New-York tribune., 1876-03-24
MIR. MOODY ON THE BIBLE.
URGING HIS HEARERS TO STUDY THE
WORD.

UP TOPICS IN TIE WORD AND DWhiLiN" 'r"'
THEM-JoY IN THE STUDY OF THE BIBLE AND
| IN A CHRISTIAN LIFE
| There was not o vacant chair at tne Hippo-
| drome Yesterday afternoon. Mr. Moody tells of man
in the inquiry who said he went to the meeting 10
ace the chars he Lad heard there were 10000 chaifs
| th,re nnl thought he would just like TO sec now they
looked II he had gone to the great multitude "hch
occupied the chairs he would have had good reason lo
| his first visit
At the beginning of the services Mr. Sankey sang alone
Nothing but Heaven" but he has been overtaxins lis
voice somewhat lately and the effect was not as maKeu
as on previous occasions subject Of the sermon wa
"The Bible" Mr. Moody eaid that subject included 30
many that he knew he could talk right Along ABOUT
it, but he would only take two days Tor IT, lie repcaeu
again his special desire that all who attended the meet
ngs should carry their Bibles with them and follow MN
whenever he read from the Wordgood common Bbies
| that they could mark up with pench IL .ney
| chose He sad that pleasure In preachihB
| to scotchmon, that they followed him 80 closely
and then a did not talk exactly according 10 'he
Word they Just drew their Bibles on him. lie wouu nave
all real Christians study and read the Bible not as people
80 generally do, in family worship. Where theJ nave
20 nut bookmark in tell where they left on, ior rear
they would read the chapter tomorrow they iedd
to-day but to read and draw life from 1t, that they nSnt
| always have something fresh about them
Tho was ~ follows:
You that were here yesterday remember tha our text
was the verse whore commanded 10 be nIied Wn
the Holy Ghost. person no Is iull ol in V3 oIiae
deals mach with the Scrptur,s One ~ the INNS We
lack in the present day Bible study think ihs
nation is just "aAiIs w, 20 US" no, i Tho man man
now that makes hne Grafton in the pulpit SO iisi
~ it I that expounos the WORD ol oOi tnat We
need boy CDcc asked another boy bow il Was 'at nc
caught ali tie pigeons thore we're III tnlt nesADotEoo
Iie said well, ell you; 1t - Decausc ieed % %tnci
people have cot t!r oi hearing little more or less el-
qience Tue preachers have hth,fio ussa W." i,,9 3
merely Textbook. Ih"y haze taken hcr iGN'5 Out
Of Tie Biblc and they have gone al over
ChrIssnlHm after Their sermons oDor iS fIG Tuf is
beginning 90 ipruyc already The churches are not noW
hunting o that will make sraud osltioh 80
Ihuoi ., '.,y 49, ig nan tiat mi a,liot ~ +, men % n @
word Of God iha = what t9e pe9p.s & want % I II a. ! Ga ni
m IN ~ ~, line Tha hrrch vii ho constantly in u revived
state. u u those Christians that are f1edihg on t!o
word 81 Gud that arc Loy'cd a.! iHe Nhl!c' lhete IS
,ru,tfins fresh about them. and people glad to hear
a. We come 20 talh oi th. word OF God to-day, we
want to hocp in mind that II Is the Nod OF God not thS
word o mar shat the Word OF God. II "a true
have here io-aay with argument About IL
tuuE c.lorod man Wa about a. near thc lnh -
one need d.. ben ulel came 70 hin ana tUhi h
tar Bb.o not true. That Book hOi trhe MaSsa,
once iruri"rcr, ana Ihiei anu any anu
/ that BOOK uI.d@ mo E"'' in"n. hI ,nI' h"p
n'S' 10 true make such S'' bad maj. i eoodi
Tnlt i arglmcnt enough; We do not need any more
Look around 40: II n,an 1'c"mr' ton1l", ~ oosi,'
! i.up ~ h- rcct We mover afraid II - inn ihat
ln,s ba,s ,as N"r and i viii stand. O,cs ,ne
ncv Ba,o House r"'cl! buiit III l"hdo5' nns.I.' arc
.
i.re'er" that Gdn- WI pas ana avg SinssG snH'
c;ly mny pa, en-; SS ones GoHsi,."d' bat ,is
Wurl God lHall eAdasc forever Rot one wo.d ;h1t
,iud has -gEeu -ii fall 80 tho ground We want also
10 r n rud ,nat tlc hino j. Lota dry. uuintrosi.n
book. e. Irat many skeyut' ~ 10 hanc out, mo
J ,ay I'VE want something new; W. have ouisro"a
/ tftt WAY ~. Wo.I "f God b. the oaiy neS book IN
il wo.ld An hat the newspapers cIn do IS to .i 81
tLhrt he, have lkoh -" bu1 t"c h,pe "iI tii ..
