Year: 1875




Lord hear of showers or blessing


Thou art scattering full and free


Showers the thirsty land refreshing;


Let some droppings fall on


CHoRUs,-Even me, even me-


Let Thy blessing fall on me.


Pass me not gracious Fa;heri


SINFUL though my heart be-


Thou mightst leave me, but the rather


Let Thy mercy tall on me.-Even me.


Pass me not, tender Saviourl


Let me love and cling Thee;


am longing for Thy favor;


Whilst Thou'rt calling oh, call me.-Even me.


Pass me not mighty SPIRIT


Thou can st make the blind to see;


Witnesser OF Jesus merit,


Speak the word of power 10 me.-Even me


Love of God. so pure and changeless


Blood Of Christ, rich and iree


Grace OF God, 50 strong and boundless;-


Magnify them all in me-Even me


Pass me not Thy lost one bringing,


Bind my heart, Lord, 10 Thee;


While the streams Of life are sprnging,


Blessing others, oh, bless me.-Even me.
AT the close Of this hymn Mr.. Moody opened the
Bible which he held in his hand and said II Will read
you part OF the thirteenth chapter OF Numbers,
mencing at tho twenty fifth verse"


Sand they returned searching OF the land after
forty days And they went and came to Moses and 70
Aaron and to all the congregation OF the children OF
Israel unto the wilderness OF Paran 10 Kadesh and
brought back word unto them and unto all the congre
CATION and Showed them the fruit or the land. And
they told him and said We unto the land whittier
thou sentest us and surely it foweth with milk and
honey and this is the fruit OF II Nevertheless the
people be strong that dwell III the land and the cities
are walled and very great and moreover we saw the
children OF Anak there The Amalekites dwell in the
land OF the south, and the HIttites and the
Jebusites and the Amortes dwell in the
mountains and the Canaanites dwell by the
and by the OF Jordan And Caleb sed the people
before Moses and said Let up and possess
t. for we are well able 10 overcome It, But the men
that went up with him SAID, We be not able 10 60
up against the people, Tor they stronger than
And they brought up evil report OF the land which
they had searched unto the children Of Israel saying
The land through which have gone search it. is
land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof and all the
people that We saw in It are men of great stature


MR. MooDY's SERMON.


That is a very strange kind OF q report is it not
We had any such report that made In Congress
WhyS They up out of the land and said it was a
land that ate up the people Yet in the
they said it a land flowing with milk and honey.
That great way to eat up the people. But they
'grcat gants there and yet IL is land that
up the people "And there tho giants the
Of Anak, which come OF the giants; and we
in our sight grasshoppers SO we in cur
sight And all the congregation lifted up their
voice and cried and the people wept that night And


THE CHILDREN or ISRAEL MuRxuRED
against Moses and against Aaron and the whole congrc
cation said unto them, Would God that we had died in
the land Of Egypt; would God we had died in the
wilderness. And wherefore hath the Lord brought Us
into this land 10 ia Dy the sword tnat our wives and
children should be preyy We're not better tor
TO return into Egypt And they said, one TO another,
Let Us make captain aud let US return into Egypt
Then Noses and Aaron fell their faces before all the
assembly of the congregation Of the children of Israeli
and Joshua, the son Of Nun, and Caleb. the son Of
Jephunneh which oil them that searched the
land rent their clothes; and they spako all the
company OF the children of Israel, saying, The
land which passed through to search
IT, exceeding good land III the Lord
delight in u.s. then he will bring into this land and
give 1t us-a land which doweth with milk and honey.
.1nlr tLaI Naffha
the people of the land for they bread for Their
defence is departed from them and the Lord IS with
US. Fear them not


Raising his eyes and closing the book from which he
had been reading Mr.. Moody sad-


~ going to ask Mr.. Sankey to sing the 12oth
hymn alone" hr. Sankey then sang the first hymn
given above


REVIVAL?


Ere the sound Of the last line had ceased to
bcratc along the arched roof Of the Rink Mr.. Moody
was speaking again. He said


want to call your attention for a moment part
Of the thrtieth yerse-'Le 60 up at and pos
sess it, for well able 10 overcome IL y


There has been a cry heard throughout the United
States during the past twelve months for revival Of
religion Il is coming from all quarters Of the land and
from all classes Of people, and now great many
standing up and watching and waiting to If there is
going to be work ! in one of the newspapers
that some sent me that the revival in Philadelphia
had been postponed Tor one month-that 1t was going
TO commence the 2lst Of November As If we could
tell just when 1t going to be commenced or could
postpone il or hinder IL from working Now believe
there il Just this one way that we can hinder
God from workng-just way. A great
many people have asked me what the obstacle s and
answer word-the unbchef Of the Church Of God
The only obstacle that we have Is this miserable unbc-
lief that keeps back the blessing All the influences
in the world cannot hinder God from working-al tho
unbeef outside OF the Church Of God cannot hinder
Him; but this wretchcd miserable unbeef among
Gods own people is the thing that hinder the
work Now, the question comes TO us this morning,
"Can cross the Jordan and take the land ~
III
understand and appreciate him. "Can we take the
land - lie fairly yells and various quarters come
cries Of "we cam can" Every eye is on him. and
his rebounds from the furthest limits OF the hail.
and rings above in the wide area OF the ogee roof
We able 70 so up and overcome IT, III God Is
with Us, who can be against u.s. says Paul We hear
that Gods delight is IN His own Church ii He cannot
delight in what He delight inf not in His
own people, Gods own fock2 Therefore my friends
let the question be settled this morning every heart
that loves the Lord Jesus, that


WE WILL CROSS THE JORDAN;
that will 80 up and possess the land. You remember
that they sent Caleb and the others spies the
Promised Land 70 see how the land looked. suppose
they wanted 10 hcd out If Gods word Is true-that Is
what unbeief Is always trying to lind out-and they
said, 'sWe viii pick out twelve men, and We Will send
them TO view the landp Cod had said unto them IL
give It 70 you; do you possess IL II Is ours But they
thought they would tnd out II il we're worth taking
So the twelve men went over. and perhaps they
brought back charts OF the land aud they brought
back what we would call nowadays majority and u



milk and honey They never any such land. They
brought back some grapes | think know who IL
was that brought back the grapes Caleb and Joshua
had faith aud they back and told the children or
Israel that II was good land that flowing with
milk and honey. The ten others came back and said -
III IL land that ate up the people thereof
giants there; and the sons Of Anak we're there and
great walled cities; and VIC are not able 10 take IT,"
can imagine one Of these men telling how he looked up
into the lace OF one Of the giants describing the
giant looked down upon hlm II lie we're grasshOp-
per ! tell you when unbelicf comes ia We are IKE
grasshoppers IN the sight u the world; when we
hled with faith those look like grasshoppcrs to
us Then, instead of our being eaten up they
bread 10 us. Then we able 70 go up and take the
land.


lie Is far ahead or the shorthand writer's. and his
words are like . mountain torront-rushing leaping
and carrying all before lie elcvaes himself on his
toes strikes with the force Of a sledgc hammer the
railing front ~ him, turns a hrec.quarter circle
and sends yolicy of sentences flying right and left
ike the discharge u whole battery Of mtralieuses
But the ten men came back aud they said that IL was
land Of evils, that II i land that up the pcu