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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1915
Page
3
Churches schedule harvest themed rallies with decorated interiors and special programs. First Presbyterian emphasizes unity and enlistment spirit with an energizing Sunday service and school program led by Rev. W. H. Beachler. St Luke’s and St. James join with combined events and speeches by church leaders.
Dr. John A. Earl of Des Moines, president of Des Moines College and former First Baptist Church pastor, will serve as supply pastor starting Sunday Oct 3 until a new pastor is found. Dr. W N Dorcan, current pastor, preaches farewell tomorrow and heads to Hannibal Mo to lead a Baptist church.
Rev Jarrall P Baker pastor of the First U B church will depart Wednesday for Des Moines to attend the annual conference of the United Brethren church of Iowa. The conference will remain in session for about a week.
A speaker named Hackett will address the Walnut Street Baptist lay school on Sunday morning with a general invitation extended. The Courier notes the Walton area audience and mentions local readers paying for advertisements.
Waterloo welcomes four new pastors to its Methodist churches. Rev. Lockwood arrives at Gracechurch from Cedar Rapids after a sixteen year Cedar Rapids pastorate. Rev. Shoemaker returns to St Pauls M E after a prior Waterloo stint. Rev. Court shifts to First Church from Osage bringing a record of church remodeling and parsonage construction. Linden will keep Rev. Baker for a third conference year.
A long list of religious services across denominations in Waterloo area. It includes Adventist, Brethren, Catholic, Christadelphian, Congregational, Lutheran, Methodist and other churches with service times, Sunday schools, and special themes. Names of pastors and street locations appear throughout.
A compact listing of church services across multiple denominations headed by John Robertson Macartney and including East Clark-n Cutler, First United, Westminster Fourth, Northminster, Universalist Church, Salvation Army, and other groups. It notes service times, Sunday schools, youth activities, and a centennial sermon at the Universalist church.
First Lutheran Church hosts its annual mission feast drawing crowds from area churches and towns. The schedule begins 4:30 am with a sermon by Rev H Bredow, followed by a 2 pm English sermon by Rev Chr Reinboldt and a German Inner Missions sermon by Rev C A Wiedernen at Cedar Falls. Collections support missions as hundreds attend a plenary dinner between services with free coffee and sugar for all.
At Fort Sheridan a First Lieutenant addresses the rookies on army discipline declaring that war is inevitable for the United States though not immediate. He warns no one wants conflict but believes a future crisis will arrive and the country must be ready.
Boards of health in many cities consider barring children with colds from school. Foley’s Honey and Tar is an old family medicine claimed to free children from coughs croup and whooping cough. Parents may save trouble by giving before show opens. Sold by all druggists everywhere.
Readings cover Absalom, Solomon, Jeroboam and Asa with key verses on wisdom obedience and faith. Emphasis on divine sovereignty in David’s line, temple imagery as Christ type, and lessons from Elijah and Elisha about trust, prayer, and God’s care. Includes golden texts urging reverence, wisdom, and reliance on the Lord.
Rev John Robertson Macartney began a series on the Book of Revelation at First Presbyterian Church. The preacher urged unfolding the prophecies signs and symbols, noting Revelation’s author John wrote from Patmos in 97 A.D. The series aims to clarify the mystic messages for readers and listeners, with future topics to cover chapter one and subsequent chapters as planned.
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