Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-10-12
THE MOODY AND sANKEY MEET
INlS.


The Interest Increasing.
TIE PRAYER-AEETING, MONDAY NOON,
at the Winooski Avenue Congregations!
church, was we'll attended, and an enc0ur-
aging degree of interest was manifested.
Mr.. Moody led the meeting and Mr. Sankey
assisted, besides leading the singing and
playing the organ.
MONDAY EVENING MEETING.
The people began to fill tho Baptist church
few minutes past seven, showing that the
interest in the meeting is increasing The
audience completely filled the church, the
aislos being filled with extra chairs. a few
minutes before eight O'Clock, Mr.. Sankey
took his seat at the organ and requested the
choir and congregation to join in singing.
Upon the platform wero Rev. Messrs. Bras
tow. Griffin and Stafford
At eight o'clock. Mr.. Moody, with his
usual promptness, opened the meeting by
giving out the cath hymn, Where are the
reapers?'
Rev. Mr.. Wilcox. of the Baptist church,
then offered prayer.
Mr. Moody called upon Mr.. Slnkey to
sing No 100, {" Hear the voice of Jesus
crying" Hold the Fort" was also sung.
Mr.. Sankey took the solos with his clear
strong voice, and puts new life and an added
meaning into these familiar hymns.
MR.. MOODY DISCOURSE.
Mr.. Moody read the first chapter of
Joshua. commenting as he read. His text
was the words. thrice repeated in the chap
ter, as addressed by the Lord to Joshua
" Only be strong and of good courage.
Three things, said he, are necessary in
order to good and successful work for Jesus
-COurags. Lore. Sympathy. When mans
courage fails, he is OF little account.
Men fear public opinion but public
opinion is of small account. Too
many people are like Elijah under the
Jumper tree-when he lay down and said
Lord take away nv life tor | am no better
than my fathers" Too many pastors and
schools are under the juniper tree. II they
are discouraged they will reap but scanty
haryests. We must have faith in God, and
take stout hearts into His work.
Love is equally Necessary 1t is not
what we do from a cold sense of duty that
commends us to God He wants something
warmer. | sometimes wish the word duty
was abolished. IL | should bring present
to my wife and tell her | had bought it be
cause | considered it my duty SO to do. she
would say ''you can keep your present.
When a man is full of love work is easy.
Here Mr.. Moody related the familiar stories
of a family in London, brought to Christ,
thr0ugha chlld's smile; and of the reprObate
in Mr. Wanamaker' s Sunday-school in Phila-
delphia, the worst boy of 500. won by the
kindness of his Sunday-school teacher.
young lady who succeeded when all others
had failed, by the power OF affection; and OF
an old intidel rumseller in Chicago, who
came from somew here near Burlington, for
he told about seeing persons baptized in
the lake here. Mr.. Moody went to him to
invite him to go to church; but was driven
out of his saloon, more than once. Finally
he got him to consent to have meeting at
his saloon, at which the intidels might talk
IS minutes and then Mr.. Moody was to have
Is minutes The three quarters of the hour
was filled with basphemOus and atheistic
talk then Mr.. Moody offered prayer and
was followed by his little boy who ac-
God would forgive those who had thus
thrown despite upon His son. touched the
hearts of the listeners. The infdel saloon
keeper was softened. consented that his
children should go to the Sunday-schoOl,
and all finally come into the church, such
was the power of living sympathy. Plenty
Of people do not believe in the love OF
sympathy OF Christian people. To convince
them of 1t We must put ourselves IN their
places. The speaker told the story of the
old gentleman who gave him. and every
new boy who came to town, a penny with
Christian counsel, and related other touch
ing incidents in his own experience, where
he had been the messenger of good to
parents who had lost children, by putting
himself in their place and sharing their
burden of grief. Let US pray for, and
cultivate these virtues-courage. love and
Mr. Moody then offered simple and fer
vent prayer.
The usual hale hour prayer meeting fol-
lowed. Over half the audience remained,
and the meeting was one Of much interest
THE TUESDAY NOON PRAYER-NEETING
was, we are sorry to say, rather SHINY at
tended, the extremely unfavorabe weather,
no doubt. keeping numbers away. Mr..
Moody's remarks were based upon our
Lords curing the man stricken with palsy,
and Faith was the subject of his discourse.
MIR. Sankey led the singing, as usual. and
prayers were offered and remarks made by
a number OF gentlemen present. The meet
ing closed with the banedction by the Rev.
Mr. Rrasfnw