Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 January 1884 — A Remarkable Revival. [ARTICLE]

A Remarkable Revival.

The Rev.. J; "VV.- Bartlett, of Jackson township, Boone county, who lias charge of several protestant methodist congregations in this, and neighboring counties, has been conducting a remarkably successful revival at Independence school house, in Barkley township. The meetings began on Friday evening, Dec., 21st, antt have continued without interruption until the present time. The house is crowded every evening, and conversions are of nightly occurence. On several occasions the meetiugs have continued until nearly morning Oh Sunday a meeting began at 11 a. m. and lasted for three hours. Folty one persons took active part in that meeting. Up to Monday night thirty-seven accessions had been made to the church and thirty-two conversions, a proportion of conversions to accessions seldom if ever equalled. Bro. Isaac Brasket and A. C. Abbett are given credit for having rendered great assistance during the meetings. Mr. Bartlett has been at work in this county since October. First at Oak Chapel, in Kankakee township, where he organized a class of 14 members. Then he worked with Union class, Grand Prairie Circuit, in Jordan township, where he organized a class witll jL9 members, mostly new. He expects to begin a revival at Center , school house, ill Barkley township, pn Saturday night, or as soon thereafter as the meetings at Independence are clpsed. From Center., he will - return to Oak Chapel, add from Oak Chapel back to Brushwood, in Union township.