New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-19
REQUESTS FOR PRAYERS
REIl FUN Z III'N'
THEY ARE BEING RECEIVED IN GREAT NUMBERS
nv Mr. MoopY-oNE COMES FROM ENGLAND.

THEY ARE BEING RECEIVED IN GREAT NUMBERS
nv Mr.. MooDY-oNE COMES FROM ENGLAND
Tho morning prayer and praise meeting at 10
O'clock was attended by the largest numper OF
persons present at this hour on any day since t''
mission began The attendance was even greater
than Thursday. when there was haroiy SEQ
20 be found short time after the doors "ofe
opened. Mr. Moody is delighted with the srea'
success of these prayer-meetings. lie mas ho'
allowed a single meeting at which he was present
at other hours of the day to pass without begging
that all who could possibly do 30 should come 10
the prayer meetings pointing out every gay Una.
II any real good was 10 come from inc 'nisSio" d"
would be through prayer.
The invitation 10 all those who wish TOT Inc
special prayers OF those present, In a1aiction or
for help for relatives or friends, TO write the!r
requests and send them to Mr.. Moody has also
had remarkable results Not only from this CITY,
but from almost every State In the Union have
come requests that the audiences should unite IN
prayer for the writers or others dear TO them and
Yesterday one request came from England. Prayer
asked yesterday for forty eight families where
sons victims of drink, for nineteen nephews
and neces whose souls have not been given TO
God for sixteen husbands who backsders
for a son who has been led into gambling. for a
brother dying without Christ and sister addicted
10 strong drink. May God have mercy on this
land" Mr. Moody said, "if the mothers. wives and
sisters taking TO drink"
Of Philadelphia. After short service of prayer
and hymns the latter sung by the Mount Hermon
Quartet and others. well as by the audience.
Mr.. Moody read the written requests for prayer
1.-The extent Of the work. he said, is rapidly
Increasing and the glad tidings ere being spread
broadcast. The American papers heralding the
Gospel meetings have been read in Europe and from
England this morning comes a request for prayer.
They are coming in from every State In the Union.
J and this table is filed with requests that we have
Hnot yet had a chance 10 classify.
The letters OF Thanksgiving are also beginning
TO Here is one from a mother, who made
request eight years ago for a hayward SON She
writes OF his conversion and asks prayers for
grateful heart Her husband has been attending
Christ.
II think have more faith In prayer this morning
than ever had before In my life: Yesterdays re-
ss and will o be Tss dsS S
this work may not be here; II may come after
God grant that the seed tina; has been planted
may grow; that those who have been here and
and DO what they can in bringing their fellow
beings closer 10 the Eternal Throne.
''Tath Is the grand thing essential to
prayer, If there is any evil in our lives that we
have not surrendered we must not expect that God
1 heaT nd % m% 9 hsee
hooded our souls with the blessed light of Chris
ad we haye only 10 ask GoH and il viii be gwen
There was an sx-Judge in Chicago who thought
made public and he disliked me fer my way Of
asking Gods aid for those in need He had a
soD who was with Grant at the siege OF Rich
mond. and one morning he, ,ecame particularly de-
pressed in spirit as his thoughts went out to the
boy He could not shake off the feeling that some
thing was going 10 happen to his son, and he went
10 the meeting and. after much hesitation, asked
me to pray for the boy. AS lie left the room
telegram was handed TO him. His son had been
mortaiiy: wounded in battle thu. day lie said
10 me afterward that he firmly believed God put IT
into his head 10 and ask for the prayer.
"Paul PRAYED that God would remove tho thorn
from his flesh but lie answered that He would not
remove the thorn. but would give more grace.
From his innermost soul Paul shouted God be
praised! ~, -,
Dr. Chapman and others addressed the large
audiences that were present every hour until
o'clock when SIR. Moody again preached