Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-10-19

said, They are bread tor u; the Lord Is
with Us &; fear them not" And they were
the only ones that God allowed to survive
the wilderness ana gam the promised land
some peppio .a'h aoout TINS c'ty vi burning
about the land of Canaan They see only
the giants and the walls of stone; but we
must look NOT at them hutat uoI promise;
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months PRAYING for Faith and wondered
why did not get 1t The trouble was in
myself was not ready % ne''eve i rrayers
avail iii we are wiIIinI I, kn,w what
God commands; and to believe the things
that are written IN HIS word We don
~. az t u I'iy "s"' VIZ -, -, o
.naipted with God. Paal saws. Faith
cOmeth by hearing, and hearing by the
nolu .. you oonh ny S1 60 teeJ'te
grcater he that heIieve,h nnt Cad hath
made him liar. because he helieyeth not
the record that Tod gave oil lis son, and
tnls = 'ns iee2Tl' tn'' uSl ni'n sl.tn u.
goes out OF this church tonight, without
believing that record that tod gives US eter-
I, ,wrnI ~ -. -, e,orn.,I Ito
Will you accept 1t? lie can and will save
all who trust IN Him.
MIR. Moody then invited all to rise who
were willing to put their trust IN Tod, anc
his Son. A large proportion Of the cOngre-
CATION rose and then sang, standing, the
hymn, "Only trust Him. LET Us change
the cborus " said Mr. Sankev. alter two
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only trust him. sing we ~" trust
Him; and hope that many OF those who
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resolve Anu now Said hr' 'anA'y'
after another verse had been sung, ''let Us
change il once more. we will trust Him.
.rr, ~. ana r,-.ho, "a
may lnea" ~ "'o'io" VI SUNNI 'u' s"o. ""
future day. Now Is the accepted time.
Let Us sing, We do trust lin, and let
oil ;oi, ~ the last v,rse vss tben sun,
Win the choru' '"ieo iePea'ou anu 'h0
meeting closed with the benedictlon.
s., ,,oox
lI:30 a. Ill. in the WinOOski Avenue Con
gregationaI chanel and Was fully attended
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MS meeting Is ""nou"'eu W 'ni' '-oouS a.
being for those who are Christians, who
wish to pray for themselves. 1t was charac-
terized bv remarkable feeling At its CON
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'iu'''" '"' esut"' mum '"'.' ""' "''-
IN the church Ii was opened by the sing
ing OF the 18th hymn, am coming to the
Gross. The requests ior prayer were tnen
read by Kew. MIR. Sah0rd, while Mr.. Moody
requested all to unite IN silent prayer;
inentf Vi InoIe ielueS I.'u a t
otneis "ItI maui N'opiS .uI
~ =, sne ~ a.ii+;,,,. - ar'.o'
oheteu piaS.i eSpe'"i ~ win i tiTaot
10 70 tuo iequ d n1 .h ,,a,t - ,o'' M
w t"1 ns'us vi wy >, NJ
~ ca, 10 gu ~ ~ ,ha i,b ohan,o 49, " pauG'-
w, n osu .eIso VI .nc t'n onap,ei Vi : aul
hpiS!ie 10 lno ihiilpplahs ne esre,ui iut
snnnlication with tbanksoiyinS LET your re-
quests be made known unto God" and
commented nriehy thereon, exnorshs All
80 ~ W. sbonid la, Him cav on1 bnr.
dens. We are to pray for everything. We
should not forget to praise God. II we
praise MN lor sniali tnlhgS anu posses
Cad does nat saw He will always answer
PRAYER. MANY thi ps We ask for should not
be granted. We can see now now much
better 1t was that many o. our requests 9'
Recarss Gnd docs nor olvays crsnt an,
requests is no sign lie does not
/ love Moses WAS refused bN
you, MnSn asheu 10 sec Tue psouliseu anu =;
his body when he died. Elijah was loved
ny "ou, anu tahOh up III the uerS chniio'
had power IN prayer with God to lock up
w 80 and Nv. - go ~, -,
full request under the juniper tree. Pau
was mighty man IN prayer, yet God could
uo. 80 h an y. III, teIte o r., ma ~
all times be submissive to His will. Mr.
Moody concluded with prayer.
marks were made by Rev Mr.. Grtfn on the
subject of prayer. Prayers were offered BY
Professor Perkins, OF the University, anc
Rev. MIR. Stafford. beautiful exhoEtatlor
to the women present to pray increasingly
was given by woman. Mr.. Sankey com
pieteu the touehlng story begun Yesterday
by the young Scotcnman, whose memory
of his mother Is her teaching him his frs
a. .,. NJ Nh
questeu MT. Sankey 10 sing Almost per
suaded." Mr.. Moody announced the Biblt
Ioc,,-o ord n-sacbioc I'M
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"nen 'ue ooneuiot'on was Pi""o'" 'eu ~
Kew. Mr.. Wilcox.
THE wrnxrsn,v ,rrrpxo,y ,rr,rsp
yt ~ - -
ine pioie iecture NJ 'nreo eiocA wa
fully attended. The meeting opened witt
the singing of the o5th HYMN and a prave,
~ c.g1 r. t.. -
ny 'ne NV WI 'aaoiu' Ai'1' ""''" 'ani'
a song by Mr.. Slnkey and the SSth hymn
Mr. Moody announced the subject of tn,
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"0"' W WV 'A' " W.
| room, ana now 10 I've our blOles there. Inc
hour was spent by Mr. Moody in showing
III. ;mnort.ncs Of tho ucet;rgs Tar in,r;rv
WV 1A'p', ''N'o ,"o wa '"tA
anu teaehing metnouS OF conducting Suci
meetings dividing all inquirers into yariOu,
| and references
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which snouiu DC given 10 Tue 'arlou'
classes. The Bible Is tull OF arguments IN
favor of inquiry meetings. Christ's minis
try began by answering the inquiry of thj
two who asked. Rabbi, where dwelles
| Thou ~ Christ was always glad to an
swer all questions asked In an honest spirit
Inquiry did not die out after Chrlst's time.
Peter, on Pentecost day, was met with in
quiries We should make it an object oil
our preaching, TO cause people to inquire
We should not be astOnlshed or ashamed al
any inquiry concerning sermon, however
plain. Christ. the prince OF preachers, wa
met constantly with inquiries. MIR. Moody
expressed himself As not fully believing in
mass conversions They are generally ont
at a time, and seldom directly under a
sermon, but oftener at the kindly word oil
some friend " no clinches the nail started by
the sermon. If we preach Christ to tbt
people, it will draw them to the inquiry
room We should not relate our own tx
perlence in conversion in too much detail
Each person will be converted in their OWL