, 1879-03-17
PENTECOST.
FIRST or THE xonTlt SIDE ssRv1cEs.

North LaSa1Ic md White streets, inst evening
hro,,rht th,tlrr rsst mn,,,t,,,,r of nc,,,,, VIII,
., ..'..' ~, " '",. ss., .'., VI 'eop'e' VIZ
s"os'nea ihto inc cultseo III saeh naff,oeFs ttat
ilpore wc,c locked, shutting ont many mora
thon ,v4rc ,n,,dc. Tho o,,ts,t7or, ,voro c,onor.
o,,s =, o,,r n,,rsi,,,nao a,,., ns,,,s - v. ..""s
"uo " e.i''1 au""t'arse, "Au naal1 u WIS an-
nounecd TO them that Moody's Tabernacle
wonhl bo opened, and when Mcssrs, rcntccost
anil Stchbins finished thu scrytces Mt 1rncc.
,hrv would rcnaIr a. t,ot ,t,r, H.
sant only one block, md hold second
meeting. THIS appcascd the crnwd, which
went in body 10 tho Tabernacle, soon fllltng II
I'M ns Grace Church Ind ,,rcn t1i,,1 M, irsa
,,,,n mn rcnnIo so ~ +, s,1o haf"sa o,t,as,
enan s,ooo pcople were 'ns'ao oelofe haii-past
o'clock.
In consideration Of tho church being illled,
scrviccs ,rcr. !, u,,,,,.c,t ~ H.o,n ~ = or,-,or
w., s,,,.s.. 1,."'." s u"e. a. .aa, ~ ~
na",.. =, ". ST., se. "aa si.sie" @ W .he NV,
.sopc't =. oacp"'u' pastof OF t!lht cllu5ch, anel
Alr. steobins sang, assisted III the chorus by
cllnir Of about ono hundred singers.
Mr.. Pcutccost announced tt,c nrorrammc ror
'"e ."'1 eet'eS " heet"'ke t"is "echt uha tlleh
read portion OF Scripture from the
second chapter Of St. Mark, relating tho
was sick OF thc palsy unl was let down
through the fouf OF q house In which Jcs,la wns
preaching, ant was by Him healed OF bis dis-
casc. Mr. fcMtecost iook this story as his text,
al,d from It prorccdetl to draw bis conclusions.
IIc sntd tie took IT. for granted that nli who
were before him were Christians, for t,loy were
there 10 hcnr thr word Of God taught. lie
would 1ike TO call especial attention u the n,cu
These, ho said, were tile practical llclpcrs IN TIC
work Of saving souls, n1,i bringing them to
Christ. a great nnny Christians were content
70 look out for their own salvation only, and
they appeared ~ think that WAS eluuah fnr
them to 10. without lending helping hand 10
the weaA. Tlley were willing thut
others should Ce saved. so long US
i!lry wcro not troubled Themselves by hr'png
them to Christ. Mnlly would 4ay they Ind iaith
to be!eyc II, the power OF Christ to save, With
out doing anything themselves 10 iclp. before
person cpuId believe in the Lord Jesus Christ,
he must have tnitn In Him. 4 SILK man could
scarce1y h. healed BY physician unless ho lad
faith to believe TINT The i,hysteiau could cure
nn, md lust 80 1t ,yaa with salvation,
Tic speaker nskru Ills hearers II they really
believed tie Lord Jesus could fave them. Ii
they lid not believe this, they f,ad no business
there; nnt II they believed md did not scrS
Him. then IL was stranger still tlnt thcy shoitI
be, there. II they were going to DO real
helpers, working for Jesus, they must
have sympathy for those who wcro out
Ut Christ. lie could not understand
how It was That tno,tcrs coujl ussociutu with
husbands: and gu about anIong thcIr children,
laborng With tiem to bring HEN, to jesus
Some would sur t!,ut ttcr lli feel Tor tl,r si,,
ncra, MIL he presumed tint many CANE to liz
prnscr.tncctings wrckly,-nlfhoilrh lin wns
pcriups they did pray for sluncrs whio thcro:
hut were ll,rir ,jr,yers Offered In ,hc rttrI,t
spirit, or we're they mere words wjtJnnt n,,y
lneui,ine or soul tu tru,7 Words meant notn,
would bu l,earI. ~'' "'-''
lThc speaker remembered mn tnc,,,ent u,htcb
occurred ut the time Tie entznotit. wn. rn,rin.r
unlong t1c lorBus. A poor man WINS ' driy!lit:: it: