Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-11-24
MOODY AND SANKEY.
sundays Services AZ BroohIys


NEW York, Nov. l4-Three services
were held to-day at the Brooklyn
Rink, which was filed TO overflowing
morning, afternoon, and evening.
At the morning service Mr.. Moody
announced the hymn, Hold the
Fort" which was sung by Mr.. Sankey,
the congregation joining in the chorus.
Prayer was offered by DIR. Buddington,
and the 18th hymn was sung. Mr..
Moody, commencing his discourse,
said My subject for this morning is
Daniel. The key 10 his character IL
paratiOn-separntion from the world.
There are very few Bible characters
against which nothing is said. Daniel
is one of them. There is not n cloud
that casts n shadow over his path.
Joseph was another, and John the
Baptist and Joshua, except IL be that
the latter reproved Eldad and Medad
for preaching, because they were lay
men. AT the age of seventeen Daniel
went TO Babylon, and was one of q
large number of Hebrew young men
whom the King ordered should be
educated in all the learning of Baby
lon. 1t was also ordered that they
should eat of the same meat and drink
of the same wine AS the King. 1t was
"a great temptation to these young men
to say no at the right time. Daniel
was not afraid to say no in such way
that they knew what it meant. Very
| likely his worldly companions advised
him not to be too religious in Babylon,
upon the principle that it would be
better when in Rome to do as the Ro-
mans do The Christians of the
nineteenth century would have advis-
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drink some of the wine, because it
would be policy to keep peace with
| the King, but Daniel said: 1t is the
law of my God not to touch anything
offered to idols. We dare not eat this
meat. Give us pulse and water
But the Kings servants say to Dan
iel and his friends: The King will
say, What makes you so lean " Dan
iel says: For ten days we will live on
pulse and water, and see what the re-
suit will be- And they grew fat and
strong, so they succeeded better than
they who ate the Kings meat. 1t is
not necessary to drink brandy and eat
rich food to be strong. 1t is better to
walk with God and live temperately.
We must be separate and peculiar, If
necessary. The rest of these young
men no doubt thought Daniel and his
three friends, Shadrach, Meshach, and
Abednego, were too peculiar At last
the King had a dream that greatly
troubled him, but he could not remem-
Der, nor did he know the Interpretation
of it. He called all his wise men
around him to tell him his dream, but
they say: How can we interpret IL
unless you tell us what 1t isP and the
King was angry and ordered all the
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Daniel, who was one of the younger OF
the wise men, said TO the Kings mes
sengers If you will give US time we
will tell the dream and its interpreta-
ton
"Then with Shadrach, Meshach, and
Abednego, he had a prayer-meeting,
and they all went to bed and slept
soundly. How many men could go 10
bed and sleep II they expected TO be
beheaded next day? But they slept
soundly. They knew in whom they
trusted. And Daniel had vision, and
the Lord showed him the dream. and
Daniel repeated the dream to the King
The Kings eyes flashed with delight,
and he says: Yes, that's it.
Mr.. Moody gave Daniels interpreta
ton OF the dream, and said that God
has left us in the dark world to shine
as lights In the world. GOD help us 10
shine as Daniel did, and walk contin-
ually in His countenance.
, The hymn "Dare to be Daniel
was then sung, after which Mr. Moody
pronounced the benediction.
The afternoon meeting was f,'Il adIes
and Mr.. Moody took for his ext the
word "Trust," calling on AL present
to put their trust in Christ, and all who
believed thai 10y 40 doing they would
be saved t" ise, and the whole audi
ence imm urely stood up, Mr.. Sankey
made a 81 ,rayer and sang the hymn
"Oh Chris, What Burdens Bowed
Thy Head.n Mr.. Mnodv then contin-
ued his address, saying that if he could
only get that one little word trust
down into their hearts it would be
enough. We are not 10 trust in our
selves, in our neighbOrs, in this minis
ter or that, in this church or that, but
in the Lord Jehovah.
The ninetysfourth hymn was sung
at the conclusion of the service.
! The evening service was for nom
church goers, and was similar in every
respect to the afternoon.