The New York herald., 1876-02-08

times seems 70 me that the work VIII all come 70
naught, because there is SO much worship We
have got to get right of OF that have come to the
conclusion that the greatest enemy Of the Lords work
is this capital a." We must, II we want work,
throw aside self and say, "Here Lord am use me If
Thou canst; If not somebody else" Then the Lord
will take US up, then
TIE LORD WILL USE Us
And right here, before forget want to urge the
people Of New York, the Christian people, not buy
anything on the street | told tonight that sixty
FIVE men have come from Philadelphia TO sell
medals, photographs and don't know what The peo-
pie are going up and down the streets in view Of men
crying photographs, photographer" believe that
Christian people who patronIze these are
doing the of Christ a great injury
would just like urge the people here not TO buy any
thing around the building If they want hymn books
let them buy them at shop AS for these photo
graphs, they photographs OF us than they
are Of you have not had a photograph taken for
eight years.
AT this there was general litter and laugh, which,
however quickly suppressed by the earnesiness
of the preachers address He continued his remarks
without paying the slightest attention to this
ebulltion of the audience. You how many
kept out OF these meetings. They won't
come to them because they say, ooh those
spectators. They want to make money out OF US
They don't care anything about our souls" Let me
beg of YOU to do all you can to keep down this man
worship and then will have men coming to US
II is the weak things that God wants to
use. In those two Paul sums up the FIVE
things that God Foolish things We don't want
them We the wise the great the mighty; but God
takes the foolish things Then in the next sentence God
takes the weak things the despised things What for9
"That flesh may glory in his sight" Now what is
thatNy for 10 hat tha
lesson that God should have all the glory9
JUST THE MOMENT
ready to take place in the dust and let God
have all the glory then will the spirit of God begin
work, and not till then II have big crowds coming
and we set minds OF God and the crowd this
work will be a stupendous failure. You win find in all
ages God has been trying to teach His people this
lesson-hat He uses the weak things When he wanted
the ark built He did not call great architect
mighty crowd of He just called
In the sight OF the world the ark little
thing, 1t was contemptuous thing and yet when the
deluge that ark worth more than all the
world. When He wanted Israel delivered from the
hands OF the King of Egypt He did not send
army. He did not send orator even to
go down there before the King and lay it out in grand
style. The Lord sent down Moses, who had been in
the desert forty years and man of stammering
speech He said ''Moses, l want you TO GO down and
bring my children out of Egypt" The fact is havo
too much strength One drop Of Gods strength, my
friends is worth all the allied strength of the world
Mr. Moody further illustrated this point by adducing
the example OF David Staying the mighty man Of Gath,
of whom Saus army afraid, aud Of Samson siay-
ing thousand with the jawbone Of an There
weeping once in heaven, he said when John found he
could not open the sealed book He may have turned
to Abel and Enoch and Abraham, who had such mighty
faith in God that he became the friend of the Most
Hgh yet the father of the faithful not able to
open it. Daniel Elijah and Stephen may have been
appealed to in vain TO open IL At last he told the
hon of the tribe of Judah alone was able to
open It. He turned and behed a lamb When God
wanted Germany be blessed He had given the power
to man, Martin Luther, and all the country was
blessed When superstition had darkened all Scotland
the Spirit OF God came upon John Knox, and he
SHOOK ALL SCOTLAND
In England the effect had been produced by |
John Wesley and George whtehed. What made them
mighty The spirit Of God The speaker here related
The story of Gideon and the gradual dminution OF his
army from 80, 900 to 500, in order that when
the victory had been won they could not |
take the glory themselves but would be forced to
admit the power of God who could give such hand
ful of faithful souls the victory over such vast
army. He further detailed the parting elijah and
Elisha, and prayed the audience would go to their
homes beseeching that the spirit of Elijah might rest
upon each one Of them
CHAPEL MEETING.
As soon the large hall on Madison avenue was
filed the doors were shut and the crowd then went
round to Fourth avenue and filed the chapel Tho
choir sang several hymns DR.. John Hall presided.
The meeting opened by silent prayer, after which
DR.. Hall prayed The eighty-hhh hymn and another
prayer by Rev DR.. Baxter followed
DR. Hall then rose and said d:-''You all know that
the next room is full OF people, and as soon as Mr.:
speak TO u.s. Meanwhile, the same power OF the Holy
Ghost that makes his words efeotua will be with
Rev. Stephen H. Tying will now address you"
Mr. Tying said -''Our first thought dear friends, |
sh ould be OF Gods Word. Let me read few words |
from the nrst chapter Of John.' After the reading,
MI Tying continued:- large a proportion of this
Jesus Christ and have been admitted into |
the privilege Of sonship' ! suppose il
many are counted among His followers and surely
ought to be full of congratuaton tonight that largo
moved by the name of Jesus Of Nazareth and that
many are now seeking to know those things in which
have our trust and the foundation of
our JOY. We are TO look on our opportunity |
n the recognition OF that great spirit which came
down the day OF Pentecost and has assembled
yet We have need now TO ask, 20 that Thou |
wouds pour down Thy blessing" for the presence OF
the Holy Ghost is the privilege Of the Church OF God
Thus from past experience OF the pecousness OF the
Word, may speak: but let US be assured that God
hath made the Jesus both Lord and Christ, and
having ascended to heaven He hath sent His spirit to
that testimony let rs do our work.
Let rely the Word Of the living God, backed by
the power and presence of the Holy Ghost and may
not ask you, who are not yet counted among the be-
hevers, mark the three words in the part OF the
Scripture phrase just read Behold believe, receive"
They tell progress not only TO Christ but INTO the
fulness Of Christ We commanded TO behold
IL is the cry of the Gospel TO those who Careless
but has your been arrestedS then believe
the Lord Jesus Christ Before believe Him must be
leve something about Him. therefore is II needful that
men should learn something about The Christ who
makes these precious promises. All this book, in Its
small compass tells
WHOLE STORY
Of the patient long suffering and love Of Christ
And the third word, "receive.n How remorse over
past sins be metz The blood Of Christ ceanseth from
all sin. What is the blood Of Christi IL is His death
They then sung the hymn, 81 Need Thee Every
Hour" After which Rev. Mr. Baxter made adj
dress. during which Mr. Moody and Mr.. Sankey came
in from the other Mr.. Sankey took his at
the organ and led in hymn, but announced that he
would be unable 10 sing another solo, he had already
sung two in the other room and suffering from a
Geld caught a few days since