The New York herald., 1875-10-26
EVENING AT THE RINK.

together until every seat and standing room
was occupied. There was, however, no rush
at any time. The appearance Of the vast
congregation that Of ordinary church-going
people Sunday attire little modified II the sinners
present they were of the respectable and moral
sort And yet Mr.. Moodys sermon was wholly directed
TO sinners; so that there must have been some, at
least, Of that ungody class present few minutes
before the opening Mr. Sankey took his place at the
melodeon and with the choir sung the hymns No 25,
''Rcvive again." No 2, "'Tis the promise Of God
full salvation to give,n song, but full Of sweet
ness and power No. A. "Safe in the arms OF jesus"
No g. II need Thee every hour" These old ana fa
miar hymns and were sung grandly and with power
Mr. Moody having come forward, he asked Mr.. sankey
TO sing the solo Nos l6 Free from the law, oh happy
condition ~ in the chorus OF which the congregation
and choir heartily joined The words and music OF this
song likely TO become very popular before the
evangests leave Brooklyn Dr. Scudder then offered
prayer 1--WE believe he said that all things were made
for Thy pleasure God and Thou art before all things,
and we Thy servants have the right to pray to Thee We
would bodies souls and spirits to Thee,
who hast brought us out Of darkness into Thy marvel
lous light, and We believe Thou wilt bring home to
glory And now, 0 Cod what here night for,
but to receive the promise Of Thy Son. the baptism OF
the Holy Ghost on US Give us the Holy Ghost with
out which do nothing Lord, bless Thv
want who shall speak the word Of life to The
ton tonight May not one go out OF II
out conservation to Thee here tonight
they not give themselves to Thee hereS slv~
us blessing before go out of this bu * neie to-
night And this is the prayer of all our hearts that
there may be revival of religion here that shall take
away all selshness out OF hearts and that shall fit
us for heaven, And we ask it in the name OF Jesus
who loved US and redeemed US; ask it for His sake
Amcn.n
Mr.. Moody then read part OF Romans ill.,, s-s1,
which describes pretty plainly the
CHARACTER OF AN UNGoDLY
In the sight of God and his Inability to extricate
himself, and his consequent need of the help OF the
Lord Jesus Christ to do this thing for him. He read
also three verses (2-5) of the eighth chapter
OF Romans, which explicitly declares that the
law could not do for what Christ came
into the world to do for them. After Mr.. Moody had
key to sing alone the eighth hymn "Jesus OF Nazareth
passeth by There was little or feeling put into
any of the six long of that hymn until he
the closing lines of the last which ex-
presses the cry of the negecter Of salvation
Too late too late will be the cry,
Mr. Sanley put good deal of emphasis on the final
words; but his sngngwas very brilliant nor in
deed very correct at times. Now and again he would
course, could not be known He has habit also, of
abruptly chopping of the final sylabes in lines and
stanzas, and almost suddenly dropping his voice il
to give pathos to the air. But the effect upon
musical is not very fine, whatever 1T may be
large audience. de, however means that his songs
shall be too and hence last night he requested
the ushers TO keep perfectly still while and whenever
he sung solos Having finished this song, and the
dience having quieted, Mr. Moody in rapid rafting
style began his discourse.
MR.. MooDy's SERMON
His text taken from the chapter read (Isomans
viiil part Of the twenty-second verse-''rhere is
difference Now said he, ''if / commenced early
this morning to look for text could not have found
better than this. know 1t is what some Of
you will like very well, but often the medicine don't
like is the medicine that ought to have save our
lives great many will say don't believe there is
no difference even if Paul has said it' Now don't
car believe. won
alter the fact. And If you TO have quarrel
you must quarrel with God and not with l come
here to give you the message find IL here. You
would not of course, compare yourselves with the
grossly wicked but does that make you better before
GodP He has concluded all in unbelief and sin Now
If am hanging TO chain and one link breaks, fall
and am lost, just as certainly If all the links
OF the chain had broken. And so, too if any man
keep the whole law and yet offend in one point he is
guilty Of all Hence Adam by sin lost just as
surely as If be had broken every command Now if
you want to know what is 90 TO Romans, Iii, and
if you want to know what God is go John Is there
man in Brooklyn who would have photograph Of his
heart taken today Not one. You don't want
your dearest friend, your wife, TO see every
thing that Is in that heart When we have pictures
taken If they natter us all We say Eyes yes that
a good likeness; I'll take that, = and We pass 1t
around among our friends But If II does not hatter
we don't want IL You ask me, is 1t just the for
a man 20 be dishonest as to be honesty No it isn't
Is 1t Just as well TO be drunkard be temperate
No IL isn't. But here
DON'T TOUCH QUESTION or SALVATION
a. all. Now, you have two apple trees in
your orchard, one bearing sweet fruit and the
other bitter how 10 make the
bitter sweetY Is there difference between them
You may to graft and patch the bitter tree but you
can't make it wholly sweet There must be a new
creation there In like manner you may try patch
up men 70 make them good, but you can't succeed.
God does not patch, He creates When measure
themselves by themselves they all right they como
up TO tho standard II they measure themselves by
their neghbors they are generally couple of inches
taller Here Mr. Moody told the incident of his little
boy, who dressed to go out riding day. getting him
self dirty while waiting for his father. Mr. Moody
could not persuade the child that he soied he
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his condition and consented to be washed.
But, said Mr.. Moody applying the incident
| took him to the water. You ask me
what is the law good for tell you. Paul tells you
by the law the knowledge of SIM 1t is the mirror
in which you see your condition, but after you have
yourselves you must go to Christ to be washed;
and viii realize his need of the Saviour until he
realizes that he is lost sinner. You may have many
divisions in your churches and in your armies but God
has only one-thc saved on side and the unsaved
on the other Many a man has got his eyes open and
God has brought him out from under the of
the law. like that hymn Mr. Sankey sung tonight
"Free from the law, oh happy condition"
Isn't happy condition for a man who has been
brought from under the of the law and is
clothed with Christs righteousness? 1t is hard to be-
lievc, but 1t is true think see old Abraham down
there preaching TO sodom and telling them thai there
is no difference and that II they don't repent the wrath
of God IN flaming lire will fall upon them. But not
one Of them believed 1t except Lot Did
their unbelcf alter the factY There may be any
here tonight who believe what say to you, but is
THAT VENERABLE PATRIARCH NOAH
preaching to the antcdtluvisns about food that to
come on the earth and destroy them all If they did not
repent They did not believe IT, but did that change
the fact at al2 The lood and took them all
away. All have snned and come short of the glory OF
God Every man. from Adam down, left to himself has
proved miserable failure See him in Eden. He
failure there. don't believe Satan there
fifteen minutes before he had Adam stripped Of every
thing God made his covenant with Noah ana with
Abraham, but what man under the covenantP
failure too God took man to Sinai and gave him
laws, and man said eyes, they right and good and
VII llA1 a.. ~.
falling down before a golden calf And how mapy
men are there IN Brooklyn tonight who are
Downg down to golden calves : There under
the prophets man failure Look through this
CITY anu how many young men you see walking the
streets complete failures You may learn this lesson,
tnat man without God is failure, matter where you
put MN. Why did God give law that could not
keept perfect God could give nothing but perfect
standard Now Is there man on the face of the earth
VINO ever walked upright but Jesus Christi challenge
sny man 70 una another or TO hnd blot His spot.
Use garment. IN England in olden times, when