The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-11-09


ita penilent He says, 81 saw the WICK,
edness of my calling and yesterday
left the Bowery forever" THIS an
nouncement was received with cries o'
! "Amen, and thank God "My eyes are
fully openedt to my sinfulness, but Is there
any hope for me-
Iudictmcnts Against Crooked
Whisky Men.
Chicago. November 8.-The inIuct.
ments against the distillers. rectliiers and
guagers of this city, charge the grossest
1 FRAUDS in avoiding the whisky tax against
! die firm OF ROeher, Jenker " Go. There
, re. four indictments which charge that
/ tts, firm has detrauded the government
"A. eArious times, out of the taxes on liquor
aui"lnting in the aggregate to about
2,444, 900 gallons. The frauds have all
occYrrcd within II year. Gatson, East
man X Co, are charged with evading the
taxes by cancelling stamps and by
I other means. thus deiraudng the
! government of tax on $4,000 gallons.
! Ford, Oliver * Cannon, are charged
with evadiEg taxes on $4,000 gallons
and Miller a frcGricEs of that on 20 OOO
gallons. The meaIs a.,,r!ohsd were var
! Iols, but seemed h c,l understood among
ALI dealers and manufacturers. IL l. al
| tirmed that overwhelming prCoi Is IN
, possession Of the grand jury OF the truth
of their charses and that the cases vii! hs
prosecuted with the greatest severity.
Attendance ut the Evening Service
Ar immense attendance Assem- hlcd to-
I night in the Brooklyn Rink to hear Mr..
s Moodv's discourse Services opened with
Come Thou Fount OF Every Blessing,
which was sung by the congregation, led
bv Mr.. Ssnkcy. Prayer was Offered bv
one of the clergymou present, after whic Ii
Mr.. Sankey sung There Is II gate thar
stands ajar, the choir and audience
Joining in the chorus. \ portion
ofthe Scripture read by Mr. Moody WAS
I'D chapter of Matthew and I'D 10 the
18th verses, having reference to the
Sadducecs and Pharisees questioning our
Lord about the resurrection and l!ls
Commandments, and he in turn askan },
them what they thought Of Chr.a.
Mr.. Ssnkey then followed wd1i
the hymn, "a love to tell thc
story After reading the notices OF
future meetings, Mr.. Moody called
their attention To the i2d verse of the
18th chapter of ST. Matthew. "What
think We of Christi That was the ques-
zion, said he, Christ plt tG the Sadducecs,
when they had come L. him with hard
Questions, and thought there was no dit
iiculty about sllencIng Christ, but he
answered them wisely and they were Ms
tnnishcd at his wisdom. And 50 the
Pharisces gathered themselves together
and asked him the question, and thought
he surely would not be able to answer,
but he answered their question,
and then in turn asked them another
one What do we think of Christ
The Pharisees did not bel icve in the dl-
vinity of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the
Jews IL u nation did not believe that He
WAS the Son OF God, but that He was Nh
imposter; but they could. not answer the
question. never, s;0t MIR. Moody,
tcuud any man who cus.d that did not
believe in the divinity of Jesus Christ.
| am not come tonight "a ask you what
YOU think of Christ us preacher or
teacher; eighteen hundred years have
rolled away and his sermons live
in the hearts ot the peepk. There
Is not n mau in BROOKLYN bG can tell
you of the Prodigul Son. There are hos
pitais now tor incurables, but lSere WAS
no such hospitals when Chris, was on
earth. He healed NIL manner,sf diseases
and was wonderful physician. |
would like to bring Him before Gou ~ II
comforter, Tor He comforts t},N" that
mourn.
now come to press this question:
Wa, He God manifest in the flesh !:
He was not more than Abraham, Moses,
the patriarchS and the apostles were, then
we are guilty Of man. worship; of setting
up AN lido, between God and rsn. If b.
was both God and man, then we ought to
obey If | come into Brooklyn and wish
TO find out all about man, there are two
Glasses OF people to whom | would
apply: his admirer, and his enemies
The speaker then began with tn" te,ti-
monv of the Pharisees. who callc,. him
Beezebub, Prince Of Devils. Why,
this man receives sinners and eateth with
them. Thanks be t. God for that; If he
did not, what would become of you and
me? Caphas, the highest jewish
o r,esi:Er, followed III the
witness oox WHO art thou
Christ saith, IL am the man who thou
will sec on the right hand Of God; and
see me coming i'll the clouds PLATE
succeeded with his testimony; lei him
speak out. Plate, come into this witness
b * and tell what do ou think Of Christ:
Il find no fault in him." There are II
Il good many people great deal wiser