The New York herald., 1875-11-03
MOODY AND SANKEY.


most OF which We're from mothers the saving grace
of prayer for children who we're erring. and many
from wives for husbands who were gamblers and
drunkards.
prayer was offered BY D, W McWnliams. after
which the forty. sixth hymn was sung Mr. Moody road
the hfth chapter Of St Mark saying be selected the
passage because he had met a man who had told him
he had gone far in sin that he was III al ease He
had doubt these had been written to
give that hope had suffered
from the physicians She had consulted many
OF them. She had visited Jerusalem and
Damascus, and her money mad all been spent in the
endeayor to regain her health. 1t her good for
tune however of Jesus and she had faith that
He would heal her The poor woman pushed her way
through the throng in order to touch the garment Of
our Saviour. II she could only touch the hem OF His
robe she thought 1t would be better than all the med
cine. She reached Him at last and as she stretched
forth her hand from perhaps under hreadbare shawl
Jesus turned to His disciples and asked who il was that
had touched Him. He wanted her TO pronounce the
fact that she was healed before the great multitude
about him. Jesus said Mr. Moody, is in midst,
and the people would only touch His robe they could
be healed
The third OF the ffty-sixth hymn, 'The Great
Physician Now is Near" was then sung, Mr.. sankey
leading. After the formal meeting over inquiry
meetings held
MEETING AT THE RINK-MB. MOODY DESCRIBES
CHRIST SEEKING SINNERS
Every seat in the Rink filed half an hour before
time for the meeting to commence, and the stand
ing speedily nlled up. Mr.. Moody opened
the meeting by announcing the sixty third hymn
hear Thy welcome voice
After prayer Mr.. Sankey sung as a solo the hymn
'Nincty and Nine" The audience sat as if spell
bound and his voice heard in the remotest part OF
the building Mr.. Moody then read part OF the thirty
fourth chapter of Ezekiel illustrating the Lords care
OF His flock; also part OF the fifteenth chapter or
Luke The congregation then sung the eighty eighth
hymn
Guide me- oh, thou great Jehovah.
Mr. Moody began his remarks by saying;-I want to
call your the tenth OF the nineteenth
chapter OF Luke-s'For the of has come to
seek and to save those who are lost" To this is
OF the most precious promises. OF God No man
ever sought after God till God sought after him.
When Adam fell God down TO seek him out, and
from tho fall Of Adam to the present day God has
always taken that place. 1t not the sheep search
ing after the shepherd but the shepherd searching
after the sheep and it the sheep that rejoced
but the shepherd and there was JOY among the angels
when the sheep was brought back TO the fold So in
the parable of the ten pieces OF silver |
imagine the woman taking out the money and saying
to herself there does not look to be ten
pieces here, and she counted them and enough
there was one gone and she searched diligently till She
found il and then 1T not the lost piece OF money
that rejoced, but the woman and her friends So God
takes the place Of the searcher. Let get the
roundng6 Of this tex. We haye read Christ was CON-
| ing down to Jericho and he met poor blind man
Bartemeus man who had been in Jerusalem had told
Bartemeus of Jesus curing the blind but he SAID II
| cannot be cured, was born blind; my
| mother have never seen my wife," "But" says the
man. sHe has cured man born blind and, If He
this way, don't fail to ask Him.. "Never fearh said
Bartemeus.
! heart How did He cure him y, he asks We'll,
Christ spit on tho ground and made mud and put
his eyes enough TO put out any ones eyes) and Ho
bade him go wash in the pool of Siloam and while he
/ you don't have to pay Him anything, and you don't
need any influence to get 10 Him" can imagine this
poor blind bcggar morning, and hearing tho
footsteps OF great crowd, he inquiries the and
Is told, :" Jesus of Nazareth passeth by" and
imagine him saying " That is
MAN WHO GIVES SIGHT, 4"
and he begins TO cry, Have mercy, son of Davdln
He got excited at the prospect OF sceing and when
some tried to quiet him, thinking Jesus would not
like to be disturbed he cried still louder, Thou son
Of David, have mercy upon me !" Do you think Christ
| would not stopp
| He commanded them to bring him to Him. and He
never calls you for anything but to bless you: He don't
call you to curse you. SO when they bring Bartimcus
Jesus asks what be will have, and he says:-"Lord
give me sight" Some people don't know what to pray
for, but Bartmeus knew what TO ask for and Christ
opened his eyes, and the FIRST object no tho
| Son OF God. and he went into Jericho shouting,
! ''Hosanna to the son of David" l imagine him
saying II will run down to SEQ my wife; would like
to what kind of wife have " and he Is running
says, ''Is this BartimeusP" and he says, eyes,
have just got my sight; Jesus OF Nazareth
is in Jericho p and the says IL would like to sec
HIM" but he cannot get him for the crowd so he
runs out Of the city up the hill to q sycamore tree and
he says: Nov, if get up in this tree see him as
he passes by and this chief publican of Jericho
into tho tree and is hid away among the leaves By
and nearer, and just Christ under where Zac
chcus was he stopped and looking up said. Zaccheus
make haste and come 9 dQyn, | must abide
first thing Zaccheus thought was, 'How did He
know my namef never was introduced to him.
But Zaccheus makes haste to come down Some say
they do not believe in sudden conversons but FAC
cheus did not take long, he was converted somewhere
between branch and the ground for when he came
down he good evidence Of it, for he gave half his
goods to feed tho poor and paid every debt fourold
he began to make restitution, that is
A SIGN OF GENUINE CONVERSION
When Christ had gono to be guest in Zaccheus house.
then the Pharisees at their old business murmur-
ing and complaining wish they had died out then;
but they have great many grandchildren living
day, and when they complaining, then ii
was got this text 'The Son OF Man came to seek
and to those who lost Christ has come into
this hall tonight on some GRAND l was asked to
preach in the Tombs once, and went had TO stand
in the corridor and preach TO the prisoners in their
cells II seemed like speaking to empty air. After
had finished went round to the cells and it seemed
there were no guilty men there. One was in by mis-
take another had been falsely against another
taken for man who looked very much like him
found so many innocent men my life as did
In the Tombs. The only guilty ones were those who
had put them there. (Laughter.) Only guilty
found and no saved because he acknowledged his
guilt and asked to be saved.
There Is no star in tho midnight darkness but the
Star OF Bethlehem. Christ Is able to deliver every
poor captive II you cry, Lord, have mercy ~ he
Will; and let ask viii Christ be nearer TO you
than to nightS What is TO hinder you being saved to-
mighty The moment you come TO Him that moment he
will give you salvation
Mr. Moody requested those who wished to be PRAYED
for TO rise, and ater few moments Of silent prayer,
Mr.. Sankey sung
"Come home, come home.n
After which the benedIction was pronounced and the
meeting closed
MEETINGS IN DR. sCUDDERs CHURCH.