New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-04-15
THE REVIVAL.

MR.. MOODY'S SERMON ON CHRIST
THE SAVIOR AS A PREACHER, PHYSICIAN, AND COM
PORTER-TEsTDfoNY AS TO HIS DIVINITY FROM
HIS ENEMIES, FRIENDS, AND FROM IMPARTIAL
WITNESSES.
As Yesterday was Good Friday and partial
holiday, greater number assembled at the HppodTome
for the afternoon service than any previous service
Mr. Moody requested those who had heard the sermon
when lie delivered it a few weeks ago to remain
at home on this occasion, but apparently none recoi
lected or admitted that they had ever listened TO It, 1t
Is considered somewhat surprising that many stran-
gers and novces can still coming TO the meetings
for the time With tickets In their hands, they start
anxiousy on tour around the building and attempt 10
gain admission first one entrance thcn inc
next, until the whole six have been assaiieu'
In heat and despair they return the main entrance
20 find the crowd has wedged its way in that the doors
are closed and the policemen nexorable 1t Is the I'M
perurbabe people Of the city, whom no crowds OF hase
can nuser who cooly find the best and most comora-
Bile front seats day after day.
The evangelsts have yet no plans for any irthel
revival movements, here elsewhere At the close OF
these meetings Mr. Moody will 90 to Florida for his wire
and child and take them to Mortified, Mass, for the
Summer while Mr.. sankey will go with his family 10
Newcastle, Penn. The house yesterday was warm and
the air damp and sultry. Mr. Moody for the first Time
seemed to forget the ushers and side windows.
The sermon was as follows:
My text is in Matthew xxi, 42 what think ye OF
sadducees were trying 10 find some occasion against
Christ The saddcees did not believe In the Resurrec
ton they did not believe in Him. and they wanted 70 get
Him ont OF the way The Pharsees made great profess
sion and yet all hypocres at heart Christ was
they were anxious get Him out Of the way They
Were al the time putting 6afse e law 10
When they were questioning Him in tnls way, lie one
Christ Whose Son is Hel" The Jews did not believe
Christ was divine; they did not believe lie was the son
Of God from Heaven they did not believe that lie was
what lie protested be they did not believe any OF IT,
they said. And nearly 1900 years have rolled away,
God lie said What think ye OF Christi Whose Son IS
Hei" Whose Son is He to bci They were wei nc,
with the Psalms whose SON is He to TO be Z, IheX
say, THE son OF DAVID Then how does David call
his own son Lord" They consulted together, ana they
could not answer the question. So today want 70
press that question home to you all This Tor Good tr
should ali ask ourselves to-day the question, what we
think Of Christ If we We're COMMUNICATING tle death
would be very apt TO express our opinions ABOUT MN
About the public men we are very free 20 CYPRESS our
opinions We very free TO express our opinions ABOUT
our statesmen, about scientific men, and any man
There has been more said about Christ during the past
twelve months than about any hundred men that ever
lived There has been more written about Him than
any hundred men that ever lived We won't know how
to treat Him and how act toward Him until we have
made up our minds whose lie is and if He is what
lie proclaimed Himself TO be- If He is not let us set
Him aside; let Us not be guilty OF ahd OF we
whole hour on this text, What think yc Of ChristW
would like to take Him up In all His attrlRntes'
"a Advocate, as our Surety as our Meli3itt92r,
our savior our 1ecemer our Way, our Truth our Lie
or Resurrection, Hope in fact, think there are
1856 different names attributed to Christ e2c oh9 VI
which would like to study with You to-day But to-day
we can only take tie great question Of our text II we
md out What the Bible says about Him, we will soon
make up our mind in regard to HIM. That is the ques
fhlnk OF the pr, icherio "What do you
Gk of t6 as 81 s OF not account n'i IS not
what you think Of this denomination or OF that OF tHls
personal Christ 1t so hard to get men to real Christ
CHRIST AS A PREACHER.
You can not fnd a prodgal IN all America but can
tell the story tie prodiGii son. IL has hung upon
every mind that heard IL. 1t was not fine ora
ton, an elegant essay: IL was grand eloro''>' ana
heavenly truth which burned right down into the hearts
of tho people How is any going to 70 get the story
~ the rrodcali II was vivid, plain. that no one
could misunderstood It, He hung the truth around
ryrrvthine SO that everything he spoke about
800, 80 ~, him t1ever after some one said that in
travelling in Palestine there Is not Osd not Tree put
reminds them of something He has said. When you
heard the birds singing to-ly in the PARK on your way
around their ucc. and they twittcrcd their songs
- Him Nv little boy comes sometimes into my bed at
or q o'clock the morning, earlier than want to
wake NJ and he saws, Papa, tel mo story" What
shall | tell youl" / ask him; what do you
want TO hcarT There Is no story ~ that
suits lin Ike the stories OF Jesus Christ;
The bible il the most wonderful book in he world All
tie children like t better than anything. we only put
it In such language that tey can understand aud take
hold oflt Christ is wonderful preacher. would like
Ia ask YOU what you think OF Him as preacher |
wou ike TO talk of Him ~ physlciani you nave no
physician IN NcwIorl that can bc compared Wllh nm
lie never lost a case. Every physician here has
now hospital in some part OF the country
FOR ncurablcs; there was no incurabe case
that ever came before nm II man hu ,Ilons , ui
devils lie only had to speak one word aud they departed
him No lcper was ever 80 rotten win leprosy Du
that a word from Christ restored MIN Here Is man
that IL blind; Christ splits clay from the ground
and places II upon his eyes and the man saw. coud
talk TO you the whole afternoon ABOUT Inrlst as q
physician. would like TO take iim up as
comforter In that house OF Beinany hoT G6 ne o0Tnd
up the heart Of Mary, and comioi'ed those tnii
mourucd Many of you widows here, II you should
y nov could we lei on without Him a comforter
Would not this be dark world If 1t was not Tor Jesus
But these are not what am after this afternoon.
want bring up this question Was lie what lie pro,
Because II He was treatment Ought 70 De altogether
different than II he mere man, like Moses Abraham,
me only way To lind that ont to go and seek His
friends and ills enemies, and what they say. IL l
dyilual would want 20 inquire o. two parties would
want to ask his friends but II stopped there might get
on.-,ided view. for they love him and might he bind
10 his faults. | would Ike to ask those that ana hOt
agrec with him. his enemies, ana near what they ssu
10 Jesus than the Pharsees ana saducees Ihe{ were
all the time trying to enange Him INTO some laiK that
thcv m1ht get something against Him aud stone Him To
dsath ~ t nc tryin 10 ct him out of the way II
was a perfect hatred that they felt. Look over the
record and what they had against Him one OF the
naiyeth sinners aud eaIeth with them" Thank
God. lie did! We like that, and It came from
Ui His enemies, II lie had not received sinners,
what would become OF you and He Is friend OF pub
raus and harots. lie that the halOts VIII 40 into
,% rin1iom of God before we do. That is what we
have asanst HIM, pcstilent fellow! IL lie were the
Goldman lie would Lot associate with such fallen
wretches" II lie had not, what hope would you ANA
haycl The Pharsees make love Christ all the more.
I never hear read a word that the Pnarisees said
against Him bus ide me love Him more. They never
shake my faith in HIM. -,
Go and ask those officers that were ordered up TO take
INN. They ebowed their way through the crowd aud
stopped 10 listen Then they listened further. ana they
said We never heard anything like that and before
the officers knew they taken captive. They went
back and -aid 1--WE never heard man speak like that