The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1905-03-23
In FAR OFF CALIFORNIA.
EVANGELISTIC WORK BY REV
HOWARD ". POPE.
New Haven CIcrgyman's Sueccss-Ac-
count of Various Meetings Held In
Various Places.

Rev. Howard w. Eope' VI 1AiiS '''
is in Southern California, holding
evangelistie meetings and with great
success. A California paper has the
following:
Pope Meetings, Pomona.
The evangelistic meetings, under the
direction Of Messrs. Pope and Newton,
have crowded the largest building we
were able to secure in Pomona. The
Sunday evening service was not only
crowded from Altar to vestibules, but
hundreds were turned away because
they could not get in at all. The meet
ings through the week both afternoon
and evening have not only been well
attended, but of great interest. Mr..
Pope is most remarkable teacher. He
is doing some deep blowing here. The
community is much stirred. We are
hoping and praying for mighty
movement of those who are not Chris
Stians into "the way, the truth and the
life Mr.. Pope is a conservative in
his views, but he is so sweet and kind
and reasonable even when he is most
hard and inexirable in his logic that no
one is disposed to find any fault. He is
SO earnest and sensigle Withal in his
presentation of his gospel to the lost
that all classes of people who want to
see giod accomplished are drawn to
him and to his object. Mr.. Newton
can give the most effective street adj
dress that it has ever been my good
fortune to listen to. The people who
come to smile and see some new thing
go away thoughtful. He is very popu-
lar also in his Singing. The first week
of their meetings closed last evening.
a good foundation is laid. The Chris
tian people are at work, and we conf
IDENTIFY hope and expect that we shall
have great things to report to you later
concerning this work.
REV. 6. e. soPER,
Ontario. IT,. RI
The church ait Ontario has recently
held its annual meeting. Some inter
esting facts were brought out, as given
III the Record" Of January I. THE
church. with a membership Of one hun
bred and sevesnty=four, contributed to
foreign missions $641.11, the largest in
the history of the church, showing it
has caught something of the missiona-
nv spirit Of its beloved pastor, the Rev,
R. B. Larkin. The gifts to home mis-
sions were $3.50, total beneyolenees
S1,S15.66; total contributions for all pur,
poses, s3,S5S.40 4,
. Whittier. w..
The work of our eyangelists, broth
ers Pope and Newton, with the Whit
tier church, was productive of great
good, not only with the church and
Sunday school, but also in the eommtl-
nifty. The Gospel was presented with
great clear1less and power, and the
singing tourhed the hearts of all, leav-
Ding in memory melodies which will not
soon be forgotten. While many of the
addresses were searching and faithful
~ applied, the scriptural injunctions
against a self-satisffed or idle church,
vet there was nothing for which the
pastor had to apologize after the evan
gelists left, and the universal testfmo-
ny Of all within and without the church
was conmendatory Of the earnestness
and wisdom shown during the whole
series Of meetings. We believe that
the right man was sent by the Lord to
assist our churches in this syecial
work
On last Sunday we received into fell
loWshir thirty on confession of faith
and ten by letter, and number more
are expected at the next communion.
4 We have#evidence TO warrant tn belief
i that the church is quiekened to better
service and to press forward in contin-
uous work for the salvation of men.
In the Sunday school the results were
especially happy, in several classes
every member was led to Christ, In,
Guiding a number Of young men and
boys. The full cooperation of the
teachers was enlisted and without UNI
due urging Of the scholars, the earnest
words and prayers were the means in
Gods hands Of bringing more than
thirty Of the Sunday school to the Sa-
yior. This power to secure the active
cooperation Of the workers In the
church is one of the best features OF
Brother Pope's work.
{. REV. N. r. EDWARDS.
The readers of The Progress will be
interested in the following appreei-
ative words regarding the Mortified
evangelists who are to conduct a SER
les of evangelistic meetings in Po-
mona, as expressed by friend in Los
Angeles who has observed their re-
cent work:
REV. Howard w. Pope is secretary
of the Mortified Extension Move
nlent, having been appointed to this
responsibility by Dwight L. Moody a
short while before the later passed
away. The idea is to extend the
teaching and influence of the great
Mortified summer conventions out
among the churches in various parts
of the country. Mr.. Pope is pecu-
liarly gifted for this work and has
labored with much acceptance among
all eva ngelical denominations in the
East and in the West, in the North
and in the South. His addresses be-
fore" institutions of learning are
highly priced by facility and the
student body, and at Mortified he
ranks among the most effective speak,
ers That we may have such an ac-
credited worker among the churches
of Southern California is a rare OPP
portunity and privilege. His work
in our midst justifies the expecta-
tions that are aroused.
Preference should be made to the
effective out-of-doors meetings led by