Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-02-23
Hammond and BENTLEY.


dres. es an INQUIRY meeting was held.
TIE preaching services at the Coz tgreqa
tioIal church last evening. was pre- ,eded nv
a short praise meeting. quite a NO mhey civ.
irg their experience. One gentlenr an created
quite an impression by ammo Incing thai
s inee FRIDAY last he, with his wife and four
Children, had experienced or .ange of heart.
AFTER singing, Mr.. HammG md preached a
powerful sermon from the words, sSaul,
saul, why persecutest trou mee1 closing
with an earnest appeal 10 the unconyerted
While an inquiry meeting followed in the
auditorium and also In one of the other rooms
OF the building, .R.mber of ladies held a
some gentlemen flcld meeting in another
portion OF the building and they continued
for some time.
To-DAY's MEETING.
TIE meeting a. the Calvary Baptist church
at the opening was only fairly attended, but
IL was not long before the auditorium was
nearly filled. Among the ministers present
besides Mr; Hammond ware Rev. DR.. Ran
kin. Er. Noble, Or. Cuthbert, DIR. E. III. Gray,
DR.. DOmeT. Rev. w. 8. Hammond, Rev. T.
Remick, Mr.. Dodge, Mr.. Worthington and
the hymns Prayer is the Souls Sincere De-
sire" 81 Love Thy Kingdom" Rev. w. s.
Hammond, OF the NJ. Il. church, offered q
STa pray ia, and The ch9lr sang Oh God! We
made request for prayer "for young man
who for a week has been trying to become
Christian and is praying for himself" and
also stated that a lady who with her dau gh-
ter had been converted at the meetings in
Harris burg requested prayer for her husband
MIR. Worthington offered prayer, and the
choir Ell with the hymn, "My Jesus,
love Thee" Mr.. Hammond remarked that
ne preached over in Scotland from the text
he spoke from last night, ('Saul. saul, why
peTsecutest thou me, y and about six hun
dred were converted, but the sermon was
not the cause; ii was the result of prayer.
While the meetings were goot ones, he did
not think there was enough prayer, and this
morning be had acknowledged that he him
self did not pray enough. He Ihen offered
short prayer, and read from Isaiah, xXx-viii.
chapter, as To the answer TO Hezekiah's
prayer. referring incidentally to the case of
Mrs. Lamb. of this city. who informed him
yesterday that after having been in bed fif-
teen years, and the physicians having pro-
Eounced her case hopeless, her health was
restored III answer 20 prayer. He urged that
they should, as Hezekiah had done,
east all their sins behind their backs.
He gave n number OF incidents where Got
he'd IN answer TO prayer restored persons to
health and also some remarkable CONVEX
slo.s. concluding by Offering a short prayer,
and other prayers were offered by Mr.. Judd,
Mr.. WilderHsn, Mr.. Bentley and others
Keep on Praying" was sung. Mr.. Ham.
mOud offered prayer, and while the congre-
CATION engaged in silent prayer he read
twenty EIGHT requests for prayer; one for q
lady trying to accomplish her salvation by
doing good works, one for minister who
needs the baptism of the Holy Ghost, one
for the Calvary Baptist church, that the
mem bers take more interest in the meetings,
one FOR young man who has just given up
OH fTom'a physician for himself. DR.. Gray
read aletteT from York, Pa, stating the work
work had apparently just coLlmeced there.
Mr.. Hammond remarked that If the church
membership would throw aside their preiu-
dices they would be blessed. He desired to
say that these meetings had the approval OF
tie hest men in Europe and America. Here
III WasningtO there seemed to be a preju-
dice. There were only three things preached:
Prayer for the Holy Spirit, Christ and Him
cTuC fed, ard Personal Work. A gentleman
m al Ht1t no spt NrrifI,
five yOuDg men Who said that they were at
tenGants OF the Catholic church, but that
they e. ioyed these services very much. DIR.
RANKIN said that the doctrines preached were
the same as preached from the pulpits of this
city; Ny. HammOnd's doctrines were not
new, ard he was simply like others a iaborer
man who claimed to be q Christian because
he had been baptized into the church, and he
LDr. II told him To read the Sd chap. of John.
Mr.. WildeTmaD and Mr.. DOner male some
remarks. the latter relating that he had met
bright little girl who had signed q cove
Dant card, and he believed from the answers
she gave that she understood and intended
10 live up TO what she had signed. He
thought that The Germans had been over
Looked In the work, and he asked that they
be remembered. Mr.. Hammond afLer ey-
hOrt1Dg the Christians to work in the in
quiTy meeting, called on those who intended
10 work earnestly in the meetings TO stand,
ard nearly half OF the audience arose, while
the hymn 1--WE VIII Pray for Them was
mig and Nr. II. offered a fervent prayer
e'r- Henry Prince, the convert with "A wifi.
aLdIcCr children.referTed 70 above, gave his
experience, saying that.h3v1ng heard that
Brother Hammond was going TO preach on
the Divinity OF Christ he felt an inward
monitor imPelliEg him to the meeting, AMI
lie went to the church on Friday night. IL
appeared to him that while his bCdy was in
Inc church his soul was carried afar Oft 10
Jerusalem, and he saw plainly Christ on the
cross suffering for him. He was convinced
and his heart flled with joy. His wife aud
children had previously signed the covenant,
and he hoped that God would make him in
StTumental in bringing many TO the fold.
Mr.. Hammond thanked Mr.. Prince for his
words and urged him to come 10 the meeting
Tonight, and offered a fervent prayer for
him. A praise and inquiry meeting fol-
lowed, during which Mr.. Bentley sang the
Ninety and Nine" arranged by himself
with accompaniment. The subject of the
sermon tonight Will be The Keystone OF The
Temple addressed especially To the Masons.