The New York herald., 1875-10-25

NINETY AND NINE
There ninety and nine that safely lay
In the shelter of the fold
But out tho hills away,
Far Off from the gates OF gold
Away the mountains wild and BARE
Away from the tender Shepherds care
"Lord, Thou hast here Thy ninety and nine
Are they not enough for Theeg'
But the Shepherd made answer: :! 'Tis OF mine
Has wandered away from me:
And although the road be rough and steep
so TO the desert 10 find my sheep"
But none OF the ransomed ever knew
How deep the waters crossed
Nor how dark was the night that the Lord passed
through
Ere He found His sheep that was lost
Out in the desert He heard its cry
Sick and helpless and ready to die
"Iord, whence are those blood drops all the way
That mark out the mountains track ~
"They were shed for one who had gone astray
Ere the Shepherd could bring him back
"Lord whence are Thy hands rent and torn 20
They are pierced tonight by many thorn"
But all through the mountains, thunder riven,
And up from the rocky steep,
There rose cry to the gate OF heaven,
'Rejoice have found my sheepr
And the angels echoed around the throne
Rejoice, Tor the Lord brings back HIS ownin
MooDY's SERMON
After this Moody stepped forward and SAID II want
10 call attention clause in the chapter have
just read part OF the first OF the fifteenth chapter
70 the Cornthians-"I declare unto you the Gospel.n
Although live in Christian land where the Gospel
has been preached so long yet ! believe there is
word little understood as the word gospel" If the
word gospel means good news' .glad tidngs
Why how ought 10 rejoice! II mon believed that it
good dings there would be long here this
afternoon. need not 90 down from this platform
know II you have good news. When the glad tidngs
are proclaimed the people ought rejoice II is the
best that ever fell mortal ears. When the
angels came out of heaven TO Bethlehem they sang
"Behold, bring you glad tidings Of great juy.n
Jesus says :-'Ii any believe in any other gospel
let him be accursed.n Another preacher took Inc
to task There's great difference between
preaching said he; 'you make great deal OF the
death OF Christ. while preach OF His lfen said to
him, what do you do with that text Christ died for
sins, according TO the Scrpturegn II never
preached on that said he He used to preach moral
essays He did not believe that Christ died lost
world could not preach II had to leave out tho
atonement death OF Jesus Christ why you take
out the scarlet thread OF tht book and the leaves all
fly apart
ST Peter preached Christ and Christ cruciaed We
to 90 back TO the primitive days OF Christianity
i tell you receives that doctrine but he brin ss
life and peace and Joy INTO his heart This Is the
Gospel, that Christ lived died and rose again
II is all there is that is worth knowing when We come
right down to the question II takes away the bterest
enemies ever had First, there is taken away IL
is God alone who must forgive sim Now the Gospel
brings this good news that he has taken all my sins
and put them behind His back. The devil can get my
sins unless he gets behind Cod There's another good
news; another enemy taken away. Death has lost its
sting Thank God to the believer the fear OF death is
gone. As the believer goes his way heaven hc
say, 20 death! where is thy sngyn You take
the sting out Of wasp or hornet and you don't fear
IL. Chrlsts shout the cross, ut IL finished ~
showed that His battle with death over | remem-
Der that when man died in the little town
where was brought up they used TO
toll out the mans age / used be
very much afraid OF death then. Now that's all gone
can 60 and look into the grave and shout, 20 grave!
where IS thy victoryyi Now Is it not good newsY |
like a religion that gives comfort. know that i'll
the little cemetery there will be one TO call US back
When Christ called Lazarus from the grave lie called
him by name. was gong to preach funeral sermon
u few years ago, and thought
IN I COULD.
SO took the Book and looked ii over but found that
lie never preached a funeral sermon Death could not
come near when lie was around. Now we have got
three enemies out OF the waysn, death and the grave
There IS another-judgmcnt used 70 think that
would be a terrible day but found coming
unto Judgment We all judged when Christ died
US Thank Cod Christ settled the question
or SIN Look at this :'Nerily, yerlyn (which means
truly truly and when Christ uses these words YOU
expect something OF great importancc) !" say
unto you, nc that hearcth my word and beleveth on
hun that sent me, hath everlasting lilc and shall
into condemnation, but Is passed from death
lie II you want 70 get good platform you have Il
IN John ", - Lay hold of y tins afternoon. don't
know why hundreds should not be saved here this
afternoon Ny friends We come TO tell you that Christ
has died and made iu atonement that put out of
the way aud that lie has taken sin INTO his own bosom.
When the prarics are on lire the fronucrsman just
takes a match lights the grass around him and
stays within the burned district and lets the ames roll
round IT, Ii Will again, because the hre has
been there before There Is one mountain peak which
Gods wrath has passed over That Is Mount Calvary.
w wau SINNERS 10 be saved If you can't prove that
you are get some Of your neighbors 10 prove
IL for you. Will prove you that there Is saviour. II
you want help, let the cry go up today, 20, Thou
We have got nothing new, my friends. This Is the
same old Gospel Men make mistakes; but when God
gave this lost world "a saviour Ito knew what He was
dong. Let US aud sing the hymn,
There a fountain hlled with blood,
Drawn from Emmanuei's veins. Y
The congregation did requested and Dr. Inglis
then gave the bcncdction. More hymns followed and
an announcement was made the close that on next
Sunday Mr. Moody would preach four O'Clock T. NJ.
to women and at eight O'Clock /. M 10 men 1T the
Rink Prayer meetings 10 bc held every morning In
the week. except saturday, eight O'Clock H. ST. ia the
Brooklyn Tabernacle and in tho evening al half past
seven O'Clock at the Rink
SCENES AT THE sIMrsoS METHODIST EPISCOPAL