, 1875-05-02
Co17ooation OF Canterbury, May their labors
havo an anspicloua fulflllnent! Yours. &c.,
CHARLES Il. REED.
MOODY In LONDON.

| Ills FIRST kEAAoN6--
t The New York II iness has published an extra
containing tho first five sermons preached by
Mr. Moody in London. Tho first is full OF thos&
| marked pecuiayihes Of style which, according
| to the standpoint from which they we're viewed
we're the subject Of commendation or satirical
comment by the English press. The sermon
! Was preached on Gods human Instruments from
the taxi L Cor. l.: II to the end Of the chapter.
The following are some OF the passages:
| God IL sovereign. He may take up this man. He
may taks up that man He may take up that boy and
| use him. God will choose Hia Instruments, and God
win YORK II His own xsy and what want is to get
into our placea os Gtdeon'a army did, aud let God
work. Yon IL mountain, and God wants to thrash
that mountain, and there lies great bar Of iron
little, weak worm. The Almighty passes BY thst bar
o5 iron and takcs up the dttle worm to thrazh the
mountain That Is what God has been trying to
things in the sight Of the world In this chapter pau
aunas up the five things that God does use--foosh
thsngs weak thngs desp.ed thiaga and the shngs
glory In His sight,
Wnen God was going to destroy the world, and
He did not tel great city to 90 md build It: H. did
not call forth hundreds 0: man, but man. who was
contempdhle in tho aight Of the world. The
They moeaed him and made light Of him.
Bat that is Gods way, not mans way. What il
highly esteemed Of nan i spolnnatlon to God, md
There is not man in the world Of God
whose name shines out upon tho pages Of Divine s.
tory who WAS eminent in Gods service, but who was
considered tho greatest fool in his day. hare not
any doubt but that Enoch considered the greatest
fool IN his day in the sight Of the world They looked
upon him with scorn and contempt, but "ha walked
with God, i" and God thought much OF him that HI
said. Come up higher n and he is up there walking
with God now. God liked his company. Noah was
tha 1aughinastock OF bis day. Men made sport Of
him. BE was the greatest fool, Is the world would
call it. He vas willing 10 be fool for Gods sake and
Gca used him aud bcss him and II you and are to
be used BY God we must be willing to ba fools in the
sight OF the world.
Look Ut Joshua going round the walls Of Jertcho-a
most Abaurd sight in the eyes Of the world How the
London press would come down upon scene Like
that-she idea OF seven priests going round those ae
blowing rams hor1s. FancJ tho Archhlshop Of Can
terhur5 and some OF your great poentates going right
would BE- disguised, and ray they nnst have gold
t1anIets 2t Itaat, and not rams ho1nA But that il
net Ged's way. Thay went round those wals and
oomrussed that city BY faith md by the grace Of God
they toek 1t.
Il WAS very foolish in the sght Of the world: but
Gods vays are not our ways, aud Gods Thoughts are
not ouT thougha, what the Christians OF London
must learnand We must learn 1t very quicx II God il
going to commence tic work here's that God Is go
ish way In the sight Of tho world Look at that man
Samson. Why, when the spirit waa on him, how he
did worL With the taWbone OF an he slew thou
xand men We are not willing to work with the jaw
hone Of IN ass; We want some polished weapons: Ne
want some weapons that the world WON'T have any,
thing to Say against: but Samson came down from
tho roc:,-Ae mad been on the rock,-and he took up
the j1Wponn Of that ha came Across and he
went oat and slew them right and left. And what We
want for every OF grab up the first 5awbora
SOME great thing but 70 do anything that the Lord
will perntt uB to do.