, 1876-06-05
Mr.. Moody's Sermon at the Chi
cago Avenue Church.
Another Appeal for Money 10 Pay
OF thy Indebtedness.
The Duty and Necessity # Labor
ing for the Conversion Of
Children.
Prof. Swing on Man, from His
Childhood to His
Grave,
First Sermon Of the Rev. Dr.. An.
derson at the Second
Baptist Church.
u. r.. MOODY.

| The Chicago Avenue Church WAS crowded, 10
| excess yesterday mon,in. by persons from MI
| parts Of Tic city interested IN Mr. Moody's
cvangelistlc labors. Mr.. L. L. Bliss whose pow
crs rs II Gospel singer quito equal TO those II
Mr. Sankcy, Ind charge Of the musical part of
the programme, and was ably assLstcd by large
| volunteer cllu!r. There was nothing special or
extraordinary nbout the service. The evAngcl-
ist preached ono Of lis Gospel sermons wh!cl,
| have becomu 81 well.knuwn all over the country.
| II Is sIr. Mooty's plan tu start hts discourse
with text, In the orthodox style, and then to
ratnlIfo alt r0,lnd creation for bits Of religious
wisdom, which may Or may not lave connct.-
tion with the topic. There Is no such thing ns
| system about his cirorts Once started,
| hc rides rouEii-shml over tho hcarta
Of s!nucrs, aud wll.cks the Devil whcn-
! ever he secs 4 chance. To the female
portion OF hts audience Mr.. Moody appeals
! through his anecdotes about the conversion and
death nf children. These arc uarratcd in very
| pathetic manner. Thu tcars well up to the
preachers eyes, and tho ladies' probably mnrc
affected by tho manner than the matter, weep
| from pure sympathy. Tllcru were several In
! stances Of this yesterday.
After tho tlsual preliminary exercises, Mr..
| Moody made tho following appeal:
| We want u raise sG,000 to.Iay to clear the
debt uK this b,s!lltng. Fourteen thousand were
raised Thursday md Friday, autl We only want
| 5000 to accomplish this desirable object. 1t
won't be heavy on any Unr II each ono will give.
Tho baskets will be passcd around the eongrega-
tio,, and hope every man and every woman will
give MS the Lord has prosperrd them. Until last
| Thursday night the people worshIplug
III this building have never been
called upon to give anything to-
| wards It.. In fuet, very little has bccn
from frlcmls abroad. We won't appreciate this
building unless VIC have tho privilege If giving
something. The uslIcrs wifi pass among the
audience, who will just give Us the Lord l'aa
prospercd sou. don't want any une to give
who does not feel I,,ultllcd. Let cacli one give
willingly and chccrfully.
While tue asllers were takIng up the col
lcctlnn, Mr.. Moody uiaao the following report:
| Il y lust as much a part of worship II give
as It Is tn pray aud sing. antl we shatl make It
| part uf the worship ii this church. It Is not
tLat We want the money for Itself, but because
i Is great l'lcssInE t" give n such cl,'sr. It
Ellis open here, where tho seats nre fire., and
where We rau come and worship God. Give as
tile Lord has helped you. II this church Is pnid
then open to The. public, and viii be a free
church, md will bclong to you Just rs much aa
to anybody else, and you will be frco to co,uc
Tho seats arc free, anl YOU cnn take clair in
ally jAlk III kNN IIuhC l}uIIH ~ 10 1NAE VWH
Iwould lkc to tce every seas claimed. Thu
church will be kept up by volunteer cnntribll-
tings. have strong faith that tie church
VII! ns,r beeo.nc selt-supporttng. II 800 people
amount to upwards OF s5,UN wIlicI, will be
cuough to support our Salba,h.scllool al,d all
our work. II 4 thousand people will give 10
fgns fS ann. "Gsk th,xv w'aIa ,, amount t,,.1 to
hundreds who can 10 that; even II they don't
use quite al much beer anl tubaccu, It will be
used in way In which II will do the most good.
Hundreds Of men can TO That, and Thousands
und make !t:Nthcaltfy, vigorous church. I hope
the time ii soon cotic when. We shall have n
good nla4Y bucf, churches, an.l then we will bo
se H. sf to s a% Ss'W " s wa ws svysy w1a e
plain and simple, and hope TINT you Will llft
up your hcnEts IN prayer that the pure Gospel
| will ever bo proclaimed from this pulpit, a,,d
tl'at no no ncresy may be taught here, for tho
| that Ci&H cEilcitfca is all wo want to
preach. 9st H. thu only thing whici,
Is going tN1etnrn thc world You eannot take
! up my paper now but what 1t ia "Kcfor,nl re-
form f. But | don't have a.y hope, until met,
aru reformed III hart, rcgenrfatct, born again
horn uf God,-that IL the only true reform.
| When men arc converted, and Christ retgns In
their heArts, then they Will reform the. world.
| And huye more hopo OF the Gospel reforming
| this sin-curscd earth than al the other reforms
put togetller. Make tllc tounta!n good md the
stream Will be good And what wa want Is Just
to preach Christ here, md If men ueceps Hin,
and Christ reigns Iii them, We will have re.
| formed r!ly.
sIr. bliss then sang II Gave Ny Lfo fur
Thten in q very acceptable, manner, after which
| Mr.. Moody pEeaellca US follows:
You will and tic text IN the twelfth chapter
of Daniel, Mt the third verse:
| And they that he wise ahsll ehine 81 the bright
righteousness ~ thu stars for ever and cyur.
They that are wis., 1t don't say tlat they
may atne, but that tl,ry shall shine. There fs
no 'loab. about IL. N9w what is thought wis.
word OF NM ID "tho abominn,ton Of God.n
That ID, that merely what lncn by nature think
most of IL the very thing that tsmi thinks tic
Least ot; Men ars seeking all around to make
to ltyt nfterwar,ls; Wu find hundreds nf men
who arc trying 10 lave Il rernr live utter they
nEc dc.,l anil gone We nre told who shall liyS
for oeyc ever. THIS man haa been gene upwards Of
aoo tny ysa's World n y,v ys' s Ias snSs' ts,shisf @
should list $500 years ioiger wo viii ind lis IS
name slime brighter md brighter down the
that urr wise shul shine ,s tho brightness 1t
the trlnh,ncnts, and they that tnrh many to
righteousness as the ssa!rs forever and ever"
It don't aay that tho astronosi.crs riall shlne,-
tho statesmen, tho honorahlcs, unll our great
gentlcnlcn,--thnt those mrn tfalI slime; but
nt'sy thst IT, w!se"etha. thy shall "sinr "
tells us WHO Are H!se,-thosc who turn many to
righteousness, Where uru Nrbuehnncxzas M
polcon, and other great mcns We al kuow
how their names nnd thnsB went down u thu
turns men to righteousness leaves behind hin
monument that sa!l last forever. II is far bet.
ter to leave q monument OIL two legs than
monument of marble or of brass. Sons oue
tt,s,ttr Il ItIt