South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-02-07
ATTENDANCE At
REVEALS BETTER
Coming of Warmer Weather
is Expected to Create inter-
est in Church Meetings.

Pastors and congregations OF the
churches that are conducting the
simultaneous religious campaign are
beginning TO get into the full swing
OF the revival. Attendance at some
OF the meetings last night was rath-
er small. owing 20 the weather. but
the Members are expected to increase
as the revival progresses.
Services at EpwOrth Memorial VI.
+. church were cancelled last night.
there having been no meetings at
that church since the revival started
Sunday evening Two evangelists are
expected the latter part Of the week
10 take charge OF the campaign
there.
Re- Henry L. Davis pastor Of the
First NJ. r church. will preach to-
night on The Backslider's Return"
lie will deliver a sermon Thursday
night on Gods Remedy for Sin" ,
and on Friday evening his subject
will be, The Visitor and the Bolted
Door" John l. Hills. an evahge-
Hstic singer OF Los Angeles. will as
sist Rev. Davis later in the cam
paign. Rev. Jesse Parker Bogue Will
speak on Universal Religion, at
the River Park NJ. r. church tonight.
this being the third of series along
this line.
Begin Revival Services.
Real revival services opened Tues
day night at the First Brethren
church with the first OF a series of
sermons by Rev. John A. McInturiff
OF Johnstown. Pa. II was impossible
for Rev. McInturiff 10 be in SOnth
Bend for the opening of the stimuli
taneous revival. Fer the first sermon
a good sized audience greeted the
speaker.
The Preserving Power of the
World" will be the theme of the
Wednesday evening sermon by Rev.
! A. Robinson, evangelist of Des
Moines. Ia. He also announced the
subjects for the sermons OF the next
week. At the Wesleyan Methodist
Episcopal church, the pastor, Rev.
Walter G. Morris felt that it might
he we'll to postpone any further ser
vices until the heating plant of the
church had been repaired. For the
past two nights, services have been
held in a cold tabernacle.
Rev. w A Brundige, pastor at
The Indiana Avenue Christian church
announced that ne would have
special meeting on Wednesday night
lie gave out notice cards TO the con-
eregation last night and requested
that they assist IN making the crowd
ar the church tonight a record in the
history of the Avenue church.
Appeals to Children.
A special appeal was made to the
children by Rev. III. p. Dunlop at the
Hope Chapel Presbyterian church
n was Tie contention Of the evan
..elist that the children who are reg
uIar attendants at Sunday school
should learn to bring their parents
TO divine worship and thus spread
the good work Of the church.
Calls for converts have not yet
been issued at the First Baptist,
Westminster. Mizpah, Conference
Memorial. Trinity Presbyterian nor
The Quincy Street Baptist churches.
one non-Christian requested the
congregation of the Mizpah Evange-
lical to pray for him, and one Of
his friends who went wrong.
Several OF the pastors at the
above churches. continued their dis
courses OF Monday evening on the
subject OF revivals. Rev. Daniel
Kalev OF the Mizpah Evangelical told
in his sermon last evening Of the
dynamic behind a revival. compar-
ing the individual 10 street car
motors as the medium through
which the current or the spirit OF
God Is carried.
Speak of Apostles Acts
Other pastors resorted to describ-
ing apostles as men having pas
sion for souls, also citing their weak
nesses and telling how they stood
The tests Doctor G. A Shierey in
charge OF the services at the Trim
itv Presbyterian church, spoke on a
subject entirely foreign 10 the one
ne had prepared.
Following the meeting at the Trim
ttv PRESBYTERIAN church, corner st.
Peter and Colfax av.. plans were dis
cussed BY the congregation regard
inn the construction Of the new
adjfce 70 be known as the Sunnyside
PRESBYTERIAN church. IL is expected
that the building will he ready for
OCCUPANCY within several weeks