New-York tribune., 1876-02-17
MR- MOODN,S SERMON.

I will direct your attention to the third
CHAPTER OF john and the third verse: Josus answered
and .aid unto hin, Verify verify say unto thee ex
cept man be born again ne cannot see the hngd"m Oh
God" YOu will by the tinrd chapter Oi Romans
fiat It is absolutely necessary that man he born again
Yon see in the nd chapter Of ROJdnS what man is b
nature II YOU wan; find what God is turn 10 the
third cbapter OF John God loved te world that He
eaye HIS ol brgOtten Son, that whosoCVer believes on
Him shall have everlasting lie" Nes, road the third
chapter Of Romans yuu want to md out how man lost
LIE Then read the third chapter of John, and read 1t
urayerrly and with Gods spirit you, and yon VIII see
how man is going to got everlasting life back again
Idont Lpow chluter that ought 10 DO read more In
Christian spr and read deeply than ltlat chapter
IL is so plain and reasonable. II there are thousand
,eope here tonight who want 90 know what ONo G0d
las for them let them read the third chapter OF JOhh
and they. will I'm it there. and find eternal life
They need not 80 out OF this hall tonight to and
eternal life They will find it here in this chapter.
and find eternal life before these services close They
hear tonight how the for salvation OF their souls
is open to them. Yes, do not know ything more I'M
portant than this subject OF Regeneration don't know
OF anything tho Bible important and moro plain
than that and yet 1t question that neither the church
nor the world sound upon There Is no queson upon
which the church aud tho world are more confounded
than upou this very question Of Regeneration III man
in sound every other subject you Will hnd at he Ia
unsound this plain subject OF Regeneration 1t is
OF our religion II s a great deal better, with Gods
helm to understand this question perfectly rst than TO
20 on further in tue Word OF God. II Is solemn ques
ton" Am | born of the Spirit Have been born
againi" For you know that "excep; man be born
again he cannot the Kingdom Of God"
Now let me say what regeneration Is not 1t is lot
gont 10 church Very people and ask them
they are Christians. "Ycs, OF course am at least
think | am; 1 20 TO church every Sunday" Why.
could say them the very devil to church every
Sunday and goes more regularly to church than
he does II you 20 down IN the dark alleys aud byways
OF the city, and do all the good you can preach Gods
word and show Gods love to these abandoned bengs-I
tall you that is not regeneration. Mol mol II is false
idea you got re2eneated by scattering tho seed of
God by tho waysde Why. going to church was regcn
eraon-belng boru agan-there 10 hope even for Satan
himself But there church erected but that
the devil the first to enter and the last to leave
There one, tell you. who moro rcguiar attend
ant But still there is another class OF Christians, or who
think they Christians They am trying TO do
what Is right-am not u Christian Is not that
birth No tell you, no. What has that to do with
being aaini There yot another clsssthose who
have turned leaf and think they regen-
Grated No; forming resolution is not being born
again. That will not do you any good.
BAPTISM NOT REGENERATION.
Nor viii being baptized do you any good Yet you hear
people say why, have been baptized and was born
axain when was baptized" Thoy believe that because
they are baptized into the church, they baptized
into the Kingdom Of God tell you that Is utterly im
possible may be baptized into tho visible church.
and yet baptized into the sop OF God Baptism s
all right In place. God forbid TINT should any
thing against It. But you put that In tho place Of re
generatioR-n the place of new birth-it terrible
mistake You cannot be bapzed into the Kingdom OF God
m thought could baptsze men into the Kingdom OF
God II would bo good deal better for mo 70 do that
than 70 preach. should get bucket OF water and
CD and down the stroets. and save men that way.
they would let do II while they were awake,