New-York tribune., 1900-08-14
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however, been
my life Is changed from this hour said
stranger apparently a clergyman to Mr.. Meyer
at the close of the morning services. Thank God
was the quiet response of the London preacher.
Before the service had closed Mr.. Meyer asked
all in the room to close their eyes, and then
said that If 1t would help any one to mani
fest by rising his intentions to let God have full
possession of his life to do So Judging from the
comment made by the leader many persons took
this initial step toward the abandonment of the
self life and the taking of that attitude that will
enable them to receive from God all that He
give them
The passage OF Scripture which he expounded in
his sermon. talk" as he termed It, was in the
early part of Luke xvii, and he dealt especially
with faith that resembles grain of mustard seed.
He said that additional faith was needed so
much as the exercise of the faith already pos
seesed The question above all others is this: Is
the faith that you have directed toward the right
object-Jesus Christ? He added:
Christ Of the Bible; not the cross, but the Christ
Who & T RHng th9re6n ON not the & nor creed
Christ by faith and for all time yod are bound to
the other pebble Of SAND WAT is seH the S dfeF
sen t5e T one 6 has s ana G the other
y2% ybdn hear rabnot m 1t says t1e II can't cant can
produce growth, herb. a tree" Listen again.
a9n RGaF 'Hs that haa oh s hdF sd o Ii hd
What is it that thou wouIdst have?' we ask
can work"
Now if we can bring that seed and that soil to-
gether we shall see a wondrous change; the seed
@ w p e bns IN whose a nd fhe Peq
from the heat.
GODS CONDITIONS WITH MEN.
God cannot affect the soul of believer until
FIVE conditions have been .mets-contact solitude;
is Isolated It abides alone There is much Of f9ssy
activity in your nature brother minister. which
is hay, wood. stu6bIe You are missing the true
6d Of SoPGe y41G life Get & out Of sight man. get
Der or when friends cast you off. Many women
& Gas % BY sr % they 2f so no
longer ind pleasure in in friyolity The little seed
to face with God Every tree grows crows from grave
vest It that the Seed should die to self You have
been resting upon your reputation your eloquence
ing on these: die to them that God may i've in
you and work S,. through you But now down in the
from Mother Nature. which is God.
But I have nothing that can give you. I am
helpless helpless and & torn; n; ., ! am nothing"
Thou mays, if thou will. Mother Nature but
! am perforated, lacerated and helpless"
But soon l see a tiny spire of green above the
earth, and the little seed says; Perhaps I can,
through me there is nothing cannot efU do ef
If could produce the impression on this audience
their hearts that God might work his own work in
What have said to-day is enough to revoutionize
your lives. There is nothing impossible to the man
HaS and Mood9 % let Oe Gd no og d e
world sees the result. with their influence towering
/ see many many young men. young ministers and
others, here this morning. I lost ten or fifteen
years trying to initiate this or that man.
Three things you must do if you would let Christ
6at Of a sson to s Hn5 and Ia' TIL
que Read and
yield to Gods impulses Obey impulses. Follow
are are Of s God When cams a into Rolyhead Har6oF
recently I asked the captain how he knew when
ed out out two p lights on tn the lands ABOVE and said:
When those lights are in line we are in the chan
There are three things which must be in line in
Of God the inward Impulse and the WORD Of Cod
must always be one; third, trend Of circums tanceS
and God G in fs the drf o. When
h and yeI all yO ha9e is to
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s6od aG9 ea 9ss Of fs t n
at the end I said; Let ai any man who would like
SPEAK axe if he HsS could He said One Monday morn
ng had IA m had dE bad bs1 sgnda s was 5Pg d
Ri'f Was brought m in IN that New-York Tribune saw
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God and lets God work through. him And he
and a9ad said NY ye GOD have done S for TSee
which has been abortive. From this Monday morn
and and make It all Thou canst." And he said: My
gave God everything and God has been moving
never Shall forget the effect on that audience
A number of ministers were bathed in tears. I
oof sa the ef auds Fs o p @ @ m eRs aoT so @
sobbng could not get on. said, Express your
Telyss bav Il vsG g9u my life in my S own aa Strength 6 take
the last few years of It and make as much Of it as
they dropped US and We and Our and every
man said "I'' and ME" and My" Let us pray.
This evening Mr. Morgan began series of ad-
dresses on christian Ethics" Before the sermon
Henry NJ Moore of Boston. president of the Board
of Trustees of the seminary and intimate friend
of D. L. Moody for a generation. made an appeal
for an offering TO clear the debt from the Audi
torium This building cost $5o,OOO and there is a
debt of $4,000 resting upon it and one of s1lOO for
seating the gallery.
The addresses by DR.. Shaw and DIR. Smith. of the
New-York Presbytery, are often mentioned. Dr.
Shaw's has already appeared in this report Dr.
Smith presented three pictures from the life OF
Mary of Bethany. The first one. Taking time to
be holy the story of Mary sitting the
Masters feet and the preacher urged his hearers
to follow her example. Continuing he said in sub
stance:
But there is another picture and very beautiful
one. think, that comes from the life Of Mary.
You will nd i in the twelfth chapter of the GOSPEL
% % oh e9 the egaen a Of the ann bo s9F
Bethany was perhaps the home that Jesus loved
lay His head; He is driven out of Nazareth; they
are hostile SS e. at Capernaum and only at Bethany
e4e Says @ thank od or hs qbas his bos
Bethany, and ii seems to me that this picture here
of Mary bringing, fancy her little gathered store
money-perhaps money which had been saved
through many sef-denial. a modest little fortune
that costly ointment. which was cooling and re-
rich in order that she might anoint the head. as
Maftnew and marx l say and the feet as John says;