, 1876-10-25
FAREWELL HALL.
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Presbyterian Church, Fort Wayne, Ind. ono on
hcllalf OF pastorless church at Algonquin, ILL.,;
one one from + Young convert a. thS Insernae,c.
kept IN the Lord; and from several persons
wliu desire prayers for themselves as baelt-
s'idcrs and pcntcnts: \ notable re1nest
was sont III on behalf Of an insane person by Ills
Wesley used to have Of curing lunaties by pray
Ing the devils out Of tl.cm,-a method which his
the full warrant Of Scripture, but which,
strangely enough, has fal1on into dlsusc. