The New York herald., 1875-09-12


but one, which was missing and We could
not lind IT. AZ length after searching long time,
said, 'Let it alone and il will come back "Non
said he "a lost sheep comes back the fold -
You must seek orhim, this shepherd left his
ninety and in the fold and forth TO look for
the that lost and did not stop until he
found H. Let the Christians lift up their hearts in
prayer here to night, aud ask God to save some
poor lost sheep He may find one all ready here
TO night But bear in mind that it is the shepherd
seeking the sheep He is not seeking after the ninety
nine that in the fold, but the one that is lost
Again, we have the woman seeking after the silver
1t is not the silver seeking after the woman imagine
(and believe we have right TO imagine sometlmes)
that some one paid her phi thas a. - u~g, y,
and gave her pieces OF silver She taxes theih out
Of her pocket and counts them, and one Is missing Se
counts them again, and still one IS gone; she
turns her pocket inside out and nnds mole III IT, ana
she says 'This has got out OF my pocket lhen
she stops and thinks TO herself, "Mhere nave
been since | got this money Y" She gets her
broom and seeks diligently for it ill she
finds IL She sweeps diligently think can sec her
as she the table and the organ, and looks care
fully under them and yet she does not ind IL Then
she sweeps diligently and has to riso great DUST anu
il is very unpleasant have great dust raised Ana
when God goes work He does great many thlhgs
that do not like But, my friends, II God IS gong
TO do His work we must let Him work in HIS own
way Let learn the lesson that If we are going 70
invite God TO work in Northled we must let Him work
In His own way Oh God let the work go on ana let
the souls be saved
Rnt ssshe sought diligently until she found i" and
then she reolced That is the point in this same lesson
brought out by this seeking for this silver II
was not the piece Of silver that reloced, but II
was the woman and she calls in Mrs Dutton ana all
her neighbors and says, ''Reioice with me; ! have
found the lost piece OF silver" And thus is II one
should be saved here tonight Goa WIN reJolce over
than the Church or anybody else Ana
may that soul be saved here tonight,
that there may be reason for great JOY IN heaven
II General Grant should die tonight there
would be a great commotion in political circles The
story would 20 round the world and create much ex-
citement but do not know as it would be noticed in
heaven at all But If that little girl in yon pew should
receive God here to- night there would JOY IN heaven
And let us pray tonight that there may be JOY in
heaven the salvation OF souls here in Norhheld
AN NrERLuDE AND SPEECH.
Mr. Moody's exposition occupied but few minutes,
yet SO rapidly was i spoken that in the lips OF most
speakers II would have been twentyminute
address Very appropriately it was followed by
Sankey's song, ''rhe Ninety and Nine" the
words OF which / gave in my letter last night
Now as then it deeply impressed the audience
Colonel Whittle, OF Chicago, followed with ier-
vent address in which he used graphcany as an Illus
traton the balloon ascension OF Donaldson and Grim
wood the speakers home being on the shores OF Lake
Michigan in which they drowned T. T. Bliss, OF
suaded y and moment later Mr.. Moody was again on
his feet speaking the words which seemed 70 be
crowdng upon him for utterance
Mr.. RESUMES
few wears ago when the Prince of Wales came TO
this country, all the papers and all the people were
In coming to the United States. Was it
to look into the workings OF republican
government Was it for business or was II for
peasureS No knew. But when the Prince OF
Heaven came down into this world he didn't come on
any secret mission. He for purpose; he came
to seek ana save poor, lost sinners.
