, 1876-04-22


thc greater portion of tas. largo audience ra-
rnain,no to participate in tho exercises. Tho
subject. rrayar.n,eeslnEsi How TO Conduct
Ttcm,s vas onen.d by Or. ". ". Evsrtt. WHO
Tin Rows. j.. y. Shepherd, 7. T. Wls'iHfdB, N.
ii, AxleIl, Mr.. II. q. 8pAtf3rd, and othdrs. also
briefly expressed their viswN.
TLo proceedings were thea adjourned to :
O'clock.
Thr Convention cams to order shortly stacr 2
o'clock, Tho oxercssaa commenced With the
hymn, "Wlloaoaver will may oomo." Tho Rev.
alr. Parkhntat read = norton Of Scripture, and
tl.o Isev. ar. Youker otrarod up prayer.
Tho frat topic on tho programme was
"1ng 1MroNrASdE or lsQutnY-MEErlHds, AND
now TO cDSDuCT THEM"
A rrtshrtotian minisser commenced tho dis
cussiof, by stating that ho had been unable to
s,n ss s1 sst' s @ 3 3ss,g ro1vs 80 ae no Ggn .aa
use OF tho tnquiry-sneoelnR was the 1iov. Dr..
Nettleto,,, aud tio found that wlietevor that gen.
tonlnn went to Preacfl CnttHh msntion waa
nla1e Of this Glars OF meetings.. Their purpose
WAS to facilitate Tho coming Of sInnera to Jos,ls.
and 10 lead tem by persona! consultation 10 tho
path Of 1telat. It differed III thia respect from
the pftaehlng service nnsl tho rrayor.meesipG.
which conl.! not bs oxuocled to havo tl!o same
MI account Of the first inquiry -moesing in Tho
Description Of 1'antocost. That rneeting. how
ever, Ereco,1sl Tho preaching whcroAa tho r1ud
ern meetings succeeded tim ordinary service.
Tho yalue Of the inqutrg-mcetfng was threshold
First, to tho pastor: socolId, to tho betlcvinR
congregation aud third. TO The a,nnor. 1t was
peHot}cial tu the first reapnct, inastnuch as 1t
brought tho pastor into cfoHer Communion with
l,ls congregation. Nothing was moro easy than for
N Intelligent man to bo1azzlo his audience with
lis SERMONS. but a,,ch preaching had little por-
maneut effect on tho hcarts Of those hunFesing
Tor the broad Of life. Thore vas kind Of
preaching, that OF weaving Gospel truths togott-
Or, mud bringing them homo 70 tho hu1nbost
= j,S- I,ars4 Ind
nnd coulI not be icatucd by tld mere scannina
OF Theological! aids. such = method OF
,ncu!cat,ng tho Divine truths was peculiar
Is adapted to tho inquiry.n'eesngs. where
i.luso u,eottnEs should 6n hold after tho 9abDatl,
services, when s1uta werc in Tint condition .hlcn
rtndcsod them easy to be caught In the nst Vt
salvation. Niue-tsntt.s of thoso who attended
tho moctings waro strangert who had hApnonod
into tho Church mud boon pierced with Tho arrow
OF Coda loyc. Pastors should po careful lot 10
mako tho Invitation Too broad. They lid not
wans those at the meetings who weEe rot in-
proraed they injured tha easnest people by
so'f casoloss demoator. en- Many woso tarne' o.
tho msettng room. and leaders should hc Ok
tYcmely careful not to wound hcartg scekinE
After Christ. Tiny could not got along without
tue inquiry meetings. filola wore mullitudeB iii
tia cltr who cauIl nlout DO reached by tlid
method OF salvation.
TllE REV. h. 8. cAsrIfE
tnaio n fow observations oil tho topic. Flo
tueNsht tl,ero waB An fnquity-meelng held long
ton,I ,,'nn,;on ri onc IL II E;non wE;c,. h.a
excellent rcauitB. Thoso meetings wero very
allocnt aud ought to ba held in great respect by
tlis paop!o. Tho ,uost profitable inqairy-meot-
1,n,ca r. tnrmfcra n n ronrrrpnfion' 1n i'm
nrnsent ,,ay f,,1st and lin crna. ,yera oynjtea
nsid too little was Thought Of tho Huly 0hott.
These meetings sllou!l be brtcf, clio they wu,tld
reci; mar Tnek antt iii thn,r stnr,aa wh;.h va.
q ,nouoton,ts H,pl undesirable state of thip9s,
Tho iI1ss meeting le hold ia Ciucngo was i por-
fcct failure. owing to its cnptnro by ona man.
who porB|n:od III teIlu. how lo found tho SAVIOR,
Ias2 sr saa 1s s01s s 9sp s"S o ss.s
with taste for theological discussion. Fur
himself ho liked the ALTAR uothod OF INJURY
bctter tl,In auy oshor method; man could bo
wsestIed with with better results III Cots sauo-
tuary.
TIE RET. I'm. pansnunsr
o,td In h,i haiI i,,.,,tirv.n,srti,,y. altar Tim
H,hhnt,, snr,,tea f,r n rteat manv ve,rs. nn,y
w.s rnntint.d nf fhnir nrcst nt1Ilv };ori, A. re-
cards ps.tof and couxregation, Urdsnsfy
n.mrr1, ,,nrE v,s IN = rrnat r,cnenre usateas
PASTORS worio5 III, urna.er nart Of t,e ychr 10
Iii t,c ttmn betwncn she nrotr,etnd m,rt,nrs.
lie I,nn,rv.n,cot,nws loyeyer. rnva tnn m11-
istsr = MARI to ajrn st ali tha yaar ronn}, nnd
ttrrcr,ra nhnulit na ancnnr,rcd
III, MoS' s' nrnrg" ~ tI TcnkS s!sr rnoko 40 Tho
.ubjcct. Tin wnr1 - ian,,s coysrcl h;s nns.
mi. ami ln potIeynd If thora ves ANYTHING which
rcnsII Mt;fy I'm workers. in f,I,r,tt - cpnid hs
narr we'd dawn tn ti,st wnrd, Tha j,crsnntn n
,rrss was r., ,nc.r,, liz t,nano. a,sc,,3cs,,,
anft nnt to heat abont lin lnsb. lie balinrsd il,
T.1v;lmt,vo urnprl,n, n,n, ,,nnn t,e thrashni NJ
tho innury ia would warn ris,,,ors nal tn exnect
I'm m,icl, 1t llrss, Tbc o,eat dravbuck In ncr-
mare,It conyprsinn wa Tie n1nortation int sin.
would bo syopt away At ouco,
T1,n no~+ ttpfc j.. s.,.po, rTnr,rnreron wnr1, u