W EST E R N OKLAH OMA D I ST R I CT ASS EM B LY I t was i n te rest i ng to observe the e n t h u s i a s t i c a n d co-opera t ive s p i r i t i n w h i c h t h e N a za renes o f the Western O k l ahoma D i s t r i c t g a thered for the twe n ty - f i rs t a n n ual a ssem b l y which convened a t Bethany, September 19-24. D r . J . B. C h a pman was the presid i n g off i c e r .
DR. J. B. CHAPMAN
The messages of this occ a s ion were espec i a l l y i nspir i n g .
No one c a n
s t i r the hearts m i ss iona ryward as d i d the general c h u rc h t reasurer, D r . J . G . Morrison, i n h i s messages.
The Reverend L . A. Reed, pastor of the F i rs t
C h u rc h of the N a za rene, K a n s a s C i ty, b roug h t a sea rc h i ng messag e o n p rayer a n d fast i n g .
These, w i th D r . Chapm an's messages, c a l l ed t h e peopl e
t o a more sac r i f i c i a l a nd devotio n a l serv i c e . Th u rsday n ig h t a pac ked h o u s e g reeted D r . A. K . B racken, P resident of Bethany-Pen i e l Col l eg e, a s he d e l ivered a n add ress o n C h r i s t i a n educa 足 t io n .
At the c l ose of h i s ta l k the a ud i ence responded i n p l edges of more
than $ 3 , 200. 00 for the erec t ion of the f i ne a rts b u i l d i ng . The reports from t h e d i s t r i c t showed success i n al l , and new goa l s for the com i n g yea r were set w i th e n t h u s i as m .
D i s t r i c t S u per i n tendent, Rev足
e rend J. W. Short, was r e - e l ec ted on the nom i n a t i ng b a l lot.
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