The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-10-26
In the Evening Thirty sinners on their
Knees Pleading for Mercy.

simple benediction.
In the Evening - Thirty sinners on their
Knees Pleading for Mercy.
At night tho Rink was abnze with light,
and, though II seemed crowded to Its utmost
capacity there was still always room left for the
lone more" who kopt coming and who not
turned away. The noighborlng churches were
in preparation for the overflow but rs the hours
passed by and the people DID not come, the
soxtons turned the gas low and closed the
doors. The congregation in the Rink Joined
with the choirin singing Sankey's songs. though
Sankey w.s not there for a preliminary half
hour. Drs. Talmage, Scudder, and Cuyler were
again in their places, but threc-fourths Of the
chairs reserved for the clorey were nlled with
women and young men. At the outer doors tho
pictures Of the evangclists and their hymn
books were for sale and an cuterpri-lng halter
circulated busines - cards on the sdewnIk- -cnrds
with the heads OF Moody and Sankey engraved
Ht the top " price li't OF hats.
Dr. Scuddcr opened tho meeting with prayer
for the success of reViNals through the length
and breadth OF the land, and then Mr.. Sankey
sang In n peculiar. oritoricai, atgumcntativo
strain. a. though he meant 60 make the stub
born hearers yield. IL was harder work to sway
the congregation last nlrht than ON Sunday
night Tor u wHs lCs4 emOti ional. and. though tho
floor eud galleries were hllcd, there was lacking
that iIimeas arabic electrical influence that
was given on sunday hy the presence OF surg.
ing crowd " thousands outsiue the walls. But
the singer used all his art, and with his kndling,
inviting eye, and with hi, smile, when the meas
ute OF the song gave him time to smtlc he added
as much to the words Of the hymn as din the
music. Then lie emphasized the words and In
terpreted thoui ia order to put the thought and
not the harmony foremost; and his reward was
aripplc ~ fQuickly suppressed appliance At the
close of ca n stan1a. Yet the clor-ymen on the
applause was given, for Dr. Talnaeo and Dr.
Cuvler iue side 10y side, waited almo.t onx-
iously To eaten the sound, and In hearing It
locke at one another and smiled, and assured
each other that he had heard II. The hymn was
enc on which Mr. Moody based his sermon. and
the singer In repeating the burden Of each
stanLa,
"Christ hath redeemed me once for ALL"
ant, triumphant zest to the concluding words
that was his power and his alone.
THE EFFECT OF MOOpY'S SERMON.
Mr. Moody, In his sermon from the words
For there Is no diner nee" was freer Ia tho
pictures than he had before been but 1t is hard
to say whether no pleased his audtt nee more
hey smiled, and indeed laughed at some things
which be must b We SAID Tor the purpose OF Gre
ating laugh; and they were profoundly atten-
tive to him Throughout, attracted and held by
the easy colloguy with which he in:etspersed
all he said. You may not IKE that text i'd
he, "and won't be much surprised N YOU don't.
TIE medicine we don't Ike H. often the best,
and II We are sincere We have got to own ~ to
II aud appl, tie remedy that viii restore US.
And II there ia to be any trouble IL must
not bo hetweon SOU and me, nut between
you aui God. Tho words mean just what they
s.N-that We are living under the liw of God,
you brodN ono commandment Il God, vou have
broken the l,w II God Just IA much as though
YOU had broken the whole ten. Ieu We not
liyed w To the law. and there Is no difference
between you and utucr sinners. The law was
given to sayc man. by. 1t was given that the
whole world might be stopped from setting up
individual measures and seals Of right and
wrong. These indeucnGcnt ncasurers arc al
wn,s maxim. ris mi takes, AMI there = not one
OF them who does not make himself few inches
taller than his neighbor Is.
