Year: 1874

The Prayer OF Moses ON Mount Sinai


Revelation OF the Goodness of God


Sermon by Rev. DIR. Warren.


The pulpit of ST. Johns Methodist Episcopal
church, on Bedford avenue, Brooklyn, was 0ccu.
pied yesterday By the pastor, Rev. Henry W. War
ren ID. d.. whose vacation WILL not occur till next
month. Although great many members Of the
congregation are out or town with their families,
the attendance In the morning was quite large
Dr, Warren's theme was the prayer OF Moses, re-
corded In the eighteenth verse of the thirty third
chapter Of Exodus-"I be3eech thee. show me
thy glory.n In his Introductory remarks the
speaker said that this request was preferred by q
man who had heard the voice Of Cod In the bur
Ing bush, who had seen and done the wonders In
the land OF Egypt, who had led forth Israel like q
aoek and between the crystal wallis Of the uplifted
sea mad gone on dry land who mad seen the bitter
water OF the desert sweetened BY Gods hand, and
who had partaken Of sngeIs iOod. Was there any
other subsequent revelation that had yet TO be made
to him, Moses made this request because he was In
10 those circumstances. The verIest Hoitentot
turned eagerly to his fetich to any dumb idol his
OF the latest stones exhumed from the sands OF
Egypt was written al over with pages Of an ac-
cd % ns an BE- sy hs
enemies. 1t would oe remembered that previous
to the battle OF Antietam Lincoln promised God
own territory he would strike OF every letter. SO
Moses had led up the children oil Israel out or
Egypt through the Red Sea, and at the time OF the
widespread rebellion and q renunciacion Of God
and Of His servant Moses. When tho Saviour OF the
world drew near HIS hour oil agony He cried out,
''Father, giOrlfy thou me with the glory that had
with thee before the world was" and at this June
ture OF Moses history he turned unto the Lord Tor
assurances OF grace. God had been accustomed
to answer the prayers OF Moses, and Immediately
he replied - M VIII make all my goodness pass De.
term Moses used, hat rather an explanation OF 1t,
for in the mind OF God his goodness was the
greatest glory that ne could reveal. Moses was
instructed IN the meanwhile to hew stones Tor
new tables, and in the morning 10 ascend Mount
sinai, where new revelation OF the essence OF
Coo would be revealed. In the laminR bush God
had simply asserted His existence; the miracles
In Egypt revealed Hts superiority to all other gods
that we're there worshipped. At the Red sea God
had shown himself superior to nature In holding
the winds IN his list and dividing the waters and
Overturning Phara0n and his mighty hosts, and In
sending bread from heaven and nesh on the wings
Of the wind but the new revelation made to
Moses consisted In God passing by and proclaim
ing his name:-"fhe Lord, the Lord God, merciful
goodness and truta, keeping mercy Tor thousands,
forgging iniquity. transgresson ana sin, and that
by no means will clear the guilty." What was the
result OF such q manifestation OF Gods exceeding
eye Of Noses but II came into his soul with such
power that his very body shone with the Qlor, OF
heaven. The shining OF his lace vas such after he
descended from the Mount that men could not
in him and shining through him. Another result
OF this wondrOus manifestation was seen in
the TACT that 'Moses made haste and
bowed his head toward the earth and wor.
found grace In thy sight, o Lord let my Lord,
pray thee, 20 among US; Tor It is stinecked peo.
pie; and pardon our nqulty and our sin, and take
US Tor thine Inheritance" The worlds thought OF