The Camp-Meeting at Knoxville, Iowa.
By George I. Butler
AS THE appointment for this camp-meeting and Conference has been given out through the REVIEW, I desire to say a word to our brethren in reference to it. We earnestly desire a good attendance at this meeting. We have settled upon Knoxville as the place for it, partly because there are many Sabbath-keepers in that section of the State who have never attended a camp-meeting of our people before, on account of the distance. We have now placed it where it will be in convenient distance for all these. We shall be greatly disappointed if the friends of the cause in Woodburn, Osceola, Decatur City, Afton, Peru, Winterset, Adel, and Monroe, do not make a special effort to give a good turn out. It may be years before it will again be so near to you. We have still strong hopes that Bro. and sister White will gladden us with their presence, and thus meet the expectations they raised in this direction last fall. Brn. Canright and Littlejohn will be there, and we expect an excellent meeting if our brethren feel that degree of interest in the matter we trust they do. We shall expect, of course, our brethren from the old churches in the State will make a general rally. Let us come to the feast with earnest desires to do good and get good. Invite your friends and neighbors to go. The friends at K. are making arrangements to do their part to welcome all. I hope this meeting may be fully as large as our meeting last year. A word in reference to getting there. No railroad runs to Knoxville. Pella, twelve miles from K. on the Des Moines Valley Railroad, is the best point to leave the Railroad. There is a daily stage to K. Passengers on the B. & M. R. road connect at Ottumwa with the Des Moines Valley road. The Chicago and Rock Island road connects with the Valley road at Des Moines. The Chicago, North-western connects with the Valley road at Grand Junction. The Dubuque and Sioux City road, at Sioux City Junction. If any desire to attend who will come on the cars, they may by corresponding with Bro. Benn Auten, Knoxville, Iowa, have teams meet them at Pella, Wednesday, May 31, and thus save expense. Such should be sure to write, as they will need to know how many to provide for. As the State Conference will be held in connection with the camp-meeting, to secure uniformity, I suggest that if convenient, each church hold a business meeting, Sunday, May 21, for the election of delegates, the signing of Systematic Benevolence, and such other business as may be necessary, so as to be in season for delegates to make preparation to attend. Come, brethren and sisters, let us make this meeting a great success by doing our work. Then we may be sure our Lord will attend to the remainder. Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, April 25, 1871.