New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-03
THE NEED OF REVEALS
his address this morning Mr. Moody said


In his address this morning Mr. MOODY said:
The only hope OF our Republic is revival or
Weakening The country cannot last without night
eousness REVEALS are perfectly Scriptural There
have been revivals in every age do not know u
there any before the food: II there had been
Rnt soon after the food came on sec the revival
spirit. Whenever the world got dark God sent
Vas in b@ndaee Moses was sent, and there was a
mighty awakening. Later Samuel was sent 70 the
have liked live in the times OF the prophets. but
got over that feeling long ago. for those were The
true IN the time Of Elijah and jeremiah. Som"
who said: Eve will not walk in the old way. There
was great need Of revival I'm the 'lden tim" and
there is to-day Every trne work has had i's foca
been foes inside ana outside Nehemiah found i so
naa enGmoS wno, hnn oD Were here
WIS not opposition. a man may GO into a town
and II there ar" no conversions ne VIII ma no op-
position. The papers will laud him and the people
ing the way OF salvation. and ne VIII ma mat
he is not popular as he was. Lot hundreds cry
criticised and his methods disapproved. Look at
John the Baptist See what storm broke about
they should do to find mercy. Tho same true
when the Master and His Apostles preached do
pose revivals. Take The history OF any denomna-
ton YOU please. and tell me II it was not horn IN
n Apostolic. II II had rs beginning in Apostolic
times as its leaders claim, was 1t not born In the
priests going out and holding missions. They
don't call thcm REVEALS hut they the same
thing with 4 different name that is All. The
Protestant Episcopaan Church traces It's history
back 10 posiolic times also II that claim is true
II also had its birth in the revival Of Pentecost
II any church needs revival. IT Is the Roman
Tah9 b h%Tc9 II pny GhnTh pI needs TTy
had better get started there. The Lutheran
Church was started n In a revival; So was The
talks against revivals ono" in u whil" there is
Methodist who does that. hut very often. The
OudkcrS
The Young Mons Christian Association was born
in the revival Of 1851.
OBJECTIONS TO REVEALS MET
Let us take up some Of the objections to revivals
not hold out" Ministers are afraid because go
NOT So SfS ou We'll there are some mnsters and
elders and deacOns who do not hold out. That
holding out suppose some do not hold out
Everybody did not mold out IN the time Of 1d the
that. From that time many of his disciples went
back and walked no more with Him"
word Many Of his disciples went back" what
would you think Of farmer who cut down hts
Why, II every blossom became an apple the tree
would break doTn Nney men ., who 20 engage ing n
less because there are 80 many who cannot hold
out? Paul said that in some Of the places ~hc d
he had started churches nearly every person nag
gone back. Afraid they viii not hold OUT "A
little one may die A man falls into the river
and ne is rescued but must not rejoice because
there is too much excitement in revival meetings.
Well, l would like to see as much excitement N a
minister in the Old Country preached a very eIo-
quent sermon one Sunday morning against our re,
the burden Of IT was that there was so much eS-
in our meengy The ng bfSt b gay
a aGe thS' IN" daPce, and had part in it, don't
know much about dancing. but you dancing people
Whatever that is Yes he called Off until satur-
day morning. until o'clock. and then ! presume
he n study
against REVEALS where the meeting closed at ~
O'clock
THE SUBJECT OF LATE HOURS.
Talk about late hours. why, there are sixty thou;
Sapa pGUPf ne IN get excted too and they xiii
another at times. Think or the excltemenI thaS
4Srs So WI 30 9e uHh afr fd Of as
people ] would rather have sensation th han
do storm. There is no sensation in the grave
yard. Men stay there where they are put Iel
Of the Young men on their bicycles Sundays. A
Scotch woman who invariably went 20 sleep Was
that it would re better to put little more snur
IN the sermons. It Is better TO get little stirred
up In the pSPh san o 10 long se ar ne was in
mining town in the West where there wa g., .
churches and thirty-sx saloons in the town II
is pretty hot there in the summer. and go tney
business IN spite OF the heat OF the four pastors
one had lung trouble and he had resigned The
and he was on a long vacation. and the fourth was
preaching against reviyals. OF ell the young mer
there were only in tho four churches. and one
OF them had only one lung. and he had gone away
Sers RT ana The oS the takns
agains' REVEALS! Another minister who was op'
posed &c revivals had TWO who were drunkards
7 tell you drifting Nation. We are
drifting badly. 4 minister told me one day that h.
one hundred members join his church after re