, 1879-03-29


Church Instead, mud Wus largely attended. Thc
Rcv. ]. Abbott French, ot the Fourth Freshly
tes'an Church; the Rev. Arthur Little and tho
Rev. @. 8. F. 8avage, Of the New England Con-
0regattona1; tie Rev. N. NJ. Parkhurst, Of tho
Clark Street Metho1tst; tho Rev. f. o.
Taylor, Of the Central Baptias: tho Rev
Il. l.. Sheppard, OF tic Grace Methodist; ];
the Kcv. sfr. Pond and the Rev. Mr. Lcavi,t, Of
| the Lincoln Park Congregational, wcre present
with delegations OF their influential members.
The Fullerton Avenue Presbyterian, the Grant
Church wcre ALSO ably and largely represented.
There wcrc In all seventy sy-three gentlemen pres
| cnt.
The meeting was called at o'c1ock, md hup.
Per was = served at that hour -a'upper preparel
by the Fourth Presbyterian indfcs aid served by
the Grace Methodist ladles.-"a Presbyterian
supper with Methodist service, e,h-and highly
en]oycd and enjoyable supper IL proved to be.
ner tn East.no%e eTsrstses had ecn
1 called the meeting 10 order, md, after few
words In EXPLANATION of tic reason Of tho meet
Ing, introduced tllG Rev afr. pcntccost.
The rcvtvaltst Batd TINT he IVES glad Of the
privilege Of meeting the PASTORS and laymcn.
and was thankful t'las 50 many were prescnt
representing 80 manf different churchcs. In
the work In ha11, as In alt otf,eE work. every
leadership was wanted. Those present wero to
| the work wE,at the Generals Of great hoat
were to the army Of which thcy were parts,
earpcstness with whicl. they ..narshaled their
ivrces. The speaker asltl h!s co1atorcr, the Kcv.
Mr. stcbhtsis, were mt sclf.apDo!ntcd cFangea-
lists in the w9rk in the North Division; not tres
Of tho territory. They i!asl been invited 10 do
what they were doing. And here The speaker
read letter, sened BY fourteen uf the cyanGcl-
tcal Clergy OF the North Divlsion, asking the
fnE, Ira
tle second week Of the union meetings. lhe
speaker continued, had bcen reached. lie could
say that they bud bccn union meetings. Tie
| work In the West Division Ind been sadly
erat!on shown By the Churches AMI tic
/ people thcre. lie prarcd that there might
Gs M 10 .r, such mistakes in tne r.. N9rth
| readings about 500: nt the inquiry meetings
which followed the evening services, nhout 100 /;
and after the young 1ncn's meeting uf Thursday
| night, at which there were fully SOU young men,
had risen ior prayers. Those figures showed
| the plant which mad begun to grow, null the
speaker regarded It aa ono giving substantial c-
eouragcmeGt tfat ought to induce The 1aJmsn
movement. The Bncakcr regarded Tie call Of
fonrtecn pastors as conclusive nuswer to thu
question: 'tfs revival necdedf" The history
u The Ghprch 'f wss ths M htsto;s q ~ ,actuatnE
/
| spiritual 1ife sometimes puetl n stnulant. That
| stisnulant tho rcyfynl[sts were attempting to
administer to the spiritual 1I!c Of the North
Division where the speaker was forccd to say,
that lie was in most unsatisfactory condition.
THIS he said without ANYTHING of ofccnsor,oubtess.
Therefore, special cifort should be n.adc. This
city was Que Of thu great batsic.Rrounds Of the
warfare oetwccn the Lord and the Devil: The
theatres were open every night III tho week; the
lfghts Of saloons blazcd from cite end uF the city
TO thu Uther, anu everywhere were visible lurng
traps fur unwary sou1s. Information had been
Impaired to tho speaker which enablcd him to
aul mothers would utmost he really to
drop into tlclr grayrs did they but know wicrc
their sons spent their nghts. There was no
force for the ruin Of souls that was not In full
ing reformation was needed. As the pcoDlc Of
Holland turned cut en- massc to rcpalr threat
cning leakarcs III their dykes, 80 must thy poo
plc OF Chicago unite ard cotnc out to do battle
With the grcat Hood nf sin that throatcnrd 10
drown the city IN dclugu Of intqutty. All the
churches MD ala the people should be With me
accord IN one plarc. a hopeful sign Of late
years was the increasing feeling ot unity and
nla,lJcd. Did all the Christian people recognize
The great impending rnin3 Did they oil recognize
their responsibility The inviting Ut pentteost
| to preach for eensnn Ut this church or that,
and tlie preaching Of rentecost a,ul the singing
| OF 6tcbbins, would nat IN itself avail of any
thing. What wus wanted WIS tue work n.id
nsarss soc Gc 's a. % ,S un'1
o. !asto!s anu peo!mc. ~ sssons W euuIa n1aKe M
thcse revtsAuce,,ss suojessn ~ psafcr; fe tnat
| !Tafes, casussss .aaas, sot..l Not !a.. " ~.
tail MI 1nficaseu n'seest. uoMns 10 Meetltig
was Que lnlhE, W. .p,as 10 nlectn'g VILE 1 .
lrhSeE ulo'l Luz ,'ps ma H.. poss ~ tac nssst
was anoinss ~ Gouu sa.n muunt si,G nec,tst
10 tHelF lrGnus anu OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. at5E aa Ho'K 40 10
WARD bsinslnS ~ p:opis to .nosG nieetlnEs. LIZ
SNEAKER coniu no1 nIsaen a..s' 9' e. eoulu
hot sing "ltnout pUNce Aron VI t'su a1la syn'-
oatny from " ea'tn.
Inc teY: y. y. la}'or e1nsesscu hearty "
terest 10 tlc !neela'gs' anu nay nsgea aas ptopie
70 attenu' ne bpohe .! atia urged 1ne la1por-
tance q co-opetatao. IN .he inquiry mselihEs.
The Rev. ). Abbott French said t.lAt they
must recoEn'ae t1e laet % w. tne North sue. lalu
wasso ov lug nle' WIS ouiia'nE up,-"as III NE
formative etatc, felle1otlslF as wei as material,
~: Inc people were noi thofonGhly Cd
VIII caet 9tlleF' une,s ,I neattl9''r ~, 'essllnars
tnlelt pe 1nn;ls1s nlu one Hight ~ '1lltfasl oi
that fact. Inc @ s,ac,streGt. ol tue greAt thor,
ohgl'ases wore n!'eu MILD ooa1'ns .hnuees ',.i
those hoasGs VIII Young ,,'! M,hn gro"ltS l:n' 70.
EeioplnH VIII "!e eaLs' thct McFo 10 " IT. tne
citizens al'A voters OIL Ing elsf. ,!ley
necdcu caro- aha attehiloh. lllGto
Was not muct nnten between tllt
people OF th1s CITY, hill me epcaErf tiad