The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-17
THE CAMP MEETING
AT ALEXANDRIA
Corresponding Secretary, Jaspe,
6'ines Gives Interesting Details
Of Its Success.

10 the Editor of The Gate City:
The annual camp meeting which
was held in Alexandria, August 4 to
IL. inclusive. proved we'll its claim OF
being distinctively an aggressive ele.
ment Of spiritual force for the spread
and promotion of scriptural holiness
The interest all the time was sustain.
ed and the advance was I'D the shin.
Ing way. The friendship and good will
OF the local people toward the meet.
Ing were affairs of great benefit to
the spiritual success, as a hearty
Yes is always of fine import So 1t
came to pass that old Churchville af.
ter the passing of eighty or ninety
years OF settlement. was visited and
made better morally by the presence
OF band of workers whose mission is
to aid people to the higher life and at.
tainments of the Christians privileges
and requirements.
The Tri-County Holiness Associa-
ton is composed Of members who re.
side chiefly In the counties of Lee,
Van Buren, and Clark, and these mem.
bers are Of the different denomina.
lions, thus making the work purely an
INSTRUMENTATION enterprise. The
chief executive is w. H. Vornkahl
/ whose home is near Pennington. Sec
rotary Mary Won Seggen resides in
Pennington. Minor officers are in diff
ferent localities Of the three counties
The evangelists chosen this year were
Rev. Brandeberry and wife and Rev
Peter Daires. These conducted the
preaching, song service and other
meetings. The singers were spiritual
The formal and worldly spirited choir
from the arctic circle regions was
beautifully invisible The fire line was
drawn and very brilliant, and the
preaching declarations were pure bi
BILE truths forcefully presented and
applied to every day, all the time, hu
man life and practice. Fine edge
sharp as the polished sword of Damas
Gus, the truth made its way as luri6
ray of light sent forth into the uni
verse. And yet the real honest hearers
enjoy the gospel messages Of radica
truths. If only the people would study
the moral standards which govern the
world how vastly superior would BIZ
the progress of our land. This is the
true promotion which builds up ant
secures the very existence of any PEG
pie or nation Good roads, water pow
er, wealth, these do not constitute al
enduring republic. 1t is the moral vir
tues which truly promotes. So few
read the bible for profit. So few ever
know the constitution of the United
States, or of their own state. All thi:
is unfortunate.
AT the Alexandria camp meeting
there were number of tents nea
the large tabernacle, and members
were present from keokuk, Kahoka
Pennington, Medill, Bonaparte ant
other places. James Kennedy, Eliz;
Watts, Samuel Davalt and David Ken
nedy are the real veterans of the
cause, and these well-tried soldiers O
the cross have served faithfully fOl
thirty years in the Holiness move
ment But they don't resign or retire
on a pension, but march forth for vic
tories. There were quite a number o
real spiritual conversions and some re
ceived the Holy Spirit baptism. Si1
new members were added to the SO
ciety, and all financial interests were
we'll supported, and large sum wa!
subscribed for the camp meeting an
other year Rev. Brandeberry and wife
departed for Charlton, Iowa where
they will hold revival meeting. Rev
Davies remains here to continue the
meetings In the Methodist church
The spiritual interests of the societ!
and community are greatly helped b,
these meetings, and the moral influ
ence extends far and is of blessed i'm
port. Ais we'll that ends well.
JASPER BLINES,
Corresponding Sec'y.