The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1886-12-30
PROGRAMME

PROGRAMME
or the Religious Exercises During the
Week Of Prayer.
With next Sabbath begins the Week
Of Prayer. The Methodist and Presby.
terian Chucrhes of this place will unite
in meetings to be held each evening Of
next week. The first meeting will be
held in the, NJ. E. Church Sabbath even.
ing, when sermon will be preached by
Rev. G. B. Beecher. On Monday even.
ing meeting will be held in the Presby.
tesian Church, and 30 on, alternating be.
tween the churches named. The hour
Of meeting each evening will be seven
o'clock, to which all are invited.
The following programme will be fol.
lowed:
Sabbath, Jan. 2-SERMoN-"O Thou
that nearest prayer, unto Thee shall all
flesh come" e."CPsalm lxv. 2.
January 3-PRAIsE-For rich spiritual
blessings; for the long.sunering grace Of
God for manifold temporal blessings,
private and public; for many tokens Of
the mighty working Of the Holy Ghost,
both at home and abroad; for the in.
crease Of missionary zeal among Jews
and Gentiles; for new openings for the
spread of the gospel in many lands; for
the preservation of peace among the
nations.-Pss. cxi Luke i. 67-78; Deut.
xxxii. 1-14; Psa. cxvi.; l Chrcn. xvi.
l-34 Psa. evil Chron. xxx. $50.
Jan. HUMILIATION For personal
sins, family sins and national sins for
the spread of unbelief and atheism in
various quarters; for the fearful extent
to (which the lust of the flesh, the lust
of the eye and the pride of life"still pre-.
vail /; for the large amount of intemper-
ance, licentiousness and and other forms
of immortality for the Journalism of
many, and the cold indifference of 9th.
ers for unseemly divisions and lack of
love among those who are brethren in
Christ. Pisa. H.; Jerem. xiii. 1887; Phil.
ipp. II. 5-l6; Ezra il. lis; l Cor. ";
Jude LIE; Cor. ii. lilo.
Jan. 5-PRAYER FOR THE CHuRcH-
That the people of God may know their
high calling and responsibility; that they
may be filled with the Spirit, and bring
forth the fruit of the Spirit, and labor
sggressively for the conversion of souls /;
that grace may be given all pastors,
teachers and preachers to proclaim the
word in its simplicity and fuliness, and
that the Lord may open the hearts of
men to receive it; that believers may
walk in fellowship and holy love, remem.
bering that they are one body in Christ,
and members one of another.-John
xvii. 1926; Ephes. l.; Thes. l.; Kings
viii. 22-38; John xv. 1921; Luke Vi.
1895; Ephes. iv. Lie; Matt. vi. 5-34.
Jan. 6-PRAYER FOR FAMILIES AND
ScHooLs-That family love may be sane.
tilted, husbands and wives walking to.
gsther as fellow.heirs of the grace of
life, and training their children in the
nurture and admonition of the Lord |;
that the young may be early drawn to
Christ, and kept from the evil that is in
the world that great grace may be given
to all teachers OF youth; that the bless
ing of God may rest ON schools, colleges,
universities and Sunday-schools for all
Christian associations Of young men and
women; for the protection Of woman
and the home, the reformation Of fallen
men and women and the equalizing Of
the scale Of morality for both sexes; for
all who are in afliction.-Deut. vi. Ills !;
Prov. w.; Ephes. vi. 1-18; Chron. xvii.
1927 . Tim. 1. 1-l4; Coloss. Ill. 1925 ;
lisa. xii.
Jan. 7-PRAYER FOR MIssroNs-That
the Church of Christ may recognize the
glory of the commission to "preach the
gospel to every creature" and may feel
| it privilege to make sacrifices that 1t
may be fulfilled; that far greater zeal
for the divine glory and far more pity
for the perishing may be impaired by
the Holy Ghoet to gil the people Of
God; that faithful laborers may be
greatly multiplied, and that all converts
may be comforted, upheld, guided and
made useful; that the hearts of the un.
truth; that Christian missionaries may
and peoples, and that native Christians
last and made jealous in seeking the
Gods ancient people, Israel, may &C.
knowledge Christ as the Messiah that
the time may soon come when, accord
ing to prophecy, the Spirit shall be
"poured out ike floods upon the dry
ground" and "the desert shall rejoice
and blossom q the rose."-Acts ii. 90
Al; Isa. xiv. Is; Matt. ix. 1888
Rom. ri. 1886; Isa. xxxv; Eccles. xi
lisa. xiii. Lie; Acts <. 34-48.
Jan. 8-PRAYER FOR NATIoNs-For the
outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon the
nations for rulers and all in authority
for Just and equal laws and righteous
administration; for the better obser'
vance of the Lords day; for the preva
lence Of the Spirit OF Christ between
employers and employed; that anar
chism and all forms Of lawlessness may
pass away. and men live quiet ant
peaceable lives in all godliness ant
honesty; for peace among nations, anG
the removal Of all race and sectional an
tipathies; for the abolition of slavery
the opium trade, the liquor traffic, ant
all other immoral trades and practices
for the blessing Of God ON all efforts Il
remove the curse of intemperance /; TO
the cessation of persecution for con
science sake, and Of all oppression.
Psalms Xvii and xcvi Joel IL. 23-32
Rom. xiii /; Thess. v. 1924: Zeph. Iii
1870; Rom. xiv; Matt. vii. LIP;
Peter ii. 1925; Hesea xiv.
January 9-SsRMoN-"Thy Kingdom
ome."-Matt. vi. 10.
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