The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-11-17
THE GOSPEL IN BROOKLYN.
SOME or THE POINTS MADE ny THE
EV1NGELIsTs YESTERDA


'Fhnts IfOuDtcs WIN hth tOgnOmens
Mr.. Neodham conducted the services in
the Tabernacle yesterday morning, and Mr..
Mo ody slt silent by his side all through the long
list OF H7 requests for prayer that Deacon Haw-
lev read all through Mr. Needham's argument
that conversion must come through tho heart,
not through the head until just before the
close Of the hour Then he arose and said
My friends, want to tell you how much am
checrcd by the work of last night. Never In
America have seen God so present among the
young men he was last night In this Taber-
nacle. They fell on their knees, whole pewfuls
at time, asking for mercy. And tho work
must not be allowed to falter. There must be
moro meetings. and the association that
labors for young men must be sup
ported. II Ia In debt now over 5000.
have no word OF excuse for the managers for
incurrinR that debt. for ] made up INV mind
many Years ngo that would never I'm my work
run the Lord into debt. II peonle WON'T give
money to carry on the Lords work believe IN
closing the doors and putting up the shutters.
But The debt Il there and must be lifted, and on
Thursday collections will be made at every one
OF the services to raise that 5000 And we arc
going To continue those collections on frday
de stand clearly that / am not begging for my
self Mr. Sankoy and don't want your money.
We don't want any money for our services here
In BROOKLYN. II We wanted money We would
go into business, for can make more In tn
way than can by preaching. We work because
that the publishers pay on the hymn books
goes to Mr.. stuart OF Phiadelphia, Mr.. Dodge
OF New York and Mr.. Farwell of Chicago, and
Is distributed 10y them for chari;able purposes.
Not one cent Of II comes to u.s."
Twenty-Five villages, twentv-seven churches,
two insane men, four ministers. the Oswego
Normal School, seventeen drunkards. two lost
children, the evangelists In Minnesota, and a
destitute family were remembered In the
PRAYERS OF the congregation; and tall, black
bearded man added one more city TO the list l9
a special prayer. "A few mornings ago" said
be, " / was present here on purpose to ask
prayers for city only four miles from here, nut
speak, or II there was, did not embrace it.
h We felt ever since that | was neeligently
wicked. and ask most earnestly that you will
pray that Gods blessing may he poured out on
East New York. Goo has some few faithful
workers there, hut the devil has mighty hosts,
and he Is gaining ground every day that We
Father REYNOLDS. the srcd Methodist minister
who sixty years ago taught the alDhabet to
Bishop Peck, was In the conereRaton. AZ the
close Of the services, RS Needham conducted
the women's prayer meeting; preaching to them
I'm gentle voice and with pleasing, frank man
MIR. Moody 5 talk in the Tabernacle, Yesterday
afternoon, was upon the atonement through
blood. "rherc is tnat word blood" : id the
preacher, the warp and WoOf Of every book IN
the Bible. And II we take out that scarlet
thread the Bhe IA not worth taking home. l
want none Of a.. We IND ol1 Abraham, IN Cen
tain. and in Exodus XII. II we nnd sin fur her
refere, &C to prOpitation through sacrifice. The
fly IN the ark was just as safe as the elephant,
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mis- safeguard, but 1t was the ark. The ark stood
between the ANIMALS ana the flood"
Later the preacher spoke against the EMPLOY
ment OF hired chOristers In churches. Away
with our choirs." said he, unless we can get
| singers who are washed In the blood Of Cnrst.
We do not want to have musicians who Will
stand up and trample the blood of Christ under
| their feet while their mouths are singing his
| praise" The doctrine OF atoneme ent Mr.. Moody
| illustrated by the story Of a father and son.
both soldiers In the Austrian army. They
were members OF the same regiment and
| the regiment had mutinied. The military
| law. severe and blind, declared that for
| muiiny all men In the regiment must
| be shoe. But tue Emperor was 10Th to have so
| bloody "A judgment executed and after a COM
sultaton with his generals. decade q To be salts
| Ned with the blood Of one man IN every ten. The
| reg1r cnt was drawn into line, and the decree
| was r. ad. \ sergeant CON meaced at the mead
| OF the line. and slowly counting the men he
marched along. ordered each tenth man to step
| out from the ranks he father and son were
| standing side by side. and the son. coun ing
faster than the sergeant, saw that his father was
| 70 be doomed man. Like flash, thought OF
! the wife and the daughters 1t home, who would
weep for their husband and parent. ran through
| the boy MUD. and without hesitation he took
| one step backward out Of the ranks, pushed his
| IA her into place OF life, and himself stepped
| into the place OF de tn. And the sergeant.
| pacing down the line, counted the fatal mum Der
AT the young soldiers place, ana lie was taken
| out and shot.
In the evening Mr.. Moody addressed another
| large aud new congregation, continuing the subs
| JeCt Of EXCUSES lie told a story Il a Scotch
| girls death. MI Sankey boftv sang Almost
| Persuaded" but though he sang sweetly, the
story had not broken "A wav for the song, and
| tion that marked the closing scenes Of the pre-
| YiOus evening. SIN, hundreds passed into tho
| inquiry, anu in the later services for younG
men in the Iabefnacie large numbers askce