The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-01-11
THE WEEK OF PRAYER.
CLOSING EXERCISES AT DIR. ROGERS CHURCH
LAST EvENINa-ADDREssEs BY DRs ROGERS,

CLOSING EXERCISES AT DIR. ROGERS CHURCH
LAST EvENINa-ADDREssEs BY DRs. ROGERS,
COLLINS, HAMILTON AND wAsHBURN.
general meeting OF the Evangelical Alliance
to bring to close the exercises OF the week OF
prayer was held last night, at the South Reformed
church. corner OF Twenty-nrst street and Fifth
avenue. The building was filed to It's utmost
capacity by an audience eager to listen to the re-
marks Of the speaker upon the effects Of the late
great revival In Ireland and Scotland. The ad.
dresses were preaced Dy prayer by Rev. DR..
Rogers, amer which the choir rendered the ''Can-
tate Domnn Buck; the 46sth Hymn, Heavenly
Dwelllng,n Schubert; Hymn $40, congregational;
Hymn $50, "Watchman tell US OF the night" Con-
gregationaL Dr.. Rogers then addressed tn.
assembly upon the effects OF the revival
in this country. He said that men had
sneered at the idea OF holding prayer meetings in
the daytime In this city, in the very heart OF the
business CENTRE But II mad been done. and with
success, and to-day there were thousands who ad.
mitted that the Spirit OF God dwelt In them
through the prayers offered in their behalf and
made by themselves in the old John street church
and in the old Fulton street church, where, he
thanked God, midday prayers were yet TO be
heard. lie believed God had blessed and would
yet bless more abundantIy their efforts to spread
HIS Holy Word among all the nations OF the eartn,
sent out It's missionaries. The Doctor related
instances OF the anxiety that existed in Ireland as
to whether daily prayer meetings would be a sue
cess IN this country.
REV. CHARLES COLLINS
was then introduced to the audience, and stated
that the good work OF Messrs. Moody and Sankey
In ireland and scotland had met with success
far beyond their most sanguine expectations. He
said that every large hall In the city OF Edinburgh
was flied at every meeting to IT'S utmost, and ne
had seen over 500 people standing IN the street
to OBTAIN admission TO the places or worship. AT
one meeting alone there had been gathered to-
gether Inc enormous number OF 80, 600 people. AT
another 10, 600 had congreRated to listen to the
Word OF God. In Aberdeen they numbered $500 10
OOO and to-day there were 10 900 converts In the
different Scotch Cities all converted Within three
months. In the city OF Aberdeen alone there
the reward was not yet so great out the spirit OF
God was fast making itself manifest among the
peope, and he believed that at no distant day her
converts would be numbered by the thousands, as
in scotland. He regretted the dssensons among
the churches in this country and hoped they would
with the same interest as they are in the coun-
tries mentioned above. He trusted that the daily
prayer meetings wOuld spread all over the differ
ent cities and produce the good he knew they
would only steadfastly perform the work 1t was
their bounden duty to perform. he could under
| stand as lar as any mortal the JOY IN heaven over
asinner saved, and he believed the next great JOY
| to that was the Joy oil an old CHRISTIAN faithfully
working in the vineyard OF his Lord, and he
religion in this country might go abroad as would
encourage all there to keep faithfully at work.
Other addresses were made By Rev. Drs. Hamilton
J and Washbura.