New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-14
ROCKER T. WASHINGTON INTRODUCED
AT TnE EVENING MEETlNt.
THE EVANGELIST TAKES HIS TEXT FROM E~h
Xrrtl-Hrs ADVICE AS TO PRAYER


rt,p EVANGELIST TAKES HIS TEXT FROM EzE-
KrEI~-Hrs ADVICE AS TO PRAYER
,,.-o ros again an immense attendance at the
even,nc meeting which began at S o'clock Per
ha,s the attendance not quite so large as IN
the afternoon but there was solid mass OF people
in the centre OF the hall. while there was also
large number In the galleries
Prayer alternated with music introduced the
meeting as al all those which MI Moody con-
ducts Professor Towner and the choir sang
Christ Returneth." and Professor Burke he
Saves a Sinner Like Me" The Mount Hermon ana
Yale quartets also sang. After Mt Moody mao as
In the afternoon. given notice OF the meetings u
be held in the week asking particularly that rs
many as possibly could 90 so attend the prayer
services Mt 10 o'clock in the mornings he TOOK TOT
his text Ezekiel xxxiv. II, u. H.
For thu. saith the Lord God: Behold T. even J. Will
both search sheep and ssfk mem o ho ,sv tina, h.
a. among his sheep that are scattered will seek out
p Ssrs Sea w.. in me- cloudy and dark day
Ard will bring them out from me people an! sat AT,
o~n ani mountain; p; Of Is "ol BY
rivers. and in all the Inhabited places OK 'e co"'
Mr Moody then said:
There was never in this world such restless
time 49, the present But God can give icsL, anu
these words: FOR tie Son OF Man Is come to seek
and that which was iost NAV 49, rvNs sor 70
mon preached during these meetings VIII gamer s
round that truth don't know any verse san m os
about the yori, Of Christ on earth. There is not
pna arqPsnr Is NOT or a faRG fo az
swcarers, thieves gamblers. drunkards. rum-sell-
ers and Saba h breakers are lost don't pc
sgs that b soT Bible OF t ins o %H os is Of
way" They have los, their way in this dark
them free He did not come to condemn the world.
but 10 save. He will seek them out He Is seek
woman here tonight whom He has never sought
Many Of you have had good fathers and mothers:
W sl,rlct
Of you have been appealed to by ministers. Christ
was speaking 10 you through them
THE WAY HE SEEKS.
Let your thoughts go sweeping back over the
past. Did you think that when a tract was
put in your hand with the word Eternity" staring
from II 50 that 1t made you stop and think a min
ute that God may have put II into the head OF the
man who gave II you TO do so? 1t was the
work Of the Son Of Cod That Is the way he seeks;
any rou yG1 acp ng he long hours OF
night, and the family clock licked so loud? Dan
ne SoH 10 OF v6 M9" Ddn He ever speak
to you through His Word Didn't He ever speak
10 YOU through HIS Spirit?
Who moved you to come here tonight? He Is
seeking you onsh 6eevH that there mere h fSne
there ever were for any. other in this country
have letters from all over the country cunt ' bns
this meeting in New-f9rk. ne VIII DE se EEK
damond out Of its Scripture se,tngike diamond
out OF cluster of pearls
Moody then went on 70 tell the story OF the
restoring OF sight TO the blind man Bartimaus OF
Jericho. and the conversion OF Haccheus' the pup
lican. He said:
I will use my Imagination in describing these
scenes think (, is a legitimate thing TO DO Lots
and thought you could get your sight by praying.
yo ogd pray 2. v0 %f Amy h SsnG T man who will
1--we In sin IL not blind? Could you hnd anybody
hq ns n1 You can and them ali around
YOU here in Nev'-York az thick az autumn leaves;
can no? Is not The irunkard blind. douby blind.
because he is blind to me tact that ne can De
f s IS S1 not f9 hc man a " %Ho Think that Go
powerful enough to save him dqnoiy Dino Mnen
upon me- and asked that his sight be restore" 10
him. was not that PRAYER re Nhe" VIA ~. nS
~ get tired OF some people trying TO pray who
and great and wise and infinite he Is ana then:
maybe don't have anything to ask for IN the Pray ,e
prayer than that OF blind Bartm&us, And IKE
way g' for IT S God "s spirit %r on this mission Let that
cry Lord nat may receive u M c sgn' hetSPe
The di.ciples wanted Bartimeu- to cease his
the more Ana Christ heard his cry with JOY. No
music ever went up so sweet to Christ as cry Tor
mercy.
The evangelist then to describe the scene
when Zaccheus climbed into the sycamore tree TO
eaten a glimpse OF the Saviour he (Mr Moody
imagined H. lie went on:
It isn't often that a rich man will climb tree 10
look a a passing prophet. Christ him and
called him by his name. telling him that He would
cup with him that night. Haccheus must have sai'
ID himself: Now | wonder who told Jesus II
Nazareth my Nance But introduction was ever
necessary to Jesus He knows the names OF all OF
you here Tonight and where you live and He
knows your hearts and minds better than you know
them yourselvcs
Zacchcus received Christ joyfully. never heard
OF any receiving Him In any other way He
bless. not to curse; to lift us up OF the
pit which Adam led US into
WHAT CHRIST ANSWERED
Christ dined with Zaccheus. and when His dis
cples said that the man was . publican. He an |