, 1876-11-04

hymns and sorEs were " Tho urcnt Piysctan,"
n solo by Mr.. eankey cntltlcu "'fhe Half Waa |
Never Told," aud a snlo aud chorus. *'Jcsus.
Tho Light Ut Tho World" which wns sung lTno |
and limo alternately by Mr. Sankcy and the |
choir, the whole congregation coming IN OH the |
chorus, tho cfEcct Of whicl, WIS good.
Tho opening prayers were t'y Mr. Wntkcr and
Mr.. Moody. Tho Scripture lessons wore from the
Tho third chapter OF Mark, tho fiat Epstlo Of
John, and the third chapter Of tho Revelation,
THE sEI.MoN.
You remember that VIC have l,ccn preaching
for the Inst ts,tcc nights from Luke ", Is. |
ilava tried to tell you what the GOSPEL is; to
show tllat Ctrst came to heal the brokcnllcart-
eli TINT lie camo to deliver tho captiycs, and
now we have got as far "a - s'Rccovcrin0 Of sight
10 the blind" satan breaks your hearts, Christ
heals them; Satan finds eapttvcs, Christ de,Iv-
crs them; Satan blinds men, Christ opens their
eyes.
How blind those people Of Nazareth must
havo been when they brought the Son Of God 10
the brow Of q tll, and we're going to east Him
down because I1o preached the Gospel to them
Iiow blind thcso pcoplc were who wnnted 10
drive Him AWAY from, their coasts, after lie
drove out tic dcril from the nun amonR the
tdnlls because they loht sunlo swinei How
blind were they who condemned Him ami
brought Hin to Calvary and nailed Him to the
They tell ,,h there aro about e,o0o,0 900 of
blind people In the world, hut I wonder how
many millions there arc wllo arc spiritually
who aro blind, especially for tllosc who hive
been born blind, but # would not take more
tlni hftccn minutes to ellow TINT almost all tho
people Of Chicago ure in TINT condition u.s. far rs
llaa not rot It's eyes moro than luf omen. =.
One night In London nun was speaking with
great power at ono Of oilF frcctil1Es, and asked
who IT wns: They toll me- It WIS 1)r. Moon,
fnii i Of lat a',d JOY. iljs,notfor molrncd over
hin when Ao learned that hc wns hopelessly
Blind snying, "Oh' my poor child, WHO Wili
tulsu caro OF you when am Convf" But 0nti
lad used hin 10 translate thc l'ihle into seventy
two languages, IN raised letters for tlc lltHd:
That man lad congregation Of 2, 2,oO0, QUO Of
pcop'u, ard mover lu1 scen o1c Of them.
classer Of peopto In this city who I think arc
blinded by tho god of this world, III tho frat
aru money blind. The god of tIlis world has
been holding VI, dolnrs mil cunts before their
eyes, and tliey have SIT Their 1!carts unon tlc!!.
used TO Know d grcut lnaty OF these rich
men; they have done cyerthinE to get money,
and God Inns .givcn the. DESIRE ol their souts
And Just sru huw lean they are.
heard Of money.hlnl man who, when he
wna nskcd by his llttlo daughter. who didn't
quito understnnd what death was, "papa, hare
yoM got any hotnc II The place, you arc going
eyes, hut, nlasl it opened them too lntc. -
their busiucss. They layc no time for their
iamilns, no time fur family prayer, M ttMe for
anything eut lsnsss THY seem i. to think i Is
yet allctd s,f them III their lltc Of business.
Take tho caRc Of thu. pruec:ot business men wllo
died q few months aEo lte lad tho reputation
Of being ahrcwl, KUN business 1nan.; but cat,
you call any, man keen md shrcwd who spends
al hts cnurgles to yet puaiton In tho business
Of th!s world, when all tho willie liz knows tl,ut
III little while llc mill 1lnvu to 70 aid leave 1t
s,a hs the Son Of qH na n fi Sigtaa on thu
Another class ufc politically blind. There
viii be great many sal hearts over thIs
election irsl1o Of week. How nlany Of thosc
wllu arc IN tho canvass pray over wllpt they arc
wants statesmen, who fear God Mt tho head OF
the Goycrc,nclIt, atnl not these inen who spcnd
their lives seek!ng oIl1rc. There arc politicians
who llnye sought tho l'on1r tint r,tncth from
men, anl they hnvc made wreck Of t'c'n-
BrlvGa n,d gbne down tu ruin, when II they hal
only sought that homer which colen from God,
THUR ta1sics m!ght have bccn handed down for
generations.
Then there arp those whose eyes tic god Of
Ills world ltas blinded with pleasure. Thcrc
wna II woman at the fnquIry.snrcting tho other
hight who FaIsl, "Ar. Moody, tlcfo is ball
co,ilire oil IN n few ,lay., nn1 ,lot't want to
became n ChristIal, tili that Is nycr:" Another
lady Rald, ~ should not lkc tU 1ceon,c Il
Christian, bccausc ] should lnvo to give up all
j" What 1,tcasuse1" naked. IT,
"Oh," sa!d she, "thcatFeH, ansi novels and
"What! A Annslbic woman llke you welgl,-
tnE such trI8cs us these ngalnst tic salvation Of
"Wcii,n saia tic woman, II haven't anything