New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-02-22
THE HIPPODROME MEETINGS
MR.. MooDY's SERMON LAST NIGHT.

Inc 11lppOurOlne was AGAIN crOWucu ldSt
evening at early hour and Mr. Moody opened the ser
vices before O'Clock Several thousands passed into
the smaller hall, and the Rev. Dr. John Hall conducted
the meeting there. When the had been preached
many hundreds went into the inquiry room and arose for
PRAYERS The services for young were attended by
unusually large number, II. T. Mckinney, Secretary
of the Young Mems Christian Association taking charge
OF them. The Rev. DR.. Ormiston conducted prayer
meeting in the large hail. at which many person re-
NAMED. Mr.. Moody's Oh the mission Of
Christ to the world the savior Of men, and moved the
audience deeply Mr. sdnkey sang several OF inc
best hymns in the collection. His voice has been I'm
proving OF late and seemed unusually clear and flexible
last evening.
Mr. Moody'S sermon follows:
You will find imy text this evening in the 10Th
chapter of the Gospel according ST. Luke, and part Of
and to save that which was lost" In this little short
the whole mission OF Christ told out lie came
for purpose, he came TO do work, and we get inc Ill
formation Of what he Ia do IN this versehe came
10 save sinners-to save the lost u you wi ooh IN your
Bibles CAREFUL you will find that every man that got
sent before Christ mad WORK To 40, aud he always sue
cecdcd and do YOU tnk that God will send HIS Son 10
do work earth and not give Him power aud strength
do that work He seut His Son here 70 sinners
ana lie did gave Him the power 10 accomplish tnat WORK
ID You think that Christ, who voluntarily into the
world to sinners, willing To reeve all mat
came Ia iiln-not willing 10 save them Now let u.
take up this verse and look at every side and look
aroUnu ", and how it was that he uttered these
words In the last part Of tue 18th chapter tlat read
this evening, we hnd Christ coming near to tIe oity OF
Jericho. man who had come down to Jerusalem
met bind brggar sitting Tie Ndysluc lbf
begg'r hid probably asAed Eihi lof s3methIhs-son
money. But the Stranger said 10 him, have got some
tang NOR precious han silver or goid; you may ger
back Your sisbi" "O' says Batuiheus, lhht cannot
be; tnerc Is cianc for nave NOT got ~ ebas
even Was born blinds never saw the moher thai gave
me piith neEeI saw Tue wio t"at edne1 on NY p'ast
never saw Offspring; never saw ny freud" OF neigh
bOrs or the light Of Heaven " But saws The srans'r
&c ~ Yet truei Tor have come down Hon
Jerusalem, and saw there a man wno Lad
D DSS ana SG G1 received Sa bis ,a lis ISL gh1
said the beggnr. "oh, tell me how II WAS; ten me all
Chrst had given the man sigut lie toid nm tnat ne
hal seen Cnrist siOOp down the edrtn spit upon IL
and make some mud VI tue clay aud ut tue mi ,ure Oh
sight. Wny IL IA las the beet eyes IN tue w"d-io
make mixture like tnat aud put IL IN hs eyes! bat
Gods ways are not Ae oar WAYS lie does not WORK rs
mink ie would work. But inc man went on ohd
assured Bir,mcus tht tbs man aiter ts operation nid
actually received ~ good sight - ever he maj Ana Tue
proceeded ana iurtcr told The beg ar tnat he ad
man aul Ting. Oh Nhai Il plN sicidh mat "a'
Ne never mad seen n piprci"li, AMI bcv
stores your sisat and never charges Jou any
thng for ~! II WIS never heard % before that man
without pI, ing money or doing ans thinS To secure tIs
great mercy. You have got To send depu,it To
cncc VITA Hn, or to p al Hun. An You nave 10
do j. to ask Hin. and you viii get your pr.i.o1 Atcr
greatest a-tonisnsut. lac replied, o., II iic o'y comes
TN. way. wlll him, ana VAL present my pcdslon
tO Him.
COPS RrADISCss 10 GIVE.
