New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-18

THE REV DIR. A. c. DIXON.
to pay the rent of Cooper Union for five days. %
condition that the Rev. A. C. Dixon, Of Brooklyn.
lead the movement. AT the first meeting the great
auditorium packed to Its utmost capacity, anu
hundreds were turned away. ID. l.. Moody and Mr.
Dixon spoke on Eternal Life" and Ira ID. Sankey
sang Since then the audience has been large. ana
the result in conversions has been most gratifying
to the workers Gospel songs have been ssng Win
skill and feeling by W. S. Weeden, Miss upham ana
others Sometimes as many as one hunored pas
tors from New-York and Brooklyn and surrounding
towns have been present. Among those VINO nave
taken part are the Rev. II. NJ. Sanders. OF the
Madison Avenue Baptist Church; the Rev. s. Parkes
Cadman of the Metropolitan Methodist Church,
the Rev DR.. David Burrell. of the Marble Col
legiate Church; the Rev. J. b. Devins. OF Hope
Chapel presbyterian Church,; the Rev. Dr. b. B.
Tyler Of the Church OF the Disciples. ana the Rev.
Dr. J. r. Davies. OF the Fourth Avenue presbyterian
Church. -
Next Monday afternoon at $3.50 o'clock, the Rev.
! Wilbur Chapman the weli-known evangelist. now
pastor OF the Bethany Presbyterian Church in
Philadelphia. will speak.
The Rev. A. c. Dixon will also speak at p. m. on
THE Gospel Feast Arrangements are being mace
to keep up these meetings during the year, except
nsrhaps through the very hot summer months, when
evangestic meetings in the open air are more sue
cessfu than meetings held in halls There IS an
urgent demand for permanent organization, which
Will include all evangelical Christians who believe
in aggressive evangelstic work in connection witr
the churches Mr. Dixon's subject yesterday was
Gods Ideal OF Character" His text was: This
Is my beloved Son. in whom | am well pleased"
Matt H. II. He said in part:
We have in Christ Gods ideal OF purity.
"snch an High Prizes, became us who IS holy,
harmless indebted and separate from sinners.
upon T Him KS friends studied Him all
With Plate whsn he says not ind no t "a pur ri that
Has to be treated Ike dollhouse ss pant pat away
in cell to keep the %eataer irS mpry * that
could stand the test OF exposure. He stood not
inx through an ocean Of pollution Without mlngllns
with its waters-but he stood the nre test dou can
bb 2 to test its purity yon put it in the fur
ch S5 fsry of fs e Pmi m pit
to keep hot the fires. and no dross was found
CHRIST GODS IDEAL OF SYMPATHY.
Jesus is sympathetic not only with our Sorrows
but with our Joys He went to the marriage FEAST
as readily as TO the funeral. His heart was warm
toward rich and poor He was not repealed By the
blind beggar ragged that he threw away his
old cloak as ne came into His presence With the
young man Of wealth. weldressed, the culture OF
the times in his face ana S On ms b up crS as sheep
having shepherd he had cSmpasson ana, ai Hs
EIts by the SIDE Of learned jewish rabbi explain
ing to him the way OF life sympa thz'ns Win ms
with ignorant and with ne learned so ne 81 oE S
mar.ity; and such He is our model or sympathy
GODS IDEAL OF GREATNESS"
We know what the world calls greatness. Caesar
VAS great because he laid al the world under
tribute. Napoleon was great, because in MS DAY NJ
was the most powerful man living Men are great
who rise above others; great in proportion 10 tho
number OF other men that they can make their SER
wants Who is the greatest politician In newborn!
The man who influence the most men at the
polls Who is the greatest statesman in the United
States? The that WEEDS the greatest power
for any idea or political party Who Is the greatest
nan financially? The that has the most dol
.ars with which he can WELD an influence almost
irresistible What the world calls greatness is get
ting above people and making them tributary TO us:
on the other hand the greatness that Jesus christ
sets before is not rising above men, but getting
under men and lifting them up 1t Is not making
other tributary to US, but our becoming tro-
utary other men The greatness that Jesus
Christ taught is in proportion TO the ministry that
render to others and not to the ministers mat
ter unto but to minister" IF any man would
BE great amgaf ySs @ good enough
poetry. but | never did sympathlze very much with
SIDE while trying to climb above others II he had
been striving to lift somebody else up IL would nave
made his blood circulate better and kept him alive.
We see the climax of this greatness in Jesus
Christ on the Cross
ANSWER TO AN INFIDEL
Why" said inhdel to me. you tell me that
God can be pleased with that bloody scene on the
cross | could not be pleased TO see my only child
suffer thus and am not nearly as perfect as God.
My reply was, Friend | could not love or respect
a God that would not be pleased with such scene
as that" Let me illustrate. You remember tnat
scene in a German yillage-a blacksmith couiu 20
seen hour after hour II had looked through niS
shop window chained to the anvil. roaming al tuo
mouth while the blood from his wrists. no
was writing in madness. That was indeed no.I.
be | would fam forget II. But | learn that .ne
good blacksmith sitting one day IN the ..n.asSS
pCstoffice with his neighbors cnildren sa.nsna
round him when a great mad dog, with roaming
mouth and glazing eyes appeared IN tne 200. M
nm and throtteS the infurlateu peast cu'
not until the fatal poison goes INTO ms own v'o .n:
When I have learned that the nopIe man pu. ~
chains upon his hands as protection 10 M snxiS
hors my horror turned into admiration anu snoS
like 10 build the blacksmith monument hisne'
look upon another scene,the mockihg ero% "ro. OK
,barns the weakened body bearing a heavy CROSS
nd sinking beneath It, hands ana feet aolusteo,
",hi,s the nails are driven crushing through inc
Mraho, heart crying out: MY God: my Coo, why
49,, Tbou forsaken me?' As look. the elements
m dark and an earthquake shakes the earth. !
80 hut saw THAT is horrible am not p!easeo
mtth T., Rlt when ] over the page and read
,bat II was not for Himself. but FOR otner people,
hst the crown OF thorns was worn, that the heavy
cross was borne. that His feet and hands were
nierced and that his heart was broken; ana when
raadng a little further find that not Tor peop.e
In General but for me- all this suffered. my
horror turns to adrira ton alteration, love and my