The New York herald., 1875-11-18


church going population he himself also about
church. goers eThe churches" he said one occa-
sion need awakening it is too easy nowadays to be
a church member II you pay your debts and keep out
Of Jail that seems to be enough.n At meeting
for young men, held at nine O'Clock P. NJ in the
Tabernacle, he said. Z" You don't need that should
preach to you There is too much preaching lis
preach preach preach all the time; and you young
men, have heard sermons enough here in Brooklyn TO
convert every OF you. What you need is TO work
among yourselves Let the converted speak personally
with the unconverted-friend to friend Then you'll
Icsults.n
DRAMATIC UTTERANcEs
He has good deal Of dramatic power, and some
times very effective in but strong appeal or
statement "When the prisoners at Philippi with
Paul cried Amen" he said, God himself answered
them Amenl" Speaking Of the probability that We
forget Of the of lives and that this Is
perhaps to be means Of punishment In future state
be pictured unrepentant sinner awakening IN the
other world, and hts misdeeds coming back upon him.
Tramp trampl tramp tramp!" he said, suitng
the action to the word Do you think that Judas
after nearly 900 years forgotten that he betrayed
bis Saviour for thirty pieces or sverf Do you think
that Cain after 900 years has forgotten the pleading
look OF his brother Abel when he slew him ~ he
tinued In speaking of Bible incidents parallels he
usually brings them in in dramatic form-as when he
! remarked III want TO know about some man In
Brooklyn / don't ask only his enemies, nor only his
friends but both Let ask about Christ in this way
call first Pilates wlfe"-and relating her warning
Plate TO call other witnesses TO the character
and works OF Jesus.
He has made extremely close study OF the Bible
and Is evidently that formidable being, Of
book, and thus he able to give often view OF
Bible passage Thus, speaking Of Jacob he remarked
that his life a failure; pointed that Jacob him
self had complained OF It. and enumerated his tribua-
tons which followed his misdeeds He enforced upon
the audience the necessity OF reading the Bible
biographies not though they the lives OF saints
but the truthfully written lives OF mortal men, in
which their bad well as their good deeds we're set
forth for our instruction.
EPIGRAaMATo ELoQuEScE.
Ho has in perfection that faculty OF epgrammatc
statement which often finds among the farmers and
laboring people OF New England, and this has some
times the effect Of humor Thus, preaching the
Rink from the text Where the treasure is there the
heart will be also" he remarked OF you find
mans household goods freight train, you may
be pretty 70 find him on the next
passenger train" On another occasion he told OF
woman who came to him saying that she had sought
Christ three years without avail. II told her there
must be some mistake about this because an anxious
sinner and an anxious Saviour could not need three
years to find each other.n Speaking OF persons who
we're ambitious TO make themselves prominent he
marked'' does not say make your light shine, but
let your light shine. You can't make light shine II
it really light 1t will shine in spite Of you-only
don't hide 1t under a busheL Let it shine Confess
Christ everywhere" ''Satan got his match when he
across John Bunyan," he remarked "He
thought he had done shrewd thing when he got the
poor tinker stuck Bedford Jail that was one OF
his bunders 1t there that Bunyan wrote the
Pilgrims Progress, and no doubt he thank
fu for the Imprisonment than for anything else in his
hfen
Speaking OF the goodness OF God and OF "grace
abounding," he told striking story Of rich who
sent to poor friend in distress S25 envelope on
which be wrote, "More TO follow ''Now,n said he
(which the wecome-the money or the gra-
cious promise Of further helpS So 1t is with Gods
grace; there is always more to follow. Let US thank
God, not only for what he gives u.s. but for what he
promises-more to follow Contrasting the law and
the Gospel, he said ''Moses in Egypt turned water
into blood, which IS death. Christ turned water into
wine, which is life, JOY and gladness" Speaking Of
future punishment in Of his Rink sermons said
''God win not punish US. We shall punish ourselves
When before God Hc will turn us over to our
selves Go and read the book OF your memory He will
say.n Urging the duty OF immediate repentance and
the joy in heaven over q repenant sim
die tonight the Governor or the State should be
shot, that would make outcry here But perhaps
even great event would not be mentioned in
heaven at all But said he raising his voice little
''f sinner in this assembly we're just now con-
vered there would be great shout Of JOY in heavenn
Dwelling upon the certainty OF future punishment he
remarked, ''some people doubt IL they think God
is loving that lie viii make no distinctions in another
world. But do you imagine that when had be.
come wicked that God sent food to exterminate
them because they 1T 10 live earth-do you
suppose that when the and drowned them,
He took all this wicked generation his bosom and
left poor righteous Noah drift about in his ark Do
you suppose that when His chosen people crossed the
Red Sea and Pharaoh's host were drowned, God took
those doatrous Egyptians directly TO heaven and let
the children or Israel mserably over the desert
for forty years."
THs PROPERTIES or PRAYER
Speaking Of the real objects be attained by prayer
he said III you have thorn in your foot you
pray, not that God shall relieve you Of the physical
pain-He that too-but what you are to ask
Him FOR grace strength the pain patiently
We should thank God for tribulations they are
sent blessings; they bring Us Him. = Again.
MANY things want God knows good for US;
If lie gives them il is that may learn through
suffering; II He withhods them it IS because He loves
". AGAIN ~ sal4t 1AppOne gong from
here 70 Chicago, who knows me and my WIFE when
he gets there be goes TO her, and he says,
Mr Moody IN Brooklyn And then, when she Is
naturally anxious 10 hear all about me, sup
pose ho goes to speak about himself to tell
her how he felt the cars and where
he stopped, and what he said and did and Would
not she presently ten him that Il was not him she
wanted p hear about, but meS" Nor is he backward
n mpressing upon those who listen to him their own
responsibility. People attending these meetings dur
Ing these two weeks he SAID twill be either better or
worse They viii not 70 away the same men and wo
II did not want 70 be Christian DO you think
would ever 50 where the Gospel il preachedg II any
OF you have made up your minds not % Be Christians
advise you 70 get Up and 60 out Al once. II Is not
safe for you to be heren
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