IOWA by George I. Butler

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jan 11, 1877

IOWA

By George I. Butler

My meetings at State Center closed encouragingly. The church were benefitted, and a good interest was manifested among the outsiders, so much so that we prevailed on Bro. Kilgore, who happened to be there the last day of the meetings, to continue to follow up the interest, as I was necessarily called away to attend the State quarterly meeting of the T. and M. Society, at Knoxville. I shall be disappointed if several do not take their stand upon the truth.

Our quarterly meeting at Knoxville was quite well attended from abroad. Six directors were present. Some advance was made in paying up the debts of the Society in spite of the hard times. Still there is a great failure to realize the importance of the glorious T. and M. work. Our religious meetings were interesting and profitable. Six were taken into the church. Four were baptized after the quarterly meeting had closed. It was a season of interest. The church roll was pruned to some extent; yet after this the list of members stood at fifty-two. Our prayer meeting last night was a very interesting season. There are many young people who attend the church, and are looking on with interest. I never had more hopes that the Knoxville church would come up than at the present time; yet there is much to be done before a good result will be very manifest.

GEO. I. BUTLER.

Knoxville, Iowa, Jan. 3.