New-York tribune., 1876-02-16
MR. MOODY'S. SERMON.

MR.. MOODYS. SERMON.
want now TO call your attention to n clause
in that chapter have just read part Of the 22d verse
For there is difference" Now that IL one OF the
verses Of the portions OF SCRIPTURE tha' t"o h'
don't Ike. have had many quarr'i win men %"
I'm, verse because just apt % think We arc a
mile belt thaa our friends and our nrighD0rs' ana
men don't like c. believe there il no difference III Is one
OF the greatest lessons naH has 10 leaI-tha' ne II
sinner II you don't believe that you are SICK you won't
calm physician. 1t Is just because the natuialm don't
like this text have taken II tonight have found out
long ao that lessons dOAt Ike are the best incd
cns frus. I can imagine there is some one here who
s,,s don't believe that stttone-t that there Is no
difference" can imagine there IS somo one mere VINO
says, Isn't II better for man To hc sopcr
man It iA 10 be n drunkardi Isn't IL
better for a man to be honest than 1t Is for "A
man to bo Gishoucstr Yes, Will admit ali that; but
tnt don't appy when it comes 10 the great question oi
salvation II man has saved from hs stn. ho
must perish Ike the rest OF the world Now II man
wants to hnd out what he Is. Jet hun turn
to tho Sd charter OF Romins lie can read
hi. life there. II you want to read your
own biography you need not write It yourscf Turn 10
Ao third chapter Romans, aud Is ali there wru,n
ny a r an who now. a good d,il about than
do about oursclves Christ tlo only ono That ever
rOd this earth thdt every tnhS III the hrhil oi h
We read that lie didn't ccnnit himself. bechiso
lie knew tnur hcars Tho ncart i- dceitf H VINO can
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pcaoly wicked. NOW, satan either tres 10 make men
ye that they are COOL enough without salvation or
il he ct maze item believe that, he tries to tell item
t they are 80 nad God won't have anything TO do with
incn.
The law Isn't TO save men, but the law IL brought In
ii, to- sh0E that he u lost and ruiucd inicr Inc
aw Tcss people that ine To save themselves b.
the ,w masIng the worst mistakes OF their lives
some people say n they ny 10 DO right they iAlhs
That h. al that Is required of them It"y say
q" try To keep the law" We'll. did you ever KNOW
man keep the Law except the son ~ God himself The
las was never given 10 save men by. Ana wllht was
the law then given orT |, given 10 show iunu his
lost and ruined niion. II Wis Syeu % measure men
y tnc,r f.uis. Before God saves man be first stops
ti, mouth. / meet suuo people In the Inquiry room
who talk good dc,. When meet those people SAY
To- myself, They very far FROM the Kingdom oi
Goi" po.fcci God couldn't gy' an Imperfect stand
ard perfect G.d that .ho law pure and good; but
we are not good u wc done come mp - the standard No"
II a man should come into NeH-Yura Cy aad advertise
inat he culd take photograph Uf peoples h'aits aud
ye perfect lax .acss do y0u thin. be would sot Gus
toner in Ncw-lorki II wc 10 10 have a ph"ia-rdrh
taken we bru.i our,clye, mp and We have 1t taken
sitting, and standing. and uns TINS position ana
SITTING in that position. aud standing ~ tm7 j. S''h
aud standing in it position and II thr aiia, H!cr' ~
and maacs look better tnIn We do. We cni i around
10 our friends and tay. "Yrs that Is good hrncSN"
suppose tho artist could get photograph of the heart o
the true man, to you think he would sct many customers
good many Of YOU would say: :" wouldn't Ike 10 have
the wife Of my bosom my heart wouldn't Ike ohave
her read uy secret thoughts" The heart Of man "a
fountain ofcoruIpion. ycne,s and pollution nnl there
no hope for man bns unn he hnds out lac Is bad
TmE PURPOSE oF THE LAW.
And ~ the Law Is "a looking glass just To SHOW man
how foul he i in the ,igt oi Cod A little while before
the Chicago Hro went homo ono afternoon TO my family
and thought would take them out riding. Ny little
boy about year, Old oappc his hands wanted to know
if wouldn't take HIM up Lincoln Pa.k 10 see the bears
sail that would and went out / hadn't been gone
a great while when the ttie fellow wanted his mother
To wash him up, an tneh he wanted to 80 out ana play
Well ho got playing In the dirt. and he got
all covered with dirt, and when drove up lac
wanted to get into the carriage. sa Il, "No, Willie.
are not ready, must take you In and get You
washed" The iie fellow said, go, papa, F-e ready"
told hlm ne wasn't ready he was all over dirt. But
papa. mainin" washed ino; lSe ciean' e9hid no
make him believe that his face was All dt He could
not believe IT his mamma washed hn. aud he
clean. SO took him up and let the little fellow see
himself looking glass IN the riagc. lie tie
glass 80 that he the dirt but did not take the
looking glass wash mis- face will That is what pco
was given show hn his lost an ruined condition IL
wasn't given 10 save nci-ihe son oi Cd came to d"
that wOr,but the law the schOOimastcr that Ia
show us what to do when We are saved stop all this
idle doing, aud just como to the fountain maj %
for sn and unclcaniness. can imagine sone
OF you may Ty am r"' a', ' GIcan "' never o, r
Jrrns I'm nav ne don't liAr TO have alr Moody siy
am ~ bad a. other people" don't know but phari-
snism is rs bad drunk, mess. aud hnd you
can inst sum up the whOe human race mao
sce. Yonder is an orchard, and In that ore ard
there are appe trecs-Hscrdbc, sour, bitter stop,
ono 1f tnem bare; tncy are wofthcsa why are they
good nOtnngt We'll, tree has got 900 apples, anf
The other has sOt D. There Is no dilerle Ine iac Is
toe tree s bad. One man may have mo-o irnit
than another, but the fruit 10 bad-frOm the
old Adam stock God didn't look for good fruit
from Adams stock. Make the fountain gpOi and
the stream VIII be good Make mems hearts good and
their lives viii he good You mignt rs well tell man 10
iump the ~ br moral, II he hasn't got God
III his heart. TIE way improve the soul o man Ia u
strike tho root of Tie tree and II the heart "a night and
in sympathy with God thero viii bo no trouble about the
lfe Yol need not be cultiyatng cIabappe tree.
That In what some people do
DREAMING ONE COMMANDMENT.
Now I'm the law it is written that man that breaks
the least the il guilty of ALL Some people say 81
have not broken the ten commandments" They
think that the ten commandments ten different laws
Rut a man who breaks the least OF the commandments
has brokon all, and II you have broken one OF tie
commandments you have broken the law oi co.
suno people think that II they only fail In command
ment they are bad but IL mar IL guilty of break
ing one, hc breaks all And where lind one
who does moi break than commandment How
mnuy pcoilc here in Ncwlur worship idolni Measure
ynnr ncart the law OF God my friends, aud You'll aud
Yourself panty. Tine why people mIcn IL
because iney don't believe they do sim Uubclir is
the rot Of all evil Adam slnncd through
bclei.. and We must get out of the pit
NJ tho same place he fell H. lie fell by unbelief