Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 May 1902 — A Successful Revival. [ARTICLE]

A Successful Revival.

Wednesday night of last week closed the most successful revival meeting tnat the little village of Parr has ever known. Tne middle of March Rev. Frank Wilcock, of Maine, was sent, to us and conducted a fifteen days’ ser vice, in which great and we trust lasting good was accomplished, when he was failed to Rensselaer to hold a ten days’ meeting. Revs. Turney and Sweeten, of St. Louis, followed immediately for twelve days in services in which souls were blessed, but still the people were not satisfied and the public in general demanded that Rev. Wilcock be re called, and many souls have reason to be humbly grateful to the Giver of all good gifts that it was so. . Regardless of creed, all have been wonderfully blessed in these services, which is invariably the case when the Gospel of Christ is presented in its purity and received by unbiased hearts Notwithstanding the extremely busy season for people in general and fanners in particular, the attendance has been good and the interest the best. Services closed with a crowded house and wonderful evidence of God’s power. The number of conversions in all has been nearly twenty. Rev. Wilcock will bear with him t he sincere prayers of many warm friends in this community, for all of which we give God’s praise. *