Year: 1875

bOOO people were present About seven O'Clock Mr.
Williams Of the Brooklyn City Mission, marshalled in
teen sailors who took in the side gallery Be
fore the meeting opened the choir sang half dozen
hymns. Among those present on the platform were
Rev. II. W. Beccher and Or. r. s. Storrs Messrs
Moody and sankey in at halfpast seven, and Mr.
Moody said Iet open the meeting this evening by
singing the second hymn


Ills the promise 81 God full satisfaction to give


Unto him who in Jesus His Son, viii believe


1T a good keynote for meeting to night; as
we say il, let believe it, After prayer and the
thirty seventh hymn, sung by the congregation Mr..
sankoy sung as a solo, the sixty.nrst hymn go,
bury thy sorrow.n Mr. Moody read the ffty-third
chapter Of Isaiah, and after the SEVENTEEN hymn he
began his remarks by saying:-I want call your at
tention this evening to the subject we
had last night We were speaking about
the third chapter OF John-''Yo must be
born again. ] believe great many come here
and they think 81 don't anything the SER
wish that would tell what must do
to be saved" had time get at this part Of the
subject last night Tonight TO call your atten-
tion TO the fourteenth and fifteenth verses Of that
third chapter which contains the statement that
cannot be saved unless We be born again Many
punish them on account Of Adams sin; be
born sinful they don't think God ought
10 punish them II any one in this audience Is ostit
will not be account OF Adams Now hear you
say, that man has got astray, knew it would come
u
dence is lost it will not be on account Of


ADAMS sIN,


and yet IL will be. Now you say ''that is plain con-
tradiction.n If inherited consumption from my
mother and was dying III, would not be to blame
but i man should say, Il have remedy" and say
~ don't believe IT. ~ and he says, II far gone
you and a man gave Inc this medicine and it
cured me- lie goes out and brings in another
man who says he has been cured | say it
Is strange thing, but don't believe IT.
lie goes out aud brings dozen who have been
cured, and he says, Here, take the medicine; Will
7tfdI no hAfr
ground, and dc-not because | inherited consump-
ton but because refused tue remedy Some
a bottle of medicine to-day. don't know perhaps they
thought looked sick Q.aughter). / suppose il had
been sick ii would have cured have got ned-
cine here thai s sure 70 cure AS Moses lifted up the
be lifted up that whosoever belieyeth "Ah ~ some
say, y don't belive you can be


you don't get for nothing" I'll admit IL is worth
great deal OF money. II could only 20 into the
ket they would lie wilhngt pay any price, but they
think because il Is free il Is not worth having The
only way get it is 10 take il by faith. Moses did not
tell them 70 look at the pole. We look 70 the
Church, the Church is only the pole that lifts up The
Son. As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilder
ness, must the Son Of Man be lifted up. That
whosoevcr Il ike that word)-whosoever bellcveth in
HIN shall not perish, but have eternal life Il not to
try 70 believe


DROP THE WORD


try and trust Him; is looking. ii man told me he
would try 10 believe me 1t would infer that he believed
me the greatest Of liars Don't try to look, but lift
your es 10 the Lamb of God that taketh
away the sins OF the world Look 70 him and
trust Some persons ask what il is 10 believe
Look at that camp IN the wilderness All walling
Death doing lis work all around Some one comes
and says, Look, none need de- have a remedy;'i
and all start up crying, What is tf' "Why God
has told Moses " lift up


4 BRAzES SERPENT


and all that look Will live and all who look healed
and obstinate ones will not believe because they
do understand and Will not look and therefore die,
Is because they have faith TO accept what they
cannot phiosophcay reason out. You ask what IL Is
10 believer just look and don't ask the philosophy of
it, He has decreed that shall have salvation through
one man hung on cross between thieves on Calvary
Look and be saved Lift the eye OF faith 10


THE LAMB OF GOD


that taketh away the sins Of the world If you could
walk up Calvary tonight would you tell Him that
you did not believe He had power TO save your /
would ike to ask every unsaved sinner what He
do than He has done Will you not trust
in the remedy God has provided? May
God save you now; may you 60 without taking
the remedy with you. He has promised the remedy
for all; let us be TO take it, After the meeting
closed inquiry meeting was held in the Reformed
church opposite the Rink