, 1876-10-28
rha MONDAY Meeting Devoted to
tho Temperance Cause.
royocrons Requests for Prayer for
y Drunkarda Trying to Reform.
MIN Evening Sermon Is on the
Text, "God Il Love-"
f1eotopary Methodist 0huroh-0ongroga-
w. tIonal Theological Institute.
TAEvELL HALL.

o vas 20 great ID to fnake H. necessary 10 bNu11
.as 1ovcr hall for MI overflow meeting Mcssrs.
,,eov o mi, sankey, md the llcv Or. Ar,nltage,
.,.,or of the Fifth Avenue Bnpttst Church, NEW
yo,k, led III the exercises a1'oyc and the fscy.
ut.,7., parkulrst md Spencer IN tho room he
t,r Ffty requests for prayer on behalf Ut lit
'snnc,nte pe1sons were presented by tho ltcv.
II, n,yIs and considerable number more wcro
ssrired too late for presentation, which will bc
,c..,Yel for Tic meeting next Frlday.
amonr Tho cascs mentioned wcro those Of
,rrcral yo,,ng converts who f,nvc tIecu brought
: "a chd:t diring tho last few days, tl,at ti,ry
r,r he kept from The power Of thclr old nppe-
,;,rt by The power Of saving gract; one o., be.
h,1f ot man who recently lost his h'uo, and Is
,ryins To drown his sorrow by drinking whisky;
ma hy poor man WHO has struggled to reform
himself. Int feels that be cannot lo It wttllnut
,lr grace of God; five for iatcntpcratc llls-
l,,nis; four fur fntcmpcrato wives; three for
minister's SONS who arc dr,1nkartls; ono for a
roun1 man In Lincoln, ILL.,; one In Milton, Wis.,;
ane IA CincInnati; one in Fall River, Mass.
1roucst on behalf Of the Temperance work in
ottawa, H.; alto by. Tho Chicago Woman's
cb,,tIan Union for tile Divine blessing On their
aelort to save men FROM intcinperal!se through
the poScr Of Christ" signed by Mrs. L. s.
TIE ADDHEss. ..... .-
Na Rra not lIcrr ttl-tlay to discuss the evils of
,ntrupctance. Thero Is slo ngUtl tt, do that my
more, for nlmost everybody Is convinced tllat it
ind uut WIN Is TO blaine for II. Thorc arc some
tsople wIp spc.,l u rscat deal Of lime In trying
fodaorcr tho org1u nf evil, but II a man had
is!En into tho laku and WIS drowning they
eou!in'. stop anll try to find ont how liz came
10 tumble i'!. ghe tirst Thing to be donv Is to
trgao orcr tho cases OF these people who nre
drwpfpa In drunkenness, hut rather tu AF,uw
tlcn hnw tn Get hold Of tho hand Of lod, Wha
i, ,ahle 10 putt them out and save then, ,body and
There IS ono yerse In tla third c1.uptcr OF
John 9hIrl1 wish to cali to yuur attGntiun:
HIhat which Is born Of tlc ilcsll ia flesh, nnd
that which Is born Of the spirit IL spirit" Now,
,,lunaerstaIt !, It, there Ia no l!ope for any
l1nnkan1 til l.u l,1s been born ef God. rcs-
t,rc lin. All The temperance societies in the
Kor1I can't sarn lin. All tllcso things which d
nan dtns ~ hls own strength beloug to the
hrsh, which Col has stamped with tho seal OF
iaot!cc men don't like tn tako Coda remedy
III they l1aye tried 1ycry other. But, my
fdeuds thGre Ia no hope fur any Of you till you
rel done trying to sayl yourselves, Tile word
tGoI tells US ''tn the t}rs', lweileth ilo good
thing anl II Col can't !inI my good thing In
telsef. What VIC need to do IL to die to the
.hand live after the spirit.
