Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-03-05
The Revival.

The Burke Hobbs revival meeting
here in Ironton has been in progress
three weeks with increasing interest
every day. The last week has wit
messed the high tide of the meeting
both in interest and number of people
accepting Christ.
The incidental collections have
taken care of all local expenses. At
no time has there been any uneasiness
about finances.
Three hundred and twenty have
signed cards declaring their intentions
to live a christian life. The greater
portion of these have indicated some
church preference.
Good delegations from Pilot Knob,
Graniteville, Belleview, Iron Noun
tain, Irondale, Bismarck, Roselle and
all stations south on the Railroad as
far as Des Arc, have been in attend
ance the past week and among them
have been a number of conversions.
In spite of the fact that the weather
and the roads have been the worst we
have had this winter the tabernacle
has been practically filed every SER
vice: under ordinary conditions
hundreds of people would have been
tnrned away. Every feature of the
revival has been a surprise. The
building Of the tabernacle in the midst
of a snow storm in three days, the
large results in the number of con-
versions and the unprecedented Of
fering made to the Evangelists.
Sunday afternoon Mr.. Q. P. Damron
made a brief statement of the work of
the Evangelists and asked the con-
gregation for a collection. Donations
from one dollar up to twenty-five
were subscribed until the sum OF
seven hundred and fifty dollars was
contributed. Although this was a
smaller amount than they often
receive, the Eyangelists were well
pleased with the spirit and the sum
contributed.
This contribution shows that the
Ironton people are willing to do the
right thing.
Rev. Burke said he was told thai
Ironton was the worst town in South
east Missouri, but he found this peo-
pie had been misrepresented. He
said he had never found a more cul-
tered, refined, intelligent people any
where.
The sermons Sunday, as we'll as the
previous Sundays, we're free from the
objections which some have raised
about Mr.. Burke's rough expressions
The sermon on Forgiveness, Sunday
morning, vas a gem of pure loving
gospel and will continue in the lives
of the vast congregation who hung
upon his words.
Bro. Aspley said he had known this
valley for fifty years and there had
never been a spiritual awakening like
this in all that time.
The following out of town ministers
were in attendance: A. s. Baldridge
of Flat River, M. H. Markley Of
Elvins, Rev. Lyle of Caledonia, Rev.
Blaese of Belleview, VIM. Stewart o.
Bismarck and Presiding Elder VIM
Court Of Pennington, and a number
Of others whose names we did moi
get.
Rev. Hobbs in making the an
nouncements Sunday night for the
continuation of the meeting made the
following remarks: "When we arrived
in Ironton, we were informed that il
was impossible to have a revival in
the valley; it was said the court
house would never be filed, but il
was; it was said it was impossible tc
build a tabernacle in three days, but
you did; it was said that it would
never be half filed, but it was; it was
said the evening offering would moi
pay the expenses, but it did; it wai
said they would never have a hundred
conversions but there have been three
hundred and twenty already saved
Praise the Lord.n AN ATTENDANT.