The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-01-09

F.rHrr.-.r Hl q TTlrf k4NENil Hl tlTtH-
Is us Twin. in TIE Inst ia. o[ the nineteenth
century,. u i. q matter Ut -reci1l interest ta see
i1W i1 the early half % rEc eighteenth century.
rhe IDEA % concert In prayer was urged uE-n
CHRISTIANS % that day. To- whom tie delwas IN
rara-IvIv new and crude II makes one sensible.
iu g =l<- vivid way. 1f --e advance q certain T1--
ZION .- che church s made in rhc e.Urrelc--
zion oT tie iice-wli.e o portion even 90 tte
ruuirlliv evangelical church. has hardly come
up O. tAg STANDARD rf taa- earlier time
Tbs ~T-aI--el Quarterly ull % iu PRAYER. was
Observed t- E-fa century. ia uary e-.re ~
New ErE.l-l. -l 10 gave I1ee 81 re Monthly
Concert nt PRAYER. And Ue cannot .-t -et-
IE. a~ -Ue .i -He fruits no -.l- elle-t in pray
.r- tie wonderful I~tsivals IN Ame-il and Eng
land under N-.ev -E. L---.L as t-e m.-t
r-.rliucu- lr.1r~. which. under tH1. were all
rsl- saved thHse countries from tie rising tile u
lisl-u and E.rUality- Aud WHAT ArtHtlism-
with aI gre connected TcsU'- .Hr good iu churches
which Ill uat become formally connected with H.,
was O. tile English >T-asiu- countries. Nary!In-
ism. notwithstanding al rs sgYe.1uoUs cNtr2ya-
g1ure. was o. the other center OF Protestant
Fai-l ln Germany. God heard tire PRAYERS ot his
PEOPLE AMI Nvcd a remnant who during all Tire
lreaEv years u tue Ines part ~ E@t ceutarE, CtI
not bow thc knee q Blai.
Bat the spirit OF union in PRAYER could be con-
fined 10 no merely Quarterly concert The u>l'-
criuS in Of the great CHRISTIAN advances vi the
\iLe:eenth Century. needed. in tie economy OF
grace. sill more union IN prayer And IN l4e4.
LaME hEAa aasE4 a4L N@EA "a NaA AN" AaaAA~ NAAHa nv
yeals before the outbreak Of tie French HevolU-
ton. an association II Baptist Ministers assem-
blel in Nottingham. England. resolved - set
apart d. the first Monday evening in every month
for PRAYER for the extension % the gospel. Two
wears later another Baptist association. called the
=. Midland. adorced Il similar resolution. DR..
Edwards Treatise. written forty years before IN
America, was Te-published in England. and in
1889. II was stated that several POCdc-baptist
Churches also stately met on those evenings
L- - Ito e. Ana-
work by John Sntcliif, 17S9.) From heart u
heart the impulse spread with the growth Of for
eisn missions in England, till when DIR. Judson
aud those who went with him 10 India, were in
1872, sent out from America, the happy thought
and practice was tranSplanJed 10 the Western
continent, commencing first in Salem. Mass. and
from there spreading 10 multitudes OF churches of
every denomination who heed the command to
:. preach the gospel 10 every creature by some
the first Monday Of each month l. observed some
observe the first Sabbath of the month, and prob
ably the majority Of churches in the United States
nov observe the evening Of the Sabbath preceding
the first Monday.
And now note the corresponding rise IN the
religious level Of our century-upheayed, 50 10
speak, by the power of prayer. In 1892, eight
years after the hrst suggestion OF 4 monthly con-
cert. the first Of modern Missionary Societies was
formed by members Of the Baptist Church. In
1875. the London Missionary Society was formed
on a basis 81 broad aud Catholic az 10 embrace
All evangelical AuEi-Li4ll@. IN 4fsB- INJ scotch
and = Netherlands Missionary Society arose. In
lSO0. was formed the Church tEpiSc1paD Mission
arv Society. and in 1904, the British and Foreign
Bible Society. The good work spread also .
