Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-10-26
THE MOODY AND sANKEY MEET.
INGS.


INGS.
THE THURSDAY NOON MEETING.
held in the Winooski Avenue Congregations
church. was even more fully attended thai
the preceding ones. 1t was preiaced by tn
half-hour prayer meeting in the chapel sd
joining. The large audience consisted in
great measure of strangers from adjoining
towns. many Of whom partook in the exer
cises OF the hour. The meeting opened by
the singing of the nth hymn, followed by
the 2lst hymn. Then. while all, at Mr.
Moodv's request, engaged in silent PRAYER
the requests for divine blessings were read
by Rev. Mr.. Stafford. There were about
twenty in number An earnest prayer by
Rev. Mr.. Griffin followed, directed especial
ly to the requests. After the singing of the
Gath hymn, Mr.. Moody announced the sub
ject Of the hour for all to consider and
speak of, as Thanksgiving and Praise,
reading for appropriate verses portion OF
of the 1884 psalm, Bless the Lord,
o. my soul" Here, he says. are
should praise God because lie for
giveth all our iniquities. He heals, lie re-
deems, lie crowneth. lie satisfies. After
| briefly defining these reasons. Mr.. Moody,
with a prayer full Of Thanksgiving, left the
| meeting open to all. Great interest and
earnestness were shown by those present,
two or more frequently arising at once for
the expression of their feelings. Some
| good results were shown in conversions al
ready brought about as answers to iervent
prayers. Near the close of the meeting Mr..
Sankey sung the solo, 1--WE are marching to
Canaan" After the closing prayer by Rev.
Mr.. Stafford, Mr.. Moody made brief remarks
of encouragement. He requests, in the
! evening meetings. that all would Try to
bring about tho result of having the uncOn
! yerted up near and around the pulpit, and
that all would do what they could
to bring unconyerted ones to the
meetings. lie announced meeting. on
Friday evening, at the City Hall. 1t is
held there so as not to interfere with the
church meetings on that night. lie hoped
no Christian would desert his church meet
lngs but if they did attend his meeting, he
hoped they wUuld bring along some un-
converted one. and it would be his ticket of
admission. The meeting was dismissed by
the benediction from Mr.. Moody.
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
LUZ tuItC U CIOCh mttllDS, III
ternoon, was more fully attended than the
preceding ones. every available seat in the
Methods: church-ss well as every possible
space in the aisles and on the pulpit stand
being fully occupied,
The meeting began by the singing of sew
eral hymns. and iervent PRAYER by the
Rev. Mr., Whitney, of Shelburn. While
the audience were being seated. several more
hymns were sung. and Mr.. Sankey sang
Nothing but leaves. after first reading the
portion of Scripture relating the story of
the blasted fig tree
Mr.. Moody announced his beet as 1.-The
Holy Spirit, and delivered most instruc-
tive lecture thereon. lie drew all of his
statements concerning the Holy Spirit from
the Bible, giving the references to particu-
lar subjects or heads of his discourse. with
rapidity and variety, which showed, to
wonderful degree, his understanding
and familiarity with the Holy Book Some
OF the points and accompanying references
are as follows: We are asked how we can
Holy Ghost was in the world before Pente- |
cost. III Peter i. lei. lie is a person,
John xiv. Ii. l. and 26. We would not |
call spirit hm unless he had personal |
form. Christ spoke of the Holy Ghost as
HIM, the Comforter, He, etc. John xvi. IS. |
II We would have the Holy Ghost we must |
regard Him as one with the Father. The |
church which does not honor the HOLY |
Ghost might as well be place for business. |
The Holy Ghosts work is to impart love.
A church has power only when its |
members are inspired with the same
spirit. and love each other. The |
great work of the day of Peutecost was
because all the workers were inspired with |
the same spirit, and the Holy Ghost came |
down and blessed them. The Holy Ghost
imparts hope. lie gives liberty. Our
PRAYER meetings in some portions of the
country need far more liberty. Some
churches mark out channel for the Holy |
Ghost to work in and won't let Him work
unless in their way. What is the sin
against the Holy Spirit? Mathew xii, %;
Mark ill., 25. The sin was that the people
said Christ was possessed with an unclean
spirit that he did his work by
the power of the devil. How may
know that have the Spirit Ro-
mans, viii, .. The Spirit bears witness with
our spirit that VIC are the children OF God.
Ephesiansi i. l3. and iv, 30. He testifies of |
Christ. John. xv. %. The Holy Spirit
honors the faithful preaching of Christ. We
must preach Christ. and not only Christ
but His life, His death. and his resurrec-
ton. John, xvi, IL. The success of Peter
was his preaching Christ and holding Him
up. A man must be born of the Spirit be-
fore he understands spiritual things. Ro-
mans, viii. 26. He teaches us how to prav.
lie teaches all things The fifth chapter of
Galatians tells US what is the fruit of the
Spirit. If We do not have the fruit OF the
Spirit, We cannot have the Spirit.
After speaking very ieelingly on the sub
iect of love, into which word can be sum
med up all the fruits of the Spirit. Mr.
Moody conclu ded with prayer and dism iss-
ed the meeting with benediction.