, 1876-11-03
TILE TADE2NACLE.


MS on Monday night. Their tho weather WIS
cloudy, but Mr.. Atuotly was a,1loluccdto to hcawny.
| Tho opening prayer was Dy tho 1lcv. W. W.
Evcrts, 'lr. The aingtng was hearty anu enjoy
nblc, and the preaching impressive nnl effective,
| II one might Judge by the number affected 10
| tears by eoniG of htr. Afuoiyfs touching iilus-
trattous nnd tho large n,,n,bcr fl tho inquiry
rooms at tho after.n,ccttnE 1T tho main hail. Tho
! work Of conversion Is going on umong class OF
| persons hitherto held TO bc Utmost bcyond tho
reach Of tho ordinary means of grace. Accord
ing to Mr.. Moody's memorable prayer at the
outset Of tho meetings, Gosl seems to Ge giving
lin Ereut number Of converts nntotlg disst-
patcd and hardened mc,. III giving out the
notice OF the temperance meeting to-.lay, Mr.,
Moody said, "God bas given inc Il hundred
times more faith for tho conversion Of .lrunls-
arus tllan 1alad year ago. anl 1t is remark.
able fact that large proportion OF the l00 to
150 inqutrcrs every DAY arc Of this class Of per-
sons.
| The Scripture readings wore from the 1o0th
Psaln, the 5 0t', chaplcr Of 1salali, and the ID
chuptcr Of Amos
THE SERMON.
We VIII 70 on with the sam9 text That we have
llntl FOR tho last few evenings Luke. w., l5,anl
take tho third cause fthc verse, "rlle Sptrlt OF
| tlc Lord Is upon inc bceauae lu 1,ath appointed
tne eac,,,e: In # o rs1s a,e4 s1Ss5p'iSs M issn TO-
nt tho eth verse, ARE these words: "shnII the
| prey be taken from the mighty, or tho lawful
| enrtive dc!lvcrct1l"
THO Lord Jesus Christ snYs. Yes, am como
for that very PURPOSE" Now, my fricns!s, lust
ask yourselves the question whether sinner
can forgive himself convicted criminal snyc
himself from the penalty of the law he has
broken. II he is IT, be delivered at MI, there
must be ee1ircrcr: for he cat,not deliver hti-
self, and this text tails It's WHO the dcIIyerer Is
| Jesus Christ, the Sun Of God. Suppose wcru
to tell you tllat there WIS no waY fur you tn cs-
capc from the pcrdltioh Of unEodly men; that
that nothing could possibly savo you. from IT,
you would al reject. such doctrine.
Even tile thieves and gamblers Win
l'aYe strnyca IN here tonight would reject e,ic,
told mo tltat he was once asked By Gov Curtin,
| Of Pennsylvania, to 20 and tell q lnan who had
bccn condemned to die for murder TINT there
was no hope of his hcng partlontu When liu
| went Into tho cell, the wrctcl,ct1 man said to
him: "You are u COON mait: You lsayc come
| to bring mo good news" And When tic learned
that message the Governor lad sent he faIntcl
awny. IT'S mn awful thing to havo thu last
God, there Is hope for tho blaekcst.lleartcd sin
acr in the love and mercy Of Jesus Christ.
Youarc lawful captive; yon arc uns'or lust
condemnation f0r ynnr Biils. Real the Bibto
gether different about human nature from what
sotne Of our modern minister's do. Tic Devil
has nll the while been preaching up tho great
doing thn sMmo i thinr' Satnn fu.e''1 hna hse,,
busy for i.sW years bintlino "1n mon 'sin +,
his cha,us mid making cantivnss of iho,n ~
and Christ says he llas conc to sut tho captfyes
free. satnn goes about hts. work very silly.
tyh,ct wv rn,iI IIo,v ,ynv 5;viI, .oot,, NV, NV,
he binds ,le with t|,rca;l: 6ut wo say. I'LL
that ia i,othIpe; can break that INV ttmr. y
But be goes on winding, his l1rcads around us,
iii NJ III ho H. hom mi ,,s h", on ~ to+ to 'e
ticn he mocks our he,ness sorrow nnt, ar vni,, %
struggles to ect away' But TIC s,,, of 9;1s1 Ina
vcr - cnpys a ~ c nd tc
n1cs.n,i m fra $'1 ~ 'eS *"e w
But TIC frat fl,fnp for Tia tn uni,crstnni ia tbc
fact TINT wa arc rcnily eautfvcs. Dn n1.v ~ vn,,
doubt III Let nc j'st ask yo1 aucstioS 3 tic Se or
v",,r sins and ,noTc ,,n vn1,r r,tn ~ fnrs"Ea
}hsm9 PERKINS, Won hayo hccn % in II liz ~ hahis I1
Of swearing. and hayn rcsoIyed f. tn ~ .sIu.' ss"n
thc san," um oi aths 5 mi rrscs nn yop m a
cverv tfmc vnn rf,t 1nni ns1Init ~, III +I,nt
tho I'D hnht was too stronr far ynma LII Ai ',n. v
friend. that shows tint satan has rant,rcli ~,
and bound YOU in tia that TER terrible lie haI Of II bias. s
.ithnMt tho hcIn ~ rhris I'M o,;ro,a ~ ~ st H.
sunnoso Vol, co Sreak al pii yo,,r sna.ybat
abont the sins Of tilc nast1 whit op" v,,' @a.
NJ iii II tell eli Saou you WIFI Wilt to o with t,e-br,nc
them to Christ Do WI, want nne to s,nn
Cou,e In hrjst mi oss lin to oir" vo ,,aa
henrt. So"ct +Int i,nont mo ,,;rso ~ ~ eM LEY
deyi Yo' iavc o,ic trauncr caIt s hr;t o. s1t y
10 chrtst and lie viii rive vi. new new tnnpcr H r.
just givo up ali hops oi bsing able to save r yo,r
rrv 70 % m nm 'nntrr Su% ,, "InS h, ,s1 n', Ic
:sis first vi; cnn,n ~ vn,,r oraq ~" INV queA
ro"nher hno.i"" ~ - = itt,o f,,;,.s IT,
met on bis ,yny homu from, school l.y nreat'
ruflinnly hoy, u good deal bigger thnt, In wns'
who tried to nick q gunrrcl With him. ii cam't
fight you" said the little hoy, "bllt you j,lat
ran OF as Iard Us he could to ind iis lie brot[I.
or, but when they can,c back the rowurs7 wnsn't
there, 80, nv friends, wa nrc tlo match fnr Ia.
TIM, and when hc proposcs "a frIt ~ w.
must appeal to our Elder prpttcr' who
Ia moro than match for nil Tia
devils IN he'll. Society is divided into n ersat @
many different classes, but God only knows two
classes, The Gross OF Calvary sliyItIcd tle
world 1906 years ago, md there ars % ui,ly these CSC
two clasacs-lhosc who arc under the powor Of
sutn,I and those who arc un,ier tic re rrncs NJ
Jesus Christ Who is yo!,r masterf IIayS NV va,, u,
never been delivered 'troin tic mower Of lint &
.,,,n,u 40. ,1I,t,,, ,,,,. .,,.s. H"'s