, 1876-12-25
What the Women Arc Doing for the Con-
version OF the Errlng SEsterhood.
The Revival Work In Rockford and the
Church Wars There Raging.
Peoria Awakened Through the
Labors OF Bliss and
Whittle.

s.!iuting eight or nine hours OF small meetings
and nersons1 instruct,on for the REGULAR after
noon and evening ,crrlcc. M befora arranged:
and Is this kind Of rest seems to agree with mn,
he adds, for the present week, sermon to
Christians on Thursday night, and will add to
next Sundays work d matchmaking At tho
iaootnacIc, Nen wr a c'ose M .'~ r.a. rh, a1st
tho ushcrlnz In Of 1871 Many chicago Chris
tiana arc glad to l',vs g., Mt. W., -, Moody u,
ms no.uaSs ne'o ~. ,n',o,. WI ,, ,ror1. .r
gooa more thAn most peoples nasu worh' anu
during his holidays he is daily leading sinners
] "Reminiscences. IN to notablo revival Of religion
IN anv tndivl,1nol rhmrch. WorkIno or resting.
~ my a1u"'u"a, ,nulI. =, =. ss s"~ ~.5s
this mau has nothing clso IN the world to DO but
phero Of Christian work; ho Is rs free under the
prc..urc ] r. ns @ bird bir IN thn ar. bocausc It prcsssa
pressure ~ o'.a ~ ,.a,, .n1 ~. a o~n w. .s,e
hi'n al. over, up Us wen , ~ ao"n 's 9., NO. takts
duck takcs bold Of hurricane with its wings.
Gusts and tc,npcsts that prostrats solid sinners.
,,nroot ~ ronr nreulIccs. ard fairly to,tc ths
- .t.,s ,i,, ,.,.r, >, ~, ,t,,u.
ofca'n away i'onl a'uu s.'" ~. Stss'aNss
nru Just tie conditions this man heeds
70 eftn1 ons 1a ,ata nyu"uans !ts.H,, ,~i. hae.
A. such hnss he IT inirly y mounts no. upon wlngs
He the eaG!ea; anu, " tno wy 70 xeePs a.
i,e Illustrates to go9l degree Tic ret q that 4;
rctnafkaose Fgsao' ~ e'lali I1u ~ nno hot w
weary' he shall wnik ana not 1alllt. ,,- ,,
Yesterday morning. o. octock, ~. Moo1y neN1y
lan workcr'. liz evidently u kina o. eplrtt-
ual thermometer, anu ieess TUG Ieiatlye temper
aturo ot bis eonGlsgations. WIN ~ pcopIo
before hm ~ oqSx Svo % s sa 1 sp w1ntst % Srnr
two, and b1o ttefchy tnofoushiy aaake' nc IS
sure OF d synpathetlc a1aiehec "hen nc talks
about work ior ,. Chr.ss' Inc lazy
bo arc kccnnr a. n 1 Sn ,,s ~
TO do any work, lor whieh past,SuiaF portion o.
preference. The congregation 'tsoll is proof
morning meetings have long bccn Mr. Moody's
favoritcs.
TIE exercises opened WIN snElng "ine
Lleht q ihs Wofin IL ycsus, ino hSx, Me.
sang the solo, I'VE sl,all sleep, bnt not i. for- or
ever"; thc congregation sang the chorus, Re
loyS and !a g!au 4 ar. sooay reaa toe etx-
teeth sl'apter q Mnfk: nelaE thS account o. ane
bcglnnlng-
1lnwn 'Ife's dark vale VIC wander
TIL Jc,us comes.
which viii DC fund below, opened lila discourse
Oh the Resurrection.
So,nc uf our friends hnvo been surprisctt,
sud he, to tin,l how much darkness there Ii
S re"tioH ' d cErsss. 4 good many thuk that ill.,
resurrection was only q spiritual lnattcr, and
that His body lail Iii tho grave and became food
for wurms Just Hike like kby other dead body.
point. MOI less than forty.two tlnea . this
blessed doctrinc spoken Of, by Christ Himself
bcforo His death, - we'll MS by Ills dlsrl-
pies afterwards. In Matthew, xvi, 81, we lul
show ; unto o Ills ts sepes @ how that liz must 90
uutu JcruBalc1n anti suffer many thlnEs OF the
elders and chief priests and scrlbos, and be
Killed aud be raised again tho third day,n lu
Matthew, Xviii, 0, Jesus charged His disciples
saying, "Toll The vtsion 4. g.. the vision Of the
transhguIaton) TO no Inau Until tho Sun ot Man
be risen again from thu dead" In Mark, H., .
! lew Of tis many places whero Christ aud lii
disciples declare the fact of His resurrection
from tho dead. The disciples seemed to have
two chief texts to preach from: the death
These we1c tho two hinges Oh which the door
unto Gods Kingdom opened. These were the
two foun,1atton-stones on which that Kingdom
to Christ and asked Him 10 Give them sign,
and liz told them that no egn should bo given
them but the sign Of Jonah The prophet. Now,
what was that s!en' Why, 1t was the sign q
ship on which Jonah took pnssnge cana 10 Mn
evch and told tho story Of thu man whom they
had been obliged 70 cast overheard, md tic last
Thug they saw OF lin was lis heels go!ug down
that a whales throat Isn't big cnoughto swallow
man, but tho Scripture puts that all right II
says: siThe Lord prepared . great iIBh," and
He could DO that as well ns anything elso. A
fow days after, whom should tl.use Ninehylte
snllors sec but Jonah, whom they knew la.i
been swallowed. What could It meant Hers
is a nan COMO back from dcathl Surely, his
message must 10 Important.
You want sigu, 10 yuui says Christ. Well,
you alali have onc. las Jonah was three days
and three nights ia tho whales belly, 20 shiil
the Son Of Man be three DAYS and Tires NIGHTS
10 tho Heart u tho earth.h There wa Ieath
and tlcry Was resurrection,
DID YOU ever ston 10 think what darkness
would settlu down up0p This world II It were
not Tor tIlis doctrine oi the resurrcctIou7 lfnw
nifty those men who try to deny this doctrine,
Vley arc like Samsor,, bullluc iho house down
upon their own hcaIs. 'ee'' '''s ''"S' WV"
Ia tile sixth chapter of Johu's Gospel Christ
tells lila ljecJplcs three or four times WJ viii
raise him up 1t The last day.I There Is, thou,
rcsurrortiun for iIa as wu{I IA for Chris2.
But let us Eet Ut tho resurrection OF Christ.