The New York herald., 1875-11-08
THE EVANGELISTS.
Three Immense Congregations
at the Rink.
YET THERE is ROOM" "
MIR. Moody on Love, Sympathy
and Duty.

inere wcrc no signs OF diminuton Id the congrega
ton that gathered in the Rink yesterday morning
baVe lnat there was no overflow no crowd In the
Hreets, DuI every seat In the Rink was filed There
were fewer ministers present, however Tho choir
entertained the audience with the singing OF several
hymns until Mr. Moody entered and the service began
with the rendering OF The Old Old storyu Prayer was
offered by Rev Mr. Lyman. Mr.. sankey then sung as
solo the song "Hod the Fort" in the chorus OF which
the choir and congregation Joined heartily Mr. Moody
gave out the announcements for the week. Next Sun
day, he said, Will be his last Sabbath in Brooklyn
Friday viii be day ofprayer and fasting and
told Mr.. Moody that the churches not going into
this form generally as he hoped they would on
this point nc said, Never mind II the churches don't
observe the day do IL yourselves. | hopen said he,
that thousands OF Christians in this land will observe
the day" Mr.. Moody then read l. corinthians, xiii,
and offered brief prayer for Sunday school teachers
and ministers and all others who shoulddurng the day
work for God IN any department OF Christian labor.
He prayed that the teachers would go their classes
full OF the spirit OF God and try 10 them to Christ
Mr. Sankey sung tho 120th hymn-"Your Mission'-
after which Mr. Moody took his text from the lesson
read thirteenth His theme love and sym
pathy and he illustrated in various ways by sew
cra Incidents the doctrine that he preached The au-
dence was kept IN tears great part Of the time The
Sunday previous he had spoken Of courage and
esness in working for God and he called the attention
Of those present 70 the iact that they might more
readily that another element needed also
for this work ! want you, he said, TO get away from
the idea that you must work for God because il s your
duty to do so. When you begin to work because YOU
love IL and because the love OF God in your
strains you TO work then you will find 1t pleasant and
easy to work You hear men in meetings stand up and
say ~ did not expect 70 speak here tonight but feel
II my duty TO say few words" Now is duty Of
such o man to keep still His words send
CHILL ALL THROUGH MEETING.
Duty wants to know what wages II will get for work
but Love runs al u regardless OF the pay You remem-
Der the parable Of tho aborers in the vineyard The
master went into tho market place and aborers
standing idle and he hired some at a penny day and
sent them TO work. Again and again he went out and
found others idle and ut the eleventh hour he found
some who had stood idle all the day and they were
glad OF the opportunity to work that they said
nothing about pay. But the master of the vineyard
told them that whatever right he would give them
And when the pay time came they received every man
a penny. But you'll notice that those who engaged
themselves 70 work for penny went away grumbling
because they did not get more. That is the way with
duty always. Mr. Moody told anecdote of clergy.
man In London who had won a whole family of seven
persons TO Christ by smile and bow, ana then I'm
pressed the lesson that should 20 through the world
with smile and about the Lords with joy This
going with long faces and talking duty duty Is enough
to make the world hate your religion make il a point
to 90 and sec my widowed mother at Northded once
year Now suppose ! should go there next Thanks
giving Day, and say :-"Mother did not to come
this time but sense Of duty compelled me
don't you think that mother would very
soon tell me fthat was all that brought need not
come again And yet is not that the way that many
Christians go about the Lords work. They have no
love for It; You often hear Of men breaking down in
their work. Men will break down who work from
sense of duty; but If they have love in their hearts
they will never tiro much less break down. The first
thing that
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL pEACuERs
should do is TO win the hearts OF their classes to them
selves by love. Mr. Moody told touching incident Of
ayoung lady OF wealth and culture, belonging 10 one OF
the first families in Chicago who brought little street
Arab to the Saviour and then made the point that the
"hrst families the upper ten those who were
nearest the throne OF God and who work for Him
and whose hearts filled with His love; not those
who have most wealth. the finest houses and equipa
ges in Brooklyn or New York. He then applied few
words to those who don't work because they can't
some great thing, and said that whatever God In
could not be small He closed with few remarks on
sympathy, which he illustrated by incidents of the
death Of children his Sabbath sch ool in Chicago The
audience WAS greatly moved and separated in a spirit
of contrtion and emotion.