, 1876-11-27
AFTERNOON SERVICE.

Tie Tabernacle was full to Overlooking by |
half-past Q yesterday afternoon. Tho meeting
opened in the usual devotional manner, thu
audience Joining In the hymns With great ell
thlisiasn,. Mr. Sankcy was In uncommon good
yotce, aud sang Ills solos III lis accustomed tm-
prcsstye manner. Ono remarkable thing about
this service was that tho congregation appeared
to be suffering FROM severe cold on tho cleet,
and coughcd Us unit from the beginning 70
the end. Following Is MI abstract Of hlr.
lloody'a remarks:
Iwallt To call your attention to part Of tho
tho first verse Of tho 7tl chapter Of Genesis:
"Aul the Lord sald unto Noai, Como thou aud
nil thy house into the ark" We meet that
little word "como" very often In tile Scriptures,
mud perhaps some other time will speak oil tho
number Of tiules God haa used It. Thla tic
FIRST time It Is used in tho Bible, mud u Is the
voice Of grace, mercy, and love. Ono hundred
and twenty years before tho ttmo OF the text
Noah received thc most awful to'"aheaioG narth tio
told him that flo was going to destroy thy
world on account Of thp great iucrcAso u
wtckcducss. Sln came into the world tull
murderer. Thv fAct h man has always been as
bud ~ to can be; there "a nothing good III nm,
~--he Is had by nature, w don't need to g. =
tbs Bible to prove that YOU can look around
aions and SEC how quick 10 Wi GO to ruin. seo
how the nations of tho easth have gouo. to
ruin when they were left alone. 1t wns their
own sin TINT drove tuul 10 rs,ln, and It Is Just
| the saf.e With individuals. But wtrkclness had
| Increased In tloas days; II possible men Wero
worse then tina they arc now. uuu told noah
to build the urk, und, having faith tn God, he
ubeycl the cnnmAnl. The LoEd ilaa ucyct
destroyed natlo,! without gtylng warning, a'ni
Noah vas instructed to warn tho antesl!luytai's
| Of their impending dooM, but they Needed him
| not They asked where wAs the sign that tl!o
world was to be destroyed, and scoifed, just ~
| men do now. II the i,lea. Pl1,bahly ~hcn Soat
| Was tu}l u build the ark he knew hu would eo
lie laughing stock Of thu city; but tha old 1aaI.
toilcd Oh despits tile lecEs III LIS fellows, aud
| thank Gud Tiers was u.lc man In that asa VINO
dared to 70 agul1lst puDfc sentiment anA obcy
the voice of tile Lurd. II was o1'a Of the mar,
! yelous things Of tho world, but he toilea
J to follow him. After tho ark WA built per-
haps the people cs1uu to look at II, and cons!d-
cred Its builder luuattr fur wasting ~ unsc
and money on this apparcntly useless annsftak-
luz, Mctl undoubtedly talked l[len as my 10
now. You talk with the stofters 81 ChitaS5o
| md you will see that n,cM put up tl!clr !!ttic
| ruuy reason Rgatlst the Almighty. |iaVo
heard men say that Gc1 cannot destroy this
| world, and Others dGclars that there u no uod'
Undoubtedly tho antc1iluyians thought ~ the
same way, and sonu would probably say II taere
Gun Imagine that business was brsk aul the
warn!pg gave them little trouble. Their saloons
and bllEi1rd halls would bc full uycry night, and
they would mock aud 1ccr ut Noah ail tl!e time.
| One hundred yeark rolled away and yck there
was no align. Thete wcrc probably astronomers
iu thoso days and tried to read the heavens, but
could 500 10 chauge; taeFs "sEa geoioghts