, 1876-12-15
inqtliry-roons, NIL Of whcl, wcrc filled, and tbs
aau1tnec dlefntaRcd With brief prayer and
benedlctfon by Mr.. Moody.
WALKING WITH GOD.

WALhlNG WITH GOD.
Nit. Aoopr's DlDLu lxcTunH.
The attendance at tho afternoon meeting In
Farwcll Hall was very large, every seat being
occupied md many betng compelled to atand.
MI. sankcy was present to conduct tho prelim-
fnary songscrvicc; which was entered into with
more than tho usual spirit, anil appeared TO
rouse tho audience TO n high pitch OF religious
iorsor, The subject was, "WalkNng with God"
ono on whicl, MI. Moody ia peculiarly attcd 10
hpeAk. An abstract Of tho lecture, which was
ono Of tho most enjoyable Of the scrics, fol-
lows:
Tho lecture was addressed TO those who had
lcen born OF God. God canlc down and visited
mankind on suudry occasions after tho fall Of
Adam, but men only wnlkci With Him after
they had bcon redeemed by the Blood.
When they walked With God they Ind
great power, but as soon as they turned away
they wcre In trouble, bondage, and darkness.
Jcsua, VIC were told IN the First Eptstle Of
Peter, lcit us ''an example TINT ne should fol-
low ln Ills steps" II was our duty to study
then to hasten aud copy y, The gfcat trouble
was that people did not read tho Word for
thcmsslyes, but were guided by ministers, Who
held different views THEREON. The Blblo was
dark world. to life eternal, and VIC ought to
stndy 1t aud lay It's words to Our hearts. In
various places, particularly In Levittels, 1xri.,
men ',ero cnlolned to walk in Gods ways.
pressed! upon them tho necessity Of walking IN
Ill Gods ways. The reason there uas SO nl,icll
trouble IN the world was because they walked
contrary o, to nod; ID, Now Ro men why went so.
might have prosperity, but they had no peace
with It. They might have wealth, but they
would get fneanness with 1t. We must haye
contcntn!cnt with wealth In order to enjoy 1t.
t1nx 1fnf1 1teStn .fo Il
could not have Gods blessing Will, It,
No one could mako The way Of salvation as
Geautlful y; and bright y God had made H. pa
Lord; they hal son,o darling which they wanted
to retain. 1lc hoped tho day would
soon come when Gods people would get
tlelr feet into the old way. Tho world might
meas, but los tho world talk. The Old way was
thu best. The way the old Puritans took was
better than the German inildclity Of tho present
day. y was written, "No good thing wilt the
Vas Il not better to have such promise aa that
tlau TO turn away aud follow our own dcviccs}
But there was ono thing a nun had to do iii
order 70 walk with God, and TINT was to become
soeiatlng With sinner made GOD party to the
with burglar, he would be liable to bc arrested
ns n party to that minis crime. Much Of tho
ltlSEIJ ALI NulCAEt H44 Cuu6Eu ny Ln6 ulX43V lid
OF Christians With uubellevers. Hardly day
md told Of difficulties between herself
and .her. husband: Perhaps the man was
drunknrd, q hlasphcmer, Or wanted 70 take thu
children olt on Sundays, or 1t might be that l,o
scoaed at her prayer. and religion. All this
trouble was owing to Christian women yoktnQ
with Mnoelievers. A great many women dill
not Ike to be spoken to on thfa subject, and
those won,gn would have to take the conse-
quences. Some married unbclIoYers, they said,
III the hope Of doing them some good. 1t was
better to do that before marrIage; II a inan
there would le mighty poor chance Of doing It
afterwards. Still, II any one had marrted an
unbcllcyer, she must cling to him md not sepa-
ratc. The Bible did not reach this d.
in Chicago. lie did not know what VIC were
coming to, but he hoped that public sentiment
wou'd soon become 81 strong Rs to rule any
one out Of society who put away his wlto with
hcllsh business should be STOPPED.
There was another point to which he desired
10 eall attention in this connection, He did not
SEQ how Christians could belong to lodges.
Many Of tho members acofrcd at Christianity,
and they could votn on subjects that would
make believers party to something not right If
the sight Of God. 1lo did not except temper
ance lolgcs; he would not yoke with mn unbc-
M lever In, IN anything: L. LAPMplause] M A man res. 9;
ing on Gospel principles was apt to boast about
his ability to reform himself, mud such
. nun was worse tlan q drunkard
Il true reform was wanted, there must 10 com
might say lso had lodge In bis church. That
was SO, but as soon as he discovered It's per-
nicious influence lo cleaned them out as be
would a cage OF unclean birds. Tits lodge got
ltcpt It up until midnight, and lie was made q
purity toit!