, 1877-01-20
RELIGIOUS.
Whittlo and Btebbins at the Noon
Prayer Meeting.
Gathering Of the Reformed Drunkards
in the Escning.



rna HooNpAr fnATEH-NEErixu
at Farwel1 1IAll yesterday drew quite large
crowd OF worshlpeEs AMI inqutrers toNctl,cr.
After the usl,al song service, In the eourse VI
which Mr.. stcbbtus gave a Gospel solo Ia guol
style,
Thu Rev. Dr. Davis read the requests for
prnycr. a.
The Rev. Mr. Youker then offered np an
earnest prayer, making special mention of those
pseferring requests for Divine assistance.
The hymn commencing, "Whosoeycr hcareth.
shout, allout tho sonE," was given by Mr. stci,-
bins mud his tlloir, the audience }oinlng heartily
IN the chorus.
MAJ. Wnfttlc followed will, few verses Of
the thfrt!eth chapter Of I. Samuel. The point
n thla lesson was TINT The servant of an Asnalc-
kite, who VIA descended 1rutn Esa,l, WAS PIT
forward as type nf Hes!liy things. When the
young maa wis taken sick Ills master lad M
further uso for him, and deserted hifn. au they
often found nut that serving tho iIeslI brought
no lasting ptA"c or Jny HIT n0tiec tte different
trcntmcnt Of the servant Of 1,ay!,3, w',u WA tic
typu Ut Christ. David KAvc him bread anil
wascr nitl ollcr things. uf'l tlc y0,s,lg man
vIyc'l. Wien oncc flati tasted tho water nf life
trust In tic Savior, who would lead tcm IN to
spiritual Victory. Dayil was but feeble illus
tratton of tho might and power of the Son vi
Mr.. Sawyer suggested TINT they should hcar
tho testinuny Ut their converts 10 zee how they
were ilol,ifng out. 0ng of the great obstruc-
tions IN t1la way of Gsrlst was hcif. II people
Christ, tlley would delight in the giorics of the
Guspcl. Il would uu a terrible thing for any vi
thctn to tackstde, aud it bchouyed them TO
walk rery hu1nblY. The rum question was the
great Pllilistino which modern Cllrtatlans had
to alsy; thera was 10 sling like thu iospel fur
nl,nllllating those bcsrttsng sins whly sttnu1 b.
tween them aud the klng'som OF tod. During
h!s five years Of experience hu had kept Oh tn.l-
t,,g sutne habit wlicl, wanted to be dropped:
what 10 uw required VAS perfect cruriiIxIon
vi SELF.
brosl'cr Lattimer was glad to testify that tho
Lord had fAElcd tu no good thing tat III prom
iscd. II vas only when tho drlnkarls catne to
the knowledgu that they GUILD sln nothing nf
themselves that thc[r tr,le reformation coII,-
mcncca. There WA no fcAr Ut tho reclaimed
t.unkarls fallsng 10 lonE rs they trusted IN
Christ. No ono but him TINT had gone through
tho slough, Of fntclnpcrancc conll understand
how grcMt the reform WAS that tIal takcn place
~ hitnsclf and brotller:ronyerts. liz thanked
ny, on his past Life. anI feel thu panEs Ut ro-
torsc on account OF the misery lIe hail cat,sed
those near anu dear to him. lie advised all w',o
were bst,g ground d9wn BY stron;,, drink to ",
ccpt Christ, wlIu would EIaEr tlem sober ard
respectable numbers Of society.
UFotller Hobbs was introduced n8 promising
convert. This gentleman thanked tod that llu
could stand hefore them sutler md IN his right
MUD Two 1iloIltls aEo he WMs redeemed from
the curse Of lbsc'nperailcc, md through uoI's
strcntii he Hoped to llye in tho future suber
;, 1tothet e.. Patrick said q fey weeks ago
faults at tic Tabernacle: to.lny, however, hc
could testify tn what the Lori lad dune for lin
without h!usf'E Lie garc all tie praise for lis
time hs gave Messrs. slooIy. Sawyer, and and
Utl".rB, credit Tor thrLr eH0Tt8 iii Ills hrklalf.