The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-11-13

their hearts and their wants to the throne Of mercy
When this had continued for a few minutes Mr. Moody
who kneehng with Mr Sankey on the platform, led
the congregation in vocal prayer full of ervid emotion,
which brought frequent responses Of Amenl from his
hearers AT the close Of this invocation he asked tho
meeting TO join in singing hymn 81, beginning
Lord, l hear OF showers Of blessings
This he said, with its suppcaton that some portion
Of the gracious shower should refresh "even me-"
tailed perfectly with his feeling this morning
than any other OF the hymns he knew.
The singing being over, he SAID no requests for
prayers would DO this morning the meeting being
specially intended for the spiritual benefit OF those
present He then read part of the ninth chapter OF
Daniel containing the prophets prayer for the repent
tation TO earnestness in prayer. He said -When God
comes near us we have little to say. We should go
His blessing till He shall answer our
petitions. Daniel held God till He
close to Him and plead till He fills our hearts with His
grace. Now let us again engage fer few minutes in
silent prayer for Gods spirit After short space
which the whole vast throng seemed silenty TO ask
heavenly aid Mr.. Sankey asked that the fourth hymn
should be sung. In this the whole meeting Joined,
singing il with great feeling and giving the impression
OF intense sympathy in the sentiment This was
specially notable in the rendering Of the second verse;
need Thee every hour.
Stay Thou by;
rs S5sa FSsu 'S sTs a shslr power
CuoRus-I need Thee, Oh need Thee,
Every hour need Thee;
o bless me now, my Saviour,
come TO Thee
This stanza was sung with the utmost softness, al
whispered though every joining in 1t felt
Il as petition TO present Saviour George A. Bell,
Of Plymouth church. led in Short earnest prayer that
those present might continue their importunng until
God should give them gracious answer stranger
In the gallery, with noisy utterance, carried the
petition at great length Mr. Moody, at its close,
said, Now let US again pray silently and try TO get
back 70 ourselves; that's what we need" Mr.. Sankey
subsequently, led the prayers followed by Rev.
w. 9. Steele, of the Fleet street Method
ist Episcopal church, who also made some
remarks, which he said Mr.. Moody had struck the
key note OF the occasion when he said should be de-
voted to getting rid OF SELF throwing away all pride
and making themselves humble before God. He al
luded gracious revival which had followed day Of
prayer at Rochester. Rev. Dr. King, Of New York.
MR. BEEcmER's PRAYER
Mr.. Beecher sitting the platform. &c rose
80 low that its first sentences could only be heard by
those him. HIS petition as folIows-
Grant us, heavenly Father, to draw to Thee.
Come to us-we cannot go TO Thee yet not in Thy
brightness, for could not live We cannot bear TO
selves in the light Of Thy own countenance
We confess unworthiness, and we confess that
when we look souls, over long periods OF time,
they as troubled sea, full OF roughness and Of
waves and II 1t be that there is not light II because
the Son of Righteousness rises the horizon and
shines. The light is in Thee and the trouble
Ia OF We confess TO Thee how little
loved another, how angry have been with
others and how little we have loved and how little
goodness we have had. We confess TO Tnee PRIDE
how unwilling we have been to be as little children
confess 10 one another and TO bow down TO
one another and how we have fallen into judgment
another. We confess a want OF mcekness. We
confess the Of sweetness We have gone about
worldly other men, pretending to preach Christ but
oh, what Christ have We preached And II men have
the angry Christ that represented If they have
the selfseeking Christ the unhumble Christ, the
Christ without burdens and efusng them, the Christ
without cross and without tears and without blood
and II we have gone about depending on our own wis.,
dom ana excellence Of speech preaching the outward
the spirit of the world Oh, Lord Jesus how we have
slandered Theel Our souls are heavy that there is
little OF Thee in them That we are SO IN fact and IN
preaching is because know Thee so little and have
entered so little into the very temple OF Thine heart
and we pray Thee Thou wilt draw to for
we cannot think Of Thee IN judgment robes, Thou
Sufferer for others Thou whose nature Il is
to heal, oh, bring Thy nature home TO each one
Of us Tor need Thee deeply, need Thee IN our
outward minstrations need Thee in the household
need Thee in the transaction of daily duties, need
Thee for waiting need Thee for going forward, need
Thee in the watches OF the night in hours OF prayer
In JOY, in sorrow wherever we be that we can pray
with Thee, Thou light OF our souls and joy OF our
souls When have we in Heaven but Theeg There IS
NO earth be desired beside Thee Thou chief
among ten thousand, and the one altogether lovely
Now, while we do in debasement and humility bend
down before Thee will hot shame Thee by acting
Thou didst love to have always thus prone the
earth before Thee for with nmitabe tenderness Thou
dost look upon do upon our little children
that have done wrong and are weeping our feet
Thou dost lift us up and with thine arms about
made TO feel the love OF God in Christ Jesusthe
height, the length tho breadth and deepness or the
wonderful sweetness of this love- cannot under
stand but we rejoice In H. and and here witness
the love OF Jesus Christ miserable sinners gorily
Thy name by without us goriy Thy Son, whether
by setting aside by filing US with Thysclf Even
the lantern shines In dark night not of itself
what within IT. let US shine by the Christ within
Hasten the day that shall finish our life work and
bring us all home Amen
tone OF deepest feeling characterized this suppca-
ton which, after the opening sentences, was distinctly
though not loudly uttered, and the whole audience
seemed TO join in its petitions II was followed by
singing the hymn,
hear the voice OF Jesus saying,
ut the conclusion Of which Rev. Justin D. Fulton, OF
abe Hanson place Baptist church, rose and prayed,
while the streamed down his cheeks and his voice
was choked with overmastorng emotion The ''Dox-
ology' then sung and the meeting closed with the
benediction by Rev DR.. Buddington.
Following It well filled woman's meeting,
which lasted till ten O'Clock.
Mr. MooDY's BIBLE READING.
At four p NJ. the Tabernacle was again nled oy
attentive congregation, almost every one bringing
copy OF the Bible and many being provided with pen
ellis and paper 10 take notes OF Mir. hoody's remarks
during the reading These comments we're in MS usual
quick way and OF most practical character showing
him TO have been close and loving student o. the
holy book