Evening star., 1896-07-10

tice should we not see, not only more chill
dren coming into the church and growing
up to be earnest workers there, but also
more mothers who were living really con-
secrated lives. and who were themselves
walking more carefully in the way they
would see their children walk?
Many existing maternal associations
would have more real life and earnestness
If they were better organized for definite
work, with perhaps a lookout committee to
bring In new members, and prayer meet
Ing committee to select topics and arrange
leaders for the meetings, and a social COM
mittee to arrange for an occasional sociable
to which not only the mothers but some
times the babies, should be invited, with
Something of this sort would put new life
into many a dead-and-alive ladies' prayer
meeting. and If the mother were thus
working with and for the children 1t would
be a real Mothers Endeavor Society," by
whatever name it might be called
May Gods blessing rest upon all the
mothers who are trying in any way to
bring the children to Christ and may this
be year when many children shall hear
the voice of their Savior saying to them
Come unto Me-" God grant that very
many of them may indeed come to Him.
and may begin in a simple chiIdlike way
TO be about their Fathers business.
The Hampton Octet.
Mrs Clark's address was closely follow
ed. particularly by the feminine portion of
Beckley announced that the Hampton Oc-
tet would sing. This introduc ton was the
forerunner of one of the most novel and
entertaining features. Eight young colored
men from the Hampton Institute came to
the front of the platform, and, without ac-
compartment, struck up in splendid unison,
Rise and Shine and Give God Glory" The
voices blended in perfect harmony, and the
effect on the auditors was electrical There
was continued applause which brought the
singers back again, and they rendered
hymn peculiarly illustrative of the fervor
Of the religious colored people. The glee
was the expressive There's a Great Camp
Meeting in the Promised Land" Some of
the verses were as follows, the first lire
being taken by the tenor:
Talk together children.
Don't You get away.
Talk together children!
Don't you get away.
Talk together children!
Don't you get away.
There's a great camp meeting in the
promised land.
This repetition Of the injunction. and the
pleading of the chorus was finely rendered.
The chorus was triumphant:
I'm goin' to pray and never tire,
I'm goin to pray and never tire,
I'm goin to pray and never tire,
There's great camp meeting in the
promised land!'
The School of Prayer.
lie duuTcSS Dy rev. u. l.. w Ork, DID,, or
Cincinnati on 1.-The School of Prayer" was
listened to with close attention, and was
frequently punctuated with applause. DIR.
Work took his text from Luke, Kill, Lord,
teach us to pray" He said:
DIR. Works Address.
Luke I'LL. Lord, teach us to pray"
Much of Cnrist's time was spent in
prayer He never begun any special epoch
| 0f 10 mil h1yo oF
prayer He prayed continually. He Is the
best exemplification Of his own exhortation
to pray without ceasing. Those whom
address are no doubt familiar with Christ's
method in the matter of prayer. Near the
close of the third year Of Christ's ministry
he was accosted by a lawyer who wanted
to know who his neighbor was. In re-
sponse to his question, Christ uttered the
parable Of the good Samaritan. Then "as
they went he entered into a certain vii
lage and certain woman named Martha
received him into her house." The eev-
enth chapter of Luke begins in such a man
ner as to lead US to believe that this So
cial hour at the home of Martha and Mary
was broken of for the purpose of prayer
And it came to pass that as he was pray
of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach
US to pray" Christ Immediately compiled
with the request. and the result was that
model prayer. called the Lords Prayer"
the existence Of this school: (a) Christ s
conduct when he was asked by his disciples
to teach them to pray. He immedia tely
taught them the Lords Prayer. He thinks
as much OF disciple now as then, and
prayer Is as important now as then. If it
were important that the disciple know how
to pray then 1t is equally as important now;
just as much depends on prayer now as
then. CO. Again. the work Of the Spirit in
connection with the matter Of prayer leads
us to believe that not all that God intends
| to do for his people in this matter has been
done, and that nothing now remains to be
done. We are directly taught that 1.-The
Spirit helpeth our inf1rmities'' Here is the
present tense Of the word help, leading us
Gus one. 1t is interesting here to study the
| makeup Of the Greek word translated
"helpeth." The word is ''sunantilambane-
tail" It is word made up of three others
banetai," to take hold Of or to seize The
idea is that the Spirit takes hold of our
burdens and crosses and duties as a helper
! opposite US, as II to look us in the face
the same word used by Martha when she
asked the Lord to bid Mary to come and
help her with her household duties. You
have only to look into the eighth chapter
Of Romans to see that this help here men,
toned is In reference to prayer, and you
will also see that the "infirmities" here
mentioned are inflrmitiss In connection with
prayer.
Mr.. Sankey was announced, and there
was applause. He sung 1.-THE Ninety and
| Nine" preceding 1t with a history of how
| the famous hymn, which has had such an
enormous evangeliz!ng effect on the world,
was found on a train in Scotland in frag-
! ment of q newspaper, and how the music
came to him when he sat down at the Or
gan to sing 1t.
At the conclusion Of the hymn Mr.. Sankey
| delivered a prayer.
JOY of Soul Winning.
''Tne Joy Of Soul Winning was the sub
| ject to which Rev. w. F. Wilson of Toron-
| to. Ont, addressed himself. He is a man
| of remarkably handsome and commanding
| appearance, and an orator of great and
| eloquent power. He inspired his hearers
| to a high degree of enthusiasm, and held
| them from his first sentence to his last
| His address followed. He said:
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