, 1877-02-08
RELIGIOUS.

ut Fnrwe!l Hail was very well attended, men
prc1ominntiug.
After singing, the Kew. Afr. Davis rena Nun.
her of requests for prnycr*, tho people uniting
In silent petition for blessing upnn those who
asked Tor tho manifestation Of tho 11oty Spirit.
The 1scr. Mr. parkhnrst returned tlanlss to
God for answering prayers, and that so many
hearts IN this city and elsewhere wcre happy.
Iic.askc.1 for blessing upon Moody aud sankey,
anil upon every agency tint might be used to
stir up and movc the churches throughout New
England, AMI upon the newspapers. which sent
out the incesngG. lie prnyeti that there might
be dn outpouHng In TINT section surh ny llai
never befure een ktnwn In ita history, nnt1 TINT
Cod would multiply tho laboscrs, aud sen'a out
MAJ. Whi.tic said that letters vcrn beins re.
ccivctl from ali over tho Northwest which atated
TINT rcvva1s werc breaking out In the churches,
%nas fGs ear se.s 1se .upr
Mai. Whltt!c announced TINT praycr.mect-
Ink would be held between II and to-day In
tho hail to nsk tod for tho outponrtng of Ills
Spirit upon the New England churches.
chapter Ut Rosnal,s.
What every convert needed was to he built tip
III tho Wort Of God. Experience would not be
rer1lanent- We must grow in faith, and lore,
ruined, condemnc,l, aud iustIy condemned nj
sinners, and nothing VIC could do In anti OF our
selves would remedy tho difficulty. We could
not keep tho law-totll not bo saycd BY the
golden hinges Of liz t!0spci,: and Re. re-
sinners. Tho sabjcc. of tho verses vas tnt7 uol's
righteousness, which meant TINT which maui.
tested God A. being right In His dealings with
s!n., It gould hayc tcen made manifeat under
the law by Furnishing tho sinners, bit 1Ic want.
cd 10 sccuro the SALVATION Of s,mers, anl Ills
sghtehusnest was made manifest in tho Gospel.
air. Ws could have It In a second IL we would
ilaTo 1t upon Gods terms: It wns open to all
whu believed. Wo must lay nsdc reasoning and
speculation, and accept Christ Jesus as having
disd to ncst @ tlc penalty Of on1 sh,s: lls had
mission. II Il was paid, 1t was not to bc pail
again. IIa either pajl 1t Or did not. The Warl
OF God sait cserywlere It was done. finished,
complete, the leht raid, md TIC s!1'ncr Justified
BY tho grace oi t'od through TIE ra.tson, avtng
been paid. By thu death Of Christ upon tho
cross, TOD manifested that lie had been right
in all tho ages. llc had not punished Sin on
Garth bcratsc lie l1aA It In Ills mind that Jesus
Christ was to como anti bcar tho pennlty. titNl
could not overlook SIN; Il must be punished:
Mr.. stobhins sang +" So other nanc Is given,
no other nnlue ts known"
air. Morton thanked God TINT l,o never doubt.
ed that he was n sinner. When We came to
Christ VIC wcrr clothed With tho righteousness
OF Heaven. There was nothing gnod Iu tic
ncsfl. When Mcn rcalzeu iAs, they would
look somewhere elsc, and would rejoice that
tie grcat sucsIticc had bccn provided.
Dr. Eycrts said men brought God down to
their sinful state and tfcn did not worship Him.
There must 10 all ascent to 1ul, hut not BY ultr
owl, merits. a dlslno eypcdlcnt cnmc arl full
lltel tho law, and there was n ladder from earth
to heaven. How grand tho cxlealcnt Ut this
ntpnenlenta
sit Is The promise OF God through salvation
TO cone' was sung.
c. 8. Albrooku said Luther realized that by
nothing he could do could l,a get into Uo,.s
favor, but that Cf,rlst llad done 1t MI, aud fu
had simply to put himself I'm Ills hands TO be
snvcd.
In response to request thirty or forty per-
sons arose, and thereby asked prayers that ttioy
might be horn Of God.
Tho Rev. Sir. Jutktns returned thauks that
God hall vet np throne ol grnrr. and was I'll,
Christ Ecconrlling tho world unto Himself, ask
Ing u blessing upon those whu Ind arisen unl
ujNln every pie.
The exercises closed With tho tloxology mud
tue benclictlon.