, 1866-01-12
THE WEEK OF PRAYER.
Work Of the &plF1t~E1A4s& Noeeausn.

A. the week orprayer progresses the inteneet ex.
hibited tn the churches Il deepening and extending
widely ard in very mauy places, for yeass past un-
Waited by the holy Sptds there Is great awakening
The cpor's which cse In Indicate ths initiation Of
mirhty movement which u not 10 terycnt In mani
fsatfon aome in the past hlstory OF the church,
fs powerful n the tidal wsyc fweeptns across mid
ocean, The churches are Awakening to : ren.e OF
their duty to God, to themselves and to world
lying in dArkness. and are bosin for the ss}yntto
Of souls with zeal long unknown. which thoug
dia.E milienlrm, dos proMies 4 IsTrr neccss,n
Of subjects 10 the N.dcemet'e kingdom.
The week OF PRAYER Il very grneralJy obscrred
The churches, nj which fervent petitions to III !.
throne OF grace are Joined IN by large nunb.r :
wo.shaPpa:; In some cases The work docs not
selves ln,o smzli bands and going out 1nto th :.
vicinity, holding collage prayer neerince in Ii
houses Of tbote rho s;fu open them for that pu
pose. As many ~ eight or ten Of these gathering
arc held nightly II eone church disrice, md thete
il good reaxop 70 believe that this zntslou among
IN OF coodl. number OF guests to the Gospel feast
Many hasc realized the prozuae .' Whcteaoever Two
o; tnFse are Esthesed toeetne5 in my name these
The union meeitncs in the clark street Methodist
church ell attended, the cxerclses being joInod
IN By ministers Of al denominations, and leading
members Of th~tr churches Numerous reauests
Fposded 10. and muek add to Tie tnts1est % % of he
srksa 6y cress % p d tse aoy .een
.;sc1 IT, %ee1ang q yes1cday mo1uing was largely
&C. Stewart The devotions this morning viii bc
led BY Rex Arthur ssnzeJ, commencing punctnalIY
nj n,be O'Clock.
Tie noon PRAYER meeting Of yesterday IA. not
were occupied. Rev. 4. T.. Srerat1 presided
and a,:e1 :. short opening hymn aoa prsycl.
lie snh oi family rc.ssons md ts scspon.ibiItes
The emily tie VIE holy one, and members Of tho
sa1ne household were especially bound 10 labor tor
his hearers to uue In prayer especially for bless
Inc 10 resi- on the family relation, that II might be
ssnctlhed 70 The good of souls, md that they all
hbor car1H Sly 10 bring TO- hr1st the unbe1Ieyiug
members Of their own hokseho!us.
The President remarked that one great cause OF
non-snswer e rreyer WA that ont petitions were
that II wn1 Incapable Of more than uoe act Of taith
At any one time The most etlec'Ra1 prayer var the
.sssn o1a ta:sa ae at hs ysoe
two OF more ChIstiane united TO labor and pfay for
sone ob)ecs- ihe prayer VA answered- He advised
unite in asking for oue blessing At dine
Several short ard fsrrent petitions syere then
offered, il which The following subjects were re-
in TO the president, ur o4ly presented by members
For blessing On The family tic.
Fur lady whose right and hearing has failed.
For the copvcrstop Of husband
Fo! two young Ladies' who attended the prayer
Fof tSe Tpion rs Bsp.. Church where
prayer -neet1ngt afe hEld each eTeninG and married
by great eolemni.s.
For little eirl, the child Of Christian parents
For tlc Illinois STREET Mfsslou, wheEe much inter
e@t c1dtft md mary young men are hsltine between
For two younc men who were anxious about
their eternal 1ntereaie.
For 1,mtIy which has eufcred 4 sad bereave-
3fDEk1GEd