The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-02-03
Over Three Hundred Rise for Prayer.

Over Three Hundred Rise for Prayer.
a -Four Hours Night Meeting.
The Union Prayer Meeting was
held yesterday morning at the Vine
Street Presbyterian Church, with IN
abated interest and undiminished
numbers. Every available seat was
occupied, with chairs in the aisles and
about the pulpit. In opening the
meeting, Mr.. Hammond read from the
first chapter Of Acts, commenting on
the prayer meeting preceding the
great Pentecostal revival, and ezhort-
ed Christians to be as fervent AID IN
wearied at the altar Of prayer as the
early disciples. and as blessed results
would follow. Several ministers and
laymen spoke of the conversion of
children. and of their experience in
the meeting of Tuesday night with
the young people who professed their
faith in Christ. During the exercises
quite number OF requests for prayers
were read, both from the anxious and
their friends, which were responded
to promptly in brief and fervent
prayers.
Mr.. NJ. R. Barnard, of indianapolis,
gave some account of Mr.. Hammond's
work in that city, last Spring.
He spoke of the reluctance on the
part of even some Christians to enter
heartily in the work with him at the
first, but he knew of no single instance
in which they went into his meetings
and sought to labor for the Master
that their prejudice and spirit of crit
icism did not all disappear, because
they soon felt that it was the Lord s
work; and so Christians will doubt
less find 1t here. Out of upwards
of thousand converts In that city. as
the results of Mr.. Hammond's meet
ings, he knew of but very few that
had gone back to the world; the pas
tors and officers of the churches tes-
titled to the permanency of the work
of grace in the hearts of the con-
verts.
At the close of the first meeting, a
large number of anxious inquirers re-
NAMED for conference and prayer
with their Christian friends, among
whom were quite number who tes-
titled to their conversion in the meet
ing of the evening previous. The ex-
ercises did not close until eleven
o'clock, and the testimony of all was
that it was a precious and profitable
season.
THE NIGHT MEETING.
Before the hour announced for the
commencement of the services, the
large audience room of Trinity Meth
odist Church was filed, and all who
came after that time had to be accom-
modated in the aisles and adjoining
rooms ofthe Church. Men and wo-
men in large numbers were compell-
ed to stand during greater part Of
the Grst meeting, of moro than two
hours duration. At the close Of this
meeting, Rev. Mr.. Hammond called
on the new converts and the anxious,
or those who desired the prayers
of Gods people to rise, when great
company announced by the ministers,
who as nearly as could be done count
ed them, at fully three hundred stood
up. During the second or Inquiry
Meeting the young converts and
| inquirers among the children were
invited into one Of the Church
parlors, and after a little season Of
singing, talk and prayer were dis
missed. Until near eleven o'clock,
the main audience room was filed
with hundreds of inquirers and their
Christian friends, and the time was
we'll employed in earnest exhortation
and prayer. The number of serioui
and penitent was very largely in
creased over any previous night, and
none who were present and partiei-
pated in the meeting left with any
other feeling than that it was the
wonderful work of the Lord. Ev
ansvilIe has never before been Sc
stirred up with deep religious interes
as at this time. The meeting to-nigh
will be held in the same place-Trin
ity Methodist Church-which vii
doubtless be filled before sever
o'clock. All who want to gain ad
mission had better go early.
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