New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-11-11
FAITH IN THE OLD BOOK
MIR. MOODY STILL SPEAKING ON THE
BIBLE.
COOPER UNION FILLED WITH EARNEST CHRIS
rrANs WHO ARE cHEERED BY HIS RINGING
UrrERANcEs-rHE TESTIMONY OF
A LONDON PREACHER

LONDON PREACHER.
"'Where are the Hippodrcme convertsT hear
men say. Where the men and women VINO were
converted in your meetings In 1875? II the snecr fhat
Rreets me now and then" said Mr. Moody In his
opening remarks at Cooper Union yesterday morn
ing.
81 will tell you where they You VIII nnd them
occupying pulp,ts In this country and In the church
pews Of every city Of size In the United states II
you are looking for them. Men usually nnd wha'
they seek When Mr. sankey and we're In the MIS-
sisslppi Valley few years ago. people In every CITY
we visited came to tell me that they had been cor
verted in New-York Brooklyn or Philadelphia or
Boston twenty years ago.
II heard a story In London few years ago tna'
illustrates the thought that men generally look io'
VIVA. they want to see and see what they are look
Ing after At dinner In that city merchant nome
from India and returned missionary from tna'
ernnre were seated near each other Some one asked
the merchant wha. he though: OF the missionary
work of Englishmen in india and whe'ner the
native converts remained faithful TO their ne" ia'
".Natve converts" exclaimed the merchant ih
SUNRISE 4 have been in India twenty years. and
have never seen a native convert Every one looked
TO the old missionary. expecting to hear vigorous
defence of the missionary societies bu; he made no
comment In a little while he said TO the merchant
Il understand that you were quite hunter IN india
that YOU have had considerable success In hunting
tigers Immediately the merchant straightenef up
Yes he had been n hunter. and he had killed great
many tigers And then he proceeded to relate Tiger
experiences When there was lull the missionary
said quietly: Isn't 1t strange? have been IN lnnia
twenty years and never saw tiger there Inc
moral is simple One had been looking for con-
verts. and he found them: the other man wahted 10
see tigers and he saw them
At both services yesterday Mr.. Moody preached
upon "Fundamenta. Bible Doctrines. such as re-
pentance Justification. prayer the Holy Spirit. sane
tlfcation and the second coming OF Christ AS on
the previous day. he was unsparing In his protest
aratnst the idea that the world has outgrown the
Rible or that the world needs any new doctrines:
in his opinion. the Church needs ministers on fire
with the Holy Spirit who believe In the doctrines
and preach them.
Mr. Moody read the following answer to some ques-
lions asked at st. Louis in 1888:
.sWiu the Old Book do for the ne~ century,? II
It will not do what have we lett? are we 20 re-
study the Bible We to begin with something
h e THAT ~e now 20 or them for
unknown. and follow the men who are sharpeyed
along the horizons Of truth. who walk by street
lamps. and never steer by stars? What Ola Tesla
prophecy has aa what f
that reveals a universal Saviour who IL able ana
willing to save the last and lowest sinner OF earth
''The textbook Of Christians-the Bible-is the
only book at all worthy Of universal adoption.
The men who have prophesied against the Book Book
built away from Jesus Christ have vanished" " The
prophets OF spencersm were not intrusted with the
last words Of wisdom" and need not fear what
the the future may bring. There philosophers and
and and s ha eer spd
sin and death. and no Book but the Bible tells OF
Yes the Bible viii do for all the centuries While
| It deals with the manners habits and customs OF
Of to-day the pers Of the future and the remedy
with which TO meet them. While the ancient writ
inss of men on stone or brick papyrus or parch.
| ums the Bible is for every age and cline. the voice
God IN h so s s that nS
| that human intellect can exhaust its meaning.