America, and in 1910. was organized the Ameri-
can Bard OF Commissioners for Foreign Missions.
and in 1914. the American Rautist Board of
Missions, besides Methodist AMI Episcopal Mis-
siJIaTy Societies Of great Importance. There
are now, said kurtz. ten wears ago. Z. III the
Protestant world. 81 principal Foreign Mission
49, wI~.L
over $1,000. 600 annually at l4G0 Missionary
stations. supporting 3CuU European and Alneri-
can Missionaries. and an equal number Of native
helpers" And besides these Foreign Mission 50
c~Ictie-. = great number Of organizations more
directly operating in what arc termed tie Home
Fields. tie mere enumeration of which. sustained
III central Europe. England, and tie United states
ol American, would more than occupy our hour.
Ia the words of Dr.. Pond. No sooner was
tie plan Of tie present monthly concert proposed,
tLan It was generally and cordially welcomed.
NJ book was needed 20 urge its adoption. rs
fast - il became known. it was received with
almost universal favor. ami for q long series Of
years. Its monthly return las been greeted as an
occasion most grateful 30 the people Of God. In
every land where the gosIclis prcachej-iu many
lands where. TIL recently, the midnight Of heath
cnism was GULrIkcn-thc monthly concert l. now
observed. and wc hope viii continue u be observed
till the great Object prayed f.r Is laliy realized,
and tEe earth j. filed with the knowledge and
4'Fa 90 'fI4- 4ltlE HtsltAl4N is. -llIlilIl after
month"; through the whole year. and from one
year - anOthcr-an entire teenty-four hours of
united, concert. prayer. The retiring sun scarcely
leaves one prayer meeting before he lights up0n
Yes, month after month. the great
globe VI earth may be said u be- cucirclel. beltcd
with prayer risingup like one great cloud of
incense, offered up together for the same grand
eyangcliziug of natiJns-thc CONVEX
sion OF the world 10 God. What Christian can
conceive Of a Spectacle more deeply interesting!
" lat view of the world can possibly be taken,
more touching 70 the piOus heart missionary
Herald, April, 1922
Bat even this has not satisfied the growing
sIirit Of prayer among those who live abreast Of
the mighty movements Of our age. One day Of
PRAYER each month. receives tie addition Of n
whole continuous week, from the first to the
second Sabbath Of each year. The proposition
first made about twelve years ago by a circle
Ji Presbyterian Missionaries in LOdiana Of North
ern India. Tie hearts of many praying ones in
very part ot the world had been yearHing for
more and the suggestion from Lodiana.
through the Evangelical Alliance in England.
the desires Of thousands upon thousands Of
living praying Christians. 1t was Immediately
by members Of all the evangelical de-
nominations of our day. and each year since has
he week been thus observed. till il is now one Of
he institutions Of modern Christianity. These
ruly E holy days. appointed by the mOyings Of
he spirit of God upon the hearts Of those in near
IT union with himself, are days in sacrcdness far
beyond those appointed by any radition-serving
.hurch. however ancient and venerable. Thee
flying from city to city and nation to nation
nc the glorious preliminary iulfllments in our
lay OF the prophecies OfOur text. Not only on one. :
'ut on seven and one succcssivcdays. AT the OPEN
ling Of each year. is the earth - encircled. beltcl,
prayer" How glorious, and inspiritin-, Z
he thought that during eight continuous DAVIS.
pcciGc and united prayer. il now presented by the
hurch AT the throne Of grace How does il in
rease the desire 10 pray. now that 80 many are
in it And how does it increase the hope
bat the Lord viii hear and answer,
And. u we glance at tile course Of history.
that wonderful wants have been crowded into Z
few years since Gods people were moved to {
latest, but we trust not last, Development in !
onccrted prayer. y
It j. during these years that japan has been q"