New-York tribune., 1876-04-10
THE REVIVAL.
iR. MOoDYs SUNDAY SERMON.

PARENTS TO GUIDE CHILDREN Alright.
Great multitudes at the HippOdrOme are 30
faQucnt ta. they have ceased to astonishment
On Sundays especially crowds are always to be ex-
pected and the attendance the services yesterday
was enormous. In the afternoon both halls were full
Wm Dodge conducted the overflow meeting In the
Fourth Avenue Hail. with Mr. Thatcher 10 lead the sing
ing In the Madison Avenue Hall Mr.. sankey road the
parable Of the ten virgins for text, and sang new
hymn Behold the bridegroom Cometh," for sermon.
IL is what he calls preaching in song.
Mr.. MOody's sermon follows:
You viii md my text this afternoon 10 the first verse
Of the 9TH chapter Of Genesis And the Lord said unto
Noah Come thou and all thy house into the ARR
would IKE to have you ask yourselves the question M now
before go on any iuIther.s, ask yourselves ,ns 9u9a
question. II you not able TO say you are IN Ce ARK
won't you just m up ygr % feaF lear 81 IN yeu S ySu e
question todayi Now these questions ore true ana 80
far concerned have no doubt about IT 1t IL an
awful thing for a or woman TO die outside OF TIE
ark.
Noah and told him 10 build this ark that lie now called
him into. 1t was great buiing II was no small thnS
one door ii would have been 500 feet long and 240
feet wide This room about 100 fet wiGe ana oo e ea
wider The room would have been about sixteen zee, @
That that the ARK was not large enough, but there
no trouble about that Undoubtedly in those days
they complained Of Noah building such large ark
when nobody who agreed with him. and none &
not confer with flesh and blood he would never have
undertaken build that Inc people tcereu anu
scoacd at him while he was building it. They made
great deal OF sport OF him. can imagine how they rd-
doubt they would have had him in one o. them. They
laughed at him for spending all his time anu money IN
But Noah In of all obstacles III goes on with
the WORK which has been SssSd him. SSs SSn hess
more skeptical They viii have nothing TO DO Win ";
they laugh and mock and say We don't oeheyT there y
any danger" OF There Ia sign OF food. Tho light
shines the the sun is w bright as !, nae been ihe
last y e Es are ssns sse =. vel and
are prosperous" And SO they went on scO Illn9,
a5inTs Ss ns so%e People sa that eir
touched and awakened so 1t may DC tald tnat your your
tbing pure and holy That makes your fate 1t
good dead better for you to be wise ana 10 near tne
We'll twenty years more have rolled awsv and t'latls
the time Noah has set He told the people thaI aS 10
years the world would he DESTROYED They nsd I @ pech
looking into the heavens but could rec no sign le sto
nchinr The eeologiss and the astronomers and the
scientific and The wise men ana the great wren e III
that God could not drown the world. Just ss some %
%sn WsT say rbe now God a"t that 10" created this world ont
OF nothing called 1t into being from nothing cei'ahH
na can ssnno, d. desroy the world Don't 20 on thinking
that God IL going tO call this world to judgment ie
in mind lie God of justice. We are Taught that If
man won't have grace he shall have Judgment You can
have grace mercy love- or you must take Judgment anu
the curse OF God must rest upon You n,,.,, hon
run out and everything Is ready 1t is
Spring and oil n. the os peoRe Sa9s @Te n6bhs Lcok
they say 'he plants notnngi he will surely want"
ihcy we're yer. much startled at his course At length
God told Noah Il occupy the ark ne had built When ne
Ieoycs in they an say Why don't lie wait until storm
cOmesi" The sun is shining 6gh.y without any M sg lr o.
The world is drinking marrying ana gllng III I'M
sssre os s5e eyefy f on a It a for tie last
Scars YET right the midst of Noah went into that
ark God hd to aim that lie was going to destroy u.
world and he believed IT, The people who had formerly
iidiculed tse old man. were alarmed @s they saw
,Ss ,S,es,s e'aslS the 'G1S noR ont Of s den and Tie
bear out Of its cave ana the non ana lhe no @ Meht & ~
insects which creep toward the ark Then the ii.tle
,bey ,b 6Sd al gone m we are told that God shut door
and in another place in the Scriptures we are
,Sla ,Ss 'Hls door "HgN Was shut the food did mo
come. There seven days grace, rs were II those
have saved them They didn't believe that God would
destroy the woid but dd that change the DEGREES OF
liyh heavens At last the storm began ana We are told
tnat the foundations OF the deep were broken; Not
only did the water come out OF the heavens ana % pour
ard the broke from Its banks: Alter the storm
Change s ee her tune They cry to mercy They
90 70 the of the ark and cry, Moan iet us M
cannot God has shut the door" go, my friends, tie
that shuts in Gods people IN safety viii shut you
THE CALL OF MERCY
&c. to-day God has provided an ark for every soul IN
tLis house says he does not want any oi US to perish
He does not want any Of 10 die outside of the ARK He
wants VA all to come inside the ark. o. hear His loving
call to-day Come and all thy house into tbs ark"
O. YOU who are nOthers-I speaking TO eOoC many
mothers here tOdayInothe:s come you IN irst Neat
went in FIRST and his children followed him. Noah had
lived such life as 10 give his children confidence in him,
III YOU mothers do not into the alk yourselves, how
can you expect your children to 90 H. Goa calls you
have noticed all through Scripture that this call Of
mercy first, and after that comes judgment There
first 100 years OF grace, winch were gwen D! God 20
those anediuvians in winch to repent Dut thty wouia
would not forty yeaTs eerwarq ndSs S oe oSlsnd Si &
ueYIShcd 1897 there was tns great ftNlNdl
In which fhere was tide Of salvation that swept over
this land and brought many people INTO the church OF
God Right after that came terrible war ana We
were baptized in blood Now we are again living in
Gut the land Is TODAY day OF mercy and grace
end does not God call upon you to come
and then plead pray with your daughters and sons TO
come in they will never yet nave seen tru!
training their children Christ, aud who were living
consistently they ought TO- and & no really 5oVs to
saved either then efterward. Tbs impression hils
gone out; does not make any dlncrece what re-
gion the parents have, e6og their children gong Ill the
same paths; that the children Oi eOOi iatheIs ana
especially OF ministers. who had heard this said
once took a certain district Gnd canyassed IT, anu got the
names OF every family in the district, and The stand
that they had IN respect 10 resion ana conune WheS
he found the father and mother both Christians ne iound
wears of 6ge pTOfeSsed Chrtans where he found
only one Of the TWO Christians onetrd of the cih
r over that members OF Christs church; and
here were ClIisuans there wa.
only one-twetb OF the children Christans believe
we are only consistent In life. Will have ali our
c;dren with IN the ark at last Every one OF them
viii be brought into the ark, If We pray and work earn
o, mothers are your boys all IN the arki Mother,
arr your daughters al in the arkf II they are not what
are you living fort What il your am III hfei Is that
tue upperuOst thought IN your hearts at al hOdrs-hON
YOU can get tbela into Are you i'll the ark your
selyesi n YOU are not why not come IN to-day Why
not come and then try to bring them I'M IL seems 10
Children are wsnderng on down TO death. We hear OF
their dying every day. we hear OF Their being saddeny
OF the ark, while parents sleep on, ~lth our emu