, 1879-01-21
RELIGIOUS.

NOON 1RAY AYER.MEETITG.
The noon praycr-lnset,ne in Lower Fsr.e11
Hall Yesterday, led br tho Boston ev,nrc',,.
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"as ve'y "eu attenueo, u! tae 'eals ne'he &C.
enp,S soo nos tow people ,s eas OBLIGED h. 10
have to tc uscrl TOR tho meetinrs.
The c.crrl,e. wcre oneret, hv tha ,tnet,o ~
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The ReV. ". +. Crafts led in prayer, asking
| for blessings moon Brothers pcntccost aud btcl,.
blu., and tiat their cunning might ba sttrn1ed
with the nrcscnce NJ t,o,: thst ira afn... ~
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""', tneY ."'Ras 1ee1 that taeY "ere leading
Nod's host
Mr. Hemingway announced that Brothers Pen
tccos. and stebbin, vo,,ld 1cat n, nonn m..t.
,oes un.n iMr1nel hotlce' ahd nota union serv-
Ices In the First congregational Church every
evening this week oxcnpt Saturday.
to Mr. @ ss y as . NJ ,ms 1tae. pleasure
lie anticipated a blessing which God wis always
prepared To gtyc to those who iooked Tor IL. 30
especially was responsible for their being tt
them to come, leaving Tic door to oten,jtscif.
or To he opened by lilo hand of f1o,l,s utuni
nruyidebcc for s,icil q work as Might be done.
There was no organization. There had been no
general consultation. IL ttitin't seem wiae To
',aYe one. II: trusted the fnfucuco OF tho work
would cxtct,l 10 al! The churches. fIc and III.
Strbh,ns wesc VI tic diIlosa1 of ANYBODY wlr
tH1Etk HAne their help, t1ut upon tho TroJie
themselves depended largely their hclp aut
services. They were only men, aud were moth,
tug unless God joIucd with them Mona wat
81 weak but lie could make him nicttT. TN
tlrent words of the j}bto In certain phnses o.;
their work were, "1s is ab1e.n Tho word 0j
God waA the same. un matter who preached It.,
but he thuugllt the power Of Il t}etN.t.ietl very
largely upon our attlttltie toward God. Ito b.
i!cyrtl tn special csfort else Is should nut have
IaId down pastntatr 1T fourteen yeurs 10 enter
Into this work, lie trusted that uaators, men
nua wutnen, whether they could all act together
in nne pla.e or uUt, 'Y1nt1 cuMe together 0ucl,
day aud unite their hearts usst vo!cus In prayer.
lie then read 3rnm tho ninth chapter OF
Matthew. and spokt Ut tho Importance ut be.
ifcvtnr that God was able to Rrant uur requests.
Sometimes we rushed before iioL alli sail,
Hi,v'. H. this or hat" without stopping 10
thtDk how great \ thing Il was we had nakc.l.
Nhrn We nsIc1, lid We believe God WIS able to
tn it$ Tliu blul lucn bald, " Yea, Lord" Thcre
was nu haIt!uE 10 tlelr fAtth. Wo had
furM 0f petiLton-hm trusted It was
,nort-upun our Tips, aud In o,,r hearts, perllapa
not atlieulated, hut intensely desired unl in
tcHaclr dWelt upon. Might all statlta befHrs
Uah, is the blind men steou befnre Jesus, ard
Eay - lea, 1trsl. We lIeeyc." And according to
our faith It should b. uutu us. l'as,ors I,cnl
not have thelr attention called to tho nj liter o;
faith. They kuc" how useful It Wa, s,-how Is
1ny at tau bnttoni of everything. It was thu
fnlGhtieAt net ni the soul 10 believe tlut tiud
wna. Might there b. another iuurve' iu Heaven
ut the belief Of thu peoplc In Chicago.
One in t''S audience graged tbasa wave might
lin, anl TINT Er'at harvest Vi so,ls might be
washed nn The sl,arc.
IN SAVE :, httt i'm anil a,sut. .r,,f,,sa