, 1877-01-10
SUPPLICATION.
Second Days Services In the
Week Of Prayer.
The rev. DR.. Thompson's Ad-
dress at the Noon NIcetinR.
Mr.. Moody Repeats His Well-Knowu Ser.
mon on Restitution

mon On Restitution
The noon prayer at the tabernacle yesterday
VIA much mora largely attended than on Mon
day. Tho requcats read by The Rev. Mr.. Davis
were much fcwer than usual, falling OIL which
snaY b accounted for BY The Increasing number
OF local rcvtvals throughout the countrs, where
requests for prayer we're presented Instead Of
sending them TO Chicago.
Tho Rev. F. ". Fisk, the veteran Professor Of
Sacred Rhetoric as the Chicago Theological
Seminary, made tho opening prayer. after which
the Rev. Alr. Thompson gave an address on tho
general subject Of prayer.
This week Of prayer, said he, has its origin in
these promises Of God, recorded In His Word,
which speak of the united suppllesttons Of Ills
people. Tins Matthew. xvii, 10; "Again l
say unto you, that II two Of you shall agree on
earth as touching anything that Je s.ali ask, 1t
sllali be done for them Of my Father which is In
Heaven. For where tWo or three arc gathered
together II my naaic, there am Ia tho midst Ut
shsm Ts bass S Of 81 p,1ysr nfS RI thO PREM,
shall nad, Knock and and t. s'', :,hail be- , open" H.
cd unto Tou. For every ono that ask
eth rcccl1cih. and he that eeclscth fntleth,
anl to him that knockcth II shall be opened"
There arc two elements III prayer: Flrat, tho
asking; and second, tho ImportunEty. t. T., tho
urging Of our rights before God. There Is
door n Il. Pctcrfs Church at Rome leading to 4
chapel, which is only opened oncc in twenty-five
years. -Four times In i century solemn pro-
ccssiou il formed and passes through that ,sorta
sancfa to tho altar, at which special prayers arc
offered, and then tho proccssionrcturae, aud tho
What II the tftrone OF grace wero g1sari-
cd by q porfn xdntid, opcned only oiicc In
twenty-five years1 Would there not tc crowd
Of supplfants pressing to the altar with their
Gods "a, i % a~ays bendng M ' e listen f. 70 our our
pFayeTe, and At al! lines "" may make our re-
guctts known TO Him. | met 4 man In the In.
qutry-room the other day who said to nc: II
am trying to 20 toward Christ.
"WeiI,r sait I. 'tChrst is trying to ret to
YOU. Nov how long do you think II needs to be
~ guess we might meet now" answered ne
Yes, thank God We unay all meet the Savior
After prayer h5 the Rev. NJ. Fletcher, Of the
briefly, relating the case Of IN inquirer, who
prays', ,s 70 O.; GSi break my Sins aud put them
Mr.. b. F. Jacobs followed With extended ro.
marks, bringing nut In Ills usual apt and inter
ce.tng style tho sense Ut scycrnl prayers record
cd n Scripture. HS then gave a. nr, Illustration
wtl' Of tho lete Commodore Vanderbilt. What
tlcntIy 10 tho word ind will nf Christ.
II ono nf those witnesses were askcd to tes-
rctve.i bcquest from tho decreased, he would
refuge until tho WILL was brought; to TINT and
nothng else will 10 bear llfs testimony as 4
wEtnass. so the Holy Spirit bears bis tcstl.
,fao9y. and that tails to us under the Mill Of
4 Scnteh gtrl vim was on her way TO ono Of
80, '~rs. meeting. Ut tho old Covcnanterr,
~. ".:,: used 10 meet to rcaa the Word OF
tlo! under fear Ut death It they wcru dlscoy.
,nandcdof her whcrn she was go'ag,. MY oldest
Mothcr Is dcnd,'' she replied. Ills wifi ls 60.
Ing to bo read to day, and nm In T."
