New-York tribune., 1876-02-09

ssA and came oiear India TO London to see alter
Sis boys spiritual welfare Do you think God let tSss
s soUysrted that son. and that is the kind we wani
.Sers faith and works 90 together; aud we have fatn
'1 = few years ago in, the Cy Of Philadel-
nina there was a mother that had two ms.
xsr, breaking her heart and she little
ssing and got up presented them for prayer They
~, and she knew that their end would be drunk
srd's grave and she these Christians and
osIt morning those two boys had made an appoint
ment TO meet each other on the corner OF Market
snd Thirteenth -sts-thOugh not that they knew any
thing about our mectng-and while one OF them was
there at corner waiting for his brother 10 come s
followed the people who wero flooding INTO t99 aepos
building and the spirit of the Lord met him. ana ne VIZ
wounded and found his way TO Christ After MS @
came found the place too crowded to entsr no nc @ J
vent cnrously into meeting and found Chrs anu
went home happy and when ne gPt b the second
son came in with ,dings heard one ges up
f erward to tell bis experience ~ ad hIf b story than the
siber eot up and said 81 that brother ana there -
cot home in adshfa faend anan S crs st so'
let us now show faith by our works Let us away
% friends to our % anu 10 ps and let us
alead with God that they may be converted an %
there being lew o1ns and let cur prayers
no up TO God homes and around our FAMILY
ts! the prayers S God dp save my unccnverted wife, 90
90 save INV unconverted children, ana Gou VIII neaI
that cry was coming gu, aSer U ay came M to me and
~ .ad d. want TO have you my husband and ask nh nm
70 css 51sn bs .0Gn aas Sas ny shs says want
9 have you !"s, 60 and r. wss sse h learned Judge.
n: 40 na%s saS to spa spG !'' ant agree with HIM ne
sood dsa older than and would be out OF place
hen much for inidel rs arsnmeU M ant, Hs. sot
enough OF that. just ask him 10 come 10 ,.af sag
She urged me SO wen eard ap ap' to to the e
where the Judge doing business ana tel, nm INV f"
had come for lie laughed :; sr'ns AZ ,s With m@ said,
don't think 1t will be profitable for me- to aod an areu u,
9Sa sn' sna xltH sS. enc
win let me know" "lcs," said ne WIZ
% ,Su 'hn s%cx"waiih wSfn eood @ f dos q sarcasm
thought the prayers OF that wie Woua e IN S"t civ
NINE ssrrsn, came To- my door and said There
man In the drawingfoom round rne 'udeo h w. was
converted" l had heard IL from other iPs, put
wanted TO hear 1t from his own. He said MS wlo
home alone and while sitting there by the fre he
thought "suppOsng my wife IS right and my ehiiGren %
ss .epsrated from them His first thought don't
bee' word Of it, The second though, can came & od aod
a tas ss yUS e the God that created
ms.S me- And as prayed. don't understand H.
Sssr, but fat vefy sesin heavy 10 Mas S tell my %
preended 70 be asleep she kneeea EEL aoT 1ssr crvng '
20 God teach me- had to change my PRAYER, % God
save ne; o God, take away this burden But
II grew darker and darker, and the load
rrew heavier and heavier. All the way
70 my office kept crying, 20 God, take away this Load
gave my clerks a holiday and just closed my once ana
locked the door, l fell down on my face; elled III
agony to my Lord % Lord, for Chrisrs sake, take
away this guilt don't know how u was,
but it began to grow very light SAID,
wonder If this isn't what they call conversion
think will go and ask the minister If am not CON
verted" the old Judge said to me: MIR Moody have
snjo cd life the last three months more than all put
together" Tho Judge did not believe. The VIE
did, and God honored her faith and saved that
man. And he went up TO Springfield, Ill, ana
the old Judge stood up there and told those
politicians what God, Chrsts sake, had done for him.
And now let this text sink down deep into your hearts
'sWhen Tie saw their faith Let us lit up our hearts TO
God In prayer that He may give us faith
At the conclusion of Mr. Moody's sermon, William
Z. Dodge offered prayer for the hundreds OF wives
who have uncOnverted husbands and for tie hun
dreds Of children who are going contrary to
the advice of their parents. Ar. Moody then
requested the choir to close the first
part of the meeting by singing the
63d hymn. Mr. Sankey lead and the immense
multitude Of men and women join ed in the singing
Dir. Moody also announced that the meeting for
young men would begin OH Thursday evening, under
the direction of Mr. McBimey. These meetIngswill
be held in the small hall, beginning at and closing
Ut 10.