, 1876-10-31
Christ's Talk with the Woman at the
Wcll..-Tho Result Of 1ndi.
vidual Effort.
The Meeting at the 1'abcrnacle...Ad.
dresses by Mr. Snnkey and
Local C1crsytncn.
How the Good Work Is Pro-
crossing Through the
Northwest.
TARWELL HALL.

we'll Hall yesterday vas Prof. Bliss, wtu brings
good tldlngs frotn Kalamazoo, where Mai.
Whlttlc and lie arc holding mGetfnga. sfr.
Mooly was absent at Evanston, where lis
young glrf Of 10 ur II years Of agc,
Is lying sick OF scarlct fever at the house Of her
uncle. Tho meeting was conducted by tho Rev.
Dr. Mitchell, who first ca1lc,l fur tic rea!ng VI
the requests fur prayer. The Rev. ME. Davis,
who has charge u this correspondence, cafuu
forward and salt: ''TheEe arc i25 !caucsta fur
prayer to-day, every one Of which has Leon cAre-
fully considered, and Is reyetcntly presented he
fore God. II Is Impossible tn read them oil, hut
all arc included In our report, aud will be In
cluuea In Our prayers. ! may say lor
your encouragement that there appears to
bc wonderful increase of the spirit
Of prayer in ali tho places frotn which these re-
quests have come" lie then proceeded to
read the summary, which included requests
Zealand !: Cane Colony, South Africa; and two
from Cai,ala for prayers On i,ehn1f Of the work
of God II, those places. Also from lady lit
Italy, who writes to request prayers Tor her
SELF that sle may be converted 10 Christ. > From
ilear Mr. Moody's old hume; Norwich, VI;
Dcs Mosnes, Ia; and Clinton, In. For the
churches in Pekln, ILL.,, rcq,scets by tho PASTORS
for ts - ~ C. A. N.sns W r9h o5 t1v
nu4hSlo III SilAhAs 4sGutt @Ot F@Ss0AA Nh%tt
Ncb., for churches In Constantine, Ill. Among
tic Individual requests weru those ef twenty
one wives for the conversion Of their husbands,
thirty motlie1s lor tlas'r sons, onc lor hhyss. w.
cian uear to death, hut not Prepared 10 hle, ior
81 the Board vi Trade, Tor az insane iHther
by his son, for returning baekslitlcss, that they
may hare grace to conttt!ue III The truth. anu
thanksgiving from young convert lof answers
to prayer On bis behalf. ~
Tie Scripture Lesson for the day was the
fourth ehaptcr of the Gospel BY John, from
which Dr. Mitchell! selected tl!u account " INC
conversation OF Christ will the woman at The
wcll, and the subsequent conversion l oa many
Samnritans who, at her in'1tation, came CUT ol
the oily to ace and hear iltnl.
III commenting upon this portion OF scripture,
the Doetur mentioned tnnt twu ol Ctrlsts
most striking disconrsGs wcrS r5eaehetl to
single nearer, from which tact ne 'treW e'Icotr-
aycnent, even IN these days q larsc songrega-
ttons,, Tor pastors Of little noeEs asld SUNDAY
school teachers With only one or TWO scholars Ill
the class.
Scripture is the. power .: onc soul for good.
The woman having !lerfeH believed IN Christ,
went tn haste to tho city and brought OUT
great company to sec the Christ, many u whom
tlis woman went to work; sle did MT 70 Dask
to Sycllar Will SOME new wlsdo1sl obtained ny
profound studyof the prophets, 1ait simply VIII
~ account Of heF o~h experience, 1fu WHO
tlis simple story tol1 III ats earnest nrtl Jealous
manner, is seen the secret Ut her remarkable
surecss.
Dr. Chamberlain then led III prayer. after
Which Mr.. Sang II swcct little solo entitled 10
tell II to .lesns." ,, ,,,-,,.
who called attention 10 the fact that this woman
nf san'aria was u sery nnpFonislng person lor
Christ 70 preach the Gospel 70. she was
wsa otoms Of esa S a ts eM M sa a a
tnstenl nf rrrrIvf,,Ir (1hriEtfs Instructions
for her own persona! proilt, ahc run right OIL IN
question Of theology, lust rs q great many
sSe d. al wantsa ant :" knw rv,I wagts' M \ Wa
The Ncv. Mr: Fay, OF the South Chicago Com
grcgatioaal Church. and others followed out
some lines OF thought suggested by tue lSsson
Ie pastor q tile Inl11l resbXsSf'an ;t ., C!luIe
happier man III ail chiesgo than !. Atn meet
Ing III my lecture room lust evening nftcr tue
sermon, there were thirty Nrso'ls earnestly
seeking Christ Among them three husbands
With their wives, all SIS Ct whom found thc
sav!nr rEht there: th1nk J. was at M t'e fscos,d %
meeting which Mr, Moody lle!t III the Iab.r-
naGe that hc gave ine letter from mother III
tsEs State, wlIo llad Sun IN Clieago. for whose
conversion sllc Was deeply. III earnest.
tMk thu letter. into NY cl.sct u prayer
aiAl prayed lot tue boy every Jay. Last ulEht
after our second meeting wsls aver, one Of my
young men came tu Inc, brl!i'E n1!othcf }onn
!iAn Win l!Hs, K!loli !le lhtroaucen ~ Ee, say
lnE, also, that they two l@t! been praying 10.
gethcr IN thu Church for t1lc ast hull l's,ur, aud
tiat his fricnd ha1 heeu llaRP!ly converted to
Christ during TINT time li'ts was the very
young man for whom, hail l'crll praying ne
rorlng to hfs mothers request. And INV
TINT y0u have 1ollntl JeSIf, What are you gong
to dot eulQ !. Iu NhlcL Ae fGt41cl, AS 6ooal
~ can get back tu my rooIn aHl going to
write to my mother and lclt her hive bccoE1c
Christlan,,"
Thc Kew. nr. Thompson then gave . brtet aC-
count OF q uni11, meeting hell in MS Church
Inst evening. At the aftcr.lnectlnr twenty or
thirty persons rose for prayer. Just
as the meeting was about to flose,
\ gentleman arosG anl thstw gut
thta suggestion "T!ie marvel u thid
Lesson tU inc IL, that tile Lord Jtsus opchel his
month Ut all to swak to ttl's stranger ns'ut SAL
yatioli Ny lips have becn shut fos years, 50
that har'ity dared 70 speak Ia people about
Christ unless they 1rst spoke TO mt; Dlt liuW
my raIkoul u come and aIn trey: Hencotnrth
no day shal! pass IN which Will not s1AsLl l.
word for Christ, anl II tho $1,000 Christians Of
tlls city would oHly take TINT thought, anu
every day 60 nus aud talk TO sotnehody about
the saynr, It would not be hong before the
whole city would l,c awakenut, anu luultituucs
brought into the Kingdom"