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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1923
Page
11
Waterloo area churches announce a series of religious talks and sermons. Dr Andrew Randles leads a Pompey United Presbyterian mission from New Castle to promote home missions and church extension. Several towns host Sunday services with planned sermons, cantatas, choirs, and special programs through November 7.
William Jennings Bryan speaks on universal religion from Psalm sixty seven, urging that one God governs all nations. He argues obedience brings blessings, divine justice underpins rewards, and the gospel must reach every people, with God's omnipresence comforting believers everywhere.
First Baptist congregation plans a January 6 dedication of its Fourth and Denver street church after a week of special meetings led by Dr. FP Divine of Brooklyn. Construction nears completion with pews and glass installed, organ recital planned, and Ruth oratorio in the works.
A 1921 reflection compares Mark’s gospel to a military campaign led by Jesus as captain. John the Baptist stands as herald, with Mark portraying Jesus as a soldierly servant who fights Beelzebub in Israel and invites enlistment in faith. Read Mark chapter one for insight on joining.
Annual mission feast will be observed at First Lutheran church tomorrow with services all day. Professors Proehl and Guetzlaff of Wartburg College and Rev. Schêchier will speak at multiple times. Special music by choir and soloists. Offerings aid missions at home and abroad. Invites extended to Trinity Evangelical Lutheran congregation. State and local church officials coordinate and supervise.
Waterloo hosts county conference for alder boys and girls of Sunday schools on November 21 announced by the county superintendent of this branch. Local organizers aim to unite youth programs across Black Hawk area with speakers and activities.
Rev Alfa V Gray of Toledo has accepted the pastorate of the Pocahontas Presbyterian Church after a year in Toledo. He and his wife have made Toledo their home since returning from mission work in Nanking China. Due to a tropical illness, the board of missions advised another year away from China.
Free Methodist Church revival meetings begun two weeks ago attract growing attendance under the pastor. Tomorrow at 11 a.m. the focus will be children while 7:30 p.m. features Rev. F. L. M. Smith on The Rich Man and Lazarus. Donations of clothing to aid attending families are requested. church phone number is on file. CHIMES CONCERT: First Presbyterian hosts Mrs. J. H. Kimball at 7:30 p.m. with songs including Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes and In the Gloaming.
A poem titled When I Awake by Mary Alethes Woodward in the Portland Oregonian imagines awakening to a final, fulfilled reunion with a beloved. The speaker yearns for a dawn where pain ends, love is renewed, and everlasting arms open wide.
A city church directory lists Sunday and Thursday meeting times across Baptist, Catholic, Brethren, Congregational, Episcopal, Evangelical, Free Methodist, Lutheran, Methodist, Presbyterian, Seventh Day Adventist, United Presbyterian, United Brethren, and Universalist groups. Entries include church names, addresses, pastors, and service times including Sunday schools, morning and evening worship, and midweek prayer meetings.
Walnut Street Baptist Sunday school presents a cantata In a Flower Garden at East High Auditorium Wednesday directed by Mrs John McDonald. Proceeds go to the church improvement fund. Roles include Dawn Fall Weather Noon Sunset Spiders and many named soloists with sections for Roses Forgetmenets Sunflowers Dew Drops and other garden motifs.
John C. McGlade superintendent of West Independent School District of Waterloo was elected to the executive committee of the Towa State Teachers Association at the Des Moines convention. W. H. Simmons of Sidney is the prior new member. Miss Lucy Hobbs of Sioux City was named president. Islay D. Slinker of Des Moines was re elected treasurer. Vice presidents were elected by districts including I G Stevenson Dubuque J M Snow Webster City Lee Gillis Rock Rapids H W E Dove Hamburg Missmma Fiedler Ottumwa and J M Foster Ames
Elizabeth M Edwards of Cedar Heights Ta recalls the old kirk across the way in a measured poem. She laments change and praise enduring faith, noting sermons, elders, and a healing Gospel age while honoring God, duty, and communal worship through verse.
Buckingham, a Traerine player, injured his fourth vertebra during a tackle on a Marengo runner. Specialists expect a slow recovery with at least three months in hospital and possible partial return of use in arms. Former Towa State standout Carl Wilson, son of Tama County representative, was a key Traer player in the game. A separate report notes a prisoner named Sewell was lynched by masked men at Eufaula after escaping confinement.
Birth announcements list Ira J Getty family for Maxine Ruth and Thomas W Unienbure for Robert Sta Bon among many others. Parents named include Harold Bloewer Chelsea F Howard Zorendt Nelisen Frenk Longstreat and more with dates from September to October and hospitals in Pella and Lafayette.
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