, 1876-12-31
palation Of the Pilgrimage
:: = TO Mecca by a Par
::.:.:: ~: ticipant.
rt;a1 Of the Rev. Mr.. Graves on
Charges Of schism, Con-
!: t1macy, and Fraud.
mites and Personals at Home
and Abroad.--Church Serv.
:, ices To-Day.
cuEDAY-6CHOOL TEACHERS

: -. MEETING AT FARwELL HALL
7ne regular weekly meeting Of sunday-school
.,,saprs was held in Farwell Hal1 yesterday
..v The attendance was scarcely up to the
-rr,vs. Mr.. B. +. Jacobs conducted the serv-
~, There was no set topic, and the time was
i .r.,naea With review Of the work of the past
,p,der, listening to reports Of progress, and
,he Offering up Of prayer for a blessing on next
!ars Eer1-
n opening the discussion 3lr. Jacobs said they
on1d not do better at the close Of this year than
tske i look at the Apostle Paul as a teacher.
p.ul Exs bard and consistent worker Ia tho
v,stc1's service; he served Christ with s'all
hunfEtF of mind" and with I" many tears"
H.hsd temptations again and again, and that
t.ct orght to comfort Young converts and teach
a.. They should remember that those who
eged In tesrs often reaped in 1or. Paul was
apnblie teacher but he also visited his scholars;
A kneR the value OF personal intercourse, and
pnrh Of his success was to be traced to that
xrse, This house-to-house work which Paul
rnemted should be copied in Chicago; public
teschtag did not fulfill ali that was required OF
{hen Many souls were allowed to revert back
tothelr wickedncss simply because no one talked
tathem personally. There we're three holds
kilh were essentially necessary to successful
teachers. First, *.hold on" They bad Laid their
hands to this work, and they should sshoid on"
Il Their grip had been Ioosened for one moment
during tie year, tighten It now by the power Of
Gol NEXT, hold in,''-hold In their mur1nur-
hes, cosapIaints, and the sorrows they should
ri tell to others Third, t'hold out, run the
ne:clcar through, SO that, despite Of disconr-
tgements, they might finish their course With
hr. John =. Farwen prayed that the teachers
might have increased power With their classes
duing the incoming year.
4gentlenau in the audience requested t1le
ragers OF the meeting for the farmers Of the
Northwest; there was great destitution, profan-
IT., ind Sabbath-breaking among them.
4 brother on the platform stated that to-day
dey would receive fifty members Into the Chi
saso.Arenue Church from the Sunday school
1ne results vi the revival had been beyond their
f1th and expectations.
4: Faxwel said the young peoples prayer.
meeting in connection with the Sunday-school
It Lake Forest had received small shower,
Fthh had extended into the church. This, with
otter similar circumstances, showed that the
.FsF to the hearts Of the older people WIS
through those OF the little ones. He urged that
teachers should make their own souls safe, and
ihen they would be better able to convey the
grace to their scholars.
). Brother Bell sa,d In Oak Park sunday-school
there We're only q dozeu unconTe1ted children
fsit OF an average attendance of seventy or
eighty. They expected that the whole school
Eehl4 be under the influence of Christ In an-
other Hseek.
d brother thought one mistake they made as
ssbhath-sciool workers vas In not having
enough Of the devotional element In their meet
mse. lie suggested that next week, when the
public schools are closed, afternoon meetings OF
eandaf-school scholars should be held