Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-02-07

Inc religious services neiQ III the several
churches in this place, beginning with the
week of prayer, have been attended With in
creasing interest from the first; and already
the first fruits of conversions have been
gathered. The "Week Of Prayer,"T begin-
ming on the first Sabbath of the New Year,
has been, for years, the rallying period for
Christians. Topics are designated by the
Evangelical Alliance and adopted byall the
various churches, (befng modified by differ
ent localities to suit their conditionsl, and
while Christians all over the world are pray
ing for, substantially, the same things, it is
notsurprising that they expect great blessings
from Him who promises to answer prayer.
In carrying out the true spirit of union the
various denominations usually concentI ate
their forces and visit the different churches
in given locality, and not unfrequentlY the
"Week of Prayer" is multiplied by Itself
several times, by continued services in some
one of the churches. In our community
after the first week of services, alternating
night about in the several places Of worship,
it was agreed by the participants to hold
series Of union meetings for one week in each
church. The first series was held in the
Presbyterian Church. The intense cold and
inclement weather was hindrance to many.
But the "breaking of the ice" or melting icy
hearts went on with encouragement. On
the second Sabbath of the month pleasant
communion service was held in this church
and four were added to its membership by
profession Of their faith In Christ. Two Of
whom at that time received the ordinance of
baptism.
On Sabbath evening (20th) the meetings
were transferred to the NJ. L. Church and
continued until Saturday following. An
afternoon cottage prayer meeting was sub.
stituted for the morning hour of prayer,
before established, and was attended with
great interest; Christians became more fully
aroused and requests for prayer became
more numerous, while in the inquiry meet
ings held at the close Of the night service
Christians talked and PRAYED with those who
remained to be conversed with.
Some Church members who had hitherto
been inactive entered upon active duties in
seeking to promote the interests of the cause.
On Sabbath the 9th there were three addi-
tions to the membership of this church.
were transferred to the Fort Hill church it
being the time for their Quarterly Confer
ence, their Presiding Elder, Rev. H. Hanes-
worth was on the ground until Thursday,
filling prominent place, and doing effective
work in the exercises. The afternoon pray
er meetings were held in the church instead
of at private houses, and were well attended.
At each of the evening services the attend
ance was large, some of the people coming
from Pilot Knob, while Ironton and Arcadia
were well represented. The interest among
the Sabbath School Scholars was quite
marked here, number of them coming to
the altar for prayers and conseerating them.
selves to the Lord. Many adults expressed
freely as to their individual in
terest i'm Christ.
On Saturday evening t2d) the services
were moved to the Baptist Church, Rev. Mr..