Year: 1875

ss ny uessing may rest upon the churches OF this
wy, sas tney may be one in this work and that there
may be added TO these meetings every day MANY
thousands come into the kingdom Of God multitudes
OF hearts De set on ire; that may gather into the
garner many thousand souls be saved We pray
Thou wilt qualify us for this work AS tho
for the past twenty hours may THY Holy Spirit
descend upon us, 50 may We be hed with the Holy
Ghost TO bless and quicken every one Of IA with re-
newed zeal Lord bless these Sabbath school
teachers present Make them to see the rcsponsibl.
ties or their charge and enable them 10 ead children
TO Christ Bless these Thy ministers We pray that
they may have fresh JUNCTION given to them this morn
ing Encourage and strengthen them, we pray Thee.
Let Thy blessing rest also upon these parents Oh help
them Lord, help them to guide the strayng feet Of
their children. Give them faith and strength Lord
Oh bless and keep all Thy creatures and Christ be
all the praise and glory. Amen"


Mr. Moody's voice had increased in earnesness
toward the close, and the 'Amenn was Joined in by
audible thousands


He then announced the nineteenth hymn


Ring the bells Of heaven There i Joy today


For soul returning from the Wild,


See the Father meets him out upon t.h,s che way
He gave directions the ushers 10 open the doors dur
ing the singing TO let in those that had congregaied
Immediately after and kept during the remainder OF
the service He gave further explanations and drec-
tons and then asked the congregation to JOIN IN the
hymn, urging everybody TO sing


THE SERMON


AT the conclusion OF the hymn he preached the SER
mon-ifan exhortation Short compared with sermons
in general, can be called II want call your atten-
ton TO the thirty-hth verso OF the passage l have
read" he said.


'Say not yc there yet four months and then
cometh the harvest2 Rehold saw unto YOU uft up
your eyes and look onSthe fields for they are wnite
already TO harvest; and he that reapeth receveth
wages and scattereth fruit unto life eternal that both
he that soweLh and he that reapeth may rejoice TO-
gether.


There may be some asking, 'sWhat Is the object
Of these special meeungsl" We answer 'lt is reapng
time here and need extra hep.n Do you always
need more aborers when the harvest rpe2 have often
been asked since my return to this country "What do
you think are the signs OF the work IN America? Do
you think the harvest is ripeningYn answer ~ have
been many years in this work and have never seen
better prospect than ths' l believe we are in tha
midst OF great blessing Prayer meetings are becom-
ing larger. The people are becoming Interested in
them, and letters show them to be larger than they
have been for many years. In church in New
now attendants. The spirit of prayer is coming upon
the nation The Lord is about to manifest Himself to
men, He does not stir up the nation to pray without
intending blessing shall result We never
saw such large prayer meetings in Europe as
we did in Brooklyn Does not this place prove it2
This gathering2 Would the gentlemen who arranged
this admirable hall in so short time, great
expense have donc SO unless the Lord had put II in
their hearsp Would they have been likely TO do for
any other purpose2 lsntt proved by the gathering
together OF 50 many people on such day, SO early IN
the morning? 1t Is said that these meetings "sen-
satonal" that people come from curiosity; but when
people come 70 pray and not to hear this or that
preach the Lord is in the work would rather pray
like Daniel than preach like David.


II there should be notice put up on the walls
OF Philadelphia tomorrow morning 'iWanted TO- 600
people to to work." would not people crowd around
10 know what kind owork it was and what they would
be paid have come this morning TO advertise that



all ages and both sexes, who will work for the Lord
That he that reapeth will be amply repaid know You
ministers can testify the same ! have worked
for my blessed Lord and master without getting good
pay. Willyou Gomez


The speaker raised his voice and looked about him.
He continued in the same appeal With increased fer



He then spoke OF the satisfaction with which many
look forward TO the special week Of prayer and said
with emphasis, every week ought to be special
week OF prayer Pray all the tme-ferventy, beseech-
ingy Look at this audience gathered here. Is il not
q
political meetingY Should not avail ourselves OF
this interest Of the peopleY"


