New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-31
THE PREACHrR AND HIs sERMnN.


seats we're occupied and when.at O'Clock the services
began the hall was crowded IN every part and e WA
estimated that over 5000 persons were pres-
emf They stood in an the aisies ana m
tho organ loft, and the stops LEADING
| to 10 were occupied. On the platform there vns
scarcely room for the speaker to move about Every
available chair in the building occupied, end when
Mr.. Moody rested himself during the singing he ri
upon the reporters table With such vass assombzy
the atmosphere became almost unendurabls and lana
hats and handkerchiefs were violently asttsted ~
through the service. even daring the prayexM
Mr. Moody delivered two addresses In the course Of
the evening upon the necessity Of dong away with
| ones own thoughts and ways and adopting in their
stead those OF God, and second enc 20 show that
belief the mother Of all sn and the great stumbling
block in the way Of repentance Throughout his whole
discourse Mr. Moody spoke with hurried earnestness
but not often eloquent, and there was sppar
lack OF thst ungrammsoal raeness and rugged Wa
| which did much In the first place to make tho
preacher popular The audience too was un6emonsra-
tive and there OF those Incidents Of sudden
inspiration and conversion that have occurred ~ many
| Of Mr.. Moody's rev1vals.
Precisely at o'clock Mr. Moody pushed his way to
the front Of the platform and Immediately said Les
thank God for His blessings" and before the people
had time 10 bow their heads, In very businesske tone
and and with very rapid utteranee, he offered
prayer Now. he said upon its conclusion
" 1 am going to AJAX Mr.. James McGranahsn 70 sing
little hymn not in the book, called shal be sattsned"
This was given q solo. Mrs. McGranahan accompany
ing her husband upon the piano, while Mr.. Moody
perc6ed himself upon the reporters table
and wiped the perspiration from his face.
AS the last note Of the hymn was sounded
the preacher began read portion Of the Prophecy Of
Isaiah, hurryinR through like . Church OF Eugiand
clergyman who holds two livinEs several miles apart
and conducts the services In both. Mr. ana Mrs.
McGranahan then sang an oldfashi0ned ditty Of
" Two Babes were Born on the Selfsame
Dav IN Iuna
The Rev. Dr. Parkhurst delivered q short prayer. and
then, after the singing OF hymn by the congregation.
Mr. Moody began hts DISCOURSE basing on Che words
OF Isaiah XIV, 2.
There were three things be said, in the way Of people
going to Christ, sin, mans thoughts and mans will
Further In his discourse he mentioned
three other stumbmg-blocks, human righteous
ness, human wisdOm and human religion.
great many people, IN his opinion were kept from Christ
because they bad religion Of their own, which they
unwilling give up for somebody elses religion
These holding to o false religion. II not his
religion or any religion, but Jesus Christ that
them. They must rst give up SIM and II they re-
pented God would give them power TO do 80.
But go 10 of these scientific meD." continued
Mr. Moody, " and ask sbem what you are to do. IL Is
astonishing to hear some OF these wise people talk
They say men want TO be educated. Well, Greece was
educated. They had q great deal Of culture.
but I tell you that Greece rottea
aud corrupt hell ITSELF 1t polluted with sin, and
It was for that that God brought destruction and
desolation upon that land You teach q man little
about Is that going 70 help bimi he wants
power overcome aud the only power earth for
that is Jesus Christ In the heart That h the only remedy
ever seem The world benin pursuit Of other
remedy for centuries and has utterly failed Mans
thoughts are NOT Gods thoashts- The Lord knowetk
the thoughts of the wise. for they are vain.' Hers
you have men In Wallet. buying and selling
and pushing their ambition. and dong everything
for themselves. They are the the world calls wise
and calls fools. They will enter eternity
pers because they have not laid up store In heaven
Speaking ofthe CT giving sin II men only
willing to do so the preacher mentioned the OF the
leper who was told by Elisha TO wash times IN
Jordan, aud then continued at was such q little
thing to do. II Elisha had told him to get better
medicine, castor oil. or cOdliver oil. or some
thing Of that KIND. he'd have done IL. n he
had suggested some surgical operation. he'd
have done It, Or Nit 10 do some hard thing. TO
pay great BILL he'd have been willing to do IT, Just
20 go down TO Jordan aud dip seven times
in-as II he never washed himself, had
better rivers at hOme-was too mean thing.
He had to give 10, though, and give up his
thoughts to how the thing should be done. before he
got nd Of being leper, and tell yoa drunkafd thss
you have got to give up your thoughts and take Gods
thoughts Some OF the brightest In this city have
gone down because they woud assert themselves and
not take Coils way"
Mr.. Moody said further that though the road to
Heaven straight as any New-York street, no
druukard could 20 rolling dead drunk through the gate.
IL mistake to suppose that could repent az
the last God explicitly said, NOW rs the appointed
time"
1t was now O'Clock, and Mr.. Moody having called
for another hymn announced that those who had 10
leave could do 50 during the singing About 500 per
sons passed out but when the audience again became
seated very few seats were left unoccupied.
Mr.. Moody then took @ second texS and began dis
course upon unbelef. Let me say" he said, that
the mother Of oil ain is gubelisf There would be pss
belief is. giving God the lie. II You want
e do ne; sopishs to make Heaven Glad ,aas
Bas he most ntsTss.ns portion q bis dsoa..s
don: have heard q good many people q ~ time"
for s y n ss nl q
strike them. There was q man In my towD, over any
ssd tss S ss VIZ me e vs:s
S Ss yt as sSs vS ns o he. s
Well, he: 10 strikes some people, and some e
:s:a S:ssss :..s .ss :
Ma ss;
Louis merchant who was converted at one Of hts rey
Az and ,bs turn MS w"S Ss % ass aa
erect family altar: -: Then he =. snssssd
this those wished to be prayed for were asked .
stand up. full minute elapsed and RESPONDED.
Then boy Of eighteen shylv rose and burrsdly sai
down again. and one or Two others followed
his example. There was then another pause. and two
young women sitting tosethsr rose hand in hand Mr.
Moody stood front OF the platform and counted tho
heads aloud they rose and at length reached total
OF TWENTY-FIVE EOr these o special prayer then
offered after which OF those present detailed
converse with the newly made converts. About i've
minutes were spent In this manner the bulk OF the
audience In the meantime rapidly trooping out, aud
then few who remained and the converts Joined In
parting hymn.