Year: 1875

NoRTHFIELD Mass, Sept 13, 1875.
Such meetings as Moody and sankey conduct cannot
pc carried on in any very long without marked
Increase the number Of attendants, and as was 10
be expected the meeting on Saturday evening the
little old North Congregational church was the most
crowded that has thus far been held The people
nocked in from all the surrounding towns many COM
ing on the trains the north and south George B.
Davis chairman of the Executive Board of the Yer
State Young Mems Christian Association, was
present from Burlington, and Colonel L. K Fuller. OF
Me Estey Organ Company, Of Bratteboro drove down
weve miles with wagon loads from Brattleboro, and
Colonel Franklin Fairbanks and others, Of ST.
Johnsbury, also present The great evan
gelsts could hardly have selected a humber spot for
their work than this small country church, with its
plain old fashioned Puritan primness. And al the
sane time there is a wonderful fitness in the plain
ness of the to the plain sincere words spoken
here The less there is OF art surrounding Mr. Moody
the more in keeping with his appeals One noticeable
feature of the meetings held here Is that the people
rome early, beginning TO gather an hour or more be-
fore the hour appointed for the service. When Mr.
Moody came in Saturday evening" and had laid his
overcoat aside, he sat moment In his plain trock
coat but moments are precious and jumping up he
said they would sing little while they were coming
In So the hymn,


heard the Saviour say


Thy strength indeed Is small,


started up by the congregation, and verse after
verse sung Soon Mr. Sankey, Professor Bliss
and Colonel Whtte entered, and Mr. Moody stepped
forward and opened the meeting by requesting Mr.
Sankey to sing his song of Wondrous Love and the
people to join in the chorus. Mr. Sankey sat at the
cabinet organ and sang the simple song in his full free
clear with its very telling and original modulaton
his face all the time beamng with the love of which he
sang. The thought OF each line of tho hymn was
expressed Sankey's face and every eye was upon
him. showing how close is the sympathy he instantly
establishes between himself and his audience. Chairs
were brought in, filling up the aises, and Colonel
whittle followed the close Of the hymn with fervent
prayer that God would take possession Of the meeting
Ar. Moody then gave out the hymn,


There is a fountain filed with blood


and followed IL with prayer that all present might
pect blessing the meeting and then at his request
Professor Bliss sang alone the hymn, mo other name,
which append


One author of salvation


~. TO all al the % world 5l IIaS make known,


Is Christ the


No other name is given,


,rs No sss s,asr cSt. SSy Is sSsT4 5s S1;, and last,


He saves and lie alone


Stands open wide to-day;


'Tis Christ. the living way.


No other way is given


'Tis Jesus Christ, the first and last


lie saves, and lie alone.
Mr.. Bliss splendid strong bass voice is just such
voice you would expect to proceed from such mag
nihcent appearing and his singing is strikngly
effective


DISCOURSE.


Mr. Moody after this hymn, and saying that he
wanted speak the subject OF blood, read from
Genesis the account Of Gains killing Abel the first
glimpse Of blood found in the Bible In his blunt,
honest, earnest way one thought springng up
another in the richness Of his imagination he expanded
and commented upon the passage and took up others
through the Scriptures marking the dispensation Of
blood. The first thing that took place after
Adam came out Of Eden founded blood, the
killing OF animals to get their skins for clothes The
second dspensaton Of blood the sacrifice Of doves
and the third Abraha's trial in the Offering OF Isaac
God loved Abraham much that He spared him his
son, but He loved much that He gave His own
Son for The twelfth chapter OF Exodus is very
important chapter, and with which all Christians
ought to be familiar. Now it doesn't say that your
righteousness shall a token OF your salvation, that
when l your good deeds they shall be a token; but
when / see the blood l will pass over you. Those
the words Of the living God Now let US
look into Egypt for a moment God was to
visit Goshen with death that night and He says them
fake lamb without spot blcmish and kill that lamb
and take the blood and strike 1t your lintes and
door posts and will pass you But some say that
blood has nothing 10 do with IT, They say prcach up his
liie hold Him up exemplary Don't preach His
death, that is what the world wants It must be
humble, meek and filed with His spirit That all
right but God didn't say you take live lamb and tie
1t up 10 the door post, and when the live lamb
will pass over But He says when I SEQ the blood
will pass over without the shedding OF blood there IS
remission of sins l know live lamb would look
much better tied to the door posts than sprinkle
the door posts and lintels with blood. There is
word said about putting 1t on the threshold for
God will not have blood traInpled on NOW man be-
md hi.AHi ig fGf ms
or God Gy years; but man who believes he IS behind
me blood and thinks he has nothing else to 90 but to
lOld his arms don't believe in. haven't much iaith IN
that kind OF religion. ! don't believe such men have
got glimpse OF religion.


SICK OF DEAD ORTHODOXY.


am tired and sick Of this dead orthodoxy. / fear
this dead orthodoxy to-day than all the isms Of
today there is much power there ever has been,
ana what the persmng sinner wants Is d
and show him how he can be saved Don't
let any here tonight think that he is going TO
save himself by his works and good deeds. The only
way Tor man % be saved IS by the blood II ISN'T our
strength but Chriss blood Now the little fly Noahs
ark was just sale as the elephant IL not the
eiephaht ; suehgth thal saved MN nor inc elephant
that saved the ark but the ark that saved the elephant
~ well as the hy. God demands blood think have
heard sceptics say, deest that demands blood;
why should God demand blood for the remission Of snsY
In levitcus XVIII II, we learn that it IS the life Of all
heshi anu Iou demands ne You take the scarlet
thread out Of the Bible and the leaves fly apart
The Bible IS one book, Old and New Testa-
ment, bound together by the scarlet thread
The blood Of Christ has two cries. If tramp 1t under
my foot II cries out Tor my dsmnaon; II accept it IL
out for my salvation. And the blood Of Christ
cries out today against the jews. At a meeting In
Paris some time ago one Of the most prominent IN
the French government presided and in hls address
he said 1--WE Jews have had the honor Of killing the
Christians God" only eighteen hundred years after
the death OF tho SOU OF God ut Calvary IN the city
Of Paris ut a public meeting these arc rejoicing
over the most Infamous act ever committed earth.
awe did IT, We killed the Christians Godln the
Jew and the blood Of God against
them And every man who lifts up his
voice against him and will not have hun is
of net of Calvary In John "a e
lie Roman soldier pierce Christs side with spear.
m Won want 70 get the most hesh act in history 90 70