, 1877-01-17

Throop, Esa.. and tomo others, who al spoke
Eli, with intervals If singing and prayer.
! THE AFTERNOON SESSION.
lhe attendance st tho afternoon rcstton tFAk
not large, being a!1ettcti !,y. Tho storm. d.:
4: q. ;Throop to take the clnIr. ''Jcsu.
| love. evtn nc" rAs then sung AMI prayer nf-
fcrc Df. Ryder satt! That lit dill mt prt,tH'su
t. make any apologize" for tic ahscncc q any-
t,nve LEFT his home in Wisconsin, therefore a,,.
either speaker would hare to substituted. Tie
sndiei'sc s!. then Joined III singing Nearer, Ny
THE Rxv. i. ". HANSON,
editor Of the Nt,0 Covenant, then took the plat
fHEnl, anu eaEl ttIat lie was greatly disappointed
at the absence u Or. Barry, especially Tint ho
llal AL been .7tle;i 70 atl tic placc: The theme,
nnc could hope ~ do murc than sketcF' an out
llhc Of H. The Churches now IN The world ocri-
r'cd very much The same position tnwarl Christ
that the Twelve Disciples did; they did not fully
work, and his ,'ea was that work fur Christ was
- aid thu poor and weak. lotn'a whole i'cn IT
Christ was love. anil 1au1 MAS tiie tl,c,ugian ot
i',o ''fe ot ChIt.sIat'i 20 on throngh ihs whole
llst: ~ It Wonkl have taken thc rlselc teclyo
to forns the circle which surrounded Or made up
Etlrist's ffc 1T the safIe way tho Churches ot
the earth, tnkcn all together, mule up tic ercIn
o. trutt, zach one having sot'e portion " Inc
truth. The unfyersalist filth was founded on
tral 'iea ha'l been for, lU rcars tho
one, thing tlat distinguished that dcnosI,-
!natfon, but now the Otllcs accts TcEa taxi
""ss t ntp ' t,s,s rs,s"sn:1s3 sises s an" esff: ef:
Take for example the hymn THE Ninety a1"l ~,
modern idea. and would hayu. been impossible
years ag". For l,sJU years the t.iea lad bccil
iat* was proper thing to look after as 1nn.,y a
OF the atsecp rs might be conyen!9nt, and then
let tho rest 10. TIE speaker closed bY cxlloIt-
tng hla llrarers to ryrcatl the thnlEhss vi tho
falt'. and 10 pray for q greater c1nsccratlo1..
Ate! After singing "All Hall tic po*e' u Jesus
TIE RRv. suMxER ELLIS,
If the Churrt, Of tho l,c.lee!ncf, joined In re-
GREETING the absence Of Dr. barry, The rttaes
1T Christian work which he wished 10 consider
for \ few tnon,cDts was tint It was tlld
duty of every parent, teacher, and preacher, to
meet md reftst and overcome 81 iat IA pos
ftblc tho s1,cptical tc1,icrcleH Df the time.
Two hundred years ago ths tf'lc Of Atheism
swept over FRANCE, and ended III Pant hclsn,
and over England IN almost M great degree.
At that time uIsl,on Butler wrote his great
book, Buffers Anaiogy," and apont tilc same Mm ne
tlcu was II different ono; i WIS t" save nlcls's
sotiIs by filling them will, tiod's love. At tlat
time tho rcasun and cauAc oF the former flood
was tlIu rcyulsion from the dominion of priest.
llood-thc uodcs1, eausce were nlutcfinlLsn n1d
the scientific tctnleneses OF tic agc. The cure
for the evil was, thc speaker relieved, tho
more extensive reading of tile New Testament,
lie believed Afr. Moedy largely because l,c canle
lvtoro hih audiences Bible In llar,I, and fMscd
lit remarks upon something we co'ltd turn 10
mud rcad lie cxllortcd Ills llcArers to preach
the truths u unvcrsa1isu spiritually, earnestly,
faithfully. praysrfully, tFuntful3y, then sOuls
would to brought to thu truth.
The audience then eang "A1most Pcrsua1ed.H
TIE REV. !. HTHAEN
said that when it was desired to save soul
nothing sU cjIlcactOlts Us to provide s,lltAbLc
employment. Fa't!, must he prolaga.s'l hy
cnuss should lie proved By the diyillcncHs Vt the
ctIorts rnatle for it. ]le closed by slrunGly APP
proving tho Talcrnaclo meetings, nsld their
HlclllNls and results.
