, 1879-01-24

ment that tottay'e prnyer-mcctluH would bo de-
voted 70 tho cause of Temperance. He alao
Invited MI who were interested IN the revival
from tic platform. Ilo desired, further. 10 i'm
press the audience with 1is opposition 10 women
speaking out ln meeting. morning papcr
Ind criticized his action In that regard.
was nEalnst the practice Of women speaking all
the same, anti as long al he directed prayer
meeting he should run It. Having thus I'M
hGsomed himscif he requested stehbns 10 sing
read from the twcnty-arcontl verse OF tho tcntl,
shaptef ,ta Of i1ebro~s: "Let us draw near With
L. odeu , t!!oe. the priests only were permitted
hut man had through the blood Of Christ the
pr!vileao Of drawing near TO God. and this
privilege was given him for salvation. Men
reEe 1den t9 .yn tcTselvcs Of ths new re-
Jesus Christ: They should draw. near and
not be afraid, exercise boldncss, and
mako their prayers known. When the speaker
sueay wsn 9ay 1 S sSud ID 1;1y yr Pssf @ b r.
knife. lls father was m atstere man, and the
speaker iclt afratd to approach hin. But IT was
not 90 with tic savior. He could be approach
Of th.se vic sought But He must be- bo ap.
preached With true heart Tie woman who
touched Ills garment Was forgiven, not because
ss oashg! is;t 1 garment 5t because her heart
t4ASho4 Altl1. Lucy ilukL uEA" Nauf Will n purG
heart, The essence Of al tfis vas was an aonsst
hcars, to come into Gods presence with faith,
with true heart. Without this nothing could
i would 10 multiplied Il % ompoysd' x 'af' md. Il
truly exercised, would bring forth fruit. The
scrtpturcs were full Of the examples Of this
faith. The highest quality Of faith was the
In God. i was the strongest thing In the
world. They must SAP they believed Ia God,
Try Him ID lie conviction t1at lie would not b.
found wanting, pray to Him, trust Him, cnntldc
In Him, and blessings would come untomen ur-
Then the meeting was thrown open forp1ayer,
personal experience, etc. A gentleman on The
platform arose after sotne delay aud spoke. He
Of 4nbclcf.- Man was not the son Ut God, which
be hoped ho WIS, unless he believed, Thcreason
fnr th!s unbclicf was TINT man was too much
occnp!ed with himself, and not with his duties
remarks, during which MANY OF the cnnerega-
tion left. There being some apparent dtllldcnce
on the part ol ttsnse FemnininR TO relate their
exteriencc, tho Rev. Mr. rentccost arose md
platform. lie continued. but, no one respond
tng, ho requested Sir. stcbbina to stng "Tempt-
cd ind Trled," at tho conclusion OF which the
meeting was dismissed.
FlAsT CONGREGATIONAL.
Messrs. Pcntecost mud stcbblns, the evangcl-
lists, had another large congregation last evcn-
lug at the First Congregational Church, corner
Of Anu and Washington streets, ant the pupu.
lar interest felt in these revival services, instca
pear to be steadily on the increase. Alr. Pente-
cost gave a clear and otherwise admirable o1-
position Of the plan Of salvation, mil exhorted
hts hearcrs With great carnestncss to believe fn
tho Lord Jesus Christ and be saved. At tho
close Of the general meeting, an Invitation was
given TO al who felt so inrlncd 10 semala after
tho benedlct!oD, for the purpose OF huarlnE an
explanation Of the work of the inquIry-rooln.
a large number availcd themselves Ut tho in-
Y1tAtiOn,