The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-11-19

lions for three thOusand persons. WHAT q
splendid spectacle that city presents This As
sociation ae il were, ie ereCtng an arch over
the gate of the city; and over thousands as they
come within the influence of its power. In the
department of city evangelizati0n this asso-
citation is doing an immense work. In this de-
partment they are most effective and successful
For eight years they have sustained daily
union prayermeeting and Saturday evening
social prayer.meetlng. They report the wnSee WI 9o
number of mission schools in the city ~ T zS
containing 9543 teachers and scholars. L.1Gs r1i
distribution IS carried on more sucCessiunI1
than ever before. In response 70 .ue,a "PpSn, Ppoa
to the churches, liberal contrlputuu9 nuNe
been made to carry forward this work, wolfe
many active and devoted Christians nave a9aeu
their services to the work OF Personal Flsiea-
Parnpit % me 70 rad an abstract of letter in
regard TO one of the meetings and good works
of this association. The correspondent says;-
III am happy TO refer 70 ,b uSngn1oi megtng t ned
MEMS Christian Association OF this city. IL was
held IN one Of the dlning'roops Of the sherman
ions were guests. The object OF the meeting was to
draw the tide of general Christian telling into
channel, and it was fully realized. That there was
q secondary purpose, TO stir anew the sympathies OF
the ohul ches tof the ASSOCIATION Is doubtless true
lie Association is accom- pishing a noble work In
Chicago Ever seeking to act as an auxiliary, not a
rival, to the Church, it has done what the Church
could not do, and much also which the Church
might have done, but has not. For many years 1t
has conducted daily prayer meeting at its
rooms, and no similar prayermeetine, except
blessed 1t has annually dIsbursed thousands
OF dollars for the relie1 of the poor; it is,
IS carried on in this CITY It has urDisned hundreds
OF men ana women with employment. It has dis
ttlDuted tracts and religious newspapers without
number. lis members have been instrument in
the promotion of revIvals throughout the North
west II la6ors as earnestly Tor the promotion OF
whom 1t can reach. 1t carries the loaf in hand
and the Gospel in the other During the prevalence
among the most fearless and active OF the good
Samaritans; and curing the war its frequent and
self sacrificing ministrati0ns enjoyed by hun
dreds OF our soldiers" 0..
The report adds, GAS the mel 1ium through
which to reach the nearly 100, 900 of our pOpu-
lation who neither attend church nor the Sab
bath School, we feel that no other instrument
tality could take its place. In atfording
relief to the destitute and SICK, the Association
expended $22, 900, an increase of about $4,000
over the previous year. Last year they visited
more than half the families in the whole CITY,
such facts as these are certainty most eloquent
advocates OF the noble institution
The Washington Association desires to build a
building through which they may reach the
2O,OO young men and women IN that city,
very large portion of whom are not under
Christian influences.
The Buffalo Association employs a city mis-
sionary and sustains two ora three large and
flourishing Mission Sabbath Schools. in which
there have been number of hopeful converts.
The Montreal ASSOCIATION reports thus;-
Our general mission wOrk-that is, visiting
lS,
other institutions-is kept up with varying
success. Since our last report our missionaries
have made about five thousand five hundred
visits, that IS, about fifteen per day. The bar
racks and all the vessels in the harbor are regu-
larly visited. About forty of our young men
have, during the winter months, been engaged
in cottage meetings in different parts of our
city, with satisfactory results. day prayer
meeting and two Sabbath evening prayermeet-
ings are held in che most thickly inhabited parts
OF the city. $4,000 tracts were distributed, and
relief as well as spiritual instruction was
afforded 10 the poor, the SICK and the dying.
From New Haven we have the following re-
port:-"The present work of our Association is
the establishment and support of mission schools,
prayer rmeetines, and temperance meetings in
neglected and DEGRADED parts of the CITY, among
which is Bethel meeting for seamen which
has been in successful operation for more than
six years, and which has been repeatedly visited
by our Heavenly Father with converting power.
We also organize and sustain neghborhood
prayer-meetings in various parts of the city,
held at private houses, which have resulted III
great good"
But 1need not multiply evidences of the useful
ness of these associations. God only knows
the blessings that have been thus carried to
tens of thousands OF precious souls.
The speaker then gave an account OF the noble
work of the Christian Commission, saying it
sprang from the Young Mems Christian Assocla-
tons Ot the country. He then said that God has
given to them the seal of His divlne appreciation
No one can for moment doubt that they are
ments of great spiritual power; for never in the
worlds history were there such openings, so at
tractive and wide fields of usefulness,
as now present themselves to earnest
Christian laborers. The susceptibility of
,ens of thousands to moral influences and
religious impressions; the new vitality that
seems to be infused into the heaven-appointed
forces for GOOD; the agencies OF associated
| effort of the public and the press, through
| which masses of men can be reached and
| moved-all are powerful stimulants to prompt
and energetic efforts for advancing the interests
| of humanity and religion Then, events are
| trans pirlng that far exceed in importance the
! greatest revolution Of the past, and are them
| selves germs of still mightier changes Tor the
| future. God is Overturnlng and overturning,
| preparing the way for the reign of Him whose
! right il is to sway the sceplre OF supremest
| dominion over the nations. country, too
invites your efforts upon which great tr
umphs have already been achieved Here
freedom Of thought, freedom OF speech and
OF the press, occupy the thrones OF
power Here, recently, liberty has crushed
its adversary at the moment that il
had gathered up and concentrated all It's
strength to establish It's claims and extend it:
dominion. Here industry and commerce, educa-
ton, literature, and science are rapidly becom
lug the handmaids of religion. The signs oil
the times indicate that in this field the great
decisive battles between truth and error are tC
| be fought and that here prizes are to be VOL
that win shine with an eternal lustre.
Upon the warriors in this struggle the eyes OF
the civilized world are fixed, and waiting with
deep anxiety the result. A great cloud of wit
nesses bend from the battlements of heaven II
catch the first tidings of the conquest made fo
a Jesus; ana let this union be consecrated u
Christ, ana Europe will feel her power. IN tn
s cities, the richest rewards await those who ar
d falInIui E unto death. Christian young men, g
Patrlarchs prophets, apostles, the nobl
}. army OF martyrs, the redeemed of al