Year: 1875




Long before the hour for opening service the Rink
last evening that building full and the overaow''
thronged Simpson Methodist Episcopal church that
there scarcely standing in that edilce Also
While the congregation gathering the choir sang n
few sacred songs. DR.. Duryea offered the opening
prayer directing his petition especially for the
preacher and the singer that the words OF the onoi
and the songs of the other might prove sermons to-
the people, many OF whom he prayed might be
led to Christ Mr.. Sankey then sung alone 'Ths
Ninety and Nine.n His voice little husky, prob
ably from the constant strain upon it.


Mr. Moody then read Acts H., 36-47, and offered q
brief prayer that God would shake this nation and
bring many into his fold Both Or. Duryea's and Mr..
Moodys prayers repeatedly responded to by per-
sons in the audience, Mr.. Sankey sung hymn "a, "a
Sinner Forgiven Mary Magdaene, with much
feeling.


From Acts xvii, 80, Mr.. Moody took his text, But
now God commandeth all men everywhere to repent u
All through the New Testament he saId there is q CALI
unto men to repent.


REPENT WAS THE ONLY TEXT


that John the Baptist had until he Christ :
There is not an unconverted man here to-
night who has right idea Of God Some
think that he is angry with them, and will not
receive them. Others think that God is mercful
that He will all men, and they have need re-
pent Al any rate they have for hurry.
Those people believe that the Lord by the food swept
al the antediluvians into heaven and yet left Noah,
the onlyrighteous then living to paddle about as
best he could. What nonsense that isl The preaching
of the Gospel will always have one Of two effects It
will either cut to the heart and mako men mad
that they will declare they'll go
to hear the preacher again, il VIII
prick the heart and kill the old ADAM and out OF
that death shall come new lie Well now all men
everywhere are commanded TO repent That takes in
all the men in Brooklyn and New York II you don't
repent you shall all likewise perish The newspapers
tell us there Is storm coming from the West across,
the continent at the rate Of twenty miles hour
II its force is not expended 1T will be here very
Iut hare fg tOrm NJ mars
know nothing abou-when the heavens shall be rolled
together scroll and the earth shall be burned up


MOODY GoRs FOR THE UNIvRRsALIsTs


Now, said Mr.. Moody, let me give you an illustration
for those men who all the time crying out that be-
Sod merciful He Is going to save all men.
Suppose the Governor of this State Is mercu that
he can't bear to see burglar shut up in prison or
him and try TO impress him that the good OF society
quires the Imprisonment Of the the execu-,
tion Of the other. But he says he can't bear 70 do
either-his mercy won't permit him. Why, my
would be among the nrst to declare thatl
such Governor was not ut to hold his position twenty
four hours tell you God Is just, well as merciiul
tell you there is not ray OF hope In the future for
any man who does not repent But some men would
like to repent. they say, but they can't They should
say won instead OF can't Now when God gives AZ
command He gives the power also TO obey some peo-'
pie think repentance is fear You put pistol TO a
mans head and call him TO repent and ne Is peni-l
tent once but when he leaves your presence and tha
fear is removed there is repentance there.


He gave other Illustrations to show that men COULD
repent at any il they would and closed with ans
appeal TO the unconverted TO do SO at once


In the young mems prayer meeting IN the Reiormedl
Church twcny-one young men arose Tor prayers. Dr.
Duryea addressed the gathering at simpson Methodist
Episcopal church. and Mr.. Sankey slipped away FROM
the Rink and sang for them. In the inquiry room, ag
the close of the service, about 100 present. and
the meeting protracted until about ten O'Clock.