Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-05-19

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views of the beautiful scenery of
the valley. Price one cent each.
Set of seventeen different views
for 10 cents.
A Meritorious establishment.
Last Friday in long deferred
fulilment of promises, l went
down to the flourishing town of
Des Arc. The day was bright
with sunshine and the genial
atmosphere seemed to call one
from "biggit wa's'' to the freedom
of forest, field and plain. Nature,
newly dressed in the soothing garb
of spring, extended a joyous well
come to the eye and brain of men
too often blinded to her blessings.
/ boarded the train at midday
and a little after one o'clock came
to my destination. l needed no
book to while away the hour: the
succession of wooded mountain,
verdant meadow, rushing stream,
quIet hamlet, and SO on, gave each
moment a new pleasure to the OBJ
server, and time passed as if
borne on the wings of a record
breaking aeroplane. AT Des Arc
| was met by Rev. w. w. Strother,
and with him took a hasty survey
of the town; called upon a number
of the citizens, some of whom l am
privileged to call friends of long
standing. OF these and the en-
terprises and accomplishments of
the town, as we'll as it's history,
| shall speak in a future issue.
This article pertains almost wholly
to the Southeast Missouri Holiness
College, whose annual commence
ment exercises we're held that day,
and which l had the good fortune
to attend.
Shortly after my arrival, Rev.
| Strother conducted me to the coll
lege grounds and the newly laid
out and rapidly building village
adjacent to the campus. The
path lay along a picturesque brook
of clear, running water. | do not
know that it will 'sgo on forever"
but it flows as if it meant to do so.
Its murmurs are of peace, grateful
to the senses: fitting usher to the
precincts wherein are taught the
Christian doctrines of forgiveness
and goodwill toward men.
Shortly after we came to the
grounds, the school exercises for
afternoon began in the Music
Hall-a spacious building, but not
always adequate to the require
ments of the occasion. When
built, it was supposed it would for
years be adequate to all demands;
but SO rapid is the growth of the
church and school that it's capaci-
ty may be doubled within the
coming twelvemonth. The after
noon was devoted to the primary
classes, and a brighter, prettier
gathering of little folk never
graced any stage. They sang and
recited their Juvenile parts with
the intense earnestness and serious
honesty of childhood. Entertain
ing? Yes! There is to me no
more interesting object than this,
and / would that not one of the
bright faces l saw that day should
ever be clouded in disappointment
or sorrow. The proceedings were
interspersed by vocal and instru-
mental selections given by the
older pupils, and were indeed
creditable to them and their in
structors.
In the evening the exercises
were devoted to the larger pupils
and more advanced classes. The
programme was printed in last
weeks REGISTER, and as the sub
ject matter was good SO were the
fenditions excellent. The big hall
was filed to oyerflowing-in fact,
a half hour before the time set for
the opening, there was not even
standing room for the incoming
throng. For two hours we were
entertained with music, song and
defamation, and then we're dis
missed with implored blessing
upon one and all.
AS to the school, it's purposes,
and it's probabilities, | can do no
better than to give the following
from the pen of Rev. "Bud" Rob-
inson of Pencil, Texas, and printed
in the P~entecostal ADVOCATE. He
came to Des Arc last month and
held a series of meetings. He
says, in part:
81 was called to hold the meet
ing by Bro. Kistler and Brother
Strother, the latter the real found
er of the school and its main sup
porter. My home for eleven
days was with Brother Strother's
family in their nice new homo on
the hill, just above the beautiful
spring that flows out from under
the mountain. There is no way
on earth to make a stay in a home
more delightful than mine was
with Brother Strother. He had
his house SO full while I was there
that he and his wife slept on the
floor, put a chair under their heads
and throwed the old carpet over
them for q comfort. Now, brother,
that is self denial for the other
fellow, and to make a thing 60.