Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 24, 1876, Page 2

1o know that e GOOD WORDS. Last Day of the Northwest- ern Christian Conven= nAme converted within Lo weeks, and who had gone ont among the broth- cls and houres of prostitution, and had atrendy brought In nineteen lost nisters to alt nnder the Ie added that, after the minister bad ot hin wanderers 1nta the church, It was not the hing to read thein an essny, interest enongh in his sndirct or his work to take it It with him without a bundle of how dfd he auppoeo the sinner was going to up, reccive it, und carry ay’ timent and dig at written sermons was ‘The apenkor continued that ho did niot advieo his honrera to observa tha advice of the Brotch aexton, the now preacher to disconrsa nbo the sircs of Abrahani, but not about the Ho beileved that pv'c:lnla A plain, siraightforward presenta- 1f the minlster hadn't Services Marked with Spe- throngh this western countr; clal Earnestness and . day-schools and anything about the dificaltios bucause L was In the city,—thnt the people were scattered and wouldn't conic, 1 have hiad a little expericnco in the country, When we eame back we had imeetings in my own little town of North- his congregation, nldee of the mountaine And wero acatteted, and wany had never altendod n prayet-niceting. Bring Non-Church- teod bya fady in » work fo Goers into the Fold, WOuN ok advise that poran should hize 1o do tho work which each should do for himself or harsolf, buv when no other 004 could be dos er JUG days Ih By the getting of & Another method to bo followed” whera the wives and mothers becauso, perhaps; the husband ha the earninigs in” & anlaon, among them and hold 'cot ‘The womon would come and swhat if they did cry & llftle, {tdld no harm. **1 | not come to the churches, sald Mr. Noudy, **lot us abandon our plenii to the awla and tho bate, and lot them tumble down 1] don them and go Mr. Moody Takes a& Hand at Question and Answer. kopt up by the who wanted eould not get in, more wers converted in the prayer-meoting than under our preaching. 1r the mectings aro made comnfortable, more real dificalt, Are #o0 many temptations and places of amttrament to deaw tho peoplo away, intervsting, don’t blawe them (f Ir the winlster or the elders d drank up al was o go Hight down prayor-meetines, ring ‘thelr bnbic: And Satlsfles Some Querists as to Methods of Practi- cal Work. at thelr lelaure, wl ont arter those who will not come in. ‘The romarks wero closad by a ahort descelption of the work which tho spoaker and his helpera did in o saloons and billiard-rooms of this cily, and which ia fresh {nuind, THE OLD CIONCSINGER, Who atated the previoua day that ho had nover been hanked for his work, then ruse ond aaid: eplendid eroes-firer; 1 in this room can hear. ting people to church and Sabbath-schooi. by paying them 8iaday, and that aln ¢ practicable, 'I'he otlior i for ever: Sunday mornings to schuol. If they aitend every servico with thelr families, then you will have a” full honso, the minlaters don't preach a8 thoy ought, the con- tions onght to discharge them, and get some- and be (nterestedy He Takes Docided Ground Against Lotteries, and Kissing for charge of & meetlng {f Tdlun't bavo confdenco in hls ablity. haven't confidence In him don's have him attend. It & wan {s proaching in union meetings he hns no right to talk ab have 8 voleo that overybody "Thoro are two Ways of Rete tiza Angbody. Paul's motto, but to preach ‘the gospel. your own church abont it, but don't let the evan- o church and The Rev. E, P, Goodwin Speaks at the Noonday Prayere -aprinkling. troverted polnta. by tho evangelists bringingout their peouliar iueas, D! uld not muceend in MR, Jerseyvillg, N, Y., deep down in their niasses unless hearta was tho deeire to_reach them, tulk Ull doomsdny about the bust methuds, but A Discussion of the Subject, Bahbath; “ How to Reach Young or." 1f it would o you gomi to sce the peoplo In Bcotland ¥ suggested that they hould tiret go for tho massce, come out fiftoen minutes before church-timey tho then welconso thom, and noxt give them somethin, 1 e told of 4 drunkard who was teclalmes at (he dentbed of his child théough the Inhors of two Curistians who practiced thia principle. That man's wife and fanily wers converted and nta nuw a credit Lo the community in which they live, at his town a littie church was built for the eoxpress purpuse of catching those who don't attend davine g, A man went one Studay who wis not in bit of going to ehurcli, und after the seevice ono of the oflicers asked him whnt he thonulit of it, y was, '!1don’t beliove In the ¢ Lord Jesus Unrist." Ho went and was warmly welcomed by the Dealtow, thore waa & bl Tir, Moody Bhows the Uses and Necos- sity of Inquiry-Meotings, Touso of God with BIb want men with open Biblos, well, but there 1 no music ke that made by tho people In turning over tho leaves of thelr Liiblos, And Quotes Numberless In- stances from Holy Writ. The man's re; suro that God sont him there, n great muny in the little towns that wore never sent there by God., me balleve that God wanted nine or ten church n towns wiere thero ara_ouly 3,000 of 4,000 peo- ple. walls, and not lot thio causo of God suffer, 10wn of 2,500 inhabitants that I know of therearo aix different Vrosbyterian churches [soo(oties]. atother missionary wore sent down thero haps ho would want to bulld a hooso, 1 Fresbyterlans Lave a charch the Congrogntionalists want ong. the Prosbyteriana must huve un BAme manj an The Great Reyivalist Answors the Ope vonents of ¢ Instantaneous Cone th 7 1 t hume and took down lls Bible, Which had buen neglected for eloven years, and was not & myth, but," in reality, the Word of tiod. Thin showéd what' could be'otlected it peoplo There was not so iy 1n_gotting converts as in keeping them; and tbo reason why so muny rfoll awny was because thoy did not get the proper spiritual foud. ML, 8, waa next invited by Brat tle of his experienico. roon found that it NON-CHURCII-GOERS. 1IOW TO GET HOLD OF TIEM. The third and last day’s scsslons of the Chrlstian Convention were begunant 10 o'clock yesterday morning inthe Tabornacle, by the dlscusslon of **How to et Hold of the None Church-Goers." The altondsnce was larger than ateny previous morning scesion, and came very cluge upon the aftornoon audience of Wednesday, —the largest during the meotings, ture was tho presence of o large number of ladies on the floor and among the delugates, 'fho restric- tlons which hud previonaly confined tha othor sex tu the gallories and platform secmod {n somo woy to have been remosed, but the cffect was by no In place of the earnest, attoutlve body of men which ono had provlously seen from the front, there was a considerable developuient of bonnet and general ornamentation which acemed etrangoly ont of placo, Mr. Moody presided as usnal, and gave out opening hymn the twenty-fourth: yropur incthods, ber Moody to relate a 1t~ wus right down In tho n Jiad not heard n man eprak 8 word of Gospel truth in twonsy years, but it Is true I had not been drawy much In'tio way of it. Living in New York kopt wmoving aronn of 'this wonth I went to_a lawye Kanus, and other States, aud 0 tha 1741 dny s otlico In New A notablo fea- t ke I me there; 1 mippos<e it wad the spirit of the Lord. When 1 woko up thers happened to bo 8 good muaritan in ils own oitice, and ho commonced tal inz to e, tollinz me how eany tho plan of sulvae tion was, and urgimg that thero wae hopo_for me., 1 told nu not Lo waste any tine on mo,~that I had been a drunkard o Ioug time. that God hud drawn His love from me, and that I had no hope But he would not bo entlsficd +¥ Nino yeaes ago L was ripht on_sre, hat a_voico ] tened to it, and through the Instrn- mentality of kind frionds I got upon m; tho Lurd biosred me, "' T ** and he clted tho cuse’ of Nuaman, the 110 was cxpecting some great. things, *41f you aro expecting et iL; but it you want to and 10 ba clean, como and huve your sins washed 1 his advice and evoning proclaim the Guspel of Ji Is evangolistic work, d bo gl nie ledeemer s domoy Ga Jook on Fila cradie, 1ila cross, and Hila Llamb, . 