The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-03-05
Lsster Is Sent to Charles Reign SEQ
vlNs From Hutchinson. Kansas
Man, Wishing Him
VOL.
RESULTS PER M A N E N T
EVANGELIST 10 Told That Converts Are
Living up to Their Ideals
of the Tabernacle
Meetings.

Something more than a year ago
Evangelist Scoville conducted seven
weeks campaign at Hutchinson, Kan
sas. Forty-twO hundred new converts
walked down the glory trail" during
those meetings.
Yesterday the revivalist received a
personal letter from Fred Henny. city
editor Of the Hutchinson Daily News,
and one Of the most widely known
newspaper men in western Kansas.
The portion of the letter which ap-
pears below was read yesterday to the
Keokuk Ministerial alliance:
''By the way, ] want to tell you or
my own personal gratitude to you
and those with you for the campaign
in Hutchinson. Your score book
shows between 1000 and 5000 con
verts here. But want TO assure you
that there were many who were never
counted, and whom you never regard
ed as such, and was one.
81 had always been believer and
nominal christian. But not until the
"Scovillc meetings" did I fully realize
the responsibility l had. | am sure
there are many in Hutchinson who
were dead wood in the churches who,
since your campaign here have fired
up was on the church roll before
you came, and that was all. You are
responsible for putting me at work in
my own church, and today ] am or
ganist, choir director, member OF the
church council, assistant superintend
ent of the Sunday school, teacher OF
the Gideon class, president OF the
Young Peoples Christian Local un-
ion and an officer of the Christian
| Emdeavor society.
| II do not mention this to be boastful
or proud. just want you to see that
I rejoice in being OF service. 1 can
mention scores of people who are ex-
actly in the same condition, who be-
fore you came were dead wood, and
are now really at work.
you doubtless hear the remark
made that after the revival is over the
| converts Ego back" Some Of them
doubtless do. | want to mention a
thing happen to know. I belong to
the English Lutheran church here.
! There are eight members Of the official
! board of the church, | think. Five of
! them are men who were converts in
| the SCoville meetings. and they are
among our best men. Tie president of
our Christian EndeavOr society Is a
convert of that revival, man, who
before the union campaign here, was
an avowed skeptic, and all that He
! is one Of our best men.
Il was out a short time ago with a
! gospel team. Four Of the six men on
/ the team were converts OF the SEQ
Vile meetings. The men who are talk
! ing the most active part in active
christian work in the church l belong
to- are men who were brought to the
front, either as converts or recon
verts' in that campaign.
And so, I rejoice for personal rea-
sons, and because of what | see
around me, that you came here. I
have often thought Of writing vou
this, for I know it must be discouraS-
ing for you sometimes to hear men.
and possibly ministers Of the gospel
themselves, speak lightly Of the re-
suits Of these revival campaigns
! "Pardon me for writing you at
| such length I know you are busy.
I hope you win many souls to Christ
at Keokuk. ] have often thought of
you and Mrs. ScoviIle and the rest
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