You plant kernel of corn lu tho ground, nnl
aslunE as Il lucsn'tdie IL does nut come up, but
rs saon Us 1t eccins to die II begins to sirout.
tsFe himself, tIicu Cod Is ready to sayc lin;
Ind II GtHl gives him new nature In placc OF
Bis Old nnc 10 loses his appetite fur liuunr
aAuug the oil things that belong to the old
E1; a Is! G aStt M iayc to stop .irlnlins tl.o
Mctlll, The first man is of Tue eurth, earthly,
tlc tcroul man IL tho Lord from heaven" mud
y cor,, y, Ii, Therefore, II my man he In
thfs HI Is .cw creature. Dll things l.ave
p::ss..! !a.way; bcl''l'l all things have bucotna
E1tct men, wi'ose old naturc a1d appctitcs are
al gopc, ard IN whom all things layo
eecon1e ncw. Don't Imagine that God ts down
LeIe patching Gp our old Atlaln nature. Ita
a'at Eastc Ills t!no putin. now Wins In old
tic y here tu nakr II new creation, to rnt.u W,
NV men cut Of tllcsc thieves, dru,ikards, anl
YtgahnIis.
/ friend in Philadelphia ouco showed me
lIGxn:tono e.. house Which WIS hutlt by CONTRACT
,'. salle t!,e OWNER was away, but after he moved
iatait lie found that The front only Ind been
ta't Of stone, and that the sllcs wcrc built Of
,a nIlsk a'l' plHterul oyer So as 10 louk exactly
nha tflr 9l'.'yn htu1lo. The first winter's fraht
nasSsa o. t!lc rlas,er, mud tic next spring thu
aMnhs Ms !hEs Tor several years, hut Ut lust hc gut
asGuSleu with the thing, and my friend
sa'' a. lie Was guing by tho holsc
,ss, s6e MoIn!!E, hu fnunt! soluo men ut work
tM;n! ;aSnE aoMn t'lo old pnSterci brirk wall and
e ea'llhc it upwtth stonc. Here aru some OF
;au Sl!o have ,ceI trying tn refnrm yo,,rselvcs;
, ;ea lag pr1'n'sed y,lur mother nnl your wife
S. mSstop drinking; yuu hayu got down On your
s auess a1i IroniAttl 1t; you llayo golle l,elNgc
tfass rFjss S un;l sworn T.; you have sEncd the
t.a. ia1,l$ht you we're gulng to keep IL, but you
w., ,l1sd. Mr' Morrtsousc Euyu 1nu this itlustr..-
aoo, + Ivy Silel! thought u good o1.u: a man buys
viii III" At IN MlIlell theru is au old well,
ivrts, s'ns an ,n,i 1la pump IN II. nefgl'hor
,on Sa'sl cut q tlat well, It is posnuctl. "puI-
nnt4 Is H. q, Will stoti Tx tl.ut,, 10 Ito gms
n,o ht.s a, pot u paint, and patnts over the old
lH eana4 s T. says. Naw Il y all rEht. lInl w''u'
.aaS aS'es e. "a EIn!t tho watcs i kiI!s him all tic
f"n; favts + Death III tint o!I wc' Como to Tic
,nIamtaA Ut Living Waters and drink, and they
inr sis ~ ~ y you wei! Of Living Water, sprug-
y tsIp,, up lnt9 EVERLASTING fifg.
,e 'sass :,,, is llel With twIechorn people; they
sa1l alter thu Shirt.
s.s.l' sIo ate q COUPLE IT lcttcrs ttat have re-
tlns y that aru enough 10 breal; ,nan's ncart.
ths," sae' IL ~atl from Scotland. 4 fnthur,
tn t s n,.y my be III tl's lall to-day, has writ-
IT, IT. MF s1MMy's efforts, ttiat hC may bo ablu
Il Tsi,ing s,,,G Gus dear Willie 10 Uhr!st. lii IL an
adw, a'. at,l wo hnyu never i.uartl Of tlz
lae, ir tn .,ts;I Ga4 .,s S,xeept to drink; now
aeS s - ny hearts Of fathers Md mutiers Gy tic
lin u, tmsr KY precious SONS. II Nj. MptMlY finds
tb,, II. H. n bring before l!s mimi tlle comforts
ttn an 'Smer c,sa nns denied lttuscf to give Ills
tS!9AGihrAttcu y uutErr ,rh,.o nr". i."iro j.. -