'The Rew, Mr. Marshall, of St. Louls, offered prayor, and the exerclscs worc continued by slug- ing the nincty-scventh bymn: “*Oh, think of the home over the Dy tlie aido nf the River of Lighe ‘The attontton of the dulegatus wns momentarlly drawn 10 a niost boautifal basket of fowers which wero brought in and bungup In front of Mr, Moudy's little pen on the platform. Mr. Moody ‘then announced tho subject for tho hour, and iu- grent hix, ou o frocd (voin ain whio desire the work rovived, simply bathed otwu come, sclvon, fricnda. muent you do it, there 1s rov nn wame Prophiot of Jarsel who curod my leprosy four years ago has kept tie ever since, of my own expenence fhiotid teach us to preach the Guspel wlierever wo ure,—whethor at hopie, on the ntrevty, In the suloons, or i our oitlces, aro Jed by the spirit of God, wo cannut keop the ‘Thy troublo with most of us fa that wo nro led by Lho splrit of tho world, that we aro absorbed fu businces und other earthly things, No man who s led by Chelst can kewp the Gospal backs unlettered, but the power not wait for the whole church to mov or two quickened, Svon there will bo slx or seven. Form a praying band; blessing wiil come, and every chiurch, ‘Ut plon never fatled yet, THE REV., MR, BTIMPSON, of Loulsyille, Ky., to open the discussion, Stimpson asked thio favor of the Convention for any shorteumings which mlsht grow out of tho fact that he hiad had not more thun ive minutes’ prep. 1o thought the only way to reach the non-church-goers wae to wish from thy bottom of ho snny e winducated 1t _not, how 4o you manage the dinloul version 1 have had the pleadure of aceins hurdreds talien Fieht up from tho buuks of (he dissipated and Toat, and thuir fect Grmly established on the rock. Itlght hero in your own inidst Uod 13 floing wone iho intowporato, ton t0 40U or 400 testimonion as th s norribie pit. and had Desll, leve, bid God make Some of His prouilses havo not yet baen fulfilled, becauso the tine hasn't come. thay can’t bulleve, it Is fulwo. Sonie kny they nre ro constituted they can't believe, o {1 God dopended unon our organiam, belleve if thoy will yirces this desire on the church, It was not un easy pastor und pooplo would buve to o full of frult when once entered The pastor should tusk, ond buth the 1abor sod to. fn it glorious work; unil upon st thoroughiy followe not only finbue hitsel with o wish und o buenln, deaire (0 bring I the ontidecs, but he should ge i people into the work: shoild pray them (nto it. und prouch them into it part of the church. the felilonable peoploand those who were of the Il zher classs would vo objcet, and wonld Kuy thut Uiere might about’ the wirdom of it hecause of the doubt would bo of the clusy to sustuin thelr professions und bo an honor to h 3 bt Lhia clazs shonld remeniher anu b reminded that the work wan the Lorlw, and all tho sk xhoutd be thrown on tag Savior, was oftentimen u great wirtako wade in the citles G ciass of non-churel , thou sht 1hat the luston mintster who ral ced:cate tuts chirch to the weo of the peur noglect e rlch, Y Waa ot eu far out of L Wy, fOF thut class wero certatnly in novd of prayorand worl, Iy rejoieed to Liow tiat in Calcizo wome hud made [t thelr work to seek ouns men and women to come in und listen ta tho iow Loy were down in | 10 puwer to holp thomuelves, but thut through the aluof good Smwatitans the 'Gospel was preactied to them, and tney have been saved, and God ut’ A now nong foto (hele moatis, of Zlow in their hearte, We have n heurt, to havo religion in our hearts, beforo God will bless our offorts, 2 but God mado me ¥o interested Tk X forgot all my past troubles, tiod t mo fu ilis vhueyard nuth 1 have forgetten tng, aid Lam now simply tnterested (u seo- ¢ 0yes of those puor bilnd sous opensd, PRESIDENT BLANCHARD, of Wheaton College—1 wish to ay; thint in to do this work we must Lord sl 1n the power of His might, otherwiss one ris will not amonnt to much, 1 pustorina Pronbyterian church in Cinclunatd, which wa oxevedingly unpopular on account of s eym- thy with this alave refaru movoment, I wan uble u preach Lo satisfaction, nud thusy Who Kiew e were kind to mo, but thero was no way af gelting 1 have hind men from Bose mtern cit.onand got them inte hunks and clerkelips, but they never camo last wut down stidy almust broken-heartod, the _winistry, el il you that heareth the Lord, that obeyoth the voicu that walketh i durkness und has m trust i the {staved on God, 1t was tue that souio huve not the Son; 10 bo temperate over whon 1 sce u minlrter get hls,** ourselves, powerlul T over hieard, Reoplo from hle #udy, and ho sul to workY lcan'tdoit.” Taaked, **\Whatare you dolng nowr® teying to wet them tu work.™ new reesslons L'wan forty years W them ung go to work yourself,* never succoed. out und persuudo tue tiem futo iy ehrel, Tho pustor alone could nover do the work lin- vt pled Tn getting the ontsiters into the church with- out the orgunized alid of the people in the church. Ar. Spurgeon had onco boun uskad what ho did to +1 don't ao anything," wus his 1 leave that ultogother to my because 1 conslder (tquito as tnchus | shion pulpit. " Tho principle waw fight, ond a hare of the work shuuld be The givat work was by no means to be wholly ats, thouih they hud dono, and it aud Dinpurtait part of it, ge and hest work 1o stir 0 do the work which was theirs, his part, the aponker said, hundred Yve evangellatl onea eent ont will reach a certain class of people. }z won't do tu sond out any one and cvery one, As ur an those of their uwn lovel. nun toone of calture unil ‘reflnement, hie won't rucceed. farmer can reach d furmer, a merchunt 8 werchant, Divido the congregation up like that, with a little tact, and it sceins to mo ovury man can be reached, AR s e LA a6 S P DL e i e A 35 e s P 0 e s ST TS T lud just ent down to cry, and thero came o sow-storm, and thy Word'taine to me, **As tho miow cumeth down 1 went to work, and more thun 100 were canverivd to Christ b ono woeks and after 1 wan gono twenty yours they olfered ma , 000 to go back, and in"afew duys I was g 1,600 1o nasist in puttiog up a bunbding. 0 Ty comming out from sclf, aud st 10 work through mo. Mt M'DOVGALL that Chrlnt reachied tho innesens bucause He wan conylnced thut (ho niasses were perishing. Ona haif the minlstora did not seom to bink that the grent moss of the actuslly golng doy the massest Uy recoguizing the mame fuct, 1y Impeessed with tho sinful they would du much more dous by evaugell vuuld o, frum heaven, ' cle A great mun hie would prefer » tchicd to thy enmie becanso the latter were 10 leave the pcople und tho churches coli urd sfter thoir survices worv dune, chuechies coulil eartly muke themaclyves evangelists by huving ome popular rervice for that purpose **The splrit and the lride a, Come," und the bpirit, which 1 the Savior, ut the Lirklg, or the Lhureh, tnem really fntercsted won't Don't clples, thing better, I you cun't give them something better of course :{:cy wiil dance, o #ive Lhirist tha benoilt of the doubt. O that rule for yours, und 1o lus always bicos mo. tubacco; ho and never planted any niore. allowlng Jesua | anked how it wi o peited the luvitutlo; did nut carnestly repeat tho Invitation, Christinu Church neoded to learn was Pruc.ous promises were not u private property, but el ruet to be carried to tho people realized that the power was miven in thy tanmu propostion us It waw used, sll would be woll, aad thut wuulu help tho work on to great succers, ‘The meeting wus then thrown open to any and overy vue who cared to tkoe part, und the SUORT BELBGILES, whhreplies, which Mr, Moouy culled cross-fire, wattled oif from the ditferent purts of the clurch n Gne gentlemen suggveted that the only way to ot tho class desired Tutw (ho church was to whow and that the Church abould n. form eaid that he bad presched the Gospel for tifty years aud never fouml uny diticalty in 8lling hiv chureh if ho proached attractive sormona, od come fromn guing about from buuse W house uud £aking the peoplu to com i, An elderly gentleman in the gullery supgested that th way tu et people 1n wus to throw the wud put out & wigh ** Freo L the juxnore-by would be end of gelng tu the saloons ho fire uud reud the Buaday .nplt":lhlll v could go o church., e S pnstors were cqual condition of the worl good than ot preeet. Mr. Burnell suld they seemed afraid to go among 1 d men and womon tn saloons aml 1ia thouglit much good could be done if the minise tors nerved thomscives to VISIT TUYB HOUSES OF PROSTITUTION, :l“dt try aud rescue the fumates from a llving o he world, und ‘When or more i Wit to hl Rz, and the churcly P Ry ul A delegate on tho platform suggested that thelr sttontion ought to a class of peaple nerally neglected; he meaut the sober, ndly Luviness-men whoss wives nover attouded church, 3. Moudy—Before bir. Sankey sings the hymn, 1 want to eiiter my solewnn proteat, wigh ol friend, Mr. Burncll. agalnat sny mun osn liousca In thu hope of doing good. Let the women #aloons and try Ing gotten Lhewm, §tiilnk it would b yearn sfter theay shid Ly 10 get thew together, ' Lruther ou thu plut! B! § and 1ot them uak queatlons, Aifty or o hundrod wore. culty, but Ldidn't huve courage to” wsk 16" In do good there; but 1 think the umen ought to keep uut of those houses, h plenty of womei, full of tho M: are ready to du that part of the work. Lot i 40 to the salovns; the waen will church-doary wids ope Lunch for Souls, " sa U tompted ta coms In § whiera he could sit b e comeund tll them what 1o do, ur wae closed Ly- thu hymu, *Hescue the perishing, care far the dylug, " PRACTICAL WORI, QUESTIONS AND ANSWELY, ‘Thenext hour was devoted to **questions and answars,** tho fortner biaving been handed in, Aftor prayer by the Rev. Jumes Crulckshuok, of Rockford, and singing Light lu the darkucss, satlor, day | N, Moudy sald the fret question wast A LACK OF TIME. 1 we hold inquiry moetings sfter preaching Lava 1o leave fuiinedistely atier preaclifug ia ‘ach tio iost apjolutineaty - 1ubould perhaps cut off ifteon minutes from the sernon, or five minutes off the opening snd ten rmon, Go down swmoug the people. You can do more good by five minu satiop than by an hour's prescuing. I Lellove wo bave L0 much preachlng, presched to deuth, Preach! preacn!” preach? I¢ wo would only gu among theny and And out theie wants and help them wo could do more good, RUBAL PURPLYEXITIE w ahpll m PRAh s iy eot with a crasi, xud be splashed around ped upon the fa 5t speaker in wuch reut of shisjolnfed words and purts of sentene Lo repartera and beal stenogruphiors wer it uf the rvuarks wus that us much L8 the churches. had been souwe kind of an attempt euple (hat churches coot the them money, bat It waes mis. ‘Flicie wore & larze nuinber of chuiches ull wver the city, the entrunce to which was abeututel There Was o cliurch ontue Nurth £.ds which had cost whout 104, 00U 1o build, and It Wua peefeetly freo, und (hvio wore vory many Juat uw frovs It wan utter nousense Lo say that ticry was net freedom fn tho i own expericuce had beeu that It coet bim $5,000 & year to proach the (ios- ot only bad Lie nuver re. but he had been 00y and pay It out consluteld wi 8 serat boctely’ pevplo who attvade toan, Iufunious thing, others s} over 1l cit: by rin private convere | thac stand—life vel an the North Stde. fvud anything for his wor d tu” go out aud ralea priviles of preaching ea of the wuy lo gt hold of tho class that he wirkiod to” ench was 1o g from house 10 house and ik with thew, wnd avk em to como 1n, nents were nuw velng wado for thut kind of Lu thla city, and bs hoped before wany weeka Hundreds wiil e eobia dre Stuost: | Eikire shoubi b bir omiromisy. to our It Lord deliver us, ' THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: FRIDAY OVEMBER 21, 1876 thers 1a o tuom Lo ealt tnqal of the Xm:m’t Wlnt‘:‘l' In & smalt bollding ask them to come up Around the desk. and have thoss who are mont apiritanl help you talk to thow, hono, room while you aro talking to the othors privatoly. You will have no tronble (f you have the will, Godwill open up the way, Thers nover was a man It some ey they muat go sk thom to walt in the back part of the bunlened ‘with “sin but” what God would help him unload, Tho boat method for kesping up prayer_meetinan I the country churchea whers ihe people are scattered, Teapla used to say to me whon 1 urad to go talking_about Sai- rayce-meelings that Tdidn'tknow from Kurope [ast sommer on both feld, aix milcs syuare, the people lrlng on both in the val Wa commenced; made them short, pithy, nmlllntemunu. anel tho result was theto hnve been nino pra; cetings a week in thattown, And they have buen kept up sver slnce, And-thoss micelings are conducted and young converts, Very often all A great many Thero will be no troobla in the citlce, becanso thero 1f "the mectings nre not hoy don't come, L “koep awake, huw do yuu expect the peoplo are going to wake up W10 SIIALL HAVE CHANOR, Who should have charge of tlin meeting, the evangel- {aknrilio pastor? And If eanvelds wai.t (o e Lapiizei, s tiere niy objection to the evangollst pertormiug that »e I wonld not ask a man Into my church to take You ean't have two heads, If you about babtism, —haa no tight to bap- It s unfair, Let him take bt God didn't send him to baptire, Taik to the prople in llst do it. 1low quickly such a thing would reuk np all this work—talki nfl about fwmerslon or Keop the evangelists cloor of all con- Many good works are broken up THE DIBLE, How shall wa u'zl the Dibles In our pews read In the eryioe Tho pastor ahonld keep the Bible before the peo- e ull the time, Say '*\Ve will read such a chup- ot can, get them to bring thele Bibles, strcets ara crowded with worshipers golug to the iibles in thelr hunds, Wo Hankey sings very FILLING TIIR 1{UUSE, Itow ehall n homy misslonary, In & clty of 15,000 peo- [l o biaa ammall aud pock chure, securé & larger In tha firat place, that misslonary wants to be 1 belleve thero are It wouldl bo hard work tomake 1 hope we will soon get abuve tho sectarian In ono 11 the If the Cungrogationalista hiave o, f tho UGospel 18 belng preached, why do you want to have haif a dezon chiurches and starveé thom nll out? Ihupe the tine will come whon wo shall God and be strong In_cvery town, Men prouch a g‘uo‘d deal botter to 800 or sty twenty or thirty to butld up tho cause of Methodism, o Preshyterinnlem, or of the Daptists, want [a (o work for Christ, he gat to A town ho would run out tho denomina- tional banner, croed lie would do the moat good, ot nearer to 1000 than to Ofty or 1 pity tho mon who are tolling away with What wo A msn once sald when 1 told iim i he wonld hold out the b A BTRANOR QUESTION, u think It desirable tiat the the ¢l h should be wo far el WOrK 89 10 KIVO 0 0RO OF hin BOFY That In a btrange question, tlar pastor of u evangelistic N thio Sabuath? 1 do not know what ovangellstic work 1s unlens it 1s prociaiming the Gospel, My ides about church worship is this: Flest, teaching morning. 1' that ought to be dono Buuday Butld up the Yubnlo. ‘The minlstor who doesn't feed his fuck will not bo esaful. In tho 8 Chirist, That Tho reat Is worship, TUB COMMENOEMENT, palow would you'begin” yuur service for rovtval par- Tdom't ko that word revival, Wa pray God to ruvive the work., Peoplo talk about having revival- mcetinga, Wo cau't tell whethor they will bo or not. 1t dopends upon whether Uod cowos, The "best way i for tho pastor to eay _ thot he wanta to sco all Don't lot any one Then get down on your knoes, and pour nutflonrl carts, and ask God to revivo your. on't be in % hurry to pray for your ilold them to themeoives; nnd tho mo- al, Yon never saw an suxlous church without souls boing saved. Do Get ons rmy for the work, and the thiers wilt Lo a revival in ADILITY TO BELIZVE, Do you find that all men are enluu{ able to belleve? t caseu? Theto nro i great many men who iave an lica that they cunnot belleve. ‘That 1 a delision of the If a man suys to mo ho cannot be- ask him 1o give wo & roason. ever prove untruot DId He over 0 promies thnt Ho did not keep? When man 0, They won't bellnvu{ Thoy can TEACHING TO WORK. How would you teach n Chrlstfaa to work? ‘Teach him by example. It maked we crawl all p und vay, ** Do 1f we want poobl to work we must work I knew u minfster—ono of the most e thnnuorod away at hls rulp\l. 1 eaw him one day in bis i, fow I8 1t you gel the peopla Ho replied, **Gettlng up loctures, (Bwilew,] Hayal, |- ‘*You won't o it in that way, o out auinj Don't say *‘go. but “cDqu,“; As long s you say **go," you will FAMILY VIBITATION. 1low would you conduct family vialtation? That s s dificult queation to onswen. Certain poselile, send men and women to rencn 1f you seud an {gnvrant Send one In the sauue position, A DANCING. When & ennnml%lnn belleva ln and practice danctog, whiat would you 4o 1would yive thom somsthing better, [Smilus, ] p imuiktars wcold tho young eoylo about card-playing and danclng, but i you get In the Lord's work thoy Luave nny taste or deslre for them, Iu{ down nles, but roat prine fi ouly ' sbow tliem somo- oy ilm will” take the Dotter thing 1f thore s u duncing Christian fn house, snd hle conscience lmub“fil hiin, just 1 have mm‘I o A mon down in Northfield was troubled about javo Christ the benott of the doubt, Wao could not con- of suchi a thing usSt. Paul dancing or playing What shauld be dons In & place istos wi unlon era there are two 8y talklog union sl ctlngn wid auotlher wun't Juln have no confidenco In hlsunlty? I'ray for that wan, If ho won't come in go on fthuut. 4 Bliould apeolal Thcetings Lo N0 4 ot iould special meetings Le o d for young conver 11w, iow weld you Condies tvuy o8 g Hay. 1n the firet piace, ot tho young convarts, vory good 11 the minlaters in the town bereo pretty well, lot them weet the youn; convurts, and atfow nu one else to come o, Lel the mectingy be freo and soclsl, A goud way is to nstruct and indoctrinato thew. Form a 1litle clul) ‘Tho unawer way, Wl ' That 14 just wy ‘diftle Gluvgow amt Edinburg the chirches are crowded with youny converts, und the lwuding minlaters It 1s very fmports ant to get them well sturted, The ldea of uumn' them futo the church, und then Licaring no nivrs o thoml "They don't get on well, ‘I'hewormon dow't Lt thelr cones, SECHET BOCINTIES. arch of it dealicato now 1f 1t Is deep aiaty of spiricuniiey (o unite with o takuan e Of courso, every mun 1s froe to do aa he pleas 1 woild ot Beloig 103 averet soclety: (Apotboe 1 wonld nut hike tu be yoked up with unueliovers in unything. I Qo not seo how a Chiristian man cun yoke blusolf fn taklnnnhlp with un uncouveried 1 know a Chrirtlun who fs lu dificulty uow, He formed & partugrship with twe unconverte wen, and thoy uve duns sowething whioh will compromlae bim~—break bin—gruuks him do ag God want Lils puople separate, They will mave ten thousand thncs wore luitueuce whon l:;rlmlu from the world, 'I'he try ought to ull over thls Wealarn country, **Ncpara. tiont" **suparation!” People way, ‘*If you take ursolves ko high—a great many of thewe men will leave the church. - Novor mind, coino in and take thelr places, . Soua men ley (o **ile dou's presch accordiu Wu don't want bl May the gous A brother tn E 3 cumml&hu vulpits, caw. [Applause. ) 4 FAIUS AND LOTTERIES. Are not church falra, festivals, lutteries, atc., wrong? Taw opposed to thow entirely, 1 belloye that | they bring contentlon into our church T _mnovor knew of one In my lifo but loat spir!i ly by It. Bomo prople ray fo me, ** You used to inve them In yonr own church.” Well, fricnds, I have got my cyes open, Monay can bo ralsed 8 great denl easler, l!llngmwldlfl\ better to go to & man squarcly and tell him you want money than to sell him for'81.50 somathing that 18 worth only 50 cents, And the ldea of holding ont o young men the inducement to come because there aro mome pretty women there! 1t s dogenerating this Weat- ern countey to an alarming oxtent. The idea of allowing the pretticat glrl to be kinsed for 25 cents, and of having onr danghters sell clgars to young men | Mnm‘yrv got In that way I dou't boliove Wil do us any good. ~ [Applause. ) TIR DOYS AND OIRLS THow beet to help Lhe boys and girls that are coming into the church, Have little menunm mAYOF WomAN over for them, Pat some godly em, Nuran theso little chil- dren. Hundreds of them are intelligently con. verted, but If their fathers and mothers aro not Chtistlana they don't havo the nuralog they neod they are.negiceted, and lhu‘ can't grow, Mosi aermons ‘go right over thair heads and don't touch thum at all. lg A grown-up Christian don’ church, —{a buay during the day, amid trisls and temptations,—tisw quickly he loses his power, Think, then, of thoso littfe bnys and girls. Tho need nursing and instruction to'ho hedged aronnd, 1_don't lmgw but we will have to go back to John Wesloy's idcaz ‘What can we do to get people out in ralny weather? Mnke your meetings on rainy nights the beat, A Reeat m-n!‘. whore the congregation 1s small, kill off those thaf t do come. THE NEW JITMKS, Jimne, rich in sontiment, bo dle- flold the Fore™? U the n't want them displaced, We Hold the Fort* is goody ltock of Age We Iike naw hymne, bocause 1t adda life to the Sunday-¥chool or Chutch. know of somo achvoln and prayar-meetings where they have been ainging the satme hymns faor fifteen of tiventy years. Now wo don't want lo hear the *‘Ruck of Agea™ sang every night, There 1s no renson why we shouldn't have now hymns. 1 ltke my wifo bettor than anybody olse, That is mo résson why I should want to be with her all the time and never 0 anybody olse. When thero Is a trus rovival new hymna come ont, and the old ones come out with new pusver. If 1 find a church has now songs Iknow there is now power. \Wa want moro new hymns to wake the people np. Many & man has been to this Tabermacle to **Ninety and Nine," He had never hoard it. ‘¢ Rock of Ages* wouldn't have brought them. I 1t wiil catch the: men that {s what wo want, A man doesn't go flah- Ing with bait that the fish will not blte at. Lo takes some that Lhe fish lihe, Tt gt £3dmpiaco w1t cui s witneas ot th a it nplaco wht la called the witness of tho :m:lxn%&fieiper tico Dy the Seatinouy of Eho Beripe That lsa vorrlr-ngo question, Bome peoplo all tho timoe lack the witness of the spirit, Thorols no lace {n the Bible where you are told to luok for 1t. Eunk for Chrlst, and you will got the epielt, May the penitent Inquirer be told that ho 1s pardoned? Let God tell him he In pardoned. It ls too solemn athing. Idon't Mike to hear peuple eay 1o in- quirers, *‘You are saved,” You don't know whether they are or not. Lead thom to tho Crosa and tell them of Chriet And the way 1o bo saved— that tho only way is to trust tho Savior; and leave the act between them and God, SIENDING MONEY ON CHURCIES, Ta It not wron; wlllum( tliouasnda of dullars fn ldnrzr tngcRrches, whilo fno causo of CRrihe 80 Tch H6cds i ioney thia 18 spent? ‘That isan old controverted point. Ilike plain churchos beat, but it1a a good deal hetter to go to ‘work and not be throwing stoncs at thoso who nave costly ones. Those who are poor wauld got them 1¢ they could. e Is thery any way of resching the masses with the Gonpe) \] Ilu'l o syatem of pew renting and lotting pravails In our churches? A quickened church renches tho masses, powa ur 10 pawa, A doad church s dead whethor (64 pows are free or rented, What we want Is to have thoe minlster and Runylu allyoj the pows havo not mtich tu do with it, Hero fnone that looks like A HIT AT MB, The Inquiry meeting bas been hold_until after 12 orelock sinca the meathyg commenced, Do yal thinic i prapet far us {a closs thls bullding beforo that timo? Anybody ean go home when lhuy‘rlnnu. A Foung man didn't find Cheist until midnight, ang 0 has brought in soven since, Tho man who has charge of the buflding don't Iike the hours, and I think he pat the question tn. [Langhter. ) PENSONAL, Tell us how you endure tho straln? Do you carry burdens? 1 do not know what strain s, The work of tha Lord i not mine, 1 haven't got to carry all the work, Peoplo say, **llow can you rest®’ 1 go to slecp overy night the moment my head touches tho pllluw. No man can succeed If o goesalong Joad- ud down with burdens, If your forohead Is wrink- led, you cau't draw mon to Christ, God is not & hard waster. Let us rojoice, and tho peopla will bo drawn towards us. AIIUTTING UP, Quht s prayeran. .4ng to closo st m cortain hour rs. Rardieis of consequences, and pvsngelical rervices to ho dm;\!d Indenuitely, sccosding to the state of tha feadur 1xald hofore, bofore all, prayer-meotings ought to Deshort, and let the peaple como that want to, * Whydothe evangelista know so littlo sbout sclenco? Beeanse wo have gotten something bottor, [Laughter.] YOUNG CONVERTS. Tow Lo get young eonverts, oapucially Indies, to tako part[n tho Wookly prayer-moelitigs, Uet this mixorablo stiffnuss out of the Wl{. Mnke the mectinge so soclal and freo that they wiil begln to talk hofore thoy know ft. Must ministers fai] boeanso thoy lack tict, Some mectiugs look aa If the people came froim & dumb.aaylum, = It you cannot vt them up to apeak, ask them to rond a yersp of Seripture. Thut has always worked very well. Ifuminauys **lcan't wpenks b fsn't in mu, " ask him to read a verao. You will hear from him agan, 1t won't bo long before he will talk too wuch, aud you will have to pull tha other \way, 1f mombership In the church cholr will induce none rafciors (0 coms Lo the mectinie who would b Adacnl, 18 1t not besgto glve them aseat L tha cholr? Can't tho cholr in Vuis Way bo Tado n sotrce of st Ereater good? 1 wouldn't object to their coming, but I wonld begin to pray very earnontly for thelr conversion, — make it 80 hot that tuey niust either cume in of go out. 1f amun doca not bellave 11 the Son of Gy bow is ho golng to sing E1is pralscss Use all your onal {nlluence to bring the choir to Christ, 0 thiem comoe Lo Clirist or got out of it. How the poor In alms-tiouses and the criminals 1o our uils Lo reucaol? Lot the mdl{ mea and women go there in tha ime of the Kathor. ’l'hug have been rouched out at our Dridewoll and at tha jail, jalls that I know of a great many aro glad to go and hold up Ubrist to tho eriminain. ullel‘) think = of the man who wua golug to be hung. All the ministers of tho town Visited him, any he acemod to bo mach interoated in them.e 1o suld'to them: ** If you had taken it us much Intorest in me bofore I got here 1 nover would have boen here." {Smiiea. ] How o AJCOBSPUL MEBTINGN, P ow long would you keep un with specls] moettn tho Work Was Unsssesfarf el it My frionds, 1nover would nse that word in the Lord's work, Nover be uneucceasful. Qo in to . If nooneelea gets blessed you will got oursclyes, Timo fyup, A great mnn( queations aro not an- swerod, Lot ua wing * Hold the Fort." | Laughe ter, | And ‘4 H61d the Fort " was sung, NOONDAY MEBTING. REQUEST FOR FEAYER, The Tabernacle was again nearly full at the noon modting yostorday, the service at that hour attract- ing an additional thousand tv the already large cungregativn of the two morniug hours, ‘I'io requeats wera read by the Kov. Mr, Davis, wha safd: **If you could only know how the people all over the country aro praying you would &o buck to your flulds of labor full of hupo for your work, " ‘That the Toly Bplrit will manifest [lls saving power in the following places: Halt Lake City, epecial roquest from o convorted Mormon; Auguss 1a, tor 1he churches and pastors; Champalgn, for the churchos and pastors; for Ottawa, and union meetlugs there for Waukegan churches and minsters: Paris and Sandwich; Auburn and \luk-unvmn. the churches pustars, and - fnmates of the Prosbytenan Church nt and pastors; far Christian ~peopl Malt. for Creston, churchies snd pastora: for Congre; tlonal Church, 8t. il Churah ju P'ros eet Park; for Buckley; for Wauponseo Congrey ional Church, and fof Richtiond, all in Hiinoy tho charches and pastors of Tapeks, Kan, ; N braska uu«l‘umnn weetlngy fn Lonev: in privons and + peslor of Stioplera, Wi ; Plymouthe La Parto, Soath feng, Ind, ~thelr churches aud. tore; Dowagiac, Niled, and Pruversa City, Mlich, - their clirchios und mine intors; the Flrat Uaptist Church, Dayton, 0., and far all churchies In Clntinsatl; Nichols, N, Y, Its churchew and pastors} urgont request for converslon of twenty-five young mon in 8 businiess kuuse in thia clty; il connected with the nuwspaper press 1 this city; a uinister who lite Jeft the falth; & minister oupomr revivaleg sevoral who desire to be Diled with sho 1foly Uhosti convorsion of twenty-four wona by Uhelr parentd; Muucatine, In., for {la churches aud mimisters} oty who feels that he ls loat; conversion of ninee teen busbands by wives; o bomo misslunary; two suloon-keepers {n Qalesburg; soveral aick pursons, that ull iwy come {o the Great Physician wmauy brothiers and ulsters for brothura and siuters; futhers and mothers by clildoon; chil fathersand mothers; feiends by friends rpecial requests for anxiuus soiils; for ousaved fumllies; young men—for busloeys men; wandurs crd that thiey gy roturn to thu Lords and jnfldel husband wiio threatens to leave her It she attends these moetloge; pastor snd peuple Firet Presby- torian Churcl, Paxtun, 11l Louleville, Ky., s avecially for the pustors; Sontlsuan forierly tap- st inlnteter, now an fnddbl, Tho followiig diee patch waa recelyeds v Moixus, 16, Nov, 2.~D. L, Hoody: Ase | midst of meetling, Helldlon vory low. “loquest spoctal |-rny¢rlurutnxuurmuununwu:{(’.‘ i ., liLnngTs, I belialt of Paay INpriot Dhreh. Proyer was then olfered by the ltev. Dr, Molu. )ym, of Dos Moluvs, lu. Thu special featare of ntereat in the weeting was tho aduilrable exposis tion of the wiracle of Christ feeding the multi- tudo with tive luaves and two tlahed, given by THHE HBY, DK, GOODWIN, pastor of the First Congregutlonal Chvch, Chi- cayo, After reading the account of (h¥ulracly, from the fuartcouth chapter of Matthow, vorice 11: 2, ho uald; Thls, 1tako it f1n tho 1) wa are met hore to conslder, vis. ¢ how,sha fecd the mullitudes who are luokiug to ua for thy Lread of Jifo? Oue thought 1o bogin with: Joans Rever fult sy compasslon which ks did uut conyert ne of wh 113 Into_ Hig cqme to that blind the yelds w)mQ ked that hie sight might be restored. $Poor man, 1 am deuply sorry for you; am vory much In & haery now, and when T come thin way next time 1 will attend 1o yout cane,** He stoppeid right there and opened his eyes for him. Thete aro & good many of ua ministers who do not got time to help all tho blind men wo moe; wo fool & great deal of sympathy and compassion, which somehow novor seowa to get connection with onr hands and feet. Ayain, the Dixcipies feit that the feoding of this multitade wos altogether too much for thoms they could not do it, Philip's Idea wah to ecnd the multitnde nway; he rald that 200 pennyworths of bread was not enough that overy ono of them might have a littlo; but Christ inquired how muoch rovislon they biad, and when they tolil Him tve Toseed and. two Nahes, He nald, **Bring them hither to Me." 'There \a nover auy scintiness in what we liavo, if wo can only make connottion ba. tween it nud Christ. Tho bread did not amaount to anythin: untll Christ took It and bieased {t. 'Tho hread came from Chriat, We can- not save anybody, or onlighten anybody, of com= fort anybody, by means of our own powerand talents and grace; but we can stand so connocted with Christ that ile can do all these things by means of us, Al we have to do I3 to get Christ to bless our little loavos, and we alsll fiud they are big onough to ronnd. nother point: They did not have to make any more bread, If we had heen there we should have wanted 1o call In the holp of all the hakers round sbout, and have aquantityof bread made up direct. 1y, Wo must cail at the Theologieal students, and Protessors, and minfstors tomake brend for the people when thero seoms to be a spocial demand forit. Jutthat was not dono on this occasion, and woare all wron when wa think to doitt it you lave one spiritualiy-minded elder, or oue rodly deacon, or One praying woman, orone ba- fieving “cbild. in your chiarch oF Sunday-school, that hus n 1ittle loaf of brend that the Lord has Dbleaeed, Login to distribute that, and the Lord will bless some more deacows, and e;ders, and womon, and children, The mm‘m- did not mako the broad. We min- Iaters someiimos think wo must mako the bread to feed onrrenpln: #0 wo go Into our study and pray, 40 Lord, help us to make some bread,” and thon wa find a text and got ns far away from It as we can: we make no use of the text at all, except ns & hitching ~0n-{)1ncc, and think we aro making bread and feeding the Y,mp!e, Iiut that is a great min- take: hergfs the bread (holding up the Bible) § this 1 the bredll alrendy malde, and we wasto our time in trylng to make wore, ‘Tho next thing ttey did they went and fed the people. Chrlstdld not have to makz any spocial prew aration in tho Disciples, 1l did not give Poter better clothes, or puta ring on his finger, or aend him for a threo-yoara' coursa in a theological sami- narys Hlosent him out to feed the people, It Is work, moro work, moro graco for mure wark, Christ puts the power into s according ns 1ie pute the work 1nto our hands, Al thoy hud to_do \was to carry the bread; and that thoy counld do casily onough. Aa‘\ Moody was telling un the other day, per- haps Petee was afrald his part of o loaf would not oaround, and so he broke o a small pleca at flrat: but when ho found that it did not grow smaller ho guvo the next man a larger piece, and then went on giving every one ajl ha wanted. There i3 plonty of the bread for us, and for thost whom e hive to feed, and the disciple niwa finda he lns mora bread after ho hos beon dls- tributing it than he had Lo begin with, Thero was cnatgh for the 5,000 men, besides women and childron, and twelvo busketaful left; and if thore had been 60,000 there would have becn bread enouh, And perhaps fAifty baskots loft, Another point: Every man got into personal connection with tho peopls whom ho fed; tho bread did not rain down from Heaven upon them, but cach man took the bread and distribated It por- sonally; perhnps glving a picce to s deiggate hore and there, but 1t wis a)f passed from hand to hand, I sometimen think [»mnclflmx doos not do much grood; but I know it docs ‘l](‘""l to go to l'lcn lo In thelr houees and talk with them about Clrist. This personal work s most likely to be successful, Then 1t 18 to bo noticed that Chriet employed all the Disciples; lic dld not discriminata agulnst any ) overy ons_ of them had somotliing to do. There was the woman of damurls, who, when sho hcard the tiospel of Chtlst, went oft at uncu to the city and began to preach i she dlid not hnvo to walt for any special preparations and [ believe tha bost way to gogflllcd With tho oly Spirit s n preparation forour work, Is to go to some puur sinnor and ask hini if he does not wanbto find Christ, 1f we do not feel very much suved oursclves, let us got down alonyside of him and pray God to bless both of us, Letus take tho bread which Christ glvon un and go out and distelbute it, and leave sll the consequences to 1im, PRAYERS WERN THEN OPPERED by the Rev. Dr. Chenoy, the Itev. Me, Varkhurst, Dr. Adam Miller, atud Beveral brethren fram abroad, Indecd, tho pnncl‘pnl part of the hour was spent In nccordunce with the name of the meeting—that i to say, In prayer. Drother Burnell, who Is the wpecial friend of the reporters,.thanked tho Lard for tho Clueago datly papars, which ware doing so wuch good in apreading tho news of thess muct~ lnE- and giving reports of the scrmons, 'ho Rov, Dire. Prkhurst also referred to this fact, mcnl.lnnlnf casoa uf sick porsons, whose on)! share in the revival meotings was obtained theoug] tho public press, and who with tears of joy ox- prossed thele thankfulooss for the blessinge res ceived in (hut mauner, After announcomont of the meetlngs for the re- mninder of tho week the benediction was pto- nounced by Ur. Uhone; OUR YOUNG MEN, WHAT MORE CAN WE DO ¥on TimMi ‘Tho Convontion camo togethor prownptly at 8 o'clock. Pending the arrival of Mr. Moody, the vast congregatlon saug thoe second hymn—‘*'Tls the promlue of Gud." As tho laat notes dicd away Mr. Moody made his appearance ou the platform, and, sftor a momant’s sllent prayer, gave out the forty-niuth hymn,—**CGrace, ‘tls a charming sound,"'—~which was sung with groat gusto by tho congregation, The Rev. Mr. Grimth, of Milwaukee, then in- voked the Divine blessing upon the young men of the country, and prayed for their conversion to Chriat. Mr, Moody thon aunounced the tople of dlsons- slon,—**Our yonng men; what moro can we'do for them?"—and called upon Mr. Mundunhall, of Indianepolls, to open the question, M. MUNDENHALL eald that many young men had drifted out from the influenco of the Church, and were 1o longer to bo found In tho sanctuary of God, He wan glad that stups wero being takun to draw them baock to tho Ohntrch, ‘Tho ordinary meuns of grace wers not sufiiclent to doso, 1t 1a a stubborn fact that very many of tho young mon of our country are prufussional non-church-goers, Tho Gospel.has to bo taken to thumg ond (o do thls successfully various means must bo resorted to, Wa must ad. dross ourdolves to tho work personally, It becomea us to out and hunt them nl\. ‘The Churah s coming up to the importanca of ndi- ¥iduul effort, You manst go out un the streest, tako them by the hand, and lead them to the church, 1t I8 nocesrary that we should munifest a pmpur zoal, Tanaticlent Is not wanted. T'he zeul of knowledua le what we want. W niuat go to_theso youny mon 1l aglow with the Lioly Ghost, We can't do any good unless wo go 1u solid carnest and in the love of the Lord Jesus, — In convorsation s few days ago With o young wan who waa rearod fn _the Churcl, and who had learned to drink, [usked blm why he didn’t join tho Church, and guit drinking. Hewald he would llke to, but he conld tind no -vmpuzll{. Tho youny men of the countey nved sympathy. 1t Wu g0 tu them with that we can influence their ro- turn to thu Church, TIHE REV, D, J, DURRELL suggested tho cfilcucy of tho Jonie 1ife s one of tho means of kaving the young men, —the pleasant coutraat hetweenilio home 1ifo and the kaloon life, Litt up the shuttera of the homo life ond let the sundight in and the gaalizht out, altard, and ostaolish fainfly prayors, 1 Mit. MOODY relnted how, several years ugo, he met ons avening & youug man who was out of a situstion, und loaf- ing In front of @ ealoon. 1lv spoke to blin_ about Ercot famlly | Chirint, when the young wman replieds ' What's the use of falking sbout Chrlet, when 1 huye _ mothing to o, and ~no place to got" *iWoll, ‘como along with me; ‘1 ain fog lome, " suld Mr, Moody, ~The young mun Feootnanivd Mr. Mooy th Hia kotme ol thesNann Blde, and eald (o hin, horo are two rooms here, ane for bullevers, the other for unbelievers; which will you n¢cu&ny:" Thy younsg man_ said he would occupy tho bolivers’, ~ A'fuw days afterward he went to work for Christ, and brought many young men ta the noon:ay prayoe-mivetings, Sube [l xmmlyhe left tho clt; d'wag lust sight of fow days artor the r, Moody, * cutloinan inot nie on the street and landed ‘mo & lettor, 1 opened it and found thint it contained qulte & sum of money, It csmo from that younyg man whom 1 Lad taken to my home, He sald bo was in n good situation, dolng'well, and folt sasured that B u, calvod M0 o taku the money ve 0 of my kiuduess ta bim when hu was homeless aud hopeloss, ™ MAJ, WINTTLY oald that twenty lrnu nzo hu was & clerk in the Amorl Express Company, "The Buperintende wae a ruligious wan, who reatod threo pe fur the beuedt of tho clerks i tho ofiica, * We must show youny men that wo bave & hy for ihouii wo must go out to ihom, Aany young men secline to go to church becau they cunnot afford to dress as well s tho majorl i of the congregution, Theso should ba gathero, into Lalls, umi the preachers should go ont to thom, Many younyg men go to church with {nulxulntll\--; but It 1s very dlliicult to xul thelr ate ontion becausu they are wrapt ugin thelr falr compunions, Ilicy must be tulked 1o In a way that will uttract thoir aitention, The young menshould Bulcuxlll ta help cuch other—to rub cach uther's ac 2, A brother agreed with the provious speaker, aud gavo & fow Incldents which huppensdin his own experlence. A DELEGATE snggestod that wo should bo young ourseives, able 10 put sursolyes in s flunng won's place, Paul sugieatod thid [dea whon e suid ho wus all things 1o all m, We must takv.hold of the young nivn bofore t ed, ‘Phily fa at sbout tho sgu of 14, whea tho young wman thinks he knows wore than bls futher, ¢ 1a Leiween tho ages of 14 and 20 tuat & ynunbx man‘s characier w formed; It Is thon thutall Dad lLubits are formnd. Wi fwpresa thon with the bellef that the fuvestmiont undor thu un §s to bo & Chirletian, nust Lach thew tlat they ure tuo noble to sln, THE BBV, ML GILLETP thought what was most wanted was the sunolating rom On High, 'The (od In the squl of soms men , muking woucy; In others, suition, Ve aliall got tho young mon Justas e gut other thingw, & = £ We will got thom If wo work with zeal, The Chefstian young women have as ninch power in saving yonng mon ns the employora; and thoy should take this question home to thomaelyer. " The fnfinence of women for good {s incalculable, ani our Christian young women should do aliin thelr power toload the young men to a Chrintian 1ife, . V. FARWELL. Calla having been made all over the ‘ilnt(nrm for 44 Farwoll," the gentleman rojolcing n the prefix John V. came forwarl, and snid that one of the most intoresting muetings which he hail attended wus n gatherlng of refornied dennkards in the Bible room. ‘There was much approprintencas in this, becausa it was where the women had met, un rayed, and worked for a lunz time for tho salvae lon of that vory class of men, During that meet- ing, after half a dozen had added thelr testimony tathe powaerof God, and had thanked 1ilm that through Iiis lml!n pastors and Christian they had been enabled to break the slavery that bound thom,—nfter theso men had concluded, ono apoka of tho nume bers of young men in the city who wore gnln‘( down to death and dostruction fn the “bil.lard-rooms and saloons, and of the oty of :thone who were saved to go oul amony thein, lmld resoue themn by Qratyuu and entroaty, **Oh Ho concluded by praying, (od, put the go Into us," T} aid the apeaker, had beon ringlng inhle ears eversshice, and he wanted to put it to his hearcrs In snch o way. that thoy could not for. ot 1L, Tho presont was thie most imporiant gather. ng ever held in Chicago, and he wished to fmpress upon the minds of thoss dolegates who had como from tho country that thoy rhould property propare the young men who comic up (o Chicugd to scek their fortunes, as many were continually nluan. Some of them come filled with the desira fur world- Iy wealth and position, and otiers filled with the true ldea, Hle besvught his hecarers to rend these Eullnw men_filied with somoething clwd besidos nman ambition or not to send thum st ail. ~ Chi- cugo wns the worst place on Uod'scarth fora yottng tnan who came licre williont tho true Tusth, Mr, rwell then xpoke of tho effect of praylng for tho **Go," and dweil lnf on' tie subject. Some 1little time ago a Indy came to him, and ssked him to go and talk with cortain mun with whom he had long In- tended to have some conversation, (iod put the *tgo" inta liim, and ho went and talked with the man, and the frat thing o said was, ** How can I resist temptation? 