, 1876-11-03
THE REVIVAL.
The Noon.Day Prayer.Meeting
Attended by an Interested
Congregation.
mr. Moody Expounds the Water Of
Lie and the Invitation to All
Who Thirst.
A Large Audience at the Evening
Meeting in the Tabernacle.
Christ's Klission...To Preach Deliyofancc
10 tho Capttycs Of Sin.
MONDAY MEETING.

10 tho Capttycs Of Sin.
NOON-DAY MEETING.
FAHwELL HALL
There wcrc fifty requests for prayer ycster-
tlay, mostly by parents and other relatives, for
members Of their families. These requests
wcro from many Of tho Western and North
western States, and were ,nostly for friends
now IN Chicago. Prayer WAS also asked for
.Tancsrillc, WIS.,, and for Evanston, Ill.,, be-
rauso Of the hundreds Of students thcrc. A
commercial traveller requested prayers for him
self AMI the IN, ,0W men In this line Of business.
Prayer wns then offered by the Rev. Dr.. Good
speed.
THE AppnEss.
Yesterday, sai Mr.. Moody, our subject wns
tho "Brcatl OF ltfc;" to-day II is the "Watcr
Of Life" vii. begin Mt the thirty-scyepth
verso OF this seventh chapter Of John: ''1n tho
las. day t1nt great day Of tho feast, Jesus stood
anti crscd, sayEnc: II my thirst, let him como
unto Nc aud drink"
II seems .fctus came up to this feast alone,
and after lc had flushed His teachings He went
away alono TO tho Mount Of Olives. There are
three sal thlngs mentioned In this chapter,
which suppose matlo Him want to be alone.
In tho FIRST place, II Is said He couldn't walk In
.Iudca any more. lie healed man on the Sub
bath day, mud told him to take up Ills bed and
walk. On this account, tho scribcs aud Phari-
sees were very angry with Him, and. werc look
Ing for ellanrc to kill Him, and ret Him ont
ot tho way. You sec, my friends, Tint people
may be very religious, and ut tho same tf,ue ho
guilty Of very terrible sins against God. The
Scribcs at,d Phartsccs Wcre full Of religion OF
their own PARTICULAR sort all this ttme while they
were trying tn kill the Son Of God.
Another Thing ihas groyea Him was TINT Ills
brethren didn't believe on Hin, and etttl nnoth-
cr trouble Was, that some Of the people accused
Him of being possessed Ut devil. I suppose
It wa8 on account Of thesc things that .Iosils
wantcd to ic alone. antt so no sent His disciples
on heforc Him to tho feast, which was one OF
those that only tho men attended, and then
perhaps after stopping over night In bethany
at tlle house OF Ills good friend Lazarus, He
came into the city, which was greatly excited
about Him, walked straight up to tin temple,
teach tic people. The men were talking about
Him in little groups on the corners, lust Is tho
politicians nre now talking about tho election.
Some Of them believed on Him, others de-
nounccd Him, and tho whole city was divided
Him.
ii was In the last great day of tho feast that
Jesus spoke. tho words I lsavo rcad-"If any
man thirst, let him come unto Ne and drink
IN running through my Billie to find this cx-
precision 50 many times repeated: II any man.
ETC." II any man hear Ny voice md open tho
door will come tn md sup with him. II any
man larI wisdom, let him ask Of Gvd and Il
sI,all be- given lin. That Is n good text for
your hl,sincss mcn who arc greatly embarrassed
ind don't know how to make both ends meet.
{iod Is r]c) and what YOU want to 10 ls To rom.
nil YOUR business and all your affairs to Him,
and TN will sllNw vou d wnv out M yn,1r
business troubles 't1f any man errvo
Aie let lin follow Met a great
n many people pI9.,u profess r,t to scrvo Christ,
1T them Confess tIeir sns, md come batE 't, ~
Christ: II my man be j. worshipcr ii tiod,
inauirYrooa @ ~ % tic Other night: "Tte i heavens "a e
seem 10 be brass over nv head,n The trouble
was, tllo Iadp't been worshtppcr Of God.
~ any man do His will, 10 shall know tho
uods Stll Is becase they aont 5a DO knoM
any man will come after lie, let him take 10
lii cross and follow Me.''
Now, all these passages Of Scripture seem to
settle TIC question that God q NO. paItial.
ttcy aro universal Invitations, and thew
follow us everywhere, through ajt tho
ages, lust US tic stream that poured
cit Of tic rock In tho wtllerncss
followed nil tic wan.lrrinre OF tho Children Of
Israel. What would you say Of al able-bodicd
mnn who was diving of thirst right down nv
tho shore Of Lake Mtyhigan ThIs Winter of
Life is plentiful and free.
raiucd down bread Of Heaven upon thcn,' Just
80 liz rains down tic bread aud thu Waters of
Lie in tho rcach oi every soul In Farweli ilall
to-day, nntl il any of you perish finally, don't
rise In in tlu Judgment and say Won wcro never
invited to coIne 10 tho Gosncl feast. for yn,,
have 6een Invited here today. '
said: Va feel ycry hapny over tho frcct1om of
lhcer invitations IL tIo Gospe]. vet onco in a
Wills somcttiue comvs IN 70 dlscourare ia n
. little. For instance, this text saws. Fir any
n,un thIrsts.n it ia nccIfuj. tllcfcfore. thnt
lie nun should uthirstn hcforc IL smn
consider h!msrii invited tn fote NJ r."
HWater Of Life.n Nav + Bunnns, everrhodv vi,
I. Thirsty lar snmcthjnr.-t1,ey tfnnft i,,st knny
whit It is.-but Wien t11ey co;',o tn 1,ndnrs;nnd
themselves Thoroughly, they viii ind out tl,ey
mrs th,ratinr ior Iii, jivinr Goti tnS nj
frfcn,ls. I Tnyr nj, .so,ht ihrrr IA Trnotnr
nin,iwr ot ncople thystlne thnn wc hnvs mn
jiica al: thcy tlom't rive INV outward aim nf H.
hui thcy woulti bu yGry rlai to i!rs firnMrht II
tho Water NJ iife. i; was tolI;ine. Iith "a a
wo1nau tic other aav aboMt, snirit.a1 thinTs 1
and Sic says to me. III have n sistcr vim ~
hcen mc,;,ber of thc churrl, for tnn vcnrs amI 1
sI,u never has snokcn n wurti 10 nc nhnr MI, n,v
euul. She knows / mn, nut savr,i. nntl II ahss
las r,+ .S,nc,Is, tl'nt o,.. thts,lsn ~ - ~ ~