After following out this thought said d:-"There
three classes of people who come to these meetings
One class some OF them protesting Chrstians-come
out Of curiosity. They come to critcise and nnd fault
My friends, II does not require heart brains TO do
that Anybody find fault. 1t is the very easiest
meeting without regretting that / did not
do something in another way-do some
thing else that or some one else did
member that the question is, Can you do beterY II
not do not critcse those who doing the best they
can, and praying for Gods help to do still better.
Another class will come here just to enjoy themselves
They smile and rub their hands and say Wasn't that
splendid prayerl, aIsnt the work coming on nceylI
But they never do anything themselves, but keep
others out You ask them to help inquirng sinner
10 lead the hestating into me inquiry rooms,
this class out in Brooklyn by having five six meet
ings day, but they came to them all


This was not told to develop its humorous side,
Henry Ward Beecher would have given it, IL was o
serious matter and the speaker was dreadfuly in ear
nest in cendemningt


He almost shouted "The spirit Of God is TO give TO
your neghbor If you feel inspired by prayer a
hymn and see weeping brother, sit beside him, put
your upon his shoulder, be ready with your Bible
10 point to text and TO lead him to Christi When
you going TO the harvest field you should not leave
your sickle behind you like TO see you bring your
Bibles with YOU here Don't leave them at home)


'Wo want ten thousand workers in Philadelphia" no
exclaimed in voice OF startling earnestness III you
will you may move Philadelphia from centre TO crcum
ference DO not rely upon US, or 1t will be failure
Work yourselves and pray, pray, pray The field IS
ripe for the harvest. Will you Gomez


'The third class of persons like to see here They
enjoy themselves better than those who come TO enjoy
themselves All the while brethren are praying they
arc praying in their hearts. Cod let that prayer
reach sinners hearth They look about them for
work to do. They are the workers They are in SYM
pathy with the meeting They are the helpers in this
work. There Is work for 10, 900 such. The mighty
power Of God is in this hall this morning Do you
doubt M" Turning to the ministers upon the plat
He pleaded with Sunday school teachers and superin-
tendents bring their classes to the meetings.
among them, giving several instances from his expe-
abroad Of the need for this aborand its results
Sunday school teacher had apoogzed to him Tor in
boys "Do you know what you are doing2'' he thun-
dered do you not know that in that little tow headed
boy may sleep the ReformationS May he not
be an undeveoped Martin LutherP Littlo
did Andrew know when he brought Peter to
Christ what a convert he had 1t was a little
thing. The Jerusalem Herald would not have an
nounced 1t; but think Of its effects. There may be
some man converted IN Philadelphia who win make
the world trembe That little cloud coming up out Of
the was no bigger than mans hand; but God was
behind it, and II became terrible power"


He told an affecting story OF an old woman IN Dundee
Scotland, who had followed him about, bringing her
two to the prayer meetings, and there hun
dreds OF weeping mothers in the assemblage In con
cuson he renewed his appeals for sympathy and CO.
operation.


The services concluded with the singing or the
twenty-fourth hymn and the Doxology joined in by ALL
and the pronouncing Of the benedicton by Rev. Dr.
Hatfield.


AFTERNOON SESSION.


The afternoon meeting above stated, was attended
by 10000 people, the full capacity OF the hall while
many more clamored for admission outside. one man
in the crowd expressed the feeling OF his neghbors very
happily when he said, he elbowed OF the crowd
'Wel II the Kingdom OF Heaven is hard get into
as Moody and Sankey's meetings I'm afraid I'll never
get there" Very few members Of the press for
tunate enough be present. owing to the bad manage
ment alluded 70 elsewhere. Tho services, however,
exactly similar the first Sunday night services
in Brooklyn, Mr. Moody preaching the same sermon aa
upon that occasion.


THANKSGIVING