Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-04-05

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~ W'uneSu'y evening VIZ Moody
preached sermon oi unusual power on lhe
EXCUSES '"' "'"F'"s '"'l''' '''"' "' 'I're
were
Don't kNoW THAI WE AHE litC1Ep.
Now another very common excuse is they
say they don't know as they are elected.
Very often we find them ia the inquiry-room
stumbling over election. with their arms
folded. and saving " II God has elected me
Ia be saved shall be saved and shall be
at the marriage supper of the Son II am
one Of the elect but otherwise there Is no
[ hone for me. and mo- chance of my being
there" Now let me saw that an uuconverted .
man or AN uncouverted woman hasn't any .
/ thing to do with the doctrine of election. II /
don't belong To- the world. There is not one
| solitary word i'm Scriptnre that teaches ms .
/ that ANYTHING il said to the uprepeuerated .
| and unconverted about election. The epistle I
/ that Panl wrote about election was written /
/ to the church. and not Ia the world. Now
/ God is NOT down here Offering Won a Gift
/ with one hand. and when Won reach ont your
/ hand saving " You are not one of the
I elected was only mocking Won. You
cannot come.r LET me toll Won that the
gosnel of Jesus Christ il for the world. GO
Ve into all fine world and nreacb tbe oo.pal
IN everv creature " God saws and If God
don't want every creature saved, then say
| 1t Is mockery to 90 and preach the gospel 10
every creature II the Lord God doesn't Of
fer salvation TO all the world, then | have
not read my Bible correctly. Not but that
it teaches MS about election, but that is some
thing FOR those that have become Chrlst's
own disciples. That is very sweet doc
trine to those already within the fold, those
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ture taught about preaching the doctrine Of
election TO the unregenerated-an want to
say again that nc mconverted man has any
thing whatever to do with the doctrine Of
election. Whosoever will, says the Lord,
" let him take the water of life freely II
} God says this, who is going TO stop him
All earth aud he'll combined could not stop
. that little boy there from going and taking
/ the cup of salvation today if he will !
never saw man who made mp his mind TO
press mp 10 Christ and take salvation. but
what he got it, II You think that you cam
not be saved because you are not elected,
why don't you carry out the same idea in
( your temporal affairs and worldly matters ?
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t ne greater the sinner the better Is ms u
r. Tie To come because II you can prove that
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nave rlght 10 come Nhfist dle9 I9f SIM
b ners, BE whatever yon please ioul' poi,
r iuted' corrupt IRON the crown oil your mead
/, o,,i n, ,.;li 80, III &c sailor
Who was ont at sea few years AGO. and he
had Good mother whose prayers went mn
10 heaven continually for him. and in course
Of time God BEGAN TO trouble that sons CON
science of ot seo and he didn't know what
the tronble was-as there are many who are
awakened by the Shirt of God and don't
p know what Is stirrinr them and he Thought
!. when he rot 10 New York he would ioin the
i odd Fellows and try TO make something Of
4 himself. lie had been A poor drunken sailor
O long enonrh. and he thonpht he would lead
!. better life. lie went to the Odd Fellows
e aud applied for membership. and the Odd
] Fellows inquired about him. and when they
] found out that he was nothing but q poor
e drunken sailor, they blackballed him. and
n would not have him. 1t was the same when
e he tried TO Join the NIasons But by.and.by
some one gave him a little handful. which
u invited him to the Fulton street prayer.meet-
% ing. and so he went there, and they let him
u In freely. He found that Jesus Christ saved