, 1876-11-23
CHRISTIAN COUNCIL.
Second Days Session of the
Northwestern Con-
vention.
The Way to Conduct the
Evangelistio Services.
Remarks by the Leaders in
That Special Work.
An Hour Devoted to the Dis
oussion Of Prayer
Meetings,
How They 1fny Bcst Advance the
Interests Of the Great
CnuSD.
Mr.. Moody's Lectures on Pray
er and the Manner of
Praying.
Messrs. Sankey, Bliss, and Stebbins
Speak On song-servioes.
Where to Place Choirs and How to Manage
Them--Usss Of tho Organ.
Expressions of Opinion on the
Subject Of inquiry
Meetings.
Expressions of Opinion on the
Subject Of inquiry
Meetings.
a Largo Attendance at the Tab
crnacle in the Evening.
Mr. Moody Disoourses on the Five One
Things Needfl for Salvation.
Additional Lay and Clerical Del
egates Present Yesterday.
EVANGELIsTIC SERVICES.

Tho second days sessions OF tue Christian Con-
vcntlon weru begun yesterday morning by meet
Ing at tho Tabernacle at 1D 4. nj. IL discuss tho
subject Of cvangciletIc services, The attendance
was very good. the lower door being about two.
thirds full OF delegates and persons WHO had no
Tickets The Convention ltsclf Ia one OF tho duest.
looking bodies OF men assembled In this
country, being composed of tho tcst ,ucn In tho
Northwest.
Mr.. Moody presided, and at tho appointed hour
gaze out as tho first hymn tho second Of the colec.
lection with Tue stirring refrain:
Iia!iSiuJah y. done,
1ltlcVc oil the soM, etc.
The Roy. bir. Bsly, OF Clinton, ofIercd forvcut
prayer for the power Of God OH the Convention aud
leaders.
The eighty -Afth hymn was then sung, and Mr..
Moody statcd that tho object Of the meeting was
TO dlrcuss the best method Of carrying on oyange-
1stic servlces, and 1t was Intended to give cyoty
one who had aomething to soy chance to say II.
lie closed by inviting all who wished to tnke part
in the discussion to come upon tho platform tint
they could DO more easily seen and heard by the
whOfo audience.
The Hcv. ]. +. Kendall, Of In pottc Ind, thcn
read rs the u!blc osson the closing portion Of tho
twenty fourth chapter Of Luke, containing Chrsta
words to Ills dscp'rs when lie appeared 10 them
aster Ills resurrection. The kUy- was tho for
ty.soSenth verse:
Ans n na ri sins should be
MH MOODY
opened tho discussion by sny,ng that 1o would oc-
cupy only fow moments In presenting q few
thoughts or tho subject, after which the
meeting would 10 open. Tho things which
scoMcd to hin, most necessary TO a sue
cessfnl prosecution OF ovan9cliatic work were,
first, TINT tho services should lo short; he had
never heard nny complaints nbont tho Al,ortuofs Of
scrvices, but had on the other hand, often known
many complaints to be made because they wcre too
long. The trouble grew out OF tho fact that the
leaders and Christian workers wcrn too apt 10 get
80 deeply Interested themselves tslat they :orgct
oil about oshcrs, and continued tho mccttngs as
long as they themselves wished, ou n
sUrt Of assumption that everybody elsu
must DO as much taken mp a. they Themselves.
tfhts waa tho grand error, and tho speaker Rail
l,e had found TINT an Ilonr hour and ten min
oNt y two huufe. .peopla would get 20 wearled 40
n nj 10 sqns a osr W. hs gSa nx for aeH
como back again: TO cloau lila idca MI Aooiy
gather great crowds about hin in tho streets, and
wl,o would preach and preach and preach on
Roa. Rn asss sxs'y aa en- v Il Him s ssuc ''Sss %ss 1
stratsd with and asked why hv inslssrl ON .irlny
nut hia audiences, tho pEcucslsr raid tAst hS
wnntet 10 hsur ,nasc. The l'ropcr Way, eonelaea',
tl'e speaker, WIZ to condenso much as postihlu,
sn s SBS:kHE cna & H. ss no.t
Thu tssond important @ Thing wns to pur.us ono
Often or even 1t Ill Whuie ~ WIS oen the case,
minister" changed every night tho attendance lon
Interest aud c.nalencc. 'lo c!lnch this dea iii,
Chicago In lR6o, when m nttumpt waH made L
Eet up religious interest through sOrlc'
rangemoiis were made for revival season, ant
Mcn Wyte sent out Into the atrcets, and Aal0ons,
and hlllara-soons to bring In men TO attond .i.t
way, and from l. 600 70 500 wero present ut oact
sss;ss r., & whsl ts. Wa aFSe crowd tor Chicago q
thirty dnys, md diefsut min ninlsteI urcachst iS
every ulght. Tho result was That only onu nlal
VA; %as converted e, 70 uoa by thelr iasttamrntallty
continual change. This same trouble waB often beo1
n town where four or, lys ministers O
se.es o leyya IN up
members of tic churches woi soplain that s9ns as
md hsneat uf tho meetings. ii such casus, the bes
way was TO scnd to s0ne other town aud inyltu .
preacher 10 come And carry on Tho work for tht
Apothet great po!nt In these services was to have
Eo9d 1!ngng;, S, l"spistlns Wc!t.sung. lIye hymn
aa a. ~ SnfS n sSc,H, NJ" ~ song one" III "a's
TIE sum ana ai substance Of tho whole matter Wa
.ng!na, wSa;d effect Tho gteste.t good. 3d. sSS' Tr
oe9y eohelaaea ~ " ..rng shat e.! through III
e hopea sha o %e ps ss IT, '0'
m evangelist Of Drooiiyn, I ~ n. T., said ,ha, h
Ssua 1sss IN asss s II s E b ID
aud Whit lse knew was thH result Ut experience
There Laa 9Ss1 ouly th5es xrsat ssvisats stMco III
=, tho second thu result " Wesley md WhttrIlc!i
NJ! shisd ths s;,n ono whic' 1ok saca shoat twsn.
il eatsps ssas
tafnsst prnycF-not tho kind Of praycr which