The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1924-01-26
WESLEY MEETINGS.
CREATE INTEREST
Evangelist Conover Giving Clear
Presentation of Gospel to
Large Gatherings.
SERVICES NEXT E

The Evangelistic Meetings in Wes-
ley M. E. Church continue to grow in
interest. The extremely cold night of
Monday prevented a large attendance,
but not a strong evidence of interest.
On Tuesday evening DR.. Conoyer took
as his theme: "The Value and Results
of Human interest" He gave several
telling illustrations growing out of his
ministry and travels. There is moth
ing spectacular about his preaching or
his methods, nothing of the sensation
al; but the simple, clear presentation
of the gospel. Even the child can I'M
derstand. There were rs persons
present.
On Wednesday he took as his
theme: Jesus coming to save" There
were 140 present. A nice delegation
from New Gretna M. E. Church was
present and also a splendid delegation
from the Presbyterian Church of this
city.
On Thursday there was an All-day
Meeting, with DR.. John Handiey, of
Ocean City, as the morning preacher.
He took as his text the last clause of
Dan. Il: go. DR.. Handley said the
greatest exploit is the saving of a
oOdl. lIC qoOlCd dl lGAIO vi SCl1p-
ture supporting his claim. Nothing
else makes God glad. We might accu-
mulate money, build great churches,
etc., but these do not gladden. the
heart of God as winning Of a soul to.
sn6tid MAKE sacrffcs
u get men to God. There is no excus
IS for substituting anything else for sou
If saving. Men seek Power, P~ossessio,
IS Position, which seem to be great e.
ploits, but none can equal the savin
ir of souls. The Son of Man is come I
seek and to save that which is lost
n He gave an account of the %conversio
d of the Disciples, st. Paul, Augustin'
It Luther, Wesley, and himself.
At 1.30 a Love Feast was led by D
o Conover. Many present gave earne
e testimony of the power of Christ j
their hearts and lives.
A. At 2.30 DR.. Geo. H. Neal, of Atlanti
is City, preached from Psalm 116: II an
Psalm 1903: 2. He spoke of the age a
e an age of survey-survey of land, su
yey of possession, survey of the hea'
ems, but said the survey of the gooC
ness of God is the greatest of al
The speaker told of the blessings {
nature, the blessings of the nation an
the blessings of grace. He told of
Burmese to whom was given a cop
of the Old Testament in his ow
tongue, and how the 51st Psalm girl
y ped him; and then how he had tn
New Testament given to him, an
S when he came to the story of tn
Cross, said, For 20 years l have bee
walking in the starlight, but now
walk in sunlight" We should Civ
e ourselves to Christ in full, perfec
e everlasting conservation. We shoul
S render to him our money lat least
d tithe), our service, AM our praise.
: At 7.45 DR.. Conover preached to a
A appreciatiye congregation. Many wer
detained away on account of the rail-
but those who attended enjoyed
spiritual feast.
DR.. Conover will preach Sunda
morning on Relation of Methodism t
World Conquest for Christ" His evt
ming theme will be, "The Value c
Commonplace Things"
The revival services will continu
e all next week, and visiting delegation
from several churches are expected t
participate in the services.