New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-04
GOD is A CONSUMING FIRE.
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The Tribune was handed to Mr. Moody on the con-
ference platform shortly after 10 O'CLOCK ''''
morning. he glanced at the headline SPAN A.
cents the Terms" and said I'VE have been pr"!
ing for peace: God has answered the prayers OF ms
people let us thank Him. Or. Hami'n OF "a'"
ington will lead in prayer" DR.. Hamhn o''eIe'
I an earnest prayer thanking the LORD TOT h's gun
ing hand In the conflict. and remembered 'e""e,S
the soldiers and sailors and their families MI
Moody then called upon Mr.. Morgan 10 pray 'o'
Spain.
After the Mount Hermon Quartet had sung
hymn Mr. Moody referred again to the let'er Ir"p
Esther and Helen which was printed In Inc INV
une to-day In which these two niue MOI '""''
girls had nclosed 81. made by sehns s"ee'P.''
to send the Gospel TO the soldiers Iney n"'
added in their letter sentence saying that they
were going to send some the Fresh AIT fuhn
also A missionary from Brooklyn wrote 10 MI
Moody this letter regarding the need OF money
to send city children to tho country
Per Far, n Sd SsnS to Esther and Helen for their
contributions to tho fresh-ar work thai | "O wnl
cs xT Win 70 joy by the workers the children
in the poor districts of New YORK ana broon, anv
OF ths Children viii be disappointed Their names
are dow" o .snS tns n to s'
the poor children pass them PLAYING on tn, the
sS, e Whcn s9 % y @n' F'"s
In the name OF the children. as well as the "o'A-
ers please thank EHf siaAr P@H ~ BLAcKMAN.
PLANS FOR FREsH-AIR WORK.
Mr. Moody said that he had consulted the rep
resentative Of The Tribune and Ind been told that
there was urgent need Of money In orher 70
send the children already invited The truth 's'
he added. with characteristic rankneSs / nav
been so busy collecting money for the soldiers
/ hat
that have neglected the usual summer cans
| for money and perhaps some Of You have done
So too Now ! told that there ar" l,5'" poor
children waiting TO go 10 tho country 10 MONIES
waiting for them. II takes on an average - 10
send a child Professor Phillips you can send TWO
OF them can't you? | know you car. DR.. SEQ
field you and | must have n hand In this 100
| on Friday morning we will all come prepared. ana
see what We can do for these children And
| want to say another word Some of you may say
! Moody is always asking for money for this ana
! that object / want to say to you that II that
| "a the spirit Of any here you may keep your
| money The Lord doesn't want money from
| grumblcrs nor do T. The Lord has plenty of
| money hut he often gives you opportunity TO
show how much you care for money lie VIII on
! IT day and II any here can afford to give
| enough TO send n chilli from the hot streets ana
| s;uffy holes OF the city tencments TO places Ike
/ Northneld and other country towns and Will not
/ do IT, we'll all I can say is. your soul Is smaller
/ than your pocket"
! AN OUTINGS VALUE TO CHILDREN.
In speaking Of Mr. Moodys generous offer to
! take a collection for the Frcrh Air Fund. Mics De
! laney. Of the Catharlna Mission in Catherine Slip
New York. who has sent more than two hundred
children TO tho country this summer. mostly
through Tho Tribune fur said: My sister who IL
physician and has dIspcnsary In connection
with our mission. tells me that she seldom has
| oh ling her AZ fep " no ha a
outing II I, her experience that II children can
spend two weeks In July August In the country
/ they will not ordinarily need the doctor tho rest
Of the year Mr.. Moody has touched tender
chord In man; a city mlssionnry's heart hy hts
appeal to-day In behalf OF the children. II II IL re-
-pondcd to IN the same spirit what a blessing will
| result vac
Mr. Morgan preached this morning upon tho
severity Of love. the subject OF his theme being
The Wrestling Of Jacob with the Angel. When
! Jacob. the supplanter Became Israel tn" Prince
| of Israel" lie said that Il was not the story Of
/ Jacobs triumph. but OF Gods lie showed first.
/ Jacobs need Jacob saw II, and then as God
saw It. He pictured graphically tho struggle. the
long hours. tho crisis and -;hs change. The bless
| ing came no; because jacob struggled but because
| he yielded The lessons these:
First. Jacob had lived In the self li.e and en-
d.nvored TO realize the divine purpose in the
energy thereof Second. that cannot he. and when
there IL no other way God crippes him. Third. the
way from carnai nfe into spiritual from the sell
| lie into The God life. f. by the way OF defeat
Fourth. whore end. God begins. Fifth. surrender
| 10 the strong hand upon you. Sixth. do not try
| to get something out Of God. Seventh. let God
have possession OF yor
There were the usual number Of meetings to-day
| Tamil David. Or Torrcy and Mr.. Smith spoke In
| tho afternoon. This evening the Rev DR.. DIXON
| had tho round top meeting and Henry Narlcy. OF
| London spoke in the Auditorium. The Rev George
H. G. MacGregor. OF London. delivered powerful
sermon this morning upon the text our God is a
consuming nrc." which Is given herewith.
SKETCH or MR. MACGREGOR.
| Mr. MacGregor Is Of Scotch birth and ancestry.
He Il thrty-four years old. and has already held
| important pastorAtes In Aberdeen and London Mr..
| Moody tried at one time 10 get him tor the pas-
| torafe Of tho Chicago Avenue Church. which Is
| known as Mr. Moody's church In Chicago lie II
| now pastor Of the Noting Hi Presbyterian
| Church OF London. where Adolph Saphlrs work
| was done He has published several hooks. ana
new one is now In the press. Mr. MacGregor :
father was A friend OF Or. James McCosh. The
son is a graduate Of the Edinburgh University and
tina New College Theological Hall OF Edinburgh
| lie was the frat In his classes winning sew
cral prizes, Including the Hamilton and Cunning
ham scholarship. lie Is TO preach In the FUN
Avenue Presbyterian Church In NrwYork one Sun
dov this month. not as a candidate, however. In
Aberdeen his church membership Increased from
Ave hundred to nfteen hundred In Ave years. In
London the membership trebicd In three years. and
the attendance increa1ed elghtfod. The following
is Mr. MacCiregors sermon to-day In full:
TIL. ia an awful text There are thunder and
lightning in H. II rumbes with tho echoes OF
sinafs thunders. and at the sight q It's lightning.
early days have felt it's terror. Men hung It over
our heads ms n threat and rang II In our ears until
4, nIIed our souls with fright. And those who
used IL thus little dreamed the harm they did, fol
,hev gave us an utterly false Idea OF God. so thai
The thought OF God became trouble to us and
we strcve TO put It out Of our minds And ever
In later DAYS the text troubled us. We learned
th,i God is love We came to he sure OF that
How. then does the Apostle call God consumins
Ms: We wondered what II meant And then tn,
explauation OF the shallow and spacious theoog,
ca me 10 our aid; were told that God In Christ
was love. but God out OF Christ WAS consuming
6r. Bret hren. that IN no explanation at All. II u
utterly false The statement OF the Apostle Is