The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-11-16
EVENING MEETING AT THE RINK.

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EVENING MEETING AT THE RINK
Something more than the usual crowd assembled in
The Rink last evening6 900 tickets given out
The onesmeeting. The time occupied, is the
general custom before the commencement OF the meet
Ing, in the singing OF hymns by The choir Among
those the platform Bishop Foster Mr. Hill
man. of Troy N Y, compiler OF the Revivalist" and
President of the Round Lake Camp Meeting Assoca-
lion. The meeting was opened by the singing of the
p2d hymn,
Oh, think OF the home there
Mr. Moody after prayer by DR.. Parmy, gave out the
notices for the week and expressed his satisfaction
Ihe Of faces before him. Mr. Sankey then sang
The nth hymn,
Knocking, knocking who is there
after which MIR. Moody read few verses from the
fourteenth chapter of Luke then offered an earnest
prayer that this week might be the mightcst Of their
work III Brooklyn, which petition Endorsed by
hearty 'Amens" all the building Mr.. Sankey
sang as solo the eighty FIRST hymn. Mr. Moody
passed any Of his previous efforts last night his
nestness felt by every Of his hearers and hun
dreds were affected to tears He began his remarks by
saying:-l want 10 call your attention this evening
one clause in the passage have read to you II pray
thee have me excused" Those three invited
The feast wanted to be excused; it says,
"They all with consent began to make
Excuses "n, , pia you ever stop 10 think what
all that want to be excused II that should take place
to morrow ] Should have SIM audience to morrow
night should preach TO empty chars. with one
accord they began to make excuses and they have
kept 1t up pretty well ever since They have great
many children living to-day. Bear mind they were
not invited to anything disagreeable; they not
vited to so TO the Rink and hear some stammering
preacher They were invited to a royal feast have
got royal feast here night you and you are in
yied by the King OF Kings. He wants you all there
He invites every one in all the universe. 1t ls
us, and He wants US to come He
don't mock you by inviting you and then not giving
But ''rney ALL with one accord, began TO make
cuses" II a man prepares feast they all hasten 10
come, but II God prepares feast excuses rain in. II
should get of this pulpit and ask taat lady why she
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If one not there Satan would put there; that
IS what he has been doing FOR coo years Adams eX
cusc was ~ is this woman that thou gavest me-
laying the blame ON God. You cannot exhaust the
excuses tut let me say you tie them all up in
bundle and label them lies, Look at these three men
and see what their excuse was. The first
says II have bought some land and
must go to see "a good business
bought tY' 1t was not that he was afraid
would step in ahead OF him, but II must 90 and look
ut itn Strange excuse Then supper time is no time
10 look at land; you want light 10 examine land The
second sad, well have bought five yoke OF
and | must 60 and prove themn why did he not
prove them when he bought Lhemy Another down
right lie "They all with one accord began make
excuses they did not have them; they had make
come Q.aughter.) Why not take the wife aong-a
newly married wife would Ike to 90 to a east-or else
II she would not come, leave her ut home2 But you
see on the face OF these excuses that they were
meant to the conscience Some OF you smile ut
these excuses but have you anything better to oierY
Eighteen hundred years have rolled away: have men
grown any wserY ! think not ! never have found
single excuse better than these three gave 1t
Is easy enough 10 laugh at them, but honestly think
our excuses great deal worse than those. The great
est excuse is the Bible, and Of all the sceptlcs
and nHdels there is not one who reads il
and say II Is all dark and mysterious and condemn
the whole book People are very guarded about giv
ing opinions of mems books but they very free to
condemn this book. A must be born Of God be-
fore he can understand godly things. There
thing you understand-that you have snned, and you
know God IS the friend OF sinners. Take Him for a
friend aud you will begin understand it. Suppose
should ask my little boy, six years old il he had
learned how TO read and write and spell, and he
should say, "Why, papa have been all day trying
learn b. C., and should say, "lill take of
that school, you don't learn anything" you would say
MOODY, you have gone clean mad" That Is
about The way men reason and talk about
to know about God. Let me say, If
there is any sccptic here who that excuse
nc WIZ not appear at the marriage supper of the Lord,
and give that you will give IL at the
throne OF God We see that IL mighty power when
men take 1t up with all their hearts. Some make the
excuse OF false professors IN religion They don't want
To associate with hypocrite What is that to you
This individual matter Because there arc b;vno
critics IN the Church is for your not coming
II you really do not associate with hypocrltes
you had better come to God because liza" ~, ~
you to follow US; you might lind great MANY
flaws in our characters, but you can find no daw
in Head and Redeemer, who went IN on
high God Is pure and spotless, there is no reason
why you should not believe IN Him. Some say IL A. 4
hard thing to be Christian, hundreds say that The
devil easy master and the Lord IS a hard ono.
God commands US TO do what we cannot do and then
Furnishes eternay for not doing IT, Do you believe
thatg Satan never invented such lie as that See
what Scripture says:--"My yoke Is easy ana my bur
den is light Scripture says:-"rho way OF the trans
gressor is hard" DO you believe the ScripturcsY
Don't 20 out of this Rink saying the devil easy
master and God is hard one. Ask those who have
BOTH MASTERS.
| have served both masters and testify that the
devil has been a hard master; but have been IN tho
service OF Christ for twenty years and God IS delight
iui aud easy master and | offer HIM TO you to night
Those OF you who know, is God a hard MASTERY "a
unanimous MOI from the congregational This night
change masters. This night accept the invitation
Come this night and there is not power on earth
In hell that can keep you from Him. On prodigal
return Oh! wandcrcr, come home
After few seconds OF silent prayer Mr. Sankcy broke
the intense silence by beginning to sing, IN an unutter
ably plantlye voice. Come Home, Come Home After
he had sung verse Mr.. Moody Obliged 70 stop
nm The elect was great on the audience that
many sobbed aloud
Mr. Moody then brought the meeting 10 an abrupt
close
THE GEWvALIsTs IN GOTHAM.