, 1876-11-13
EVENING SERVICE.
An IafMENaE AliniENCH.

The Tabernacle was full, as usual on Sunday
afternoons and evenings, long before tho hour Of
service, and Faswell Hall WIS again In request
for m overflow meeting.
Ntr. Sankey opened tho service with Rolo,
"Yct There Is Room." Prof. Hopkins, of the
Chicago Theological Seminary, offered prayer.
The Scripture lesson WIS from tho sixteenth
chapter df. Mark, beiaE rio account Of the
resurrection Of Christ.
Mr.. Sankcy then sting
Knocking. knocking. Who Ia there!
And, after the announcements, tho chorus was
sung by the whole congregation, "What a
friend VIC have in Jcsus.n
Tho text WIS then announccd-Alark, xvi,
And he said unto them. go yo into nil the, world
and preach The Gospel to every creature. lie TINT
thnt bcllcycth not shail he damned.
THE SERMON. .
I like tllcse texts that llavo such good sweep
that they take IL, everybody. Some preachers
believe TINT they nre included In tho Gospel
call, but surely everybody. is to be
invited accer,ling to thla farewell
s1sEa owE these " Words cksss c4s uttered 9 uer s cs cgss d
tAstcd death for every man. Qcthac1nano was
behind Him; Calvary, Will, MI It's horrors, was
>,ast; He WIS just rcady to 70 home to take Ills
sgut 1T thc right hand Ut thu Father; lie was
can Just imagine nil that little band u dis
ciptcs VII i, stood around Him, those untcar1rd
men Of Ga'ilcr, those fishermen who had been
associated with Him for three years-1 ear, i'm
nsiI talked Ut leayIng them, and onr of them
thinking that tic Lord didn't really mean that.
that He didn't mean they should preach the
Gospel To every ercature-for lle had hard work
to Min'e them le!ievn that tue Iospel sl'oa'd PC
Jews wanted to keep tile Gospel IL Palestine;
but BY the grace of GoI Il would flow out; 1t
would 80 " the world 6ecaasc % H. Iad Ciysn Or
every creature. And now We find thu n,cssen-
gers gotug to Tie four curilcrR u the carth to
proclalm tic glad til'gs Of the Gospel of
Christ. But l eau MaK!1lo that feter says:
" Lord, you dont really mean That We
shall prcach tho Gospel to tl.ose lncn that
murdered you. to those rncn tint took ynur
llfu1' "Ycs,n says the Lord, ~ anu preach
the Gospel to those Jerusalem sinners" ca,i
imagine Him auytng: AGO md hunt up that
man that pit tho cruel erow, OF tilorns nI,o',
lin ls shall have crown III Ny Kingdom With
out n thorn In It. Tie tnny sit upon Ny throne
II he will accept Of salvation rs gift. !io llnut
up tllat man that spat tn NY faco, n1.u preach
tic Gospel tu HIN n.l1 Ofcr him salvation, nfl
It'll hltu liz can be saved II ho y only
cleansed by tho blood l shed at Calvary.
G0 to tho nlan tlat thrust tlIc spear
into aly side aud tell him thvFo ts Il nearer
WAY 10 Iug llHIk Lttsts ASba euStS
Is nothing hut loye lii My heart Tor lin. Go
preach tile tiuspcl to every creAturc;" Ana
after lie Ind gone III, Oil airi', We lind tllc lloly
Ghost rau,u down npon t AZ tenth dnyt aAu then
they began to i,seei!, a'llt HOW see felGI, stanu
lug there upon the uay pcntecust antl prcari-
mi. thu Gospel Dt Hou u slllhcfsi alll to!l's
l,unynn Bays: If Jerusalem sinner can DC
snyrd, there is hope tor us Il." ~ yotl ttllnk
God Ia inockinEf Do you Think Guu u pfcacIa-
Ing to you and thcn not Elvin.. y9u tue power
to tnku III Ihs ta0spc1 IL preached to every
creature, and du yon tlliI.: lic Is not w'tllas
tt.at every creature slnl be sayed OIL tic Lace I'll
the casthi
Is to bc proclaimed to all. Wllch scc poor
drllukurs, when sec Il thief, wllcn see u pris-
uner iu yunder prison, 1t Is II graEu, glorious
thing to "a and proclaim To hnE the Slnd
is nut olio tlat las gons 50 far OF llle,t 80 low
hui tI,at he rau hc savel: because every one u
Gods pr.slalnations arc headed ''wliosoeycr."
That Lakes IN uil; not,usly II left out. Ill
III Want IL tall yuu u svenc that occurred hero
some time a45t. Our Commissioners went
to tho GOvuruur If lho stats and gne
lin, to eiyc his CONSENT to pardon
out yo 'neu fo1 evod hcnaylor ~ @ n pns oferr hM
nlc,, wrre to know ,.Dtllllg nGDlu It, anu nj tho
el VI six months thu illGlI were brought ult,
TIC rolI was called, Ind tho President Ut tho
Commission ca,!.u np anu s}okG 10 them; thsn
,.tcrs n,l,l said tp those loO couyers, u hold
}u INV hl,,l par,}ops for llvl, nlcn. never Wit
,i..ssi nnytf,iur lIiu It, E,,ery nlnu held llis
breath a,d II was ~ sjlenl ~ Heath, Thu, the
Commissioners went ou TO tell iuw they got
tlrsc 1urlvus; how It ,y:.s tAv Governor llA
given tica,," alld the chapla!a said tho sus-
Iclse was 30 great that liz slsokr up ~ thu
Commissioner aud told HIN to Arst read tl,t
nancs uf thusu pardonuI brtoru le spuka
f,trtIrr. and thu lIrst 1al1u read ult was, "Reu-
iu,, .loh,lsnn wifi t4Anc ont md get nls uurdu,n
iis IL hrld out tho palwr, but no oliu cuinr. llc
to ia frnt vi nj "na,: xiii NJ uor aruss, .tld hc
turned to tue officer VI lhe prison and said:
ryuiy, aThcp, lscnbcn johnson will ,,,li,u au,l
get i,is pur,iou.n Tile real l,ebrn Jnl,lsso, was
Iii & tiIs tt1nn lnoktnr pro,.nl 10 SEQ where Reu-
bcn waS: and thu rIapIpin brckot,rd 10 lin,
mil he turned md ltN,EcI aroulni and beillua
lin. tbini,nSs soMo l,thsr man m,ist be uleat,t.
ssc0nd ttnIo he obtrkonvi 10 Reuben, aud called
10 lin, aud second tinu tiiu linn loo!su1
Ii,u clnlvialu ssll to hiul' !" You asu t!.e man,
ism,hnnn: md i,e ,.ut III otlt of Ills seat aud
aani. hack aratn. ti,iuEinr It .nuj., NOT bu trv,
IT," H., hml h.u,. t,,crn for uiuetcen ysyrs hnyOc