1 should like to undertake the now life, but 1 fear that Ishall fall)f I do, Le- causa I cannot resist temptation," The onswer he mado was that he_must rcsist by the geace of God. **Why," added Mr. Farwell, **1 am fully con- yinced that if T had not had the grace of God in my heart when I canto to Chicago 1 should hava bo- como and remained untll now ono of the very wickedest men in tho city; It was nothing elso than that grace which sustained mo. " Concorning the young mon, Mr. Farwell added that when ho_ was™ in _Macsholltuwn, la., o short time axo -llundlnfi momo meetlngs, fho met at the door & tall, fino-looking young wan of whom ho ssked sumo questlons, The young man sald’ that ho camo from tne "town of Unlon, ashort distanco away, and when Mr, Farwell Inquired If thoy hiad at Unfun any joint ef- fort for Chrlst ho anawered that they had”a nnlon Bible-reading lnclM{. and on ingniry Into its workings Mr, Farwell was struck with tho iden, and he now recommended It to his hearorsi Lot them have some vort of union as<oclation where thoy had several churches in g town; 1f thu{ didn't 1lko the nama or plan of the Young Men's Christian Aesociation let them call It somethlog else, but in any case they should have some wort of union. It wus an excollont thing to put down tho everlusting argument about denoninations which was so come mon amohg new Christinns, who wers always ask- ing **\hat Ohurch shall ljnlnl" Let them culti- wate 8 n“]lll of intimacy. and lot Brothor Smith be seen in Urother Jones' pulplt once in a #hile, 1o that way thoy could show the converts that the barrlers betweon the denominations wera oniy such walls sy would fall down at the binst of the ram's Thorn blown according to Bible direction. If this werc done, and the young were ournged to tho work, the Lord would on in th v Putfi?a go into them, and tics would bo golng out 0 other churches, snd to scl iool-houscs, aud to housen wlero Lhero wero no school-liouses even, and u.udr would be starting and keoplng up mecte Ings and lielping along the ereat work.” Wlien God aaw that sort of eplrit (o them Lo would put the "fu " into thom, Tho twenty-rinth hymn was thon sung: ‘Whata fricnd wo have {n Jeaus, All our nius and gricts to bear. Ar, Moody then Introduced IS, WiLS a8 ono who would present an tlon, NG thor slile of tho ques- Sho sald that it was impossible for o young man {n & great city to ho fast anchored unlesshe ro momberod a sacrod kome. - Ono of the greatest e flucaces was a tnother who conld bring fier son inwo parsonal contact with Jesus Chirist, No part of tho lllfllllln? hed given hor tho power that sha hud drawn (rom the (IID{UH of Christian mothers, 1t the Convention could have thom, the city would ho revolutionlzed, Giod conld take up sinall things, and if the mothers would uuite in the effort ife would certuinly take it up, Sho asked the uudl- ence to ask Uod to go into every e and turn the hoarta of tho womoi toward Imsclf, and 1f thia ware done |1 would be u stlent but irreslstible forco, The audlence then, at thu request of Mr. Moody, spent a few moinenta in sllent prayer for the young men, after which tho ltev. Dr, Tillany offcred up w ctitlon for younyg mon thut they might have thelr earts opencd, ‘The lour waa then closod by Mr, Bankey's sing- ing '* What are you golng to do about i¢, Drothery INQUIRY-MEETINGS. MOODY'S OPINION OF THEN, Al the conclusion of the quoation as to what was to bo done with the young mon, AMr, Moody gave out the thirtioth hymn: God loved the world of sinncrs lost, which wea sung with much fervor. 1o then gave his views upon lnquiry-mectings as tho cloalng aceslon of the Convention. e anid I think this quention of Inquiry-meetings & most Important one, and even of moro Inportanco than all tho others which wo have discussed pat to- gother. 1t {a a great mistake with some minleters that thoy don't have inquiry after the Goapel. When they bave beon praaching thoy ought to ex- pect rosults, and if they expoct them and hope for them they will get them. I dow't know a single man who was over converted by & sermon without soma conversation or labor with hin aftorwards, ‘We would have 100 per cent niora work done and conyersiona wade 1f the ministers would come in contact with mn-sick souls, aod nat glve us eo much rhetoric, As It Is now, a good many of tho minleters aro preaching sway above tho peoplo. In the nincteenth vorso of the fourth chapter of Matthew It 18 set down that Cliriat eaid 1o Blinon called Peter andjAndrow, *! Followme and 1 will mako you flshors of men." That Is the trath of it, and any man who followa Christ will makoa suc- coss, and If ho is not auccesaful 1t will be becauro e has gotten away from Christ, and [s not foliow- ing fim. ‘Tho very st thing in Ohrist's minletry was an fnquiry-mecting, whea Ile mot His dlecipice about the tonth hour, and they asked Ilim, ‘* Rubbl, where dwellest Thout" And the last thing in His 1ifo wau also an Inquiry-mooting, whon VFetor asked Tim, ** What shall this mun do?" Every minlster should encourags hia peaple to inquirc of him, Tho moment thero s o spirlt of Inquiry then the soul lu troubled, and wants to learn nbout Jesus, Many poaplo wonder what the fnquiry-rooms mny be, uud thiey wouder what people do lu there, and they comu to the doors and neep In and then shrink at thy lden of coming, In and Ihu{ [ awn{. 1 scenis—in Luke, third chaptor—that oven Christ, an Pluinly as fo proaclicd, was tnqultad of, * O lhe anke of tho Jordan people flocked arsund Him and asked Uim, ** What shall wo do, thenr” And e Lold them, Ilo tald the publicans and tha sol- dlors, To bosure Jle diin't huvons convenivnt and samfortablo_{nquiry-ruoms ns we lave hure, but He just held 1lia meeting right thure on the ) of the Jordan, I wonder whatsort of a figure some of our minle- ters would maky M such a qguostlon wore put to Lin when ho was preaching, Supuose nght in tho middle of the sorinon souic one should Jump up in the widdle of the church aud shout out ¥* WHAT SILALL I 1O 1O BE 8AVED " Why, ho wouldn't know what 1 Tikely luso | do, and he would placa In his manuseript sermon. Why, ouce I had a minlster come to we after & suruion, and whian the Inquiry-roons were full,and sy, **Won't you como and tatk 1o these Diupls :nlnd'hll them ‘what to do? Idon't know what to oy Lwant to call your attention to & fow verses I find In Matthew. I want to prove boyond dunbt that thous fnquiry meollnys are pot o'surt of new ntlun. A yreat many people shake their heads Wwisuly wnd say “I\I( dow't undoerstund the Inquiry meotfnge, One ninistor aatd to mu e was wl‘lmx 1 uhould preach In his pulpit on the understanding that there should bono Inquiry meeting afters wards, 1 wrote back to him and sald I did not ‘want ks pulpit, for 1 dm?; want suy pulplt unless it fa with the privilogd’ of talking with thos wougded duriug the worvice, 1t scoma to we that {e what uveryone of us ougnt to stinat, 1f a man 1e convicted of eln during the vermon we ought to tako hlin right there, Eome say, **Give the mag thno; fet him comd and sco the minlator on Mon. day or Wednesday night," Don't you know that tho devil ls all the while |rylnf to'cateh uway the sced, and that he mn! «ot It away Doforo the #i ricken ona gete out of the doorr TAKE UIM AT ONCE, befora the Devli snutches the seed ' that bus gone down loto his heatt. Not only that, but the wan may be dead and damaud befure Monday night, Remember, **Whatever thy hund Anuth 10 do, do s with al) thy might, " and It Iw of the utinst fin: pottanca to bring them to Chrlst the very moment tuey are convicted. ‘o dofer in a matter of thiv kiud way have a bad cfect Bome !\ml ple say that 118 1n the work of God Ihe{ will still vo anxious, and will hold out with auzicly fust to wccommos dato the convenlence of 1ho minister, This la a jdea. You caunot find snywh where un anxiouasoul ever wont Lo Christ. and lig told him **Come next weak st | will tutk to you, ™ 1t pecmus ta me the wmost imporiant work sny man can do fs to bind koo uitxions soul ta the Sun of God, and ovorything oughit tu b made subscquent 16 that work, “1 wabl tu call your siteulivn tu the x‘nnm chapter of Matthuw and the fourtcenth el . Then camo ta im the disclpics of Jyhin, sastow, why fowe ad nt Khatlisos farur ok THARTIAE faabnot T AR Jeous 8114 H0LG {hen , ¥ fren 01 L0 B AT IuLer thourt ua [ong 'us 1us butdevtovi fa with tueni? | Now, there were (hows mun Tilnx to Him with a0 bunest inquiry, aklug why Tls (iscipes did nOL faet and mourn like the Uleclples of Joln, That was ‘50 fuguiry-mectlng. Thoy, coutd nob have don uurllhnr 0 TN DI i wak o v the thlug oxplaued I §6 [roubled them, Aud if e skeptics wud wew that wrv cayillog wboul thy Wordof Gad would only g4 f y ed to RN PR T ) it ey a, ' clong §Hiticining apiritunl thinga, g (arcAne and tiouttlown to tiicte Joval, nid o ing? 14, 1 ring n Ditle piny ", i ont i lon of dlscup] doras Chiriat ia n of oy mafinr of Fovelntion A ey 2rcsian in the Lot ean do i1 taka " o but % thow W meetin s mot tor thatt 11" e a2 (0yurs an Mo spint unorofitably ; bnt iy est abont hin aonl's aaiva : decpttyed nfiel, 17 ha o Rl ol will nt what est, and wan ere n man fa i 161ty Doy nesare I e |i‘l;n m? bim. No man hgy mn:n'zl:‘lm LUt THIL8 great many area LICH As ] Tswould ropeat ta snch ‘peo all |Jour nnm‘gnu T n Hitth fy g Welh rald 1, % coftatnly Gt elmvey I thoughts and dealpsin to yo, R blaunc.] Iniuiry meetingn aratiol fof juse (JAP" THHY ARB FOR THOSE wio aca! T, REA] 0 g GHT LioyT, PLEwA T, and {f men Are honest In thelr tratha of tho: Gonpel, Qo wij s eF the grest ‘Thune Disclples Woro troubled b Jon fi?,,,‘ff"" Sl otci ot 10t g B TTho uthcrs Hhowzht this Captrees fo oréand thore, o wooil Jolin, nid conli ot e ney SRR of Snstead of wocrotly wore ot 1o 1o Nautir, and! {14 sors {1, M0iEr thougl l[gu to tho Master and thow, 3k, 3 Lakis And they matd unto Efl:‘l‘ll;!. ordo ;VB IHIJ‘K lwm\'mafi! cy could tot toll, The tronblea aud dowbts aclsing 1n (i SoI% Uitle :rl‘u'fly"\:‘;ntl :I)Kl;tmm mm.n