, 1876-09-25
TIE MOODY REVIVAL.

SERMON ny TIE REV. u. J. DuANELL-
The Rev. David ]. Durrcll, OF the Wcstmtn-
Bttr Presbyterian Chu rrll, In Ills morning dis
coussc yesterday, cona!tlercl the couliug revival
work Of Moody and sankcy. lie thought CHI
cago most excellent field for great religious
awakening. Christ had selected the larger cit
les for His laboss, md when He sent Ills Aros-
t!rs forth to preach lie had been careful to tell
them to start from Jerusalem. lie urged upon
Ills hearers tic importance Of prayer aud the
necessity of their choosing now what they
would do. The crisis was I'LL important one III
view Of tho fact that, out Of the 5u0,-
000 population, only 10000 were profcssed
followers of Christ In the city, nnd
there could bc no middle ground. Thu eval,-
gcl!sts could do nuthtng without tho prayers Of
tic people, md lie couuseled tho forgetting Of
cIMrc!rs mud crceds and everything for the
sake Of tho salvation Of souls, In the ereut
work Mt l,apL
SERMON nf pR. coELrEn.
The Hev. Rubert Collycr preached yesterday
morning upon the coming revival. Ills text
was, "Jeshs sa!@i they shall put you ont uf the
saass w So%s: w WE'RE e to law u TO-
vIynl III our city. lte trusted It might tc tIu,c,
as he could iMlginu no Gttter hltsslug tlan t!iat
new ltfe which 4 real rcyival wnuid !1c sure to
lyon she will be ripe for reSivnl ut business,
to God and ,,ainIuon. II ills SHOULD turn out
tu Ica real revival ot religion, the toi.ca, IT
%lsh and Joy they w"ul fssl N bf,us e,sd
mingled with regret that tho church
to which n,uny VI them hrlongc,l lm,l
not been thought worthy q an Invitation to u.s.
lied about 20 years, and had never been sus-
! ncticl of hiding their light under bt,s!el
There never had becu Sunday when llc was
unwilling to exchange rnpts With n Komunlst,
would exchange With lin, Tho managers 0f
thu reyssal l'ai n" ground for surprising that
Unity Church would not take lsoh' ~ltl, then ~
any movement ,whicl, wnuia make ,.lv Trrt
morc clear mud bring II f,onc to the lIcaFt with
more furcc ansl tire. 1t WINS high time TINT *
rluslvencss was donc away with. llc believed
tho time wns cnfning when they wu,.l.l ree an
church to hayu nothing better to !lo thai.
shuw evidences Of spttr, and hn 1id
not think TINT man could % 'nnr1'. to
make Ills ntlghbor wlo}e by spending
rent. Nc prptcets'l n4,anst tho DRIFT downward
tntu mnrc resoll{te seetarianisll., which seemed
to By setting n aftcr that gosAt fellowship WHICH
it seemed to lo / stand iur t!sat terrible iIea
TINT ttv FA1ler was anEry with His children for
tlltlT an!ir,titits.
The pruoi i real revival ,ll not lie IN saying
HtWI4 IlIa}GkA u boeC4ttIt tIu III
CHURCH; these wcre good thngs In their way,
and helped ~ rctteio Itir; it WA In rruetug
alars IN the halnv where religion hl.,sson1cl
| INT Into fresh, SWEET nnenity. Tho tinA and
Eatheruf ali would yet ke rcreretl to MI Ills el.
drr,s !a the light Vi Ills life. 'rAu Etblu wu,lI
not always layc to ktagger under its weight uf
! nIsaprrrl!ensl0t. Tho day wuB fo,nlnE when
error would pass away, and tha truth grt,W 70
winso,v anl luminous TINT It would bo What II
! wus In tl,e olaen tI1Dr. II ws utre gut al III
sight VI tho lrue religiull, ahe tgue PURPOSE mil
diff Ut Il woul.l develop themselves limre aud
more aul make llcayrli Of ths earth fur tEnsu
who llyc after VIZ die. With l,uw energy an.l
and brightest truth that tipl l,si ID ,nrSycaei M Il
Us. Tint wuull be revival whcs, would Erow
Us thy littlu seeds of gsasa III the spting, and It
would blotsom anu slpcn an.! yield harrvst
] tlat would e1,ycr thu Wlle tuEtll.
SERMON Ut THR REV. !. r. kuSuEnLANp.
Thu Kyv, j.. T. Snla.aerlaaIs, pastor nt the
arvnus and Thirticth street, yestcr,iuy uluriMu;
| aAl1esrud biz hearers vi "1'1g Culrlnc Monuy