And II H., my Christian friends, with Christ today
Ash Him what you want, AMI YOU have Code own word
that ye shall receive IT, Did you ever see man tina;
went to God and asked Him properly, and for proper
thing he dit MT get III Ask the Lord Always and
He Is always ready Ia give. And can I'M
agine the joy with whci BIrtmeus received these
glad tdings. In what foriorn and desperate
condition had Bagtcmcus been. You can see lin bcinE
led by of hs children along the streets RON day
to day. OF bs faithful dog. ask aims from li- fellows
ae thoy passed by. GIVE" he would say. "a poor
blind brgl~ fart ling: have been blind tIcE" many
years an destitute; help me-, He had sat In The same
now tlcie l. gon.t, happcn great thing. no is IN his
accs'oncd place be hears The footsteps Of crowd ap
preaching. aud lc ASKS " Wnat does II mean VINO Is
that comingi" And Thy tell him that It Is Jesus of
haz 'rcth who Is passing bJ. ! can inasne tue lhri
that pcryadcs the poor man Here Is Su' 81 whom Ire
heart l. his great chance, his golden oppor
INIT Lns Is , nis ,e Of q p,I nave 1u. r S, on %
Prihap II Peter that turned tuuid upon Him ara
tod him To hush lie thought that Jesus was going Ia bc
and lee I'D not think II heeau ~ one {" d. Urn hii
But hc sil kept on-they told hm To be still IN vain
Jesus Thou sou of David have mercy upon me 20
rs INTO Him iu VAN. Aud Jesus stopped md oOln-
maud a the man 20 be- brought unti liin. |
r,1s s "I fcp vo n ~ saw. e." God never send.
him. They take him by tho hand and lead him t. Jsi,
, nIg hS SI"ed dN, Inr that NAV reeve nv si@
And the heart of the son of God WAS M we'd with e. M
sion ana Io SAID to him that should his
sight, aud immediately the man saw, and the first object
n. siw on getting The light was oi God Himself
An, re rcc. among the crowd, aud shouts louder
than Bartucils. lie shouts glory TO God IA Tie highest,
and presses after Christ On hls way To- the cay.
Yon can all take ia the joy Of moment tnat had
leaves the crowd, and says lac VIII Just step around ana
rec his WIFI, lie had never her before and icd
to- lind what sort 81 vito he had. He also wanted
10 IT. chi H. WI, ~ he goes ON MS way a man
meet. hui looks at hm In at Insll,nt. " Wat,
Who /, Ihisi Is your name aftlmeusi' Yes" says
BIrtimrls, "i Em-." "why," says his fclow-ct!z II,
Bartimous. % was hind. In. | just mot Jesus
out -iir the city. and lie has .1ycn me IN, sight"
Another man also heard 81 Jesus AMI another convert
was madc-ZiccleUs. Aud just here want 10 pm tnis
picture before the mi ds Of liz So DOM believe IN
sudden Tuis Itcchcus had up among
the branches AMI the leaves al sycamore te bat a.
Jesus passed under lie the nan and sad ~ once to
him, IiccIcus, cone down, aud me cy e ana th y'l,e
OF the sl OF God flashed lie into the s of Icchls
He told Zaccheus mat The last tine lac should
pass That way and nner MieI God calls upon yon II
may be the last you will ever hcit his voice. But
Zacccus heard the voice and obcyc II, aud e was not
scared mo obeyns II et"er. S1no prrS 5Is AZ ,hs
present day would rather bc scared into the Kingdom uf
Heaven IMAM amy otuer way. But that Is not the way
SUDDEN CDNvE'aI NJ.
Some OF these prOfcsscd Christians talk against sudden
conversions; hut how long did 1t take the Lord to con
vert Iacchcusi lie must have been converted getting
down. 1t right in tine air between the branches aud
the ground You see those people VINO say, 81 don't
believe these genuine CONVERSIONS" All. wish We
could have few more conversions like Zlcchcus Due
cheus gave one-half of his goods to the poor DO you
think you could make poor man In Jericho believe that
conversion not genuinei II could have few more
conversions like that here you think yen could make
tie poor people in NcwYork believe that that conversion
nj genuine dun't believe there was poor man
il jericho that did NJ believe in Z,cci ess conversion
Yes, why caut have Hacc. Gus con, erted IA
Sew-York Iityi | tell you II mcn are converted
Ike zacceus the people wouldn't be talking ds st con
versions then. cchcus gave haf his goods 10 the poor.
Zaccheus dad more than that; he sad, n have taken
from falsely VIII restore nm tOill-
Iod." II made great STIR in JcfcGo. The lcoIe SAID,
There il true disciple" IL like Flashing me
teor; ana now sudden II You must rcmcu1ber one
thing II don't give af Your goods To the poor YOU