New-York tribune., 1876-02-14
MP. MooDYs AFTERNOON SERMON.

/ want to call your attention to ii verse in
ihe 4th chapter OF the Gospel Of Luketho 18th verse
'The spirit Of the Lord Ia upon me, because he hath
lnonted ne 20 preach the gospel to the poor" have
spoken a great many times in New-YOrk Ciy, but be
,ieve / never preached the Gospel here but
fnat was IL or Is years ago down IN the
rombs have spoken great many times IN different
parts OF the city, but have preached the Gospel
but have tIicd to arouse Christians up to work
People are habit Of thinking that anything that is
In the way of rcIgiO meeting Is the Gospel Dut they
are mistaken had quite number Of letters from
Christians complaining because don't preach the Cos
pei to the people. want TO tell you If can what the
Gospel of the Son OF God is. want TO ask all
those who Christians here TO be silently lifting up
their hearts in prayer that God may help me 10 make the
way of life plain and that every one may know what
the Gospel 0f Gotl is. believe ] converted years
before knew what the Gospel meant Now the word
Gospel means good SPELL or In other words, Gods
spell -, ,,, ,,,,-. o,,,, n, A.,
wOris were, Inc SPlt o. tht lr(In Is upon me- uecIS
He aunOnted me To preach tbe Gospel 10 The poor
That don't mean those who are poor IN thls worlds
goods but that means the poor Ia spirit CHRIST says,
4" the Lord has annOinted me iOr hal purpose ne hdd
been out Nazareth for few WccAs and had gone down
toJordan SheTe lie al met the great wilderness preacher
man from that was more IKE EUhh tlan any
man since RI ah went up TO heaven III chariot ol hic
The G be met a great many people. ten thousands OF
people probably, and he was crying thht tht ktuoh GA
God was at hand. Down there INTO the andieAce came
a man who passed down into the water. and he
requested J)n bal tie him John said tht he needed
"a voice-tiOd confessed ms This Is my beloved
son in whom am well pleased" ILeoo thousands TOOK
tidIngs ali the country, and tho voice hdd
reached Nazareth that Christ had boon bar tlCd Dt
John, in jordan. aud that there down vOce from
aycn ng, " This is my beloved son, bear him"
When lie arrived in Nazareth there small assem-
blage ready meet Him He went INTO the synagogue,
rs Ills custom. and lie stood up and read the
prophecy VI tie prophet Esaas and be OPoHcd the BOOK
to rcao-they did not have books Ike what have.
they used 10 have paTchmont-He might have turned
to the first chapter, " But Israel dOtn not know
Me" He might have read not that,
from sole OF he foot, unto the head there
no sOuudness in IT," lie passed by the 3jh chApteT-
"Tben the eyes of the blind snail boopcncd and the
Of the deaf shall be unstoppcd" lie might read
that Calvary had got u have victory before that
could be SAID. He passed the 0h chapter, lac passed
over the 4Oth chapter. lie might have told them
he might turned 10 the both cLapier.
He had not bCen wounded he had not yet gone through
(ethsen ne ICad that ho !0und The place where
It Is written "Tho spirit Of the Lord Is upon me- because
He hatD anOn Cd to preach tne Gospel 10 the pour
And that tho commencement oi ms ministry, ana
that was his going back 10 nazareth Ana ia
that 61st chapter Of Isaiah he stopped rlght
In the middle Of sentence. 1HcIe were
seven Things he had to do He read tDdt
part which was had To preach the Gospel
10 the poor. Tic was, lie hltD sent me 10 neal
tho bloken-hoarte1." Wasn't that good udinss You