The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-10-25

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"kesd I'm Thou n hast sHS here tn Thy ninety and nine.
But the shepherd made answer. e II. of mine
Has wand cred away from me
80 hs dcserV @ TO dSd my shesp
But none Of the ransomed ever knew
How deep were the waters Cr0ssed.
Nor how dark was the night that the Lord passed
Ere lie found His sheep that was lost.
out IN the desert lie heard its cry
Sick and helpless, and ready TO die.
Z" Lord. whence are those blood drops all the way
=. That That mark mark out , re be- nonntsln,s not, t track ?"
Ere the shepherd could bring him back"
Whence are Thy rpds r. 50 rent ana
But all through the mountains thunder.rivea.
=, And up nom the r9eky steep
reE S:S ff nSs Ss SS SsSG sis sy Of
And ne angel: echoed ecu around .,n ne @ ,h59ne G,
THE SONGS POWER.
For the nrst time the congregation appeared
| to be thoroughly affected, and IL was the work
| OF the singer. Ills rich, strong voice, his man
agement of the words, and the feeling that his
| earnestness impressed into his tones, all made
| u the strongest move yet made by the evange-
song. song and closely following was Mr.. Moody. In
| his sermons he IA free from the hesitation that
mars his reading. and, rapid as his utterance is,
his thoughts seem to ride far ahead OF the ords
for changes Of scene and OF action that are SO
sudden IA to startio the hearers are glided over
without pause. lie Is ardent, active, and ami
mated, falling occasionally into erroneous use
| Mr. Moody's sermon was upon the Gospel as
being OF glad udlnss and good cheer. " II is
essen,iai; ssiu pc ,1h thht peison WHO Is to
| Gospel is and my definition Is that which IL
given In the Bible Of Its being a message OF glad
| tidincs and good news. 1t IS simple theory,
based upon the life, the crueidxion, and the
death Of Christ. clergyman in a Western
modes Of preaching are radically different, and
either you must be right and wrong. OF right
and so had To ask him wherein we differed. L
never replied he, preach Of the death Of
Of his death What then do you do
when you come to such text as by
them outT" lie replied that he preached
essays, moral essays, but left out atonenent.
Bible without atonement. IL you take out the
death Of Christ and the scarlet thread Of blood
| running through the book, the bible Is no good
to me: II II must be taken out may as well
GO to farming or something else, for all tho good
preach at Antioch and al Corinths He preach
ed Christ ana Christ crucfed the life, death,
crucihxion, burial. and esurrectiOn.
And now l want to tell YOU why the Gospel
Is good news and glad tidings First, bcause 1t
takes out Of our paths all sin. God through his
Gospel has taken all our sins and put them be-
hind his back where
THE DEVIL CANNOT OFT THEM.
when God has hidden them they are buried
50 deep that they cannot be found but II we
hide them ourselves, they keep coming up
against Us. Another reason why call the gos
pei good news Is because through it Death has
gain as we become Chr'stians-f -femlessness in
| looking at death. We can indeed on,
death, where is thy stingr and voice, grand
trnn siTHnS aa o1fs .bH .ong NJ
the Lord Aud II the sting Is removed what 9TH
or terror remainsr None. II we pull out tho
sting OF II bee or wasp the insect becomes as
harmless as a fly, and so death, robbed Of his
sting Is pleasing to look upon Yes, yes, let
death come upon this platform aud plant his
cold icy fingers upon me. hen-whati l will
be with the king. my Father. should l not
then welcome him, repulsiye in form though
Years ago, in Northneld, where / was
brought up. they had the custom Of tolllng the
age OF the dead, ana as the bell tolled used to
/ listen. Sometimes there would DO seventy
strokes OF the bell, and Then would slap my
self In my glee as thought how long had To
: live. Again there would be few strokes-only
dfteen or sixteen-and they would ring In my
ing ing me me that must die. / was tortured and
wretched for then Death had not lost his sting.
cn s.Sd PSw Os s@ Ipeh rIaye S9a
, time has been when the fall OF the clod upon
ne CONN made me , start back WI With dread dread;
ths Lo'df There he sat, srinaips .mS ana
r resurrectionist and the life now1. l have him.
grave But as he sat there, before the women
came In the morning, the angels came unseen
. was clothed with life. 1t is good, say. that the
+ Lord, when he went INTO the little graveyard In
Bethany called Lazarus by name, for had he
! not, all the dead there buried would have been
| Idlseu Win
MIR. MOODY TELLING STORY.
! "And that reminds me- that once when was
, younger was called upon to preach funeral
sermon. | wanted TO make II as much like
bbie sbTouaR To- fnd model but could Ana n1
a | none. Ho never preached funeral sermon.
. That was not his business; for the dead came
I | to life when he came around. Another piece OF
: good tidings that the Gospel teaches us Ia that
1 we need not fear the Judgment. ! used to
. think that would be terrible thing; but, thank
| God, the question OF sin has been forever
swept away. Our sins have been atoned
for by the death Of Christ; but we have
. | yet TO render an account OF our stewardship.
/ The Gospel through John tells us, Verify. yer-
a ily'-and when anything begins with verify IN
the Bible, 1t means that II is just as true can
!. be-, say unto you, he that heareth my word
a lasting llfe and shall not come into cOndemna-
: ton; but Is passed from death unto lie.
! but hath That means something, and II You
g want to get on solid platform, why, climb
. you can. 1t will carry you right through this
life, will rob death Of his sting and will free you
q from fear OF the Judgment i head once a cleT,
i RymAn In Dublin pray that a man might at his
2 death lay. hold OF eternal life. Even though |
was Methodist, | could not say Amen
e why man should not be saved now and
% lay hold now Of eternal life. Can you, DR.. Bud
e inRton,' continued the preacher, turning to the
N person addressed give me any reason why
q these people should not be saved tonight y
| cried enthusiastically, "None Whatever. There
ID may be some Of you mere who do not think thai
y that you are sinners, and want to prove IT, cal
your neighbor and he will prove 1t for you III you
. are really anxious" Then with rapid trans tioI
% Mr.. Moody passed from a description OF ,
i burning prairie In the West to picture Of al
=, ambulance passing In the dead OF night amonI
y the wounded surrounding Paris.
~ Then, alter another hymn, In which the con
IL Rregaton united with great spirit, the benedic
tion was pronounced by the Rev. David Ingis
There was no exhortation for repentant sinners
TO arise and ask for prayers. On nent sun
day afternoon there VIII be "A meeting especial,
for women, more to reduce the crowd than 10
., any other reason.
10 The Young Mems Christian Association O
n New York on Saturday night rented tho Hippo
r. drome for the month of January from Shook
O. Palmer for $1,000 a week 1t is TO be occupied
lt by Moody and Sankey.
10 The Uniyersasts who were not taken int
10 consideration in the preparations for Mood
a and Sankey begin a revival Of their own thi
70 evening In the CeLnont Avenue Church, Brook
u lyn. The Rev. ii. Il. Nye preached openn
II sermon last evening on the subject, " Prepare
!" ton for Christ" The Rev. DIR. Il. q. Brooks o
h, Philadelphia j. NJ. Pullman OF New York, an
r. the Rev. X. N. Pullman. are 10 assist Dr. Rye 1
10 ] the revival services