The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-11-04
GLAD TIDINGS


THE GREAT RINK-MooDY PREACHING ON
THE UNREASONABLE SIN OF ADULTERY.
The Tuesday evenings exercises of the
great work of Moody and Sankey in the
spiritual interest OF the sinful city OF Brook
Ign is thus reported in the New York Sun of
Wednesday: The interest in the evening
meeting seems to be growing, for last night
fifteen hundred persons crowded around
the doors of the Rink only TO
be turned away across the avenue,
where an overflow meeting was held in a
Methodist church. The worshippers, or
rather the attendants, were of a different
class from III 'se who met to pray in the
morning in the tabernacle. The majority,
large IN ijOrity, had to keep their eyes
fixed on their books when they sang, and
in divers ways gave token OF being wander
ers In strange garrett They didn't look
m 1urnfGl when they entered; they were
inclined t. laugh at SONS extravagances o.
tn speaker; they wished to applaud the
music, and they were animated by the
lights and
THE ELECTRICITY OF A THRoNG
as much as by the evsngelists' appeals. 1.-THE
protesting Christians had been lied TO their
feet, as they we're in the tabernacle in the
morning, when at least two-thirds of those
there rose in their seats, it is not probable
have stood up. But all were wonderfully
decorous and attentive, main aiming quiet
as intense as though, instead of thousands
upon thousands, there were only the tradi-
tiOnal "two or three gathered together in
his name" There were hundreds who
stood through the hours services, and wo-
men GRO wded each other about the platform.
| Contrary to custom, Mr.. Moody opened the
4 meeting with prayer himself, instead OF
calling upon one OF the many clergymen
standing by him. and then Mr.. Sankey sang
the same hymn with which the Hutchinson
family with their well-known voices tried
TO create rally around Marley, the butcher
preacher, last winter:
| / love to tell the story
Twill be my theme in glory
| To tell the old, old story
| OF Jesus and His love.
After reading the story of BelshaZzs' >
feast and the handwriting on the wall, the
preacher selected the single word, "Tekel,"
signifying Thou art weighed In the bal
ance and found wanting" for his text. His
strong, rude voice rang out the strange
wo d, and making it cry, sometimes of de-
| nunciaticn, sometimes of despair, some
| times of intini pity, ha strove 70 make it a
pocket that the listeners might carry
with them, and that they could not sha sc
| off.
| WEIGHING EVERY ONE IN THE BALANCE.
he described the luxury OF Belshazzar's
court and the scene of revelry that was dis
turbed, and BelshsZzar's astonishm snt at
being found wanting. "And yet," said be
''if Belshszzsr had seen the scales he would
have been as willing as most of you are to
leap into one pan with the expectation OF
seeing the other go up. and would have
laughed at the idea of being found wanting.
Most of you think you are ready to be
weighed, but when We begin to talk about
the scales you will want TO use your own
pair, feeling pretty sure that by those you
will weigh heavier than your neighbor.
But want to weigh you in the scales of the
ssnctuery-in G. 1d's scales Here thew are
evenly paired and balanced, and am going
to use for weights the ten commandments
Yol don't want to be weighed by that old
Jewish law, eh? 1t is sbrogsted, is it, and
no use? don't think 30; and God don't
think So .ur. and .n5 you nm may BE be
weigh you by it if 1 DON'T" And then as
the speaker repeated the first command
ment he raised his hand on high and
dropped bit of paper. "There it goes, -
cried he, 'the first weight 1t does not look
little single weight and tell you that you
will be weighed down. Tekel, Tekel
Tekel.'" Then the second commandment
was thrown into the imaginary scales, and
then the third was read: Thou shalt not
take the name of the Lord thy God in vain
tsketh his name in vain. Let me put thai
weight in the scale, and if there is a profant
man present let him step in just to see how
quick he will shoot up. Why, that cry o.
| fekel' will ring in his ears with awful
: clearness before be gets comfortably seated
PrOfane men who talk with me say tina
they don't mean anything when they swear
. But God means something, can tell them
when He says He will not hold them guilt
less" In That way one after another of TIT
} commandments were dropped until the
seventh was reached.
!, DID HE MEAN BEECHER?
ssHere is one," cried the evangelist 'stha
would weigh down a number OF men snC
women that dare not count. Listen to it
Look at it. 1t Is heavy, and it looks heavy
Thou shalt not commit sdulteryv Will
those words before you en- you sa,
that you believe there is chance for tn,
. adulterer to walk down the crystal D this o
heaven? Unless he repents before he step
into the scale, you may be sure it will be
: voice of thunder that will declsim, 'Tekel
Thou art weighed in the balance and ar
found wanting No adulterer can iEheri
the kingdom of God! 1 don't care whs
! ministers say. They may say Peace, peace,
but say there is no peace unless he hum
bles himself into the dust! Will the maj
who has ruined ancther's home, his wit
!, or his daughter dare to step into on
of the scales and let me put the weight into
+. the other? How could cry to him, 'Tekel,
D 'Tekel.' 'Tekel.'" The other command
{ ments were considered with less intensit,
of feeling, and each one was Dropped int
J the scales by itself. But" continued tn
: speaker, "tnere may be righteous men ant
women here tonight who can be weighed
. and cen be found to be true gold, so far a
= these rude and imperfect weights can de
termine. They may have kept all thes
s commandments from their youth up. Blu
g what il for those persons I should put Il
Tegns ,b a tb1 1s n love eth the All sb
=, strength, and with all thy SOUL Ho'
y many of you can stand that? Not one @
d you, if you depend upon yourselves an
/: your record. And how many OF you woul
y like to have me throw in this weight,