, 1876-12-16

Eifi lint wc we're raising. YDN cali see that
load hegan IL go5 very heavy. complained
oa tlmc, 50 .llat i might ret bsck
It oare 70 ny storu and my eompan!ons., |
was tic PLACE for me. hut onu JAY. as wns
guing out from dinner, my WIFI askcl me:
"Wvn't thee 60 to tic mrctlnrt5
"NMg, M1,n,t tTpln.," ,la' =, snid al,l !; hi, i u,
"No." '"ss ~ a"a '00N mr.
'If thee was 10 die what would bceomo Of
theelh
II should 20 tn hell" said I.
"Wl,cn tlors thee expect TO repcnt7h
40, aol,,e tine"
"Whc,, viii that sonic time be1.'
All! that wunt through me like mn arrow.
Everywhere heard thu question, "Whe,l viii il
be! When wi!rit bcr'
heafd ,ir. Hlrc1'' anI ali the tus he ses,ted , to
finger il sccnlc,l 10 bc pointed ut inc. was
angry. Why did be preach all at nc when there
Just as inucll There was going to uc an open
ulr meeting that Sunday afternoon and my wife
wanted me to attend, but 1 suttl '!No.h I was
going to sec man who wns sick, ao,nc ways cut
uf town, hut VIC started out together, aud, be-
fore knew Just where | Was, there VIC
stood right hcf0rc tho preacher, Mr..
Hammond, nnd / had to stuy there two
nlurtal hours. Presently begun to feel great
lon, MY hcart scctngl to weigh ION, but when
my wtfg ansl all thu children stuod up to confess
NC have family prayers lust nj tltry do at
u,lelu's." That troubled nv; to think Of an m
his sou asked lin. Ono night inv vito sat up
to pray for me-, md III tho morning she said,
- How did thee slcept" "Very weil,n said;
1t WAS as big o. lie as
eyer told Ia my life. Then rose for praycrs,
fuk H. 1pnfn hn T hN,i IN
House With the. For two nights and tErea days
ceuld neIthrr cat nnr sleep, mud nt last sent
for Btll Prentice, n Methodist Elder, who uscl
to ho, Just such nun us was, and when he
"Hflt, nm great deal dead"
. ant mighty glad Of It." says he.
"Wlat will do to get ont Of tlis!"
"Therc Is nothing ciin help you BIT only the
blood OF Christ. Up and helieyev'
Aud. l did. began To prny, n1nl
Instead OF praying to God Is Que
who wus good wny Of, whispered rtght Into
Ills chr, aud lie pavetl me. Ifclt so light and
yniir little finger. Then We set ,ip thu family
altar, and there wcro flro newborn Souls arouni
II. lcuutn't contain myself for 10y.
My appetite for liquor left me, and for three
ii The oil cneny calao buck WITH ierrlSie force. e.
drinking iccr. It looked IL So ) ii ioatninr. md md
cool, mud bitter, n,,u re[rcshurl Jilst
wherc there was wine, and bruady, and IL lin, % u1,a
WHISKY - my
Mr.. Moody, intcrrupting, You sold liquor
thenw
" Yes; was q druggist: told you tl,nt 10
begin WITH" fLaughtCr,1 And thei,I wont IN
intu room over the store aud sail my prayers,
--s,nly said tllen There IL great difference be-
TWEEN praying and saying your prayers. When
went down tho uppetite ranc bark. Horror Of
horrors! So went back und sail sumo ,llovo
prayers. hut when / ca1no down Tic same tpr-
fiblo temptation seized upon Inc. You dr,,nkards
know thnt It Is. went Gack to tE,at little room
and threw myself oil my face bcf.rc God, and I
sasd, Q God. Is 1t Thy will TINT should onco
ruin on myself And my falnilyt / don't know
whether prayed five, or ten, Or fifteen minutes
but, glory be to God got tho victory uycr that
appctitu, aud hive krpt it eyer sncc,
Mr Dilicr closed witiI ail earnest md we'll
Influences of tlc Holy Shirt. which vera ,,r,In,-
them to take Jesus now. s''''-
At this point Mr.. Moody called for pledge
from nil who would agreu not to set out wIuo
or strong drink on tho coming New-Ycar's Day,
II. respo1sr to which nearly nj In the y,st audi.
cjuctl to cuItiInit tilen,sa,yrs in thu manner.
x supr wns tj,cn s.n, cntitictl :. ncscMe Nm
pcrishlnt.,n after whicfi thn Rev. Sfr. YnnGcr
Il F,rxiilra1 Child. Como ift,mc !, e WV 'N'e'
Annther w}tne.s-n 1nnn ,vfo bos 1oo, ucvoa
ab,ut threc montI,s-raye lila cxmric,,sr. e Iin
lad been a fashionable drit1krr for seventeen
venra: Ind falicn nitnrcthcr. ioqt h,a h1,s,ncsa
Ills family, hIs friends, everything. Nav Id
was saved by the grace Ut God, aTH, his appc-
words Ind won him to Ehriat.
Wr, Moody then referred 10 thu letter he bnl
received ncnr tho commencement Of these ,I,cet I
ings from broken: Hearted fatlIer and muller
their lost son wi,o fa.l been u wSnuerrr
fur wears. tlurlnr wiif1t M, wur,, Ind r""rIr,i