God gives us Ills Son first Of all; With Him
Him, Ile protnlses nothing
At the close Of his reu,arkt, Mr. ssnkey sung
tho solo. Almost pcreuaded.'' Then there
WAS prayer b. tho Rev. Nj. parkhurst, and tho
EVENING MEETING.
There Is steady incrcaac III the congregations
as the week draws on. Nut less tl,au i B0o0 wcro
present sast evening. This opening prayer wna
ing now for Thec,n and " Jesus Of Nazareth
pusaeth by.n Tile Scripture lessons were selcc-
ttona from the fourth cttaptcr OF Ezekiel, aud
thu fifteen and eighteen chnptcrs Of Luke.
tine ] ago onlLae, ' s9 t. "; iasea ths soa
Of Man Is game to seek and 10 saye TINT which
was loet.t' It may bc recalled by the readers ot
thcso columns. by reference to the story 1T
Batt!meua. and Of tue sudden convcrs!on u
| converted somewhere between tho limb and the
ground, ~ be came down cut of that sycamore
trce. Az h!s house were blcsscd, ,:,,-zacchcus,
Mrs. zacchcus. aud a1l the little 2acchcusest
conversion BY making fourfntd restitution to
| oil whom lo had wronged, and BY giving halt Of
| ilte gUtis to the poor.
Itwlll be remembered also that Sir. Moody
ali NI11 kt,$
| prcseatly hear Of some ol,o making It," Last
evening" In referring 10 his previous rrmark, he
gave case which camu to hls knowledge within
lorty-eieht h0urh after hls last rttcEchGe 10 the
stolen some hundreds of dollars iron, hts eul
ploytr, AfteF that ecr1nun went and patl Il
back to him. fic aisq added tho following now
fcaturo to tho .tlscoufsc: 81 sometimes hnd
80 bud as their ueighbort. A murderer With
WHOM fr!eud WINS talktng excused h!lnsclf b,
sAylEg: 'DI,, atn not 50 bal as soule: TIC
maa Fl ths next col! Las killed hve people, and
''lt may bo that some Of these .nosallsts art
more wicked in the right Of uol than sutne Vi
thcsn thtcyes and yagabonds. Suppose ono nf
thcse n,eu who th'uks he Is good enough with.
father, and mother; frum h!s earliest lnfane,
they hRyo taught htm Ut Christ, but now ii
has Rruwn proud anu self.righteous, and rays,
y ain good enough.' lie Rejects tile Son u
AlAA AHH kl1Ct III HIS way Eea4attS ~ FF1NhL AIti
h.'ieye ia Him. Then i,ku The other 1nsn. It'll
lathcr was . drunkatd, w'lose dissipation broke
his n,others heart and she died while he Wa1
vet little child. Nobody ever taught him II
I pray, but fis wretcted father taught him how
10 awear, and from evil colnpanous iu learucl
Il, lie snd steal. Now which of these two Inc,
h tho grcatest sinner In the Guspel Of uod
''rlis Is thc condemnation, that Hight ID com,
into The world, and men losed darkness tatsc'
tkan light, because their tlccsla were evil"
The sernlun closel with that strange story d
Rowland Hi! offering tile spul Of Indy Ant
ErhElu for sale At nurtiou.
l.tke nany Of Mr. Moody's sermons, this on,
gEowh better every time hr prcachea 1t, and +
waa listened to with evident pleasure, thougl
mnny, II not most, Of the audience had heard /
! hrfNre.
The usual sfter-meetines we're called, the one
In the main hail t'ciHg le.! by Mt. MuolY hit,
self, In response To whose cxllartation eighty
one rosaons roso Tor prayers, mud wcre iaSitrt
Tic Rev. @ %r. spcneer, tr v 10 ias neen ycry ia
tnillar with the work In ttlc inquiry rooms frou
the tlrst, says that during this last week ther
ia t.a+,, ,n1a