, 1877-12-21
RELIGIOUS.
Twentieth Anniversary Of the Noon
Prayer-Meetings.
n, Hsrfia Declines ths EpI"apate~.Ntwlailous Il
lht 0Ifiters Of 81. Jants' Church,
NOON rRAYEIs-MEET1NG.

were Au0ut tHQ uGGGn OF t00 C3t$ ClcfRTuEn
md others from abroad.
D. L, MoopY.
M, Fa.well read The following letter from Mf.
Moody, who, ho sAEd, had been an earnest sup.
oosier af The meetings from the drst,
,Is: - reminded thet v,h iii, ,nonia eotnrs IL
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I'd fs9ass e *. @etidE ~ ero ' living to te'sff
s.ny .s1 tfon hs sstsf hers :sgea
hers ~, take .ha eup u salvation % sad
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~ appropriate to Tho oeen.lon, 1fr. Farwetl read
the 133a psalm md Tho seventeenth chapter Of
Aiier "sar,or. Thy d,Inrlovo thou sa+cst mo-
MI. rAnwRIt
made few remarks, Il there was any one. hs
meeting It was htnlaelf ilo owed moro to Il ior Ills
Christian experience md hope than al other inslru
sat.;1t!s;f ne!ng chrsttan II led him to t..
iii attendance At The eo,c,atlon OF new convert.
Tbs Young Mems Christian Associatiun and the
no G III hGs IL. cnq5s. nhy
much good had been done. lio hoped tho tirnc
wonld como whom thcto would be noon
AAtl fU tttR
ihat The Lord had ptospoeed them they should uso
everT inFlncnea to make tho moottaG mora Ia the
tasafo than ii had been In Tho p..t
kaye hrer hlatorJ Of the meeting, On account
Of an interest awakened throughout The conntfy br
n NV 9s cy na6e1 = cS1's, I1,
men Of Chicago conceived The den Of forming a
unlon meeting, which thsy did, In tho oi{ico of
ih;7. ia Jnnuary, 1865, smother mcctinr of ihe
kind vss estabi,skca in the Seeond Tesssvierian o
Church. then on the corner Of Wabash avenue md
p.stos. Hi another s,n,ar mectInp ra. ,ann ~:
organized In Trinity Epiacorni Cbrfcn tbsn located
on Madison atreet, between Cinrk IND LasaIie.
nsafiy opposite ths Present Fa,wc;i iISll. XII Of
ntse meetings wese participated In by ncon!e Of
ercrY denomination in tho city. Soon ster il,c do.
se tofa general union lpra ca1ncl tho
organlzxtou Of noon meeting ID thc Fist Danfist
Church. An association was formed soon after.
with Cyrus l!entley a. President for evening meet.
wsrs ho anter. @ Of ts a9st @ msettps formed "p ia
March the nt,on meeting Ind grown 70 much and 10
t.paly That 4 wss removed to Metropolitan i!all,
r. nd Tfas oo %e eena W..
asS 's es 1, s s ss,s s H.
make an effort to renew thc Interest. 1t wa
recommended 10 move il to tho Mt OF Tho
tho mretnrs g!sw da;iy. Mesnwniis tic S; YoanR a
Mtn G9r" .hn,1 n, hons meetings
f}1nA Il fta1 1Affa faoi aft,
snes after thls coslescencc. nnubescd ususlty be-
treen twslvo "a And and en tomo days
rented rooms II .ho Methodist Church p'oek,
sIs ss;,s n, III aeS .1 ss@ e
then 5ouns man. who mule i. ii. especial labo;t
upon tsr 5Gans nI.css msn o. she ely
l4bors Il this .in,e II Tho good cause Nr: Jseobs
thought Ms Tuth''l King especially worthy of Fa'
.. A1stter wa read from Ms. Lamph!cr. Of New
York, Eho s'asted tho Fulton. stEcet rraycr'mect.
tnK. and has conducted Il for twenty years, In It
was this: I'VE 10 most cnrdsallg unite With you
IN Yonr thankoacstnG and ptaycts that God mar
continue w. 1aSo5 TO- roy u tho ps's 10 IN ths
nR, syRnTs
aid tho Christisn world was beginning to be -.
called 10 the dca that tho house Of worshp shou!d
psses. ouns 70 Sea ehsa md
moon praycr.mcetlngs had contributed not
little to recalling public attention to tho nature OF
worshlp.. THAT : largs poetion Of true wnrshp
must be In reverence. and awe, and gratitude, AMI
thanksgiving, and that doctranaa discourse and
tpeculatton4 might 10 70 far ~ 10 lead
10 lkcPtit!am destructive OF Worship rather than
. bulldinY.up OF wusshtp. We were learning
through tho tlaon meetings mos and nlore tie rca
power OF prayer. There w,s 70 salvation without
prayer. It waa because We didn't ptay that w did
hal r.csye .ptEtlusl hdnedction.
Philip Phtllpa then sang.
TIRE REV, DIR. ROT ..
smoke sbont this importance OF nnton. The rtrl.Al
Of lHj7 wAs peculiar, because II originated In
beothcry love -tbe .pitIt OF union, liz knew
from what hal seen In travelling that the noon
meetings Influenced and stimulated all tho religion.
gatherings In the MlssI.sit,ri Valley,
~ Give my life for Thee " was followed by
aolO BY Mr. Phillips.
The Rcv. MF. roat ftttlted In heh6lf Of fhe
young men VI our foreign popn,Atlon, giving
thanks for al! that had heSn dune for thru1 Gy TIM
noon meeting. Many, la.i tctn ronsa:tcd. and
they wsrc Aow Rcliya Christians. All shauIl CONN
morr ctosely TO the tIruns OF Rracp t0 0ltufp
mercy, to bo stradfast snd tmmSyuljs lis ap.
peaed to those pEcscnt to continue In praYcs, for
Au h1essing Of God wuulh follow thur.. -,
Prayer was ol1Efdl by tho NuY. Sir. Wotfell,
THE KEv. MI, nysKEsr,
thonght II auu,ycr.affcs rutjd OnlY be nads urne.
tcal,-lf lilo lessun taught cnu!d 10 iuio tha