New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-03-21
THE WORK OF THE SHEPHERD.
A LARGE AUDIENCE TO HEAR Mr. MOODY.
THE EVANGELIST RELATES SOME OF THE
nu-ucs cun1srr DOES FoR HIS OWN.

THE EVANGELIST RELATES SOME OF THE
THINGS CHRIST DOES FOR HIS OWN.
The large congregation which gathered in the Col
lcgate Church. at Fiftave. and Twenty-nintnst'
Yesterday Morning ard filled its aisles and gal
leries. was an eloquent and convincing answer to
Mr. Moody's request to the people TO give some ex-
preston to their wishes regarding the continuance
of his evangelstic work In this city after the present
week. Although Mr.. Moody has not oecueu uo
fnltcly as yet upon his plans, the Rev. Dr' iasio
announced yesterday that he would preach IN inc
Collegiate Church next Tuesday, Wednesday lhur''
day and Friday. 1t is expected that tic c'aneen''
will make known his further intentions AFTER '"e
sermon this evening 1t is certainly the earnest hope
Of many who have heard him that he will decide TO
remain awhile in the metropolis.
Mr.. Moody chose as his subject yesterday Inc
Work OF the shepherd God, he SAID was ue.
llverer and saviour Of His sheep. what lie promseu
to do lie would carry out 1t was necessary 10 pun
our trust In the Lord If we wished to triumph Ho
woud cause the showers Of Heaven to come down.
lie had said And | will satisfy them" we co"u
not expect more than that. The angels In Heaven
could not expect more. We could not get satisfied
in this world. When God made our hearts lie mao
made them too big for this world. They were maze
for two worlds; they were made for Heaven We
must get into the Kingdom of Heaven II we wisheu
TO be satisfied People often said that they "erc
afraid TO be Christians, because they could not hou
out That fear should deter no one from embracing
the Christian faith God would care for Them Inc
sheen did not look after the shepherd the shepherd
looked after the sheep, and led them ABOUT "oo
did that with us, who His sheep.
II was a good thing for Christians to 90 back al
times to the pit whence the Lord had taken 'hem
and look into it. That would remhu
them of the change which God had "orNo'
I'm them There great difference oe."een
the photographs as unsavcd sinners ana as
christians. We should keep the former photograph
constantly in view The great difference between
saint and a sinner was that the one had the LORD "ou
for keeper while the other tried to keep himself Inc
Lore told US twenty weight times In the tmrO iou''"
chaptsr Of Ezekiel what lie would do with His sheep
what lie would do for An old divine had saiu oa
Gods sheep had three marks: they heard fill' tncs
knew HIS voice. and they followed Him. Thus IL
could be seen whether they belonged to the foa IL
we wished life said Mr. Moody we must receive Chrlst
into our hearts We lost true life by listening 10 the
devil II could be got back only By going where VIC
first received it, The voice of the good shepherd couiu
always be distinguished from that OF the bad shephefu
MANY people said they tried to follow Christ. Du'
there great difference between iyhs S,d heen
Christ and in really following HIM. CHRIST haI DTs
here on earth and had showed US inc way i. ~ s
only to tread in Ills ioonIep on an %o o aD
solve, In darkness. II followed even Abraham we
,houd ind ourselves telling lie, III we loilVMe"
vi iab VIZ woud find ourselves under the juniper tree
There was no aw however in the character OF christ
No should look alone to Him. II would not 90 10
initiate Christian people All human beings made mis-
takcs ~ T lowing them We only augmented our own
mistakes Christ was the one and only perfect CHAR
actcr Christ he said was our way He was our
teacher lie was our saviour lie our prophet lie
was our root lie our shepherd lie was our WI
dom He was our righteousness ne was our saner
ncatlon. He was our redemption He was our heaier
He was our friend He was our brother. ihdnh
cod aid Mr.. Moody. for such a shepherd. nave
told YOU but little OF what God Will do for HIS chill
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