for the men of the Baptist church al
over the state into some sort of a fra
ternal order. A committee of fiv
men from different cities in the stat
with w. A. Starckey of Ottumwa a
Chairman, was appointed to look int
matter and make report.
Miss Helen Aud presided as toast
mistress over the program of speeche
for the women, which included talk
by Mrs. A. G. Jennings of Chicago
who represents the general board @
promotion for the work of the NORTH
ern Baptist convention; Miss Alic
crimson of Chicago on missionar
work; Miss Mary Sickle of De