Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-08-22
IRoNTON, MO, THURSDAY, AUGUST e. 1912

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never be happy until he had made
pilgrimage to that place.
| All that Arcadia lacks of be-
coming a.shrine for all lovers of
beauty is advertisement. Ma
CARA Falls owes its place in the
Imagination to-day to the fact
that its wonders rave been made
known.
There is enoug history in this
Valley to make itWorthy of vis-
it outside of anythsng else. TWAS
here that General Grant received
his commission as an officer in
the Federal Army. 1t was here
that the celebrated battle of Pilot
Knob was fought and the Fort
Hill Methodist Church stands up
on the very spot where the Fed
eral and Southern soldiers con-
tended in the sixties. Jay Gould,
the author of a wonderful book
entitled "The History of Delaware
County," himself surveyor and
with keen eye fortnatural beauty,
was attracted by this place, and
whenever he was il Missouri, his
favorite stopping place with his
private car was in Arcadia Valley.
Here another great railroad man,
Mr.. Hoxie, was also accustomed
to stop. But at the time these
men put up at Arcadia, while they
saw it's beauty for themselves, they
were so busy that they did not
have time to write, and down to
this good day Arcadia Valley re-
mains practically unknown to the
vast majority of people.
But its day of solitude and ST.
lence and isolationis about over.
Recently 247 acres have been pur-
chased, a splendid tabernacle, steel
framed and tile rooted, has been
built and an Assembly has been
established, and now there will
soon 60 every summer back to
their homes from that beautiful
place students and ministers and
laymen to sing the praises of Ar
cadia Valley. Wonders have
been accomplished already with
in the short period Of three years.
4 This summer has witnessed the
largest attendance and the most
successful Assembly of any yet
held. Fifty tents cover the noun
tainside upon which the taber-
nacle is erected, and everybody
that attends the place is enthusias-
tic in its praises.
Such a spot has wonderful ef-
feet upon the mind. 1t quickens
and enlarges and stimulates it,
so that very ordinary speaker
has the advantage of getting what
he has to say multiplied by the
magnificence of the scenery in the
midst of which he utters his mes
sage. All the speakers who have
been present this season have
been regarded as the best they
have ever had on the ground, and
as the place improves, speakers
who visit it will find themselves
listened to with more and more of
interest.
| On last Sunday at II O'clock,
Bishop Hendrix preached a SER
mon that no one who heard him
will ever forget. have heard the
Bishop often, but thought this
by far the best sermon I had ever
heard him deliver. 1t, perhaps,
was not the best, but as | listened
to him preach, was stimulated
by Shepherd Mountain and Pilot
Knob, the distant valleys and the
other wonderful views around the
tabernacle. These altogether
must be taken into account in the
estimate I formed of the sermon.
1t would have been a fine discourse
, delivered down in any common-
place region, but spoken from the
mountain in the midst of an at
mosphere as cool and pure as that
Adam breath4d, it somehow was
colored and heightened and en-
, larged in the minds of all who
heard it by the scenery surround-
ing the speaker. The singing
was likewise increased in melody,
] especially because Of the back.
/ ground Of music rendered by the
katy-dids. When the singers
were not doing their best and Civ.
ing full expression TO the music
in their souls the katy-dids could
be heard coming to their rescue.
1t was a source Of grief to me
that could not stay to hear Dear
/ Tillett, OF Vanderbilt University
/, Bishop Hoss and all the othel
} speakers who were to fill up th,