, 1876-06-12

oENION III y. LIZ MtVbL"
Mr.. Moody preached last night Ill his tabcr-
nacic 10 between 1000 aud 5,U0o people. The
aIslcs were crowded with cllui.s, and had, there
BEEN an alarm Of t'rr, this item would have becn
devoted to the loos Of life, rasllcr thau to the
salvation Of souls.
The exercises opened with several hymns by
alr. Bliss mud the cllo!r, and tlnc duet by Alr.
bliss and Ills WIFE, Prayers wrrc offered by tho
Rev. Or. Raymond and Mr.. Moody, aud, after u
collection to pay the S2,00O let luu Oh tho
church, tho Evangelist commenced his sermon.
His text was taken frun tho 18th chapter OF
Luke and 10th vcrGc, " For the Son OF Alan Is
come To seek and to saye that which WAS lust"
"1n this short verse;" sa!d he, "onc Of the
shortest In the Billie, We find the whole mission
OF Christ in thls world. When thu Prince Of
Wales came to AfncrIeu the people wanted to
know what he ratic for, and when llc went to
India everybody wanted to know what Ills OBJ
jet could bc, hut he never told. aud | don't
know Tint te ever WILL but WHEN tug rIee ls,. O., o.
elmc for, and Do you think the God-llatl Is 60
ing tu fa!l II Ills ln!ss!ont Why, there Is nGt y
sinner III Chcugo, hot the must corrupt but
what eatl be saved BY this mission.
"SInncrs think tl,cy must suck Christ first.
II ts not 20. God seeks first. When the licws
Of AIun.'s fall reached Heaven God car,'c down
that very tlay, an!, sturii''g through ihc Tar
thur I ' Xda'i'l iii M nut call, .tol, wlsrs art
thuuf tod suught fur Atlam. There uru
ma,,y here who think tl1ry lnsu sought for God
aII failed, but tod hAs sought for them, anu
lie seeks for men fronI thu eradle to this
II like to takc text like this and 60 ult
around II. It Is il diamond II tiark settling.
"Whcn Christ went up to Jcrtchu from Jertlsar
who hui! been ltl out By Ills little dog sat by
the waysitie. A fGllow cnlncpast, aua the blind
besgar asked for aims. Said tho other, Silver
:nn. 4 Eod tlo ayS , none but ,Sn ' s'ys t,;, yor
Up from Jerusalem who cured u blind man there
by splitting Oil the ground a14l putting so'nc OF
&hc eartfi un the blind nuns cyrs. lie told the
man to 60 and batl!e III the waters Of siloanl,
good Us inlne, ind you can BY cured III tue saig
TIL YOU It Is t1lc, sa!d the other.
-. Shortly afterwards, wl.iis ~ Blind man ,
T.st asksd whit i sat They ial s n y y ,s wAs
come una save me- THU crowd tried to stop
Sxuva @ TIKI Ks s aa t cis /, VII ht q'u WIZ T. T. y Ss
NtiIrrrd by this blind beggar's yelling. But
Christ stopped nuli hcalcl hin, and tell you liz
xoud stop uvcry hnrp In heaven to hcar thu cry
u bcggar WHO shoWs Ills faith.
Ask tor what you want. This tnan wan, ID Ills
sight, and he gut Il. III lid not tel any lung
4iu ptltul BtoIy. liz cTlGtl, SOll D1 G0J, cOtic
ana ser ule,' and Christ catlc, aud thu multi
iutia shouted hAllrlujahs To tlle Son " Dayll,'
~ nld The blind man shouted tho loulcss, and
ihen followed Him. Perhaps he turned usiLc
y s,S sse his wife, for ho wanted TO ki.ow what
maybe, he waited to sep his mother, for lc had
YEN burn blind. Then hu went hiy WY, and
!old what lad happened To Him, ailu the crowd
!!9lloSed to sca tho Man who hnd cured
aoso 10 Hin a. tlay could gut,
i!d tlten stood on their tiptoes
ier glimpse at hlll. Zuccheus ciimbol up q
5}catnurc tree to see Him, aud when llu culne
esceflcus knrw Him III minute. Christ shout
e' ~ to hin, 'ohl zaecflcusj make haste md
me n'me down. 'Now,' said Zaccheus, 'how lid
44ucca to HIM. But he talne down converted.
!lletc arc men who don't bclleys IN sudden con-
tsfsiuns. What do they sAY tu Xacchens{ lie
va converted between the branch and tlle
ktoGHl, fur he wasn't ChrlktlaN when hu went
9p tue tree. IIc knew Christ. The Spirit Ut
' 1nd told HIN who liz WAS, and that ealMr Spirit
WI! VII Show Him to us. 1t isa pity We cunt CON,
ts sets sot1le rich Hscrheus In Chlcago who Would
Urn VT around and giyu ILLS lnoucy to the poor.
I've I've poor people would believe III sudden coa-
versions II no one elsu did.
.tsa In YOU mud they went OF together to Zae-
.asaH' s house for dinner. And the rharssves
sMI1acnn-l him fur It, for Iacrheus was Chief of
Ms H. ru6licans. Flty that the PhArtsers dtti not
~ ~ that generation. Christ did not condemn
i.aeehcls. I1e had eu1ne to save that which WAS
W. aud liz stayed tn lis did 1t, and lio Will
s Sve tue incancst and lowest sinner in Chicago;
~ ~ the sinner must hEst know that he ~ Lost.
'Ae aaes that man don't know that hs u aost