Sometimes | like to take verse or passage ana
hold up and look all around It, and see what brought
it out Once when man from Jerusalem was going
jericho he sitting by the wayslde poor plnd
beggar who says him, ''Please give poor beggar
farthing" And this from Jerusalem takes his seat
by the beggars side says ~ haven't any SILVER to
Oiv |
you some news, something you will be glad to hear
There's man over in Jerusalem who can give you
cannot make me see es, ne can lne'e wa, was
u who was blind and he gave him
sight saw him and talk talked ,rt with his Ht father ,br
man | told you OF gave him sight" and
the first time in his life poor Bartimeus heart saw
the star Of hope ''Where is he? Where is the man
that was born blind Who is this man who gave him
sight? How did he do it ?" "Well, can't tell you
how il was, but there was man called Jesus, who met
reth. can't tell you about 1t, but he
was born blind and Jesus gave him his
sght'' II Gods going 10 give man right in these
pews here and sight o-nght He may come and do
though do not expect Him to do It. II man had
told me few years that should be here tonight
preaching should have thought he had gone clean
mad. The idea of my preaching would have been
ridiculous And the way he restored
the poor beggar's sight! Why, TO put mud
into a mans eyes is enough to put good sight out He
could see as well any No man never had bet
ter sight and Jesus didn't charge him anything; God
didn't need any influential committee to wait
on him to induce him to make, the blind see
bn Ine even %an eomes Saa this way you get your
sight / never heard any man refused that asked hn
for anything and now you just ask nm ior your sgnt
and YOU will get it" "If get my sight by just
asking for il am the TO do IT, you may be sure
And is the thing here If you want religion
you can get right here and you have not got TO ask
for it, but just take IT,
one day Bartimeus hears the footsteps of com
ing crowd He cannot see them, but he listens He
- tba Ia n Il
moment and the thought flashes through his mind, It
must be that Nazarenian. At last some one tells him
that Jesus of Nazareth Now he is glad. He knew
Jesus had given the other man sight and believed He
could give him sight also and he began TO cry out Thou
Son of David have mercy on and some one says TO
him Hush -sh- sh." don't know who IL wls-pcr-
haps Peter II may have been John. ''Sh-sh-sh
Don't make SO much noise. Now that Is the way with
q great many Christians to-day. Pray, but don't let
anybody hear you pray This beggar was not ashamed,
aud again cried Thou Son OF David have mercy on
me I" The disciples dIspeased but bis voice was
music in the OF the Son oil God Do you not know
that Jesus would hush every harp IN heaven TO hear
one poor sinner cryy And the Lord stopped his on
ward march and said, go and bring him 10 me
see them Us they to him and say, "Be Of good
cheer the Master calls Dor thee Aud Jesus SAID 10
him. What can do for you W and he answers, Lord,
/ want my sight" and Jesus says, Thou shalt have
it." And like the flashing OF a meteor, in aa instant,
when Jesus said Let there be light, and there was
light the blind could see, and the hrst light that
met his gaze the Son of God himself should like
been in the place of the poor blind beggar them
/ should like have been in his place when he lifted
up his voice ana sang W IhS
Son of David"
/ can sing as well Nr. ssnkey or Mr.. Bliss. may
get out OF my lips but can sing praises TO God
from my heart. so Bartimcus joins the cry singing
Haeluah " God Presently he thinks, why have
never seen my father or mother or me we oi my
bosomY Won't she be glad to know that have got
my sight? should like what kind of a vile
/ have got and who more surprised than Mrs Bar
timeus when he comes into the house with two good
eyes in his head
ON his way home he met Zaccheus prominent man
Of the place. and when Zaccheus saw him coming he
looked him and thought II was Bartimeus and then
thought II wasn't for he passed him by, and then
turned around looked at hlm agan, aud nny he crled
out, "Bartmeus Is that yOuyn YES that's me. u
"Well | thought il when ! passed you, but /
couldn't believe my senses" Where did you
get those eyes? How IL this that you can
seer" We'll | met Jesus Of Nazareth aud He
gave me my sight | have Just let IIiin and II you
him Just run right down yOnder and you
will lind Him. So Zaccheus rushes down where the
crowd will pnss tins Jesus Of Nazareth, who
works such wonderful things can imagine him
standing there ia the path He IS little short man
shorter than our friend Mr. Mathcr. daughter lie
u 50 short that he could not get glimpse OF the
stranger. | him stand Oh tptoe try