Important Meeting in Iowa.
By George I. Butler
Having been requested by leading brethren in Iowa to hold an important meeting in the western part of the State this fall for the benefit of many of our new churches who could not attend the camp-meeting, and especially for the purpose of forwarding the tract and missionary work, Eld. Haskell and myself have concluded to appoint a general meeting at Osceola, commencing Thursday and closing Monday, Oct. 9-13. This is designed to be a general meeting of all in the State who can reasonably attend it. We hope most of the leading brethren in the whole State will be present, including the ministers and licentiates as far as possible. Especially all the new churches should be well represented. We want one of the large tents of the State to be on the ground, and many of the brethren should bring their church and private tents also, for the church there is small, and those who come, will have mainly to provide for themselves. The large tent can be pitched a little distance from the meeting-house, and should the weather be cold, we can heat up the meeting-house and hold meetings in it, and if plenty of bedding and straw is brought upon the ground, we can comfortably sleep in our tents. If the weather is warm, we can hold meetings in the large tent. Our only reason for appointing this meeting is an earnest desire to help the cause among those churches which have had but little labor. We therefore request a general turn-out, and we will help all we can. GEO. I. BUTLER.