Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-02-17
IN A PRISON HOUSE.
The Subject at the Old Pavilion Last
Night-The Work Yesterday.

The subject at the Ola Payli1On Last
Night-The Work Yesterday.
The Hammond services still continue.
The morning Bible reading, prayer and
praise meeting at the Central NJ. E. Church,
was the largest yet held. Dr. Wheeler
made quite lengthy address, urging all to
take hearty interest in the good work now
in progress. He said it was harvest time
when every reaper should thrust in his
sickle. He referred to the meetings which
Mr.. Hammond and the ministers of st.
Louis held among the fallen of that city.
when many of these were converted and
abandoned their sinful lives, and l hope
that with the assistance of Christian ladies'
similar meetings might be held here.
Rev. Mr.. Phelps, of Woodland, was pres
ent, and gave an intensely interesting &C
count of the meetings which Mr. Ham
mond conducted in Bloomington, Illinois.
lie said he never had attended meetings of
such thrilling interest before or since. As
result of those meetings in Bloomington
and IN the towns around, about 1000
Joined the churches. The college, where
about 100 young men and women were
pursuing their studies. gave up its exercise
for week, specially to attend the meet
ines. The Opera House, holding about
5000, was filled three times a day during
the progress of the meetings. The results
were permanent and lasting He said
that before Mr.. Hammond came the
ministers pledged the members of
their various churches to do whatever
they were asked 10 help on the work. A
praise meeting was held in which nearly
all in the room t,anked God for some spe-
cial blessing. in connection with these
meetings. This is a feature of these morn
ing services which renders them specially
attractive. To-day there will be an all.day
meeting, commencing at the Central NJ. E.
Church at $3.50 A. NJ and ending in the pa
vilion at 10 P. NJ. This meeting will be
presided over by Mr.. Hammond and the
following ministers in rotation: Revs. Nc
HattOn, tiiben, Somers, NeeGham Her
rick, Bauder and Merrill. The hour from
$3.50 to 4:30 will be children hour and all
young people are invited
Mr. Hammond and Revs. Winton, Bau-
der, Somers and Filben visited the railroad
shops at noon and held the meeting there.
Some ladies went down to sing
and an earnest and attractive meeting
was held. These meetings will be con-
tlnued from day to day. The open air
meetings were combined This meeting
attracts great notice. The organ and the
singing, and the earnest talks hold the
passers-by.
At the evening meeting Mr.. Hammond
as usual preached an earnest sermon. He
was unusually felicitous There is bit of
hidden drollery in his manner which
amuses and interests the listener, while the
speaker, with a subtlety probably born of
his thorough knowledge of human nature,
drives his arguments home and clinches
every point. Last even ng Mr.. Hammond
related touching story told him by Prof.
Norman Bryd, of Glasgow, Prof Bryd
himself being one of the parties in the
story.
The services to-day are the all-day meet
ing at the Central NJ. Z. Church, Eleventh
street, between H and l; the noon meeting
at the railroad shops; the open-air meetings
on X street, at o'clock, followed by service
at the old Pavilion. There is to be child
ren's mass meeting at the Congregational
Church at 5 o'clock. Tonight the meeting
at the Pavilion will be a gospel Temperance
meeting, on the plan of the successful one
of last week