The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-01-02
! week OF PRAYER.
Programme of Exercises
for All the City
Churches.
CONFESSION AND THANKSGIVING.
DOings of the Various Religious
Bodies-Notes and Joltinga
By the Way.
CONFESSION AND THANKSGIVING.

The custom Of beginning the new year
with week of concerted prayer In all
evangelical churches has continued fol
80 long that the average minister is un-
certain as to its exact origin. Tomorrow
morning will begin the week Of prayer,
and until January 10 all denominations
forming the Evangelical Alliance will
unite in thank giving and suaplicatio n.
Each year a. fst of subjects is recom-
mended by the Evangelical Alliance.
The programme for this season has been
thus announced
THE WEEKS PROGRAMME.
Monday-Confession and Thanksgiving;
Confession of Personal, Social and Ma
tional Sins, Sectional Jealousy and
Rivalry; Thanksgi wing for United
Prayer; for the Success of. the Florence
Conferences; for q ! Benefits. both Spiritui
3-16; Psalm "a, Eph., l., 1928.
Tuesday, January 5-"rne Church
Dniversal;" Praise for the real unity Of
all believers and a growing desire for its
manifestation; Supplication for Larger
Comprehension Of Christ, more perfect
piete union with Him: that one aud all
may be flied with the Holy Ghost. John,
xvii; Eph., iv., 1-16; Acts, H., 1-22.
Wednesday, Jan. 6 -"r The Family and
the Young" Praise for the gracious
promise to the godly aud their children,
and for the increasing number Of young
disciples. Prayer for deeper sense OF
the sacredness of the family relation; for
invallds aud the aged; for sons. daughterS
and servants; for the conservation of sons
to the ministry; for Sunday schools and
all Christian associations for. young
people; for public schools and all educa-
tional institutions. Psalm 1913; Col. Ills
1925; Isaiah A: IA.
Thursday. Jan. Z, .sNatIons aud their
Rulers; Praise for the increasing iufiu-
ence of Christ in all human affairs;
Prayer for all in authority. that they may
apply the teachings of Christ to the prob
lens of our times; for peace; for the
abolition of the slave; opium and strong
drink traffic, and for all needed reforms,
temperance, Sabbeth, industrial. social
and politcal; that the Kingdom of this
world may speedily become the Kingdom
of our Lord. Psalm 81. Rom, xiii, IL;
Ssah 2. 4, Rev.. xxi 1-5; Rev., 22 IA;
kev., IL. 15- IL.
Friday, January s. "The Church
Abroad" Praise for the increased prep
aration of he world tor the Gospel; for
t increal lg number of those who nave
given themselves to the work OF missions.
Prayer for bhe signal manifestation Of
the Holy Spirits puwer: for missionaries
and native Christians. Tor ali who are
persecnted;. for righteousness sake, aud
for liberty Of of-coEsGiax.aA;- tsx,-siofe CROP
GRAFTON; for an increase Of intSillgent iu-
teresl in the salvation OF the yori,i. Isa.,
4o:l 5; Joel, 2;ss-ss' Matt-' Klols' John,
Saturday, January 9-"1he Church at
.Home:" Praise for u clearer recognition
Of need and growing sense of response
Lility. Prayers for larger pppfunep SION
of the missioE OF the church, to save noA
only the Individual, but also society, to
purify all nun1an institutions and rela-
| t1ouships; for Increased cooperation In
nehaIf OF city. county and frontier lsa.
| 65: 1925: Matt. 10: STA: Luke "a: 46-47
Sunday. January 10-Sermons: "Lo.
am with you always, even unto he end6f
the world" Matt. 2S: 20. "Tnat Yey
may all be one." John IL: 81
ToMoRRow'S SERVICES.
Tomorrow morning, Sermons will be de.
Ilivered In nearly all evangelical pulpits
on the text Isaiah A: 1-5, and Epn. A: 8.
Services will be held every evening IN the
Tabernacle, and special services In the
North Baptist Church, Lafayette Re-
formed, Hedding NJ. E., Emory NJ. f.,
First PRESBYTERIAN. Uniled Presbyterians
Trinity, st. PauPs and many others.