The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-04-21
From :he Baltimore American. 10th.l 81.
JOY OF THE LORD.
Mr. Moody Urges Christis,ns to DC joy
frT and Glad A iways.

The crowd at the Moody meeting in The
First Presbyterian church yesterday after
noon was so great that many persons were
unable to get in. Among the gentlemen
seated on the rulrit-piatform were Rev. DIR.
Backus, Rev. j. Il. Van Meter, Rev. Mr.
GitHn, Rev. Mr.. CluIz, Rev. DR.. Williams,
Rev. II. Z. Johnson, Mr.. j.. f., ke!so, Judge
Pinkncy. Mr.. w. l.. GIL. DR.. p. {. Viii
linms, Mr. Francis T. King. Mr.. James
Carey, Mr. G.. Fl. Hunt, Mr.. Francis
White. Mr.. w. w. Spence, MIR. Will
liam ;. Reese, and Mr.. John B. Nor
riS. Mr.. Isaac l.. CroEisc, OF Frederick
county. Md, and others from distance
were also present. 1t was considered one
OF The most successful meetings Dir. Moody
has held In this church. The sermon was
on "Joy,>a subject, he said, which nobody
could lind fault with. as it was something
they all were after. Paul, he said, in emu
meratiuS nine fruits OF the Spirit. puts this
second, Just after love. There is differ
ence between happiness and JOY. .uappi-
ness comes and goes, but Joy is perpetual.
1t flows right on through both the
LIGHT and darkness. That is secret
Joy the Christian has which makes
even sorrow pleasant Nehemiah says
the Joy OF the Lord is our strength and so
it is. II any OF you have real JOY, you
will be sure 10 communicate 1t 10 somebody
else. II we Just NOPE along, with solemn
faces aud our heads bowed down in the bui-
rusheS, we won't recommend cur religion
to any one. They will think il makes Us
miserable. True rclie ion makes us happy.
Ii wearc full OF the JOY OF the Lord it flows
right out. II carry smiling faces around
with us we will have gone 4 long way to-
wards recommending Christianity to the
world. We can
PREACH WITH OUR FACES
as well as with our tongues. ! know some
pcoDlc here in Baltimore that it's Il pleasure
to look at, and whenever bring any cne to
them in the meetings am sure they are al
WAYS going to bring them out. l know OF
case where whole family was won to
Christ by cIereyman's smile. 1twou'd'be
a good idea If we had more smiling minis
tiers. Children especially, and young pco-
pie, are drawn by cheerfulness; and a.
though child may not know Il word the
minister is ting about, il he will only
Look pleasant the child will say he is the
best preacher anywhere. 0ly friends. II
we have good Master let's lie joyful.
Don't be saying. ." Have ] got to give up
this?" and .bayc got to give up that :"
and "havc / got TO give up the other
thing?" but do simply what is right, and
be glad You can. We ought to love our
| Masters service, and there is no reason in
The world for our grumbling. Ii we are
happy all the time, those who are caviling
viii be saving to themselves that we have
| something to which they arc Strangers. and
by and bv they will De seeking after it.
tOld DR.. Plumer, whom you know was one
! OF yonr citizens, once gave grumbilnS
| friend Il piece Of advice, in which he used
| the. illustration that q certain southern
| planter had tic reputation Of being
hard master TO his slaves, bat always
denied ii, and what settled the mat
ter in the minds OF most people was
that they never heard his slaves sing
inr, and that was sure sign tlioy we're not
happy, Now, il we dou't feel like Staging
or hearing the praises Of God. it;s pretty
good sign that we arc not spiritual happy.
Did vou ever hear Of the text, "Ent~r thou
into the misery OF the Lord 20 Have you
heard il quoted ? =: ct that IS the way SOME
pcoplc seem to regard IT,. 1t is "enter, into
the ioy OF the Lord" that we are 10 le-
member. II we haven't got that JOY, let us
pray God fervently to give it TO us. Show ME
joyful Christian, and I'll tind YOU one who
succeeds in all his undertakings ana IS satls.
tied. We can be in revival all the time II
the Christians will only wake up. and there
| won't be any OF this talk about the WORK
dying out. . - ,"'' " ..',.a'. ~.
WHO ARE HAPPY. '......
A true child OF God is never happy unless
doing something for the Lord. The hypo-
critics are never happy. Now, the question
is. How are you going to get it? You GER
tainly can't get the JOY unless You take
Christ, forthat is how it comes. That's the
first thing. You may profess to be enid
OF God and have none OF this loy'and peace
in your heart. bait you can get it. il YOU
viii. Not until you are full Of Joy Will you
have power. with either God or man.
| Cbrist's disciples had il. There are some
people who say they thought they had IL
| ten years ago, when they were conVeItca,
| but they haven't got it now. me 1auIl
| is in themselves. They can't be happy Wniie
tbey keep on SHINING. The irst thlhS
| RI 10 ia tn mako Il rnll and free surrendhr "f
| soul and body. Ii was not untll hlhe years
a.o that made full surrender, ana since
! then / can say there has not been ripple
to my happiness. You can't 20 to Goa
with provisos that you are not gong 10 give
,,p this or that. Whatever your conscience
| tells YOU to give up you must give UP totally,
and whatever 1t prompts you to do you are
to do without murmuring. IL you want to
he a Christian and hold on to theatres or
dancing, YOU can't expect this JOY. Ihese
things don't mix. Instead OF having TO
| Keep Inc Joy, lHC IVY "'A NSSf :
will let it. God loves US ana does not
| want us to give up anything that Is
essential to our happiness. IT. won.a
he wsl for us to bear this IN mind.
| ! would rather have my children 'augh
than cry, but l often have to deny tneh
things for their own good. We must learn
to say "Thy will be done" before we can
be happy. Shall not the Judge OF tue "ortu
regulate our lives? All the fultness OF tne
Godbead is in Jesus Christ. In order 10
| have this happiness right along we mus
strengthen the spiritual nature ana stlmG-
| late it with GODS Word and by doing gooo.
Word and work are the two things that 90
il all. Through these you may be happy an
the time. Gods word went right TO Jefe-
miab's very soul, and he was obilgea 10
sneak. II man doesn't read his Biple
good deal he Isn't ftfor Gods service.
MANY run into teaching before lhey arc
sent. With some it is
| WORK; WORK, WORK,
but they never take ii, q supply or anything
to strengthen them. They must nre up
| with the Bible. More get up sermons al!
the time shut away from people, aua as tney
never study human nature, they don, hho" ~.
whether their sermons ever hit or not: IL IL
order to be happy and do good in COOS
seryice, we must study the Word ana .then
W u - .bt In ~ f,hr|stfaNs are never fSoL