, 1877-01-02
THE REVIVAL.
Mr. Moody Continues His Talk on
New Things.
Ten Thousand Dollars Already Raised
for the Children Of Mr.
Bliss.
Choosing Texts for the Ycar~--11r.
Dloody's Sclcction,
Sudden 0hoking-0R Of a Long -Windod
Talker,

Sudden 0hoking-0R Of a Long -Windod
Talker.
MONDAY MEETING,
REQUESTS ron PRAYER.
Tho work which was Ind out for Whtt1e and
Bliss this week is taken up In part by Moody
and eankcy. The attendance at the noon pray
er-mcctfng was small, hut tho exercises wcre
Interesting cnough to claim special attention.
The meeting opened With the hymn s'Jor to
tic World, tho Lord Is Come" utter which tho
requests were rcnd, and tho Iscv. Mr.. Youkcs
offered prayer. To ons WHO follows these re-
quests month after month there comes sc,,.o
Of tho great variety and bountl1cas extent II
sorroTs in this world, out Of which these hands
nrc stretched up Tor help toward the people In
Chicago who know the way to tho throne Of
grace. This city Is now for the sccond timc tho
chief prayer ccntro Of Amcrtca; people
from all over tho Eastern and Western
States, as well as from other parts Of the
world, when they would address petition to
Heaven send It v!a Chicago. There is largc
nnd regular daily mall received by tho Rev. Mr..
Davis, which he is expected to sec forwarded to
tho mercy scat oil high. Perhaps 1t has not oc-
Cured to many 10 ask why people should mako
the Chicago noon-prayorncctlnE tho point Of
collection and forwarding Of this great mnss of
heavenly correspondence, amounting sometimes
to several hundred letters per day; hut there ii
reason for 1t, and VIC need not 70 far to find It.
During tho War tho Chicago Eyanselatic Com
nittcc WIS about tic first organized body OF
Christians to tako hold Of the Lords work
among tho soldiers. God gnyo to thcso men
the idea OF movable church to 20 With
movable army; and In connection with tho
work Of tho Christian Commission, Brother
Moody md his fellow. Commissioners,
among their other Offices for tho sick,
the wounded, mud tho dying, learned how to
pray. A mail with bultct-hole in his breast
or with d rrcat piece Of his body torn OF by q
shell, must havc help from Heaven right away
II he is going to die in peace; and 80 these
brethren learned to ask tho Lorl to do Ills
short work. The ego rms perhaps closing In
death, but there WIS still tlmo enough TO show
the man glimpse Of Jesus on tho Gross. Ills
VOICE had the tlcash.rattle In II, but he could
s,lll stammsr out "Gol be q me1ctfa M to me. q
It vas from the midst Of these swift and ter
and md On % ths iicld q battle, tlat those bTa,hrct
p1"yermestng fS sssk With a' tdnss se Of p:0SsS
tho: Lord was doing: :, Tho result
was complete revolution 9f those prayer 70.
tions, in which tine had always bcSn chief
OF the expected answer: hcn and women
woke up To the l1ca that God was Just IS will
lnE 70 give aalck hhs%sss @ 10 snoft pIa5els ~ -
saa e1our e tbe tsasn4 of
nnd his Eyaugc1ktlc War Comnfttec,c came TO bu
the centre Of fath in God as tho i!cnrcr and an-
81 pe Gns Gee ~ :n fnges
and now there Is a regular ruuto for suppfiea-
t!ons through Allcso two centres Of faith--vlz. !:
the old Fulton street prayGr-mccstug In New
lofk, ahd tHG Ghc9Fp nbond1y psaSse''t.eetns M t.a
1eaven descends tho lowest Is 'nofe lot. t,sn my
q as er ts ns nt aI
ascend is fact worthy ct note in our spirit1lal
] Geography. ID 49, '' = ' - '
wat o as one rar n 70 ns suocgt o!
has learned tho ,1, ,se.s. ot religious
@ On aqpE II I wpnss " !, st te eH Gng Msg
under special baptism ior service. . p,ayeres;n.
orders from Ileayen, 10 claims i ana exers!sss
al wants and wishes, which aro met IN an
astonishing degree. Great M men are uod's
tSac!srsMthg pictures m us @ pooK a o. ntmia.'
Mr.. Moody is prominent mM mM Illustration on ot . tlio
lGss this marvellous po"es ~ p!ayss mas ain 1eSs
gwen '!u4 ila tMs"n1 ~ tsAs.nnE NV "noso
CIuteh nov to plaS' Ahese a'o 'no 9c'lues1s ios
prayer yesterday ...
Fnr tlo manifested p. presence Of tls !ioly spltls
with ~ passors ana Ghniehcs of tnlf.Ss towns
ann Ge. ~ WI, "tm nn m,s.tnn ~ IN A.a ~
ts,Ii. nr S~ Swn 1i..fon su"sY ssrfonss n csraSa
For the rnlyaton pf ,Itcen sn.ia sn six daughters
tcn husbands, and ctoyon brothers. and eight
histess. For the tcacheEs and officers Of avery.
body'h Sunday 'sei1ool. United teVueft by Inal
wives TOR ths e9hseLs,oa nt the,r h"sanas. f"l
tns sa.Sataor OF eieht Joons .sm. ~, rssso'dt se
n,n",,s; nuy, ..p1ay fnr '%s nv tgo bovs ny fsj1rn
,snm"n trvin1 tn rrf"rm' ' rtay cnrnett!y 10.
Fnf father, and for 4 iicar friend. Fur 4 sict
vito anl Ior slck daughiur. Fur three ncl,lews.
Fur Tho unsaycd wtycv Of the reformed Mrn. thai