, 1877-01-08
WEEK OF PRAYER.
Opening Of This Interesting Series
Of Services.
The Morning Gathering Given Up to
Prayer and Praise.
In the Afternoon Mr.. Moody Dlscourses
on the Subject OF Love,
And IN the Evening Repeats His Sermon
on Adam, Where Art Thou7"
TIE MORNING..
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Invitation TO commence tho week Of prayer 1t /
tf,e Tabernacle Yesterday morning. Tho ser
yIrc ho,f bccn nnnounrrtl as ,l,np}y A nraycr-
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toecl'"et "nu 4.. o"'a'''ess " Wv .,1
eolnrafea WIN FORMER morning sefslses |o""' '"
cago arc more fond Vt preaching tlnn praying;
H,,., tsl""p, u"'3 =. u'>"''~ '"~' 6~"~''' "SA'
Ut rhe ea ToF,as week Of prnrer VA. rst suggest
eli by some missionaries in India who fct tho
need Of some boul between themselves and
,boi. hrothron n, h,mc. yrhtch 1,ond thcv tc,
llcvcd could bo established hy way Of the mercy
scat. The idea met With general favor, and
from tho time TINT II WIS taken up by the
Evauecliral Alliance II has not ou,v
~ he.n week nj nr,vcr. b,t. to
great extent, a week OF united prayer-the cran-
gelieal churches 81 INC towns ana VILLAGES COM
Ing together during tnat Weck' thoush dnGf,
very likely ast ocels at el1cs anu seFcns ai INC
rest 81 INC year. Deynut people scoin this won
testul union movement Prospective tilnilmcnt
OF the PRAYER or Christ that lils people might oc
one; 4 similar movenient IS seen III tne RANKS
Of the T. n: e. n, 4 throughout TIE wor.a; anu
80 generally Is thia orSahl.at,nn aecepte9 as
eyer lame, that J. very Eentratiy ! inttusIeh
WIZ .''o eagc 81 she n"'1n h r., aarS n' .f
"brathcr Moody " has been 50 intimately asso-
clatct with that organization that We pass from
ono TO the other win inc most pcrleet natural
ness; nc hau etala ~ nome WIN as.,! as, nc
would. 81 course, have been master q ccrcmo.
MICS 1nr THIS particular week, ana now toat NJ naS
come back to us as alc hGad nn1 centre 81 the
Ercat union evanEcltst!c movement ot rms
In their united dcyottons during the ~cek of
prayer falls properly into his nsnat.
TiE MEETING OPENED
Win singing, 1oinwea ~ prayer ny an; r. r. y.
keep. mo near tho Cross" after which ~.
Moody rcau, anil tho congregation feaa WIN
him, part of tito eleventh claptor oi tae oos-
pei M Luke, containing the Joftn oi prayer
lesson was ALSO read from the fourth efaptcr Of
| tho Epsstlc to the Fhiltnpeanst commencing,
"be careful for nnthlng, hnt ~ everything, ~
PRAYER aud snpp!icat1on, with tnanKsaivine; icy
crcrre was also made to TINT scripture Wh'ch
tay6 God is r,oru willing TO Elvo Ills splElt 70
them thnt nsk linn t1an cattniy parents nFe 10
gtyS gGoa tttts unto thc!r chtafen.
Tho Rev. Sir Youkcr was t!icn inVlted to lead
In PRAYER for tte pettowment OF thtA greatest
of all Cilts, which he dld with great appropFIate-
ness aEll ftsyor, cnrtct,ing h's ntterances VIII
psnons soE ses % app!opf 81 s not esey s man,
nr even every minister. VINO KNOWS c!1oneh aonnt
tl,e gifts Of the Holy d'Iost to pFay Tor y hsc
minutes cnnse uslyely, anu pray iof notnlhg
tho congregation evidently ic!ncd ylth 1l'n il hIs
earnest n'sd srrart,irll requests RS htt1e chafeh
in l!ri!Eeport h9s been greatly blcssca ~ tatc.
"WEiit.' the scotc'lf'lon, nag been doah thefe
Win MN wntfE n,nog sts s,rast, saions :,,n ~ f s
asist1: mud tho inrd lns ',een bringing some o!
tI.osc bridgeport !run't1r.'s TO Christ; thus ouE
M tull hcAss e2ol!! nc ~ nts W Hsa.,e
known unto NM WIZ tMa'Ntsas.hS' INV, nay
| Spirlt. he kleW HI1ht TIC was praying lor& Wn1tE