/ enoi.h a. "A Whole We just take MP word here
! iE,re. AID y cus.t.f here aud uIcrc;, an4 never
t",y Yer 1tfi. about me BlI,. 1 viii guarantee that
tie f ~ Crs'sH, "a AheI "a "uiy read 'hr b'blo at
10 plt ,15k !,rA iu Io toll where tley rf. Oh iEa ay
before. l,u a,- tHcn $50 "o|r axe! """. &c, 49,
/ 49, r, l,rl sl,-..d,o oi 'hs Bol' -. that
Nl~n was bo, fSr' i on ir. asa ~, G d co. 80
a. rG'.i, , ,,g,, I.r, u d!Gnt %oai utcly as
/ nnl no. 90, sam" sI" over .fain.
InoaouGH 81, Dl ~ TIE BtBLE.
IT, o- 3 10 ur ortapd the Bible vii nave 10 study
Il -h,Iy sas ,od m California that the Pnr'st aud
btst roa tat ry sr tlrl have 10 ds ile deca"s' fof
aud so in .tudy ug tAo Bible. must III do"p And
there nrc great many CHRISTIANS NaiEns cuiche.
80 ,her ble studync They 90 not 1arc 10 examine for
tscfrs.Ivc. Thcy 20 wondering what others saw, what
Edward, says, what the comm, ntaior1 shi. Huposo
/ A"- l''A "'i' - - ., 49,, - t.,
and be Wiling hc taught hv tire Holy Ghost G"i VIII
! ;trra ~. and 0iIl unf,t i' blessed irutn To rs.
Th... ltr tlrrc ppra, That every tntsiiH Ought -
han. II he cannot have l1f three. The trst T. iibs
one "n good r'lin rh' '"'' go" eau ,','ly & ,''', ga
GOOD .izeI Bible I,csur you viii row cid ~ snd hy.
, d @ Si . t1S i H'y . .5" tS@ ' & ' T. re- pn - " t,r Il
next look to tut II C.Idrn's CoHcuraur'" NOu can
not get yaTy @r iE bAin 3Ag} witoH. iln.. l.e.c
- a,"t1g ,s 9'~ % .-,,, %, r. i'n t sht
out ,sj In London. Mos tara, ropos VIII bo "oulor
| mother uuu.-lo no. read the word pf God as
feui to r inrs. chapters every day n had douo
"a though 40, lt would .sat thea Jds b.!"ge wont
r,ra,pz an nom. lmt tcp; the rlle. You viii mover
r.t inuc. ont oi 70 100 That aay. II is god 10
Ian. ioT so.u tiug whoa JoI real A. Two words "iI
lIo Cnli. of ine Od Tcst9m,n. is The Jcsu' o. the
how. aud the t0o io,hs cApauI zach othsr. l"u
uu5 search ioF tlesc words IA your study Spinrlnne
arJ irrou-H a." building "ho.c Pi1ngs chiOiio'
are produced an i'.;on. Ihoy "tr' ef.nghg out
cAr0GIo oi rrn'n'h PAnhc Hl.'' i.t no sHo"ta NO
this picture IN itS d.rront Stages "a pr2Srrs' III Ils
hgst stone there va" 10 tr',t OF a mans Lace ony
Lto uuso OF color tlai LII t't suggest .''s ,tpc'
raw thc stone, an Still NJ IA e. and thc ih.f'i. hni
30 on anI the fourtl lth Stone u,ere
any keht'a 9" 'h'n ~ ',I ~. n''o - trSan 10
show yt not until ciIl" ~ the lith or i1Iu stone
not until tue s5th stone did look io. Tnat
II the h when read iue scripture We take II
mp and Gu nut any Iihg ih II; We ithI l. again. but
srr nothing; AGAIN, and again. and after yol have rrad
IL - times VIII ,ee the ohrtt Jesus stamped on
t-aon Us t' WIZ ~, S%9 ,nu = - INV nv - - H. ,
Trslamru; and a scaled book You. IL has bocn
great help 10 mo Ia studying the Bibo to study uh5
n%'pA % d. nm 'tfi oo ~ ,ha ynn ~ ,p
KEY 10 tae whole bible Death. resurrection, ald i!c
whole story arr sol a. aeur,; ell ypcs u be sure
aid shadows tha, are brought further There
eight great beginnings IN 0ehe's-tls beginning oi cre
ton the beginning Of marriage, hr beginning of s.n and
death of -acrn cs OF the covenant OF the nation and
the human aud The Hehrcw race. Take up these
oiet beginnings and what lhey teach, and ths key
VIII unlock 10 yod tho rcst Vi tAc BOie. II
| you JGst take the Dibo ito.If alone without any
Other book To help You to interpret 10, onc pas
sa;5 viii explain another. Instead Of running after the
De!prst tltions of different lnen let God intcfpett
yonr soul A. stephens said DO not study ~ the blue
ght Oi sby teflaisIi, or TIE d Eht oI 3lC.Aosh,