The Rcv. Or. Ryder then offered prayer, aud
"1Ehosocycr VIII" was s,,ng.
the REV. t. 4. GETAWAY
spoke specially Of Christ's ,nctltNl 1T presenting
truth whereby lie never iailcd to bc Understood.
ectnblancc to that Of medicine. Thu doctrlllt VI
Cn'ylnIstn might bn compared to very bttcr
pill unpleasant In It's results, AID ArsHilifanism
was the sAtl'c pit susar-coatca. rcrisaps tEr
have done any guo,l ut the time 1t wns an.!nis
tered. Fasting to consider the revival efforts,
tic speaker salt TINT llu halnt nstlei, confidence
~ tho new life and character which came
actcr WIS plant OF slow growth, aud would nut
nild t1u!h not spring ,lr tn maturity IN Hue
fnrnt. Considering tic medicine which tho
uniycrsallst Church should administer t0 ain-
ano'!rnc because tl!cre MAS nlrcaay tpn mucl,
slccrt1icss II, thu religious world. lie would
rutlcr IMPROVE sharp mustard pEnstcr. made
strong With the rssenro OF Individual rcspous!-
bi'Ity, and anpte,' to the e9tw1g1se. ,,tii
TIE REV. ". II. RAtCif,
0f Elgn, spoke tn the subject Which, AZ lie de-
fined 1t, vas to save the Norld from! sin. Tho
hest example Of tho wnrk was thu Master Him
sell an lie sa!tl thAt 1t wns tn believe on lin.
IT WAS cs'r.ituu tu make Faith the bnsiA of alf,
but thu spclkrr thnlght more ol confidence
WItct f!1a1c tl!e IcEsnt ~ stlrU of what Was u
io It's ol what had bcciL Much had been SAIL
ahtit doctrines, nri great cllurt had brcn usc,l
to inuk" these old schemes n,osp rn,dcrn u.ltl
better lifted tn tho present aye. THIS real nfHl
Pressing question fur each man was, "Whnt
yan VIZ dn fur thu Christian works.
speaker WIS very Interesting, ami from his
career of 50 years drew the lesson tint thu
way to work for tho Lori was to 'go right to
work" anl to el.ow thu weak aud weary sptsltx
tiac WY to the Savior. 1t. t!.en' throw away
l'nlch saIt! he Ind nut hccu n1,I. tu hcar Mr..
Alohly, hut fricld wllu Ind been ut tu 'rabel-
naelo des,ribc,! how Mr. Muody hal hccn si,cats-
iME and c1i'nrtius hislllrurc's 10 be nothing; and
nian rnnc along up tho nlsle nnti they
leaned down nnl aakcl him to como up on i!lu
patiofti@niMi thru they sung, 'oh, tn iss
N"thsng," The speaker disagreed with sfr.
Mn,dy; he believed TINT ths stn,,er and tho
raInt shouhl l'e something. Tho clilcf wurk WIS
t" Keep "il.'s uwn heart right. Tllo work tu b.
DONE must hc doilu by each onc for ltlnscif 1t
would mt do to glyu money.
!, Thy mrettI.s closed wItf, the hymn " Come to
the fay!or:" aud the bcf,ri.tlo, pronounced By
t!e 1tev. 7. N. G!ovcr, Of Joliet,
~ the evening session, held at tho Church Of
The Rceclncr, the atten,ianec Was quite I!easre.
lhc session! MIA oicned with tin usual dcyo-
tlonal cIcreiEca,
rNEBlpENT WHITE,
OF Lombard College, was thu lrst speaker hts
subject being " E'iueatlo,i.'' lie ssl!d rliuru-
ttoli aud srlcl!ce were the elements VI all pruE-
rtss, anu urt was sUbscryicnt therein. knowl-
edge was necessity Of everyday lEfe,-a waut
! nut wis lust as nctrssary to be supplied! now
Us III tho primitive days of our existence as q
people. Nothing could be accomplished With
out education, ai"i e be stripped Ut 1t wns to
break tho ErcIlcst Hulk In tic great rttnn OF
proErcts.. There waA TO end tn tho NECESSITY
ol education. amt its want woutl hu frlt until
.vrry .; Other want hui been supplied. All hap
huuy, ANd that lnpp!ueas was enhanced NJ tia