CHRISTIANS VINO HAVE TnE DRY ROT
The old Adam stock of which we are made Il
like the dry rot that has struck two trees
trees may bear more fruit than the other, but
they both are rotten, worthless and sure 10 die
is corrupt, and i war VITA God. 1t has got to
nse chansed lirht through from ne h1ttom.
wanted to make 1t look good. II
has got to be thrown ou',. Just a,
much ~ IL us we can get hald ~, flr it Il all
bad ana then when Won are changed and NV
ana live according To the law, YOU can bc saved,
not by the law, but by the death ot Clrlst.
day to take my little boy TO drive, and his
mother Washed him aud dressed INN 10 make
| him NJ. But be ran cut somcwh re- and got
his face dirty, and when | saw HIM | told
| him that be WAS dirty and thlt | would be
! ashamed 90 be seen with him, out he said that
! him. And couldn't make him think different
until / held him tefore a looking glass and
| then, you must know, didn't wash the uirt away
| with the looking glass but with water. Tue
| looking glass was tho aw, that was ALL and the
as many divisions as you Ike in society. You
may divide men into rich men, poor men, luna
tics, brave men, Nasors and Odd Fellows, and
sub-Clyide Just a much a. You want To, but God
his only one division, aud that Is the law, and
the oniy way t. get away from the wrong eide Of
that division am out from under tue curse Of
the law is Toy pentence. 1t Is one Of the hardest
things In ne Iis,. world TO overlook ana
and to realize that there is no differ
cnce between the men. / can. for instance,
i'm gino Atrdhlm 1ing down - SOdom anI
IA ~ a. lg o.
struction ~ the city. How many people do you
suppose gave heed TO the old patr arch. Not
must be to think that cur dukes and our lrinces
and our Judges and our thieves are all going
down without difference.
NoAn's REMARKS TO THE ANrEpILuvIANs.
"And can Imagine Noah preaching to tho
antedlutigns, telling them that II lney wanted
to be saved they must get INTO his ark. And not
single Hntediluyian outside of Noah's family
came near him. You know what came, don't
your The lOod did and II swamped every thing.
That's the way men are always falling don't
believe Satan was IN Eden hitoen minutes
before he stripped Adam of everything he had
See what failure there was under the Judges
and Prophets, AID now IL Is 200 years since
Christ left among us grace and mercy, and see
what wrctched failure We have made OF IL Z
There is only one way to be improved and that
GeyII in hell to poi1t to to any Gelscts
law and that tnat must irst DC observed. Why,
a few years ago. when the police force Of Chicago
u
every policeman must be a certain height, and
they Thought that so they would change the
men. There was great scramble for places,
you may Oe sure, ana there were two men
who had recommendations from the very
nOblest men IN the State, and they felt
sure of their appointments. They had Sena-
| tors and dyes 10 back them, nut when they
went before the examiner, he said, ~ don't
want to read all these unless | have to. First,
| how tall are your Il am Ave feet" replied
| ono "Iheu YOU won't do at ALL and | don't
want your lutters," said the examiner, " for
our rules say that all men must be
hye feet and six inches" And tho other
candidate. who was i've feet and five
and nine tenth inches, was thrown out too
for he, too, WAS und Ter the curse OF the law and
there no difference between him and the
other. In the same way. If ! invite all tho
Smiths in the city 10 take tea with me, Jones
has no right TO come because he can sing and
entertain company, for his name Is not Smith,
There s no other wa for you 10 manage to got
into God's feast except by taking the name of
Snith-that Is the name Of sinner'-and then
God viii know YOU. And If you viii STOP lOut-
inc your dirty rage OF eli-righteousness and
VIII take your place among sinners, and Will ac.
knowledge thgt you are SINNER, have got good
news Tor you That Chflst died 70 save sinners"
Praying WITH THE PENlTENr.
Mr. Moody then announced that Dr. Tnlmage
would take charge Of the meeting in tho Rink,
ana that he would be pleased to meet II
anxious souls in the chapel oi the Methodist
church across tue way. lilo asked the Young
flt.l no pltf I'm