The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-11-13

the throng surged in filing seats ana asIes IN I'll Al
last they were locked In the face Of q crowd large
enough 90 iii another building Of equal capacity The
doors OF the Simpson Methodist Episcopal cnurcn
and the Dutch Reformed church adjacent were
flung open and in a few minutes both were crowded.
There was yet great OF people in the street
and the plumber was constantly augmented by fresh
arrivals and the mass thus collected surged TO and fro
in the broad moonlit from church 10 church.
vainy seeking admitance Many of those present had
come from the upper part OF New York and some from
Jersey City, aud their disappointment was very keen.
Others again among the young people took the
phllosophicaly, and many disappointed couples
dered of arm In arm 10 seek consolation in quiet
moonlight saunter.
JEALOUS LAYMAx
who accompanied by his wife and daughter finding
himself shut out from the Rink opened his HYMN
book and standing the sidewalk lifted his voice
IN song. He was Immediately surrounded by hun
dreds Of people, many or whom joined in
the chorus When the hymn had been sung the or
ganlZer OF this extemporaneous meeting began to de-
liver somewhat unpublished but very earnest address
to the assemblage. He was interrupted by policeman,
who said he could not permit the sidewalk
TO be DISTRACTED, and ordered the selEconst:tutcd
preacher TO move on. Nothing daunted by this unex-
peced episode the evangelist took up position In the
middle OF the street. and exhorted the crowd until the
people began to come from the churches when he de-
parted accompanied by his family
The meeting in the Simpson church was presided
over by Brother Needham and that in the Reformed
church by Mr. George A. Bell and others.
WITHIN
Mr. Moody alone appealed to the people. After the
Of me revival opened Ms B 1ne anS aer
reading the fortieth Psalm wherein David describes
how he was lifted up by God out OF pit OF clay aud
his feet set upon rock, he said-You will observe
there is pit and rock and a song and n salvation
but bear in mind the Lord did all and the sinner had
only to receive help from the one that was mighty to
save He had only to cry from the DEPTHS or the Dit
and the Lord lifted him out y
The preacher then read from the sixteenth chapter
md a laHn NM Mr. GunLF IN ctn
Jesus Of Nazareth passeth by
When the hymn had been sung Mr. Moody an
nounced rs his text the words-''What must
| do to be savedYn He said:-I want 10 ask
all the Christians here to- night TO be praying
all through the meeting that the Lord may
help me TO that question and then every one
here who not saved may be taught by the Spirit the
way OF liie was IN meeting not long ago when a
man told me that he forty years learning three
things-the arst was that he could not do any,
thing toward his own salvation; the second
that Christ could do it. and the
third that Christ had done it all long ago. No
VIII ever be saved until he stops trying to save
himself If the way to be saved is to believe in the
Lord Jesus Christ 1t certainly not any work OF the
body that we can do it is an act Of the mnd-it IS
receiving the gift OF God--it is laying hold
Of Christi is laying hold OF eternal
life. The moment we lay hold Of Christs mighty arm
you, there is no hope for you in Chrlstendom No
Pope no bishops priests or ministers save soul
We must look right up to Christ and il is utterly i'm
possible for man or woman TO be lost who trusts in
the Lord Jesus Christ Some one asked
CONVERTED
how the Lord saved him. He could not answer in
words, but he built fire Of dried leaves in circle and
within II he placed worm. The creature tried to
escape, but when 1T found itself encirced
without hope OF escape, il eurled itself
up to die. Then the Indian put his hand in over the
rc and lifted il safely out and turning his interro-
gator explained that IL in the same man
ner that Christ had saved him. | never
knew any that was saved until he had given up all
efforts to himself because II the Lord is going
do IL He is not going to be IN partnership with sinner
man cannot work out his salvation That is
the giit Of God ''The wages Of sin is death but the
gift of God is eternal hfen Ii 1t gift
we cannot get by work. When was preaching in
church and said to me, 'Well, Mr. Moody, you have
taken the last prop away from my soul y "Wel,n |
said thank God for that Thank God for that she
said; why, have been trying for years my SOUL
and | hoped to accomplish 1t soon" 'sWell,n SAID T.
s.just drop working and trust in God.n She back
the day and told me she had found the Saviour"
Mr. Moody here related the story OF q man who de-
scended into dry well by means OF rope but when he
got the end Of the rope he found that 1t long
enough--he had not reached the bottom of the WELL
He hestated long but finally closed his eyes and drop
ped How farY Three inches. Sinner, you are in the
position Of that man tonight Let 90 the rope, let go
Jesus and He will you II you want TO be saved
stop working and just 90 HIM tonight and tell Him
your story He will take you 70 His loving bosom,
close His arms about you you will be saved and your
name be written in the book oil life
INQUIRY
held in the chapel OF the Simpson church after
Messrs. Moody and Sankey left the Rink. They re-
manned until IL tlmo proceed the meeting
present, and the revlvalisis ably assisted in
working among them by the local ministers sew
eral laymen. The Reformed church illed until a
late hour and the greater part Of the congregation
composed of young mon
Rev Fred. Bell preached in the Rink until after nine
O'Clock.