Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-06-05
LOCAL NEWS.

Rgv. c. NJ. HOWARD, THE EVANGELIST
This minister Of the Gospel, whose labors have
b,ep 50 wonderfully blessed during the last
erhteeu months in the interior of this State,
!. expected in this city to night. He may re.
,nre few days of rest before he begins his
services here More particular notice will be
given of his meetings at the various churches
tomorrow. The first three or four Of the meet
ms ara adapted especially to children and
Youth, that is, the Gospel is simply preached
A. at other services, but the children are kept
specially 10 view 10 these Introductory meetings.
All the children of the Sunday Schools and the
public and private schools, and children who 20
10 no school, are afectiouately Invited to attend
these services. and it is hoped they will become
80 Interested that they will desire to attend all
the services, aud that many OF them Will be
saved. Parents may rest assured that the To-
sructon offered their children will be very
supple and scriptural, and free from all lm-
proper appeals merely to the tender senslblli-
u ties Of the little ones. They are cordially in
yited to bring their children and judge for
themselves.
1t is expected that Mr.. Howard will be the
guest OF Mr. John W. Stewart during his stay
in this city.
We copy the following notice of Mr.. How
ard 5 preaching from the Stanton indicator
of May 18th. Mr.. Howard has just closed
series Of meetings 10 Staunton 10 which there
we're about one hundred inqulrers, and, it is
hoped, about seventy-hve conversions. This is
the notice from the indicator:
MIR. Howard is preaching series OF what
arc very far from the popular idea of revival
sermons They are powerful discourses, calm
" submitted to reasoning audience. and back
ed up by prayers for their success, OF which 90
pen can depict the earuestness His striking
illustrations arrest the attention, his arguments
convince the mind aud his persuasive earnest
ness breaks down the natural resistance to an
open expression Of the change BY bis hearers.
His labors are valuable to community IN every
point of view. They are the means through
which bad men are turned to good ones, moral
men converted into religious ones, and careless
men into closer imitators.of the Great Example
of which there has been but One on earth.
"Besides these meetings, which continue every
night, there are daily meetings held at the
Lu,hern Church every day from l2t to p.
N. lit is expected to hold similar meetings
for prayer here.) These are for business men
to steal moment from their stores; for ladies
out shopping to drop in at; for all classes OF
people who have thirty, or twenty, or ten. or
even FIVE minutes to spare, to drop IN at. Let
them be crowded There is au iuexprcssibe
sense of rest in dropping out of the hot, dusty,
busy, and noisy streets iuto a quiet church
where people are praying. 1t Is like five
minutes rest under the. shade of the Tree of
Life"
Mr. Towards meetings will be held nightly
at the Second Presbyterian Church, aud we
are authorized to say that all who love the Lord
Jesus Christ, by whatever rame they call them,
selves, are cordially and afectlonately invited
to attend these meetings and to cooperate IN
them without further invitaion, SO far as they
may BIZ willing and able 10 do so.