That 14 thg In;‘nl‘r’;‘l eting, L eannot fing s wont to Chiriat. weith an ene W that waa turied ‘mway. time nrging man 10 come 1o Tk more than honost inquire not tho sorvant be abuvo Nl Alastyr, porc! dlscouraga peaplo’ feam comlmg ba'cLocn, encourage them to como to the Inyulry-room and flle” with them aliout thoso heaventy joa™ it they may et fght, ‘Now' 1ot e forsile g0 Lelrth chaptor of Matiliow and the fent St 50 Apd ehiold, hiere wan & man which hat by 1o withercd, And they aaked 11im, saying, {aheaan 1y tavvaln Day? Thi ek They Jnst tried to got Iim they asked, and 'nmvnlcc how ctelic A ks ax i il © forthy snilf was restored wialy Chrlet. was trying (0 draw thes A150uL 118 teuchhigo Tlo n trths iy v ond A1 This tnan with tho withored. hand wus broyght thero 1o “geb Mim luto - diMoyirys i something fccueo flim o But T el Cyou g yoy o gont want thoso min-withered men 1o ‘got atrer, th de not bring thein nenr Chelt, for. 1F you e 1 il by sure (o get it They mald to fiim. be (o lawful to lieal on tho Sbidth Day? 1o segcy them b quostlon, and trlsd to wake'them yp. o tho vorv act of stretching ont Hle hang o mis got vtrength, If ali tha mintaters would try any draw out umt waka the neople, how much moss oo would know of thin_beavenly trully than e do 1f, when they saw o man aslieop during 1 sermon. thoy woro Lo wake him up and ask witat ho thooght of it, don't you think it would keop Wi awai jor the fomalnder uf thu sormon? And, \f 1 eonhs fo kuop thom awake in any oilier why, I would do that, [Langhter.] A good many ga lo charch 1y louk at, tho"stylc of tho lannela, and to catry o soino, kind of business. Thero s a good dedl of husiness dona In church during the oreaching, and, if.you were to stop and aek right oug what tha thouslit of I, you wonld ect them a-thinking: a if you can enly fnl. mett thinking, there ?fl fomo hope of kotting Thom tu Cheletand’ saving them In’ the thirty-slxth vorae of thic thirtcenth chaplor we find: Then Tesus sent the multitdde away, o Bouset & T1ia” dlecinies ehme. aat e popind Jioctary uato us the purapla of 1o taren ot the el wrud, and satd ke thei, Vel Buod scou 1 1o Bon of Moy, o 10 1B4L WAL thp Now thero was pomething Ho had beon teaching that was o dittle difiicult,and above tho tatolllgonca of the crowd, and they' could not wndersiund it, Even the diaciples wore not sure of it, and they camo to 1llm_prvately nnd saids ** Lord) teach what You meant And dldn’t Ifo teach them? pid Tl repel thum? Didu't Ho say all tho winle that 1o waa here to encoitrue them to go to Jim with all thelr doubls and dillicwtiont Fhen when lio went buck to. Nezareth He found the audience ot mad a iy o they ot it of e ot and wouldhave sont’ iflm down to holl If they could. Somo peopls aralike thoso Nazarites, aud would like to LOCK THEIR MINISTERS OUT OF THE CHURCIL But T eall you It Is bestor to get men mad than to have thes asleep. [Laughtor.| In that eyeas gogua thoy would niat have an inqulcy meoting,and 4 gruat many eliurched now do's want, such sicet» Ingd. Tho fesult 14 that there s no converslon, oo Dleaning thera, There cannot bo iich blesr anywhore unluss you get among the peaple an falk to thom about” thalr eouls, and urge then to accept Chrlst. Thero are a great many passaged ull throngh Matthow bearing on this, but I Haven't tinie to glve them. Thero sro Mutthew, xvil., 10 and 19;xsil,, 1a0d 21; 31x., 16 and 2 xx{¥, ; 3—all thesa refite to this quess tlon of Inquirles. " We find them constantly coilng 10 Chiclet, * 1o mat thore upon the Mount of Olivcs and tokl them abont the destruction that was com- ing to Jerusalem; they could nut anderstand it,and 116 told thom ali about ft, And tho most wonder- £l ductrines that woro ever taught wero tavgit in t i Ay e, JOU convdy ask 1 now tury oyt JThou Ho that thoutd Into dimeultics, e ansivercd lher‘l}?‘ Btretoh forth thtue hay it they inquiry-room, Thnt wondertul doctrine of ro- genorutlun was tanght, not to a multitnde, but ta tho inqairer Ntcodomus. Many pastors 1iko to give the (iospel to & great many at a thine, but don't want to give it to ono or two; but It is o great deal botter to preach to one and accure hix sonl for the Lurd, than to preach to a thonsand and not petany. The trouble i, whon you preach toa crowd o get men to apply the sernion tq themeelves, they will probably thivk the descriptlon its somo of “thetr nelghbors, but are loath to lay the point at their own doord; but when you got down to talk to oua man, he bogine to wake up and thinks God ineans hin Nicodemus know Chelst was speak- Ing to him, and the reeult waa thit he wan won, And {ou Al him standing up in ths Nanhedrim, and whon Christ was dead and lils frionds liad forsaken Tim, yon find hin doing wint hecan, A great many peopla falk gatnst Ncode- mus, but I wiah there wore more 1lko bint to speak for Chrlst in the dark days. In the durkeet hour that Jesus wan bLere, when overy oya turped away from I{im,and almort every heatt prove uns true to Him, Nicodemua comes out in the mblst of tho darknuea, and takes down the Lody and an- nointa (L with 100 pounds of olntment. As Andrew lonar sayw, L ean linaging that when ho took the natls out'of 11ks hands and fect, ho turnad to Jesus and Kald, ! reminils me of what You tohl mo the first night I met You.” As Moous lifted up the serpent [n the wilderneas, even so shall tho Son of Man be iifted np, v that no man shall perish. ,,“' may havo everlanting Hire] Oh! ho never forwt that fnferviow with Christ: and manya soul In Cbl- engo will never forget the Intorviow with sume on tnat TOLD TREM OF OHRIST AND TIIE CIOSS. n which "They look back to that night as the "lrx::e‘:l Pk they wera 1ifted out of the pit sud mci and o new eong was put fute thoir mouths, S R R lekand iing to work ~foF Chrlet. Uonar sald, **1 can imagine Nicodemud In his doy, walking down the strevts of .Iorulal:llm and meethyz John and saying, *1 was round (s sea your Mastor last night; 1had a Jony tal h“ i 1w, and T nover keard n man apeak 80 i all mF 11t ‘before. 1o told mo that God wan love; tat Ho gave Ilia only bezotten Son that whomsoerrbe- loved in Ilim whould not uorial, bulh‘uenv-'” il andle i, gL B e tal o that' ond John , yess le talke liko that,’ "And tals uinde o décp linpression on Nicodennis, ’ o Lok ot the woman at the wcll:lblln-un‘m‘ quiry-mecting; the Son of Qud was rcud.;: Im’ ] to hers 1t wae nothing but an tnquirg-mecting, | #hio bad nut boon dutected in sin, and ber terA0 1ifo hud nat hoen boforu hier, wha porhaps woulie o liave boen 80 reudy to talls but to uiet her B thiero fa tho blazlig sun, and tatked o her 400 her Mifos and, the woment he got one draugit of tho livlne water, away ahio went to spieel o nows through the town. If He could miort 1 talk to unie udultoraus Ssmurllan woman, G wo atford to sit down fovne sond and -L.ml’ il {he road to unlvation? A great wisny ure el G preach groat syrmnons, but aro not wlllllnla sl this; but I toll you we will buve no 'nnd Sl until wo get down to this hanl-to-hand wofky ‘The greatest sermon the Son of dod evur pEetiyy is o oo at tho tomb. Wa havo go l{uck ta thls ‘luillvldu:lll“!:%:lil-nm (8 verted man 4 {a?lt;nf:“u:f» indlvidual. Al the preaching ect; Vicos we have had will never fud any one, ALUL yuung converts' meetlug when they e one thelr conversion they neve ey wers O verted under & sermon, m-{ e yrooa victed by nsormon, but it Is 1 (he Inquiiiou or u hoin tulking with some individust, ViEb the life, Peter preachud on the fha, of e and thoy crled out, **Waat shall we £8 f0 1 eavedt® That s’ an inquiryemectiig, (o seoms to uwo we vught luh 0 Lear that cry, and o encourage the PER out, *iWhat must we dp to bo savedts, LI Dosgine soma of you will sagi—yes ol S, favor the inquiry-room,—*'\Well Souid ko Liero In per o waw In dudes, ws ol £ 1 Him aud ask about those things. Hut o0 Day of Funtocosl 1o was gune; 11c was i A and yet we find them pn-nmgumuu' gt auking what they shiould do to° bo savece, o % wur preaching of the (lospel dont PRCOLS, vy result, aud ake men ey ong with 1t. do to be saved1 thero is souuthlog webld By, Wo don't proach the word, or If we i o dunt presch 1t w‘lhlflllllly Qhost, fl':fi:‘u ol l"‘lw{u" wduce conviction oi A H:nn.“wn fi:’a‘ b:-ue: giva Jt up and egin b B v God glve'us tho power! = WE SHOULD ADIATNBSULTS Weo shoutd ~alm st the ":Jpcl meny und If wo aim W WU G gaed, Petor told Curnalius Just what to &0y, he Lord couli ligve sont an a1 it ll:rlu‘zu:u"wl Lis house, a0 u o1l Jilin, e Fultiplan saier Bad am inqu Whon Paul preachod before Flix by fnquiry- mectlgs o wanted convertss BE e victed them, und by camy preity ResEI e whole court futo au fuqulry-fuoti, =y of tho Giospel ouglit to sl &t uf and gt 1s what we pray surely pet it Theso ds aunt preachud, aud when h: sald the Jews went ol But thero were a fow wia 8 sovoud muctingd—ul