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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1908
Page
4
Closing day at the Chautauqua grounds reports attendance higher than expected with gate receipts near 500 dollars. Officials say the session ends in the black and confidence grows for next year as tents are already booked and enthusiasm runs high among campers and visitors.
Maud Ballington Booth spoke to a full tent about her prison reform work. She described her efforts with 65 000 convicts labeled my boys and highlighted Hope Hall in New York where ex prisoners live and work under strict rules to avoid saloons. Booth urged broader sympathy and recounted cases illustrating innocence inside prison walls and the need for humane reform.
After yesterday's lecture the Chautauqua association held a stockholders meeting in the auditorium led by Vice President D H McLaughlin. Speakers praised the program and suggested improvements to lighting sidewalks and street widening. Over 300 stockholders now exist and several names were added to the list. A R Miller noted outreach to surrounding towns.
County and surrounding areas attended the Chautauqua meeting with strong turnout. The session was well attended and the management expects several suggestions offered to be valuable for future planning.
Last evening featured two concerts and a dramatic presentation of the book of Job by Doctor Lloyd. The local band offered a pleasing set between 6 30 and 7 30 with very good attendance and praise for their bright uniforms and quality music. Cleveland Ladies’ Orchestra followed with exquisite selections and refined performance, noted for rare quality and fine music culture. They close the program this evening.
Doctor Lloyd headlines the Chautauqua evening with a dramatic Job recital in a Hebrew costume bought in the Holy Land. He explains ancient garments and contrasts rich and poor attire, notes Job’s literary value, and draws praise from Bible students while some in the big tent merely came for the spectacle. He has been a standout participant this year.
Doctor Lloyds last address on Paul attributes immense influence to Paul on church life and leaders like Augustine Luther Calvin and Knox. It questions how Paul formed his ideas from the Damascus vision and how his belief that the believer is in Jesus and Jesus is in the believer shaped his later writings.
The text argues that persecuting believers equals persecuting Jesus and that Paul’s teaching stems from his own experiences. It highlights phrases like no condemnation in Christ Jesus and Christ liveth in me to show Christ in the believer. It notes Paul preaches a universal Christ and that his theology aligns with Christ’s, shaped by his conversion outside the Holy Land. It praises Mr. Wilcox’s lectures at the Chautauqua series for spotlighting overlooked contributors.
Prof W C Wilcox presents Fisher Ames in eight lecture series focusing on a Massachusetts politician who rose above early hardship illness and poverty He highlighted four key opportunities including Ames's ratification convention oration Jay's treaty speech Washington farewell and his Massachusetts legislature funeral oration
Visitors from multiple towns gather on the Chautauqua grounds for socializing, lectures, and a baseball game. Notables include John Buxbaum and daughter Emma, Clarence Wassam, Norma Fisher, and the Gardner and Rounds contingents. Walter Chandler delivers a closing lecture, with continued coverage on page 5.
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