, 1874-01-08
THE WEEK OF PRAYER,


hold In tho Methodist Church Block yesterday ut
noon. and was very vol attended. THO 1nooting
was led by the Roy. Mr. Kttrelge. Tao particu-
lar object Of tho hours devotion was prayer for
tho incroase Of tho ministry, in numbers, Of
foionoy, and holiness, and that to this end God
would pour out His holy spirit upon thom, upon
famttfos. upon ollurohoe, and upon hll schools
and colleges.
In his opening prayor, Mr.. Mttrodgo asked for
the fultilfment Of Gods promise, that an earnest
prayer will always DO anHwerad. ue aBkcd for a
pouring down Of Gods holy spirit, not only on
tho preBent meeting but also on all meetings
which wero holding in different parts Of tito
world.
After tho singing by the congregation Of tho
sevonty-first hyn,i, tho leader Of the meoting
read tho second ohapsor Of the Book of Acts.
gentlcmau prayed for tho sMcccss Of tho
mcctiug, asking that 1t might prove day Of
Of grace to many who attended ii. ''''0
Tho oongrogatlon t11on sang tho hymn bcgin-
ming, '. rLoro iB fountain filled with blood.6
The lender Of the Meeting thon road several
for tho prayera Of tho meeting, and they wcsa
reforrcd to dfroront gcntlomon with the request
The congregation thon gaug tho hymn bogin-
Mug - All hail tho power OF Jesua' nnlno."
hardly hia p1noe to tako up tho time OF tho moot
Ing, but he would brioily rofor to tho special
object Of tho meeting, which, as shown in tho
schedu1c, was for an ouepourlng OF tho spirit
upon farnilios. churches. schools, md colleges.
Ilo said that the utmost caro- devoted to tho vol
faro, spiritual and temporal, OF thcso inatitu-
tious would arail nothing without oarnest
prayer. Ho hoped, in tho brief hour in which
they had como together, tho CONGREGATION would
:" stake hold Of tho horns OF tho altar" What
was wanted was tho presence Of tho power Of tho
Holy Ghost. There wore churches which wore
icobergs for tho lack OF this presence, and there
wero families which folt its lack very dcoply.
Mr. J. y. Farwoll spoke briefly, and asked TUG
Of the Spirit might bo felt at tho Sabbath-achool
meeting to DO hold in tho afternoon.
In response to his Invitation, A1r. Boil made n
prayer, In which hc asked for tho SUCCESS Of tho
6undny- meeting, and Of oil prayer.meet-
Iuga at p1osont in progress:
Tha congregation then joined In singing tho
hymn beginning, g,,., "Wo arc i; travelling home to
A gentleman stated that lsc thought no knew
the writer Of request for prayer III behalf OF
man who was under tho tyranny Of Intoxicating
liuuor, Ho thought Christians wore too Ink il
helping such mon in thoir trouble, md stated
that tho only one who Ind triod to ho!p friond
Of his wllo was laboripg under tho tyranny Of
strong drink waR m i1fidel. He hoped there
would be an impros in this respect among
Christians.
Another gentleman stated that he was living
example Of the efficacy OF prayer. But for the
prayers aud plcalings of his vito aud s'stcrs lie
would now be, az ho was once. miserable
drnnkard. He thought no ono af1ould ba
ashamed to whisper in the ears Of a wanderer,
"rllero IL q fire ut thy feet"
h1aj. Whittlo would like to know whnt would
bo thought OF q humber of pooplo who, wishing
open, yet wandered round about It, seeking for
another entry !? This was what many would.bo
Chrstians woro doing. Tho way to truth wns
open, and tho path was plain before them, yet
they looked for;another road.
Tho congregation thon joined in singing =
verso Of The hymn beginning, "oh, could 1speak
4 gentleman only knew Of one sinner in tho
mcoting. He wished that moro annors would
intend.
The Rev. Mr. Dauiots referred to tile suc-
coss of Brother Moody, who il at proacnt 1ead-
ing MONDAY prayor-moetlngs in Edinboro, Scot.
land, which. ,aro daily attended by as many aa
1900 people. Ho attributed tho success OF Mr..
Moody's efforts t2 his incessant praying for tho
presence Of the Holy Spirit in hs work. At tho
conclusion Of bis renarks, Mr. Daniels made q
fervent prayer for tho rrosonco OF that spirit ut
tile meetings ut present in progress.
The leader OF the Meeting reminded the con-
gregation that the week Of prayer was not In
tended to be religious lnx,1ry, where praying
and singing might 10 inlulged in by those who
had already found Christ. Each ono should try
and bring m impenitent sinner with him. They
muHt not allow themselves to le discouraged by
anticipating rebuff, but fortify themselves by
prayer beforehand, without which their attempt
could hardly be successful. He hoped that at
to-day's meoting there would be a large attend-
auco Of snnors.
After the singing Of the hymn beginning "Wo
all must speak for Jesus" tho Roy. Mr.. kittrcdgo
announced that tho noonday meeting Of to-t1ay
would be hold III the church Mt the end Of tho
bali. Ho Ind heard it could not bo obtained
no churol, should charge for its occupation for
the purpose intended. After the bone.iiction by
tho leader, the meeting dispersed.