, 1877-01-05
MIR. Moody's Address at the Noon.
day Meeting at Far
we'll Hall.
The Women's Christian Association
Preparing to Furnish Shell.
ter and Aid.
The Travelling Men Organize for the
Lord..-Miss1onary Work.
THE REVIVAL.

In black. The crowns have faded and been
taken away, but the memory Of this sweet
singer will abide, and his songs will be sung ia
the church as long ~ there Is church on earth
to sing. Hla crown Of glory, nnfadfng, rtll bs
decked with many stara; for bis song WAS mot
sung for himself, u scers 10 be the case With
most OF the singing In this wicked world, but
for ha Master, and therefore It found It's way 10
many hearts which were thereby brought
10 Tho Savior. No especial reference
vas made. 10 lin In the services The
last that has heen heard or tnforred
cuncerniug him IL that be was Ia car whose
passengers must all havs been instantly Killed
by that sarrlbls fall. Tho story that ho made
bis escape and then wsnt back and portahed IN the
fire In his otforta to saye hIs Nifo IL now found
10 be incorrect, and, much ~ such an act would
add to hs record for heroism, It is great relief
10 know that In all probability he and biz wife
passed away In moment 70 meet the Lord they
loved.
Nj. Moody gave out the hymn, "0uidc me,
o Thou Great Jel,ovah.n This requests fol
prayer were real Gy the Rev. Nj. Davis a fol-
That the Holy Spirit will manifest His Llcssed
presence with The commercial travellers meeting
fifteen towns and cities; With uewly:.organized
church In Wisconsin; for + pastor that he be
auotntcd anew for Ills work; With church and
community greatly ns1lIcted BY the death ol 1T
tic clli!.lrsn; with t~o sabbat1rsclool c1assos
sud their teachers: personal rcquesta for the
conversion OF fifteen sons aud seven daughters;
for physician and hls nifc; for my dear broth
ors and their wives; for sister and her husband;
by little girl recently converted, "Pray for
papa y; for d sister and her son In San Fran-
cisco, and for a son In poor health; for min
istcr in error whose eyes have beon opened by
prayer; for the conversion Of q dear niece and q
ers, nine sisters, and three tnfdeis; for busl-
ness house III this city; special request for tho
young men employed at tho Stuck ards; for
The Superintendent Of Mtssion sundav-school;
husbands; for eight business men and q mother;
for a pastor anu Ills wife; united request
for stx unsAycd husbands Of Christian
wives; for fusa,ano, railroad conductor, and
the conversion Of three fathers BY their chill
dren: for wife and mother who iias gone
nl!el With the IIoly Spirit; for sick son and
young lady Who think. shs il good enough
without conversion: for the conversion OF eIglt
young mon: Tor = sister who would love to bv
Christian but cannot 6nd tho Savior; for 4
insane nun aud an uncla under conviction Of
ain; for young man who has wandered from
the faith; special request for the Young MEMS
Christian Association u hfason. Mich. for tho
prayer:meet!ng there; TINT God will sbundantlJ
After prayer by tho Kev. A. W. Patter, Of tiis
Wabash Avenue u. f. Church, and singing
lesson for thu ay from |. Corinthians. arrt chimp
ter, commencing With the eighteenth verse, "For
the preaching Of tho Cross is 10 them TINT
perish foollshncas; but INTO US which arc snycd
It Is tho power OF God. For the iowa require =
sign, and The Grccka seek after wisdom; hut We
preach Christ crucihcd, unto thn Jews stum-
bling block aud unto the Grccks foolisllncss:
but unto them which AFRO cal!c.l, both Jews and
- - f4r.I1n ~
dom OF t}ol."
The world 10 these days, saM Mr. Moody, is
divided Into these same three classes. Tflers
arc the Jews md all their class, who seek after
truth. III tho third chapter Of john Christ
takes up tlis class OF people, and mentions four
signs Of proofs Of bis Me:s!nilshlp. First, John
tls baptist tsst!ted ot Z; second, his own
spoken from Heaven to declarc 1t; and, fourth,
Moses and tho law made reference " lltn.
FROM Ills bLEtll Of virgin predicted by lsulah,
md tho angels announcing nls birth " tliu
vary, signs had followed Him md wonders lad
beun done by Hin; but tho greatest sign Of ntl
was His resurrection from tho dead. Besides
al thcsc, look at the sign which has been on the
who died a. nalcfnctor at the hands Of Roman
suldtcrs, whose doctrines have been preached
fos religion, and whose name bas been believed
n as \ Savior. Nov. how eara you account for
wv pAHt ~ ~ rE1%u oNlAV AtAEI 14f1laE1 -
Mo.cs Or Elijah. aud SEQ how long you can
snaku It this basIs Of new rcIig!onl What
power would there bu in ~ How many could
you get to hear aud believe III But look vt the
ot Cl!riss! Tuku these resrnerated drunk.
nris,. who had tre.a everything else and
failed, and at last cane to Chnst
mud wero saved. Take thosa 3,Ooo. who wcru
life, the death, and the resurrection OF Christ.
Do you suppose II would havU been possible to
leccssa that number OF these ehsewd,, wise.
lea.led jews, and those careful. Intelligent
rally risen from the lcads hight tllrre IN Jeru-
snleIn IN the midst u those who wanted to b.
|cvc that Hts disciples had stolen, Ills body
Wy SHay ss % a h @ " sasn saS,s
will Him. llu was seen by about G00 brethren
ut one time. II there had been Il fraud
M.al9n't sosncho.ly have found II out!
VIXEN Jesus Christ had more frtsns than now.
The sceond class mentioned IN ttis chapter arc
tile t'rceks: who wanted to tiNl out Christ by
wfsdnn. We have pleuty Of these Urecks among
us. They say Of these meetings '.Ol, yes, they
arc good, very good, for certain class OF poor
and ienorart people; fur .lsunkat.ls and harlots
Nlnl sl!ch but they arc Ut 10 Use to us stroHg-
minded people, These simple o,rs arc dcludr,l,
of course. but II does sl,c,n nu harln,-may do
thtln some atttle goud: but NJ for u there Is
,noss , ;t excellent way. We believe in education
AMI CtlIttte."
We'll, now, let me ask ono Of these Greek.
what !,e would do With ,lrunkartl who has fall
en- inta thu gutterl Teach lin sstnnomyi That
Wnull tavu hin from Eateln. drunk ,w0ulun'tlti
Paul Knew .tohc old Greeks, au.l VIC tnd that
when he was IN Athens he was greatly moved
beta,lse lc found the city wholly given TO Idol
airy. lie found plenty of philosophers there,
bnt Of thesc tfs one class. tic EuIruroans. said
there was no difference between good sud evil,
aiHi the Stotcs thought that God was no better
than themselves. No wontirr that society Iu
Athens WAS ~ corrupt "a he'll.
Tho Jews and Greeks arc thick enough In
Chit ago but then there Il the third cla.s Of
people, VIZ, tEosu who Ara tn Christ, and these
tlud that Go1 IL both God of mercy and 4 God
of 'aw,, They learn thc power md wisdom
% 1 t5e. Ge s IN 'ss5ns 1 se cf,s s ~. b hex sn ,
ot thclr own wisdom, retuse " receive Ills
Hosrelf Ihoso old unbelteycrs called Paul i
lulGler, because he preached nuto them Jesus
and the resurrection; but there was muro
power an.l wisdom In him than in ali those
s!atlons Ut heather. The power md Tue wis.
with Christ,
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