, 1876-11-11
LAST NIGHT,

WIS nearly 1lllcu last hight; tl,uru must ltavo
bcen nearly 1900 persons present, and thu
spirit uf tho meeting was hopeful and inspiring.
It is evident that eivr election the tide Of r..
fgious fuIth md fcrvor Is stcadlly rising.
Mr.. Sankcy sung, =" Waiting un!l WnsehEng,"
aud tho congregation anil coir sung, There Is
life for look At tho cruci!ic,a onc," and tllo
good old lynn, "JcsRs, lover OF my SOUL"
Tlo Scripture lcsson was Acts, xvi, 2222aa; tho
account Of tic conversion Of tllp Jatlcr OF
ph!lfpp1 anl tho text was from the sau,c chap
ter, ut tic 30th verse, Sirs what must do 10
be savc'la"
Sud Mt. Moody: like these personal texts.
let this question ,Eo round this hail Tonight:
IAN savcl!n There nro Il good n.n1Ey pc0plu
here who ure anxious abuus tfler tctn.nral sa.-
yntiDtl; perhaps they ult Of Wurk, nill II
were to tell tIIcm that ]lul employment for all
| tllatwa,tcl it,what crowd Of pclpc there would
Eavo something better that, work L, olfcr, YOU
Tonight; conn to oircr you satyntion. aollo
Of yOll tnay llave wrong ttluas Of wlmt you must
~ to te sayct ,,l That yoa ,a VIE es to
eterml lift Thought lio WIS all right;
l,c hud kept tho law; Int Christ put Ills
finger right on thu weak place III Ills
wit uway s saa s. nnsaSc,l lie wa vas ,t wllln ill.,
to make Il colnplctc c6narcsattDn Now, tlic
l.ortl snys, Do nii llvc;" grnec says, "LIyu
and do" Salvation is gilt; Il i were I" be
longer: When tic rhl1Ipprau jatler askva Paul
md Silas Whit lc must III, 10 be suycd, they ll
not tell him, 'Ho work, 70 weep, go pfay;"
they totd him to t'cloyc.
want tu mnlio tllu wuy very plain tc-nigllt
It Is very simple. fon lnny bc sa.yId right here
lc1orc yuu ri cut OF thEs Tabernacle. Look ut
the case Of the 1atcr.. lio went to bod M I'm
re,,ttcnt sinner, antl l!u was convicted, colt
aud Joined tho churrll lloforo sunrise. Quick
work that. Hut u God y going to give It's
s",noth,!ng, 1t why should lie bv SIX months
Now, tllero ere two thtngs you cut, do With
second is, "lay iold." II is ike iii iiIun oneo
l!card Of whp fell aalceI' IN II boat, an,l dsttcd
il his bout went over. III Just rnal.agcd 10
reach the hlgl, rocky shore, ard, 1n,llng It too
steep to climb, h.asc!zcd llnld ot d lttls bush
mud held on. Wlict. lie tried to pull himself up,
there was no,l,!ug for lin 10 do bat' W Try
for holp. Dy-aMd-ly they caino and throw him
. rope, ansl Whit did lie dol liz let 70 tho
bnsl anil laI1 bold q Tug rope aud l,s friends
what n.n doing Tonight. / throw you 'thu
rope, and II YOU will lrt 70 Of all olsu and lay
hold ot Christ, you may ho hauled mp nut Of
your sin and danger, sud place your feet Oh tile
eternal rock.
hut soue ono says, ~ don't SEQ t." Well,
lot ne put IL III another way. You believe that
Christ is ao'c to save you tonisht, do yan not
Oh, yes, ] believe lIe ia able. Anil do you not
hclcyu lilo is willing to save yul to-,Iighta
lYmt docs tho cross lneal,, wllat doss tho
DEATH of Christ mean, ii 1Ie Ia mt willing tn
save elnnorsf To bc suro lie Ia willing to save
ynu; TINT Is Just wllat liz came into tls world
md lietl for. N0w the question is, Arc you
| wltllnGf Salvation is offered you as Gou's frcu
gilt; Will you taku ~
Thu Scripture Inns another way OF putting tho
case: "Luo!s untu Me ull ends ut thu ciirt!l,
nnl In vsts u ff 1OV3 3Ift y
4 iatiy heard Of l,a,l n dream. sho thought
ahe waa III u deep pit, trying 70 yet out, hut
ssk .s IL aus xT o,te tsat ss %' n FL
dow. In the bottom VI tilu pit to die. AZ slau
lay there siIc saw star. and as she Gxc.l her
w appn Il sbe tolt i lifting lcr, lit'n9 her;
look ut ilcracf, she fell bark u tic l"ttut,l
agaln THIS slit dll sevrral times, hut VI lol.gtt,
a!e 0xca her ~ q! ~ slo star, and forgot every
tng olts n9a y littsd er ,;r, anI up, a.d VI,
tho soll1. laMt. Then sliv Awukr, anl said tu
hcrselfr r." havc been louklng Ut myself lung
enough. Now 7 will looi ut tho star ii
bethscle.n," and III little while she WIS l'appy
The Scotch lasate wlsowas told to 10 home and
read the tifty-thir chnpter uf lsatal a,d pray to
tho Lord, an4 llo would saye:her, answeicd, ~
tut y as a 81 ot 'SSF v away S1ss a
eay, " ! am going " try.'' T1.crols d. no use Ia
tlat. 8top saylug "tIy," and put lu the lttIu
word "tsust'' tn It's place: -Four years axo lust
Fourth OF July two acauaintanccs OF lutnc, both
tlne' ewtIftMeEs, went inin the lako to ba4la.
pretty soon onG Of them called to the other that
ho WIS drowning: At tirst he thought It waa all
In lbat, hut tin4irR no wis in earaest hu SWAIN
out to wi,ere tLo drowning lnan was, who 10
stantiy so!zcd hold Ut htll, md held On witt,
ait Ills might, mud they boths went down togeth.
ey. Wiula uiler the Water tho friend lsaallaxett
toget frus, aud Whrn thoy ToEo to tug top he
Bnid: "If you hold OIL to lne that WAY ! cannut
save you, but II you will lio still can swim
asioie with you" The drownlu9 man pton,.
tscd, but no sooner lid his friend ct,ino Within
reach than ho siezsd l1.n agaIu, and again tlley
went down: 1t was only after u lespcs4te strug-
gle under the wator TINT he could get free FROM
the poor man, aud then - they both rose 70