New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-04-05
THE REVIVAL.
MIR. MOODY breaches ON SAUL

IsRAEIl-OBEDIENCE BETTER THAN sACklflCh-
sAUL'S JEALOUSY OF DAvID-THE GLOON OF HIS
LAST YEARs-THE SCENE WITH THE WITCH OF
ENDoR
The HippodrOme services are not To be dls-
couraged by anything the weather can do Many per
sons are drenched the time they get there and the air
inside inevitably damp such days as yesterday or
the Hppodrome itself has sprung leak and great drops
fall from the roof into wooden bucket directly III oht
of Mr. Moody but if the congregation had to SIT win
raised umbrellas thousands would he present On THESE
dismal rainy days, when all classes OF people are
inclined TO feel helpless and hopeless greater
number than usual Of the very poor attend INC
meetings The dreariness without seems to SEND theu
there with vague hopes Of sympathy and hospitality
and with the belief that in way they may become
less unhappy through the regenerating influences az
work there After the benedctiOn they hnger In silence
watching the people 90 out and then Win suuueh
dumb impulse march after the other 10 Inc inquiry
room. Mr.. Moody told of one who SAID ne went III
there to see what would turn up, and when asked nc
ever prayed said yes he had sometimes lOr Iuch' M
is the one hope of for this world ana the next
but number OF them have been brought 10 al iue" u
their duty and good has been done III the way
encouragement TO self-help . 90, u,
Mr.. Moody's sermon yesterday upon the life oil
Saul His text was thu 10th Of the eighth chaper
of LIST Samuel but ne might well have taken the whole
book. He made Saul's history plain enough lor pr
mary department and fresh as If were heard LOT 'c
first time yesterday He make The reotest iacs VI
sacred history as YlYlu as the nOSt ioeV"'' VI
tory and draw practical home lessons from every Incl
dent
The sermon as follows:
lind in this Of the sth chapter OF LIST samue
Nevertheless, the people relsed 70 9po d Tor God is
speakinc through Sauel and they said We Will nave
n King over u.s. want TO call your attention 10 thsi
diSobedence and the consequence. For between 400
and years God had been their kng ana %neh o 5
none OF the nations were able to stand before IhG,
4, cfp and
tired of God They wanted to cast off His YOKE lhey
igbt lead their armies and make them imposing and
splendid as the nations around them were Wheh Sou
they should not have charios of iron and should
not be IN a0Isemg SI Sre them shield He
would protect ihem they would only look to Him ana
around them and they come the old prophet samuel
who has grown old and is about retire IRON iron a
aud they said, ave want king" Ana Sali'
uei was very much dspeased hS Sn o of Rs
and he oSE lbs rs T S aSd t. Lord Says
Samuel is not you that they have rejected, Du
Ten them e consequence and then tney Rs ~
it, will give them king r c ne Sau ' Tsey let them
have something that they know will bring them into
SIS IGi oF tbe% they had obeyed without
muir: but then there very few OF us that can ea
way and God permits just 10 show how much better IL
is to take Gods way than our OWN ann, man tbera
whom he should anoint king; and 1t seems that man ian
in the t9g OF BENJAMIN by tine HaG 5t u them SIS mr. Little
did he know as he left home where he going to- He
cssS and as he came near Ramah his servant sug-
they should go up and see to the CO. seer So %t
he Lord had told ga samuel the the S 6g T %ho@
What was Saus surprise when the seer met MN on Je
and then TOOK him uD on the roof OF his house and told
him what the Lord was gong M 10 dH VIZ for he told
samuel that he belonged S % DID the not tnS he
xros worthy. hut God chose him, and the next
morning when he left the town the prophet went Nun
@ 70 servant ro 70 on before YOU and after had passed
on and gone sight samuel anOinted saul King anu
then told him what would take place on ms way noe,
and where he would find his animals And II all came
to pass he had prophesled saul went nome MONT
care of his fathers sheep; but one day messenger
into The town in great a1 haste hae in T e and the
people had offered surrender and become servants to
The Commander of the beseHng army said he would
grant the request condition that he might tear out
seven DAYS and we viii decide" If the inhabitants of the
city could not get help within seven days, they would
have to nave their right eyes dug out And the people
lifted up their voices wept. And saul from the
field, and when they told hln the udngs ine al S9u
took yoke of and hewed them in pieces and sent
messengers saying, q hOsoever comeih not forth
after Saul and after Samuel, so shall 1t be done
people aud of three days Saul had $4,000 people
ndin the night about daylight he moved upon the
enemy, and fought them until midday with such vlgor
that there we're no two OF them Lett iqgneT o ana o
IL
his way TO the hearts Of the people ,,
You know there is nothing like success He had been
successful and had already 9een proclaimed at Mnpeh
King for Samuel had brought the people up to MZpeh
and they had lots, and 1t had fallen upon the toe OF
had successful battle and everything looked very
bright aud hopeful for him and HE people. Why
save the King!S it looked as Il everything was
going TO be in their favor saul was head
and shoulders above all men in Mizpeh ana they sad
I'VE have got fine looking king. NO nation around Us
has got man like him" lie grand man to look at
Monke to walk 10y sight instead OF by faith They had
got lust the man. and they felt he was the one to meet
the giants coming out against then and ley shouted 9f
God save the king" That tho first time that cry
was ever heard when they proclaimed saul as king
sAUI's DIsoBEDIENCE OF GODS COMMANDS.
But now the trial comes The next thing we hear is
that the enemies gathering again. After the defeat
at JabeshGead they called together their armies and
nations There were 10000 charots of iron and G000
horsemen, and the rank and file like the sands Of
the shore-a great northumberland the heart OF
Saul began TO sink within HIM, and he waited at Oiga
for Samuel TO come ana the army began 10 DC Glcoh
tented, and instead OF LOOKING to God ana trusting lin
for He wanted them TO put their trust IN Hn-saul gets
a little discouraged and breaks the law OF God
The law OF God that no man should offer sacIi-
fees but those that were appointed saul had no right
10 do IT, but nc took that position himself and began to
offer sacrifices and his friend Samuel-than whom
done very foolshly. Now your kingdom Is departed
from you, and shall not be maintained You have dis
priest, like people" The people would not obey the
voice God. Samuel deals faithfully with hun and tells
him the consequences Saul cries, My army is leaving
me and is becoming demoralized; and samuel says,
You ought TO obey God and let the consequences De
And now il came to pass that Jonathan sauls said
to has armoreeref CONT ana et US 20 over e 10 rg
will work for for lie can save by many or by few
that with the help OF the Lord ne the whole
army. Would TO God had few JOnathans right here
M iScTe ana f they ask US to come hight into
camp. we VIII take it as a sign thai God is
will know the Lord with u.s." Aud when they had