, 1870-01-12
the GREAT PRAYER MEETING.
Second Day.

The setond Of the Parwe1t Hall mo9ptuu prsye
meeucga Vas held yesterday, commencing II ha,l
past and etoftng At h2.f.pa 10, While tia at
tendaIce W2s not As large ~ the preceding one
owing to the fan, yet the eafnesueas and psarer
1ol tp!ttt Of those present were greater, and tht
succession Of TIE TRIsusK that the audIeuce
and not alone th. minister on the platform, shead
ta1e part trthe services VIA sc:ed upon Win the
best resuit1.
Tue seEFlcea were conducted By the Rev, Dr..
EveE9. who, after the opening hymn and prsyer.
made few remarks On tho necessity Of Winning
souls, Which was the only true uisdon, ana the
only gain that endured. They should not seek to
tno4e tntces whca ws1e mataoIe aad eTsneseeuts
treasures hieh endured forever:
Allef the meeting had been thrown open for
general remarks. prayers and brief spiritual song.
1s efosner ison ne country gave an account Of Z
PsS,al s;s 1n.pouss of asda grsce upon church
money. had goue on and ballt beautiful edIdce'
WHICH Was now Tee nom debt, One yonuQ man
PIC nese IT member d Of shelman's army. and who
iteo Win his wife 1n little cottage, had Rtyeu
netNeen &soo and 100 aud t1ree months Of his
time. The church had been niled to oYer1o wing
and slsat q .o.t had beea wrought there The
out anne!a, ard had held Up to then The gres5
thefnes Of lhe resurrection, the crucln8fon, cte,
seended On lie Congregational cnursa and IN mses- e.
in9n mGS ~e1e G eoK holding there Their eyes we're
i! .aiEsu VI IniCaRos WHICH should be q great
felfRious, az well as q great bustneAs centre IA
hoped Irsyers would pe offered fur mat Cody
Gaa5cn, md those faithful brethren u Christ
4 clerRJnan Of thus CITY aaia there we're many
pIsent who we're seeking scsus. Some Of them
is nad before besn within the threshold but Satan,
tnat enemy Of souls, had had power to draw them
oack to the sinful pleasures Of The world. Tne1
must seek the Lord, and believe In HIN, When
9e mas g. Fos;tess aonloe. he had heard an aged,
nnd SAD: "oh, hTeddreu. dey done tole dis yesa |
nigga tore he Eas doce g1oHed, dat he mua7 M !
es Los 1ssus E be yansa so know dat
fays l: 'oh, Lcr' jesus. whar Is yer:' But no.
eoSy :, sa:a puma an,I s5oEed lle Sasnt dsr. So
/ shouted right powerful s1h, Los's s's.s Jsssna. n
Rnar !s 5et:s An nobody sald nnnln, aa' / fei2 |
nos!a. al didn't Know Ut 1t mouQas ] be- sa pos.
eo1s went s fgraer az !. done fained maxim last
e IN, ne. h1eebc IN de Lor. an T he 1 mas. d. a.
de Ior,.'. They should follow Tie example Of taas
aesaut e old African, and csy ont loudly to the |
4 brother sa!d that the other dag be esw some
prisoners on their way to Jolter, and 1t had re-. |
niLde1 niD Of The departure OF sinful souls 10 |
11eI : I1eJ anew What the sonow Of the friends !
anu telatises OF those prisoners vas, but Oh how
!huch greater nust be the grief Of thofe Who loved
those Immortal souls which we're damned forever. |
Ihey thon!d take warning aud repent while 1t was
Another brother said there was great WORK to
Ce uote among tue Young men and Ihe Clerk OF
Chisa2o. L vas said that corporations Ind no
ecnls, and It EeeDel as II Eocrchant4 here were
oecon'ng corporations so:get rid Of tneirs Merch-
p ahts should work among their clerks, many OF
woa:d esse, a. ne eT ~ os s21 e9pe,eree ee LS sna
,eyGld ali power Of cont1ose1zy. Il merchants
ol1eu thus ihsy xoI&d feel happy. and transact
'lalnis to maie when they had Christian en-
=, 4 gentleman said they should gladly unite IN
Ievet looked into Bible; but, praise God, he had
o1nd q Tim at lasi, lite the poos uesro- ue felt
e Was gong 10 heaFen-praiae the Lard. They
hond seek God-hle'ael be Els name. For three
s sars he hEa fett = sweet consictlon that he Ras
ser since, and he lad felt His snlilesAoIessed be
iod. Tnty stould seek Him, and ,ae brethren
1l! sisters should wake IN.
1eetlngs would be continued during this week. al
1e sane plsce and time, sa!d that when be ffst |
cyan to seEre the Lord he felt 1t was his duty TO
roeably rot Tery good at Il But one day min
ter had eald 70 him that he could do more
9od 2 ~ tesp!ng stu. ana ae had folo1ed ais
ofd better p Keeping stlL o. By deyoung them
;iyea s to s!en; p15sr Many bad gtfts aud could
!lk. They *anted more prayer, which vas what
epE ur the communication with God. There j
ould &c Nofe feSult9 II they had continual pfaYe1
'tcg up to Him f1ou closets and churches. Once ,
vas Of q meeting McttEeesboro, and when they
anied to SAY 9 few words. When he was al | t
ashtil!e, sodier came TO him. all In teats, and I
ted him to pray for him. lie sad be had just
y !etttr from h3 siste1, who told him that | =
etJ evening when the sun went down, ene also I
ent dosn on her knees and prayed Ior him. lie t
"a TINT he had been IN battle, aud at the can. .
ms mouth, and had not minded II, but this
ote him right down.
Mr. Moody alfo stated that he hoped the meet
: TO- daF would be presided orer BY the Mayor
ChicsRu He did not want him because he Ess !
e Mayor, bat because he took an interest in II
ch matters. Though he lived south Of Twelfth =
Get, he IVES present every morning at West | =
te prayer meeting which began At 5s1 O'Clock. r
T. Mayer Vas very modest. and doubted bis G
tlitJ to n!l tue place, but he wolld see HIN Il
a!n that afternoon. he would not ACT, Nuior | n
fams would lead. l
re meeting then closed. after singing tue 9
xoloRy. d.