New-York tribune., 1876-02-29
MIR. MOODY ON FAITH.
r,,p srpunN LAST EVENING.

c.pIfr, ,pY FORMED or DIRECT, SIMPLE ANGLO
SAXON wORDs-FFATUREs or THE SERMON.
Nearly ourths OF the seats in the large hail at the
Uppodromc we're occupied at the meeting last evening
That so many persons attended on stormy nght was re-
garded by Mr. Moody as very encouraging. AT the
ciose of his sermon he said: 81 can't help hut
think that we have had the best meeting TO
night that we had. am glad 10
see so many here" His subjeetwas Faith" on whlch
he seems fitted to expound for a who has known
linn long and well said the other day, "He has the
largest faith OF any man / knew" The ser
mon abounded less In cdotcs than former ser
mons but was rcplee with the evangehsts e"ihesthes
Mr Moodys language Is very marked In lis siinphc"y
Passages my be found or 10 lines IN ength "
which thore is scarcely classical word. Theevangei sts
vocabulary s result Of art or study but has come
Ia him as legitimate product OF his peculiar education
Ills thorough study Of the ble, to the exclusion OF al
most overy other book has disciplined him IN the Use oi
simple and direct speech Before his Bible MT Moody
bows with sublime reverence lie once said IL was
worth more than all the libraries OF Europe learned
clergyman has said, "Giye book that is
Ribler than this Biblc and I'll accept IT,
Mr. Moody evening held his Bible at arms
length above and beyond his head, and said any one
would offer him a better book he would make the ex-
change nt don't ask me-" he continued, "to give mp
this book until you offer better in Its place
With God supreme above all things, and full OF
love and mercy. the ideal Christian Is 10 MT
Moody one who accepts this love IN all its
fuliness and bows In supreme humility before IL he
must Danish his prdc TO value the successcs ana
honors Of life have AN unbOundcd faith In God and he
willing To get down In the dust Ike Aoraham anu "oIA
and wait FOR the blessing"
When Mr. Moody had finished his sermon he asked
the ladies aud the to separate aud form meetings IN
each Of The halls which done while the choir sang
"Only trust Him." marked interest was developed at
these meetings and the inquIryroons were thronged
unit d late hour.
Mr. ueody'S sermon was as follows:
Iwaut to call your tenton Tonight to the subject o.
Faith think hear some o. You s,H 10 nv nv si sS ectI
would rot come" Bnt It sa very IMPORTANT subject
1t Faith that brings the blessing after AL Sohe "e n
laying hold. Kuowielgel man NAV nave sood h, neah
OF knowledge about Christ hut that does not sVe hm
/ suppose Noal's carpenters knew much about
the atk Noah dd, but they perlshep mlSeraoN neN
naer I1ow good deal about Christ. bat they not
saved by it, ana our knowledge about Christ does not
imnortant Knowicdgc, assent, then. laying hold; aud
is that clause that saves that brings the soui hu
Christ together The best dehto ean unu 9i on mn i r.
the dependence upon the vcraey of another Inc HloI
definition in the II III chapter o. hebrews H. sa.' -
things soen In other words faltn says amtn am Ito 10
Ifs II Col Us It, Faith says belloVe IL; Fa'h says
amen 10 t. . ,,-, III, ,,. ,o,,h n,
mn got mn in one OF our young mems meetings the
other night and wanted to know why 1t was there were
because men are sound in their faith t Is becauss
they have not rety been convertea 70 1on IS STSn
thaty ycin, Oh II beauii chuIch. and there is beau
u sing f ike toad ad q1sse s" And S SO i ty are
converted he church. and they are converted t 'e
The minister or they e.ted t. tie people who
go there. They get inte good society by going
there. But that Is not boins born OF Gmi,
or beng converted God Once there an Old chap
sat down army soldiers who were tslhhg
sbon how he had backsld. but the old soldier said,
think there Is some msaae AMI the tf9t" 81 ths malt,
has fait il the Lord Jesus Christ he has Ct sntlhS
the no OF temptation comes to him. aud th L0ur o.
trial comes to him. tho man Will stand nrin IL we ar
OILY converted to and faith Is IN man, we VIII
certainly bo disappointed How very oflen we hear
say. There member OF tIc church wbo eD aeu
me out OF S. and am not going to have awning m0ie
to do with peope who call themselves CLtls ahs hu
.e m H onS @ have @ lad hs aith shattered because some
1alc cheated him out of 50, do yout what we want l.
the 18th verse; 'Tlus SAITH iho L rd CIlses b" the
arm and who's. heart depart IN from the LORI
Blessed is the man that lse'h IN tLe LORD ana Mh9'
hope the Lord is" But cursed Is Tie man wio Pais M
trust IN man th is the reason why 80 MA people ait
all the time eng dsaHPcine9 ana WY ecn, sIg aiT be 81
been trusting in man, and man has laiied vi N 1J
are deceitiul AMI desperately wicked, and we cann";
have trust N Ousv 8; and because IN II mas iS1d Us
fail But if pat our trust IA the Goa VI jacob h'
Will surely not fail III.
NATURE or PATH.
Faith IL very important. You talk about financial
nanic-if business lost faith among Themselves and
I'm each other how quickly all business wonld 20 to the
wanl It Is the foundation OF society is the founda
ton of everything. Some people think when we talk
about faith In Christ that II mus he some miracnlonf
faith aud that they have got {" wall until comes down
Out OF heavens that is shock hch is 10 com
upon them But this faith in CHRIST IS tine same kind o.
faith tat have one another. II man has III
in the God o! Jacob, God VIII never dsar
whose saitq God has disappointed in all my life. There
arc men who say 1t does not make any difference what
nun believes If he Is in earnest, e is Siuccrr ~ h,
lie, often hear people ask, "You do not think IL
lnases any difference what kind Of a belief
man has, If he Is only sincere in II, dc
al the din renee IN TIE world waethcr be-
lives truth or lie ~ the deN WI can n,hs m yoa @ Denevr %
sine To your belief in It, that Is all be wants Do no
suQnOso for moment tat 1t does not lnaht any ii,
are oaly DO not Oyor Ia TINT terrible Illusion
which Is one OF tte deylts ies; Oncr lnets were ere
thought they had TWO ropes fastened ~ tie car Dut one
Of them only was a9o "a ey @ ra % % tb e Un
eeized hold OF the and the 0ter seized ho OF te
rope. Up the balloon, and the man wgo seized
hold OF Tic car up with Il, and was lost The
who laid hOld of the ropo was Just a. sincere as
tic man who laid hold OF the There just
as mnc reason 10 say that the who ald hold OF that
would saved because he was sincere ~ the man who
believed In a lie because ne il sincere IN the belief Ike
man 10 be abe To give the fath that !, IN
him Once asked u what he believed, ana he said
he believed what his church believed SSsed hn what
rs church believed aud said be supposed his church
believed what be did and that was all could get out OF
him And bceye what other people believe, ana
what their church believes wtEOut really knowing what
the church and other people do b. lleve. -
Jesus Christ tells us 10 faith in God, and we have
faith IN God that Il will carry us throngh all darkness
and sionn, aud afietou, and troubles and Trials. q
our faith is in churches, and dognas, and ceeds and
men, and IN this thing ana that, we VIII come mo
tronhle and difficulties before get through our ii
griu's Journey. But far him who has faith III God the
light will shine brighter and brighter until he comes AZ
last thc glory OF the perfect day Some people put
their faith III man some say, There v
such nins,eT haYe conHeaGs n sr IN ,aiih % "a anS
good man. and sometimes the good man dcyiaes little,