The New York herald., 1876-02-21

pasp week and told him they had bcen
awakened to sense Of their duty by hearing y sung
He trusted that every then present would at last
be aroused aud then and there resolve TO 40 some
work for the Master and not be compelled at the Last
day TO say that they had nothing bute 10 show
fof their labors Garth The singing WAS attentvey
listened TO- Mr. Moody then read portion OF the third
chapter Of l. Corinthians, after which all sung work,
for the Night Is Coming"
Mr. Moody preached an impressive sermon IRON tho
text They that be wise shall shine as the brightness
OF the armament" He explained what it was 10
shine saying that II was not shining az the poets,
the statesmen as great astronomers but He wants
TO shine as John Bunysn or as the woman who
gave her two mites. You cannot shine so
well and so ehectually as by LEADING sous
to Christ Eyery @ one one oi you can ,ssu aes. AZ
picabo that he she cannot influence one soul 70 the
cause Of the saviour We mast have more personal
work We don't want you 20 come hero merely 70 hear
work work while Il - still day. You don't need to
wait for an Introduction 20 sinner He is going down
TO perjitiou. 80 hurry to him-hurry TO rescue
him from the gull he is about stepping into. .
The speaker eld several yeryaouchng stories each oi
which seemed TO carry great weight with H. dc accostoa
a the street IN Chicago one nlGht, be said ana
the man turned aud cursed hun terribly Three
months later this came to his room at I'VE
O'Clock in the morning and begged to be told what to
do to be saved He was saved and the next Sabbath
was teaching class In a mission school
At tho conclusion OF the discourse Mr.. Moody re-
quesed all who would cndcavor 10 lead soul TO God 10
rise, wheroupon least two-shrds OF the entire audi
rna AFTERNOON MEETING.
Thousands were turned away from tho womcns
meeting In the afternoon Mr. Moody appealed with
all the carnestness Of his nature 20 The mothers then
present, urging them TO take hold OF The work In the
Lords vineyard. The meeting WAS glorious one, II
anything could be judged from the conntenances OF
the good ladies as they came filing out OF the great
building.
ruB EVENING SERVICE
The meeting in the evening for men only. In
fifteen minutes after the doors opened The great
hall was Tiled. The twcntynnth and eighty SEQ
ond hymns we're sung, and Mr. Moody selected his
text from Genesis, ILL., 9 Ho talked with all the
earnesness of his nature 10 the fathers Of errng sons
Then he Appealed TO the backsder and
said God can snap the feuers that bind
and Oh how glad your Father will be to receive you
You have not lost Gods love He loves you all the
while, and He viii cease to love YOU Then come
back to HIN again and what rejoicing there VIII De III
heaven See what warm welcome the prodiga son
received. Yours will be as warm and as hearty.
Another class are those who are without God and
hope | confess we Christians are not all we sh ould
be You can and great many flaws IN our character,
but you can't find any Jaw IN the character OF Jesus
Christ We don't want you TO follow US, but We do
want you 70 follow the saviour.
But where you now' What are your hopes for
the future Living a land Of sickness and death,
you are not taking any thought Of the future
and think FOR moment Oh how your hearts are hard
ening The sorrows thai twenty years ago made
you weep and turn 10 God do not affect you
now. Your hearts are getting TO be like
stones You who are in the middle OF
life will you not stop and think Life s
only up hill and then and down the OF er side
what solemn thing il s 10 get nj the top and look
down knowing that the descent must be made Look
ing back the road you passed your way up
you see yondcr stone marking the last resting place
OF mother. Oh do you not care TO meet that mother
again. You promised 10 10 Christ-live purer ie
Will you do it?
And thon look down the road None Of us know how
near the bottom we are We know not al what
moment the grave Will open and swallow up
throncf Think of IT, Think OF eternity and
how you are to spend II f you do not take
this question home TO your hearts and ponder IT,
VIII you spend that eternity IN everlasting bliss with
mother aud loved ones, or will you spend il with the
outcasts in lost world Dear friends DO think OF it,
for when you have seriously pondered the question
know you Will give your hearts 10 Christ can't tell
you how my heart has been aching for this meeting
for cannot bear 10 see so many souls 60 down to per-
dition
Al the conclusion OF his discourse Mr Moody re-
quested ali who wished TO be prayed for 10 rise and
main standing About 800 stood up in response TO this
invitation, most OF whom gray headed men VINO
were on the road down the hill q life An invitation
extended the professcd Christians who feel
the need of more grace TO rise for prayers, aud in
sianily 6 0oo men left their chairs
Mr. Moody prayed long and earnestly, and then re-
quested ali who had risen Tor prayers to so into the
Enquiry rooms Jesus Lover OF Ny Soul, y was
sung with the utmost earnesness by the entire multi
tude, and the glorious old hymn never sounded more
grandly than now.
LAST sEByIcH
The young mep's meeting N the Fourth avenue hall
an enthusiastic one. Ii began At ane O'clock just
after tho general service was over and lasted until a
quarter of ten. After prayer by MI Moody,
hundreds OF poor wanderers in the inquiry
rooms, young student from Princeton College told OF
the glorious work set in motion al the college by Mr..
Moody and still going on 10 class OF l25, all save
thirteen have gwen their souls 10 Christ and there is
in all but fifty still outside the fold.
What is known overflow meeling''-that Is a
main hal-was held IN the Fourth avenue hall during
the progress OF the general meeting The room was
filled to It's utmost capacity The Rev DR.. Booth con
Quoted the services