, 1876-12-15

cana md '.tnncrsl Ana Jcsus answering tat'l
not pl,ysician, but they tlat arc sick.
nsss sae Ss Il sa bs f. w sfsqHs pu ss
ircs,,-jl!s professions as 20 might call IL. AZ
town refused lllm Hospitality, and James snd
ioen eno wss an tS f+e R0W thy s9p r.. 95 5o
Jesus says, "Yc know not what manner ot
spirit &c arc Of. For the Son Of Man Is not como
e destroy msns nvcs, but to ave ulen."
Chriat's mission Is to save, and He wilt eays
every sinner In this house tonight who Is Will
Ing 10 be saved: 1t Is only when man walker
up to the fact TINT he IA sick that he senla away
esna. e s' q s'tS ais m s dsts Eli ayssn asn
theirs 10 nothing tho matter with bin, Just 70
It Is with sinners who do not sec thoir sin and
danger; but II there ID sinner here Tonight no
ifa tns Gest %fi hsiean S IN fs set 10 ea
! remember one dny as vas going along tho
street, saw posters and landbille, and dodg
crs pasted on walls, and fences, 9nd c1lrsto ores,
ysry sea e.
some quack medicine but little whfle after had
a hcadache and wcnt Into drug store and
bought somo Of that very medicine. hopc
there arc good many sick people hero to night;
ss'ssr IL Greater the SIN tho greater tbs need Of
:. Once on tho boat, rs wewcrc coming homo from
Europe, there was a young officer who looked
as II he were going to die. Nc was full Of plans
nn S sHo BEGAN 70 @ raSSd SSdG
and at the first port VIC made lc asked them 70
send this dtspateh: "Nlotler, am real sfck.',
Some one naked him It 10 hadn't be.tcr tell
he; she viii come Il you tcll her that.n Just
80 man's need brings out tho help OF 1od. They
charged Christ with receiving sinners, and ntn
told that thc original word means looking ont
for and save tho sick and the lostl
nsi N + sone ; 10 iii c5TIst;n wy. 'ay f;saa, yoa
" ain a bcRgar, and will wait till get some
% There Isn't any kin3 of Sinner In chicngo but
tho The pubIicans; tSo Jews M ii thought them about
ten degrees lower than any other people, snd
when thoy spoke Of sinners they put the pub
lican FIRST" publicams and stuners" They
hung. 1t was their business to, collect the
taxes for tho R9nan Government, aud whsn
tho taxes were S100 900 they. would collect $780,
ooo, aud keep tho difference themselves
II idr there eot was poor Wiley thng ,.,9 viz
sell everything she Ind to get tlic money,
Their money was not taken at tho temple;
prtcsts would not speak to them; and tho com
mon people despaed them. ~, They were almost
therefore Christ calne to savo them.
ThcBc nro the prosecutors, who will not auf-
fer their wives and children to become Chris
tians, who ridtcule tho religion Of Christ, and
Tarsus did. But Christ saved lin. Thero is tho
mural{st. the pnrtsec, tho hardest kind Of people
to reach: thcy think they arc whole and need no
physician, but Christ saved some OF them oven.
Nicodemus was d Pharlsce, and SO YVES Joseph
hut Tonight want to talk to another cluss,-
the fallen women. THO world seems to think
that II woman falls there Is no hope for hcri
but there arp such women In tho Bible whom
Jesus sought out and saved, and want to call
your attention to three representative cases OF
this kind. Tho first Is the one mentioned in tbs
seventh chapter Of Luke. shcwa awakened by
the spirit Of God, and when Jesus cn,ue to that
feast ut the house Of ono OF the PharIsccs, sho
managed to pass the servant at the door and to
get Into tho room where The Master, according
to tho custom, tccl[ncd on lounge ut table in
such manner TINT Ills feet, instead Of being
There were often good manv strange people
following Christ, md when He went to d feast
there was no telling who might como In along
womnu u,anagcd 10 get il, along With sho crowd.
She had an alabaster box full ofprccfous ointment,
but Ter heart wns full Of contrition. Standing
behind the Savior. she bathed His fcet with her
tears, and wiped them Will, her long black hair.
prophet OF He would not have suffered sucb u
woman to touch Him. Noncof ttcold prophets
would have pushed llor away. But Jesus knew
w hoy wsfs ds pyonsS yequs n
thinking of-and Hc said Unto him, "Sinncr,
thero was certain mau thut had two
debtors; one Of them owed him SO
pence PEN. ,. aHd ., the other 300 800; and WHEN whsn
forEavo them both: Now which q these two
will love him mosta" Simon sald, ~ sup pose ho
to whom forgave snost.n "Tliou hast rightly
judged" says Christ; anl then, after comparing
tells him that her slns, which were mapY. nre all
forgiven, And In order that tho woman may
get It right he turns around and says tho same
thing u her: "Thy sins are all forgiven"
Of your own, TINT you hnyo something 10
cai, pay shout Is conts oil tho dollar, and some
think they ean pay % cents, and they hope 70
pay morc than IS cents on tho dollar. None Of
these arc in tho way Of being forgiven; but
when sinner comes to undcrstand that he can't
pay onc-tepth Of a mill, that he has absolutely
lic. Is ready to forgive him, oil. How
3 oat from tho feasti % sic ' bad com como rg6t
to the feet Of tho Mnster aud HI bad
feet OF tho Master and Ho will speak the word
that will make you blessed.
There Is ono thing want you to notice. We
haven't got the namo Of any Of these three
fallen women that Jesus saved. People somc-
ttmcs call societies for the reform of fallen
women a(agdalcn Asylunle, but there Isn't a
word IN tue Bible agalnst the clarxcter
Of Mary Magdalene III this respect. It
is true, .shu had seven losils cast
out Of ller; she might have been
[ maniac, but don'l think she was a.falleu
wofnan. II she had been don't think VIC
should ever havo known her name. Christ will
not tell their names, those lost women whom
any one knowing Of their former sin aud shame.
Tho next 10 u careless women, rs Jertcc.ly In
dltfcrcnt when she first meets tho sa7ior, rs
my WON an hero Tonight, who has eoule to tho
Tabernacle, merely, out o. curiosity. MIR.
Moody thcn related tho sceno Of
Christ talking with the wuninn Of Samarta
a. Jacobs WOll, substantially as reported In
| 1ME TRIBUNE on former occasion, concluding
with the remark, "just acc what that curelpss
Messiah hrrsctf, AMI brought q wlo1o town to
accept Him. The Son oi God:ls not ashamed TO
talk with this fallen woman, and the result OF
it Is that she and great many Others arc saved
| The third case Is that 0f the wLillan NEIL