Year: 1875

nature with matters spiritual and worldly still con-
tnues here in the Connecticut Valley. In fact may
be said to increase rather than diminish and in the
midst Of the commotion not few moved to accept
Of the evangeists eloquent persuasions to fee from
the wrath to come and by pure and holy life here
after qualify themselves for full membership in the
kingdom of heaven. Notwithstanding the inclement
weather on Sunday the town was well filed with
strangers, who from long distances TO listen to
the gospel expounded by the great missionary His
discourse Of his most eloquent Efforts and his
wonderful dramatic powers never more happily
employed. Al times so vivid his pictures, that
their presence all but real and throughout, the
audience usual paid the wrapt attention. 1t
lin that the evangelists words carried conviction
10 many heart





Mr. Moody took for his text the words In Matthew
xxL 42-'what think ye or Christ which he repeated
three times renarking that he wanted them all get
the text If nothing else 1t not "What think ye of
orthodoxy ?" or of this ism or that ism, but "What
think ye OF Christ ?' And the word think" is in
the text he hoped they would all think. Some people,
he said, come to and tell me things said against
these meetings But don't mind it, 1t is better to
have them talk than to have them sleep If they talk
IL shows that they think. There class of people
in the days of Christ now that did not believe in
the resurrection. If you had asked sadducee what
he thought Of the doctrine of the resurrection he
would have said at is all bosh" These Sadducees
to Christ to ask him what they thought hard
question but Christ answered it with Then when
the Pharsees heard that the Sadducees had been put
silence they and asked but Jesus answered it
that they had nothing to say and then he asked them
one "What think ye of Christ, whose son is he2"
They said, "The of David" Jesus said /" If David
calleth him Lord, how is he son ?" And
was able to answer him word They were senced.
Talk of preachers; there more truth in OF Chrsts
sermons than in a thousand to-day; and how many ser
mons are made out of few words that He said. His
words have come along down the ages to us. Ah He
was a preacher that children could understand NV
little boy and tumbes into my bed very early
mornings, sometimes earlier than want HIM to
by five o'clock; he comes and teases me to tell him
story, and he generally wants tell him story
about Jesus. What stories Jesus told Why, He a
bird flying through tho air, and He said The foxes
have holes and the birds of the air have nests but the
Son of Man hath not where to lay his head" You
cannot see lily of the valley sower sowing
his seed but what you think of Christ should like
to tell you of Christ preacher, but that is not my
thought this afternoon And then as teacher-never
taught like Him. No such teacher visited
this earth would like to take up Christ AS doctor
You call Dr. Mead good doctor, but he has lost
brought one to Him afflicted with devil He spoke,
and away went the disease and the devil l would like
to talk Of that but this afternoon must hold you TO
this thought, Was He God manifest in the
flesh, or was He common man? Was
He an earthly or a heavenly manP Was
He from heaven; did He out of the bosom of the
FatherP Now, to find out about man IN this town,
you would come here and make inquiries These re-
porters here if they find any thing about
Mr. Sankey or Mr Bliss come down here and ask ques-
tions; don't know but what they have about me;
haven't the papers; l haven't time to read them.
But If they want TO know about man they inquire
about him where he is known. There only two
classes that you go inquire of-a mans friends his
enemies. Let US ask some of Christ's enemies


THEY THINK IN.


The Pharisees what did they say of Himp Hear
them-"Thls man receiveth sinners and eateth with
them" That the worst thing they could say
Him TINS ought 70 be reGs G TO
them. Let us take an individual Caiaphas. He was
high priest he occupied the highest ecclesiastical posi-
tion in his day, he was president Of the Sanhedrm
that condemned Christ TO death. Let us put him in
the witness box. Caiaphas, tell these people now,
mony did you put Him to death? 81 asked him
IL He was the Son OF God, and He said,
-Thou hast said ? then asked the sanhedrm, What
think and they said He is guilty of death - This
is a vital point, whether He is the Son of God not
II is of the utmost Importance whether His claim to be
witness BRING in Plate he was not aJew. Ask him
what he thinks Of Christ 81 find no fault with Him,
he says Some condemn PLATE, but there worse
men than Plate here Pilate said, 81 have examined
Him, have talked with the Jews about HIM, but
hnd no Mut with Him Let US ask the wife of
the church this afternoon. What does she say2
"Have, then, nothing to do with that just
man, for l have suffered many things this
day in a dream because Of Him." Go further,
bring into the witness box that worst Of traitors,
bring in Judas Judas, you know more Of Christ than
the others, you with Him three years, you sold
Him TO the Jews, give us your testimony. You can
hear those thirty pieces of silver coming down upon





cries. ~ have snned in that have betrayed innocent
blood' Take the Centurion, Matthew, xviii, o. what
does he eayH When Christ 9red out and gave up the
ghost tho earth and ali creation knew Him. What
said the Centurion and they that with him watch
So every man who had anything to do with
Christs death bore his testimony that He
was the Son of God Call up those who knew him that
were His friends Gallup that prince OF preachers who
drew Jerusalem into the wilderness to hear him Call
up the wilderness preacher John the Baptist One day
while preaching the village carpenter came down to be
a


Suer 1t TO be so nown Next day he said Ths is the
Son Of Cod" In John, H. a. he says 81 saw and bear
record this is the Son of God" He had no doubts.
When In prison his faith may have wavered When Christ
was preaching John sent two messengers to him
look we for another" Christ told them to
tarry moment and that they could tell John what
they And when they came to John they said,
'Tho blind receive their sight, the lame walk the deaf
hear the epers are cleanscd, the dead raised up
and the poor have the gospel preached to them. +"
When John heard that tho poor had the Gospel
preached TO them then he knew that II the Son OF
God l consider John the Baptist the greatest
who ever lived except Jesus Hear him-"l must
decrease, but he must increase" Christ said that of
those born of greater had arisen than John
the Baptist And he bore record that this the Son
Of God Let US take John, the beloved disciple. He
wrote whole Gospel TO tell what he thought Of
Jesus and then he wrote three epistles more
What said he? " He Is the morning star, the lily of
Vie valley the son Of David" He goes away back TO
Adam and into the future to take him from the
BOSOM oil the Father to tell what He thinks OF HIM.
Some one has said that the book Of John Goods
love letter to the world" Summon in Peter Here,
scVuli MN once. say, was u truef lie
weeps; he says IL downright lie II said that
when Peter was cruccd he be cruci1ed head
downward, not thinking himself worthy to die as
Christ did What says PeierS "He is both Lord and
Thirst" Summon Thomas the unbelievng disciple
Why when they met him and asked him if had heard
che good news that Jesus had rsen he said ''I'll
not believe II unless can put my fingers into the hole
in His side summon Thomas aud ask him. ''what
think yc OF ChristW Hear him 'My Lord and my
God;n that Is what he thought OF Him In Mark
vii 81 Jesus having been in Decapols where they at
first thought more Of their swino than OF i'm but now
they say 'e hath done all things we'll Cali up Saul
what was his opinion Of Christ when he went out of
Jerusalem he wanted 10 stamp out Christ and all Chris
tians A French inhde sad, "It took twelve
fishermen put up Christianity win show you that
one Frenchman pull II down" But he hasn't pulled
1t down yet All the French iuhdels in the world
cannot stir the foundations Of It, 1t may
be dark here. but il s daylight in other places When
~ night here Is day China saul is on his journey