Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 February 1904 — About Rev. Meads’ Revival Work [ARTICLE]

About Rev. Meads’ Revival Work

lu mentioning Rev. W. E Meads’ revival meetings at Tipton, lowa, it was an error in speaking of it as a Presbyterian meeting. It was a union revival held in the Presbyterian church, but included three other denominations, the Methodists, the Dutcn Reformed and the Lutherans. The Presbyterians received the largest number of ohuroh additions, and last Sunday 27 leading young men ot the city joined toatohuoh in a body. •Working as Mr. Meads now does in all denominations he is struck by the'ever increasing spirit ot friendliness and mutual good will and assistance between them. Atif not only does this mutually kindly spirit prevail between different branches of the Protestant element but in many places he finds great kindiliness and good-fellowship between Catholics and Protestants. All of which is just as it should be, only more so. Mr. Meads will rest here until the let of March and then go out and conduct a revival at Olin, in Northwest lowa, for the Dutch Reformed people. From there his next jump will be way down east, clear into old Vermont, He has never been east yet, and is a little anxious to how the somewhat breezy and free and easy western methods of saving will take among those more sedate people of the east.