, 1876-11-21

not lcast, firm belief In tho
SPEEDY rERsorAL RETURN TO THIS BARTn or
TEiH LORD 1Esu5 CHRIST
and tho establishment Of Ills Promised Kingdom
amongst men: 1h!a last is about the only I'ecul-
lnr and distinguishing doctrine which tfcso
nrftfsh nlecotcll cva.gelista hare among tlc,I,
though they arc all alike believers In tho most
They Do nut ofrentl the average believer by riding
into Tie Kingdom of tIod BY representing the
iiIIntned!ate approach 81 Of Tho climax of this
pSi statter III. enemies 81 and save Ills % ife,ds; hut
more than anything else, It Is the firm and lv-
i,,E fstl ~ II these I'VE great prophesses Of scrp
fraternity q cvangelists, md wlich serves as q
common centre and rnlty0K pUtnt for thctr
ths extzayagsnsiss Of slr: NiIier, tho lead q
s ssso eo@og 81 Is peahsd 3
by Christ lItmsclf Ia tho Gospel; but It Is
casy 10 SEQ with what a jubilant faith and per-
feet abandon these men can preach and work
when they confidently expect the great Master
10 'coMc Ia person md crown their labors and
tako them into Ills Kingdom and glory without
the experience OF death.
IT is A B1NGuLAR THEOLOGICAL FACT
tlat tho men IN the puln!ts, I'D On che platforms
successful IN the Gospel.mcctings arc men
wllOso theology takes In this idea Of tho carly
and personal rcappcarance Of our Lord on tho
This is the school in which Mr.. Moody grauu.
atcd with hls rare powers Of preaching and lend
Ing, and to this Blne school belong Afcssrs.
hloorehouse, Necallatn, and tngllss, "a well as
some Of the most spiritual, scholarly, and suc-
with this statement Of facts which have como
to the writer's knowledge from many sources o.,
both Sides OF tho oceon, the readers Of THE
TRIBUNE will be able to catch glimpse Of tue
peculiar power and entnMslasrn which moyes
Into tho mysteries Of the Divine Word
which thoy haye received by the enlightenment
Of tho holy Spirit IN answer to prayer.
MIR. NEEDHAM
chose bis tc1t from the book Of The prophet
Zacharial, tho Third chapter, from tho first TO
tho high priest, standing before tho angel of
tho Lord, md Satan standing at His right hand
to resist Him. Now Joshua was clothed with
' and sSSoka unto those TIT .tood to i%dtsS Seiefo
Him, saying, Tako away the iIlthy gu.
!ncnts from him: And unto lin lie said,
thee, and viii c1otho tlco with ei,ango OF raj.
!ncnt. !, .. 90 they set q fair nitro upon
l.Is head. and clothed him With garments; aud
the angel OF the Lord stool by"
Aisof ref a To- sgEs sugse'se ssSy By ths
stebbins, 40, to bc nothlngI" Alr. Nccdham
snll:
Joshua 10 representative man,. In the first
place ho rcprcscuts Judca with its sins and
now Earnents lie represents tho Israel
in those atthY garments he stands for every man nan
aud woman jn tho world out Of Christ. No mat
us MS sinners, and IN order that We may become
clean and beautiful In his eyes VIC must put on
tho Lord Jesus Christ.
Our bodies require clothing for protcction und
beauty, and the samo Is true Of our souls. by
arc full OF wounds and bruises and putrcfying
sores, anl VIC can do nothing Of ourselves to
nuke the cnsc any better. Adam tried to clotl,o
himself with t1g-leavcs after bis sin, but God,
seeing how poorly ho vas clad, canc down and
put new garmolts upon him which upro sutIi-
cIcnt for warmth nnd protection.
IN tho next place, God comes down nnd deals
With Jeremiah, a;a says, "Iake away tho filthy
tho sinner begins to rebel: ho doesn't like to
give up lbs own garments.
Bartimeus lud an old garment that had been
q great friend to him In many storm, but when
he heard H. tat t. Jesus Jesus pnssed Dy, and he tried to
tlrancc to him, and wo read Tint lo cast away
bis garment and came to Jcsus
ilnd Eooa many ef people a,t whose s'ns DO not
get rid Of their sins, but when they arc called
tho dghtGousncss Of Christ they arc very much
offended. ! remember parable of rich man
poor man. He sent word to him tlat Il be be
would como up to his house tho next day at 12
o'clock he would give him tho tHlc-dccds
to largo estate. Tho poor man was
try and ind something whicll he might give to to
his benotactor in part payment foe his splendid
present; 80 he took bag Of gold and started.
As hc rot near tue touso he mot his bcncfactor
tn the road, who asked him what ne had in his
would bring you something, to help Ntt1o In
payinE, fGr yoar gssst ft and SO havo brought
q Let me Bce IT, said the bcncfactor. 80 the
"This IN not go,l.h Tho poor man looked,
md. to bis astontshmcnt, WIS obliged to confess
TINT It was nothing but silver.
"Look ngniui II ls not even silver"
And tho poor fellow looked again, and was
forced to confess that 1t was nothing. but cop
"Look again." eatd his friend, and when ho
looked tho third timo It Was not even copper:
hs bug e god was nothng n9t bag ef Worth
hcrltance as n gift- That Is Just tho way with
some who want to buy tho favor OF G6d and
etcrnal lite they bring thelrgoo resolutions, and
their peniteneer md their. morality to Christ,
to them - lie secs it, they and TINT IL is not
fSbbt,sl,,. ri i, good for asthIns 1t iii. aTako away
tho llthy garments
Isaiah and the sixth yerae, we shull find what
man thinks Of himself and oi bis own righteous
we are all rs an unclcan thing, and
rugs" S So VII! JOB. il thought b. WASN'T s5{
as bad as Ills friends made him out
to be, but - he caught a glimpse Of tho Lord
he said, n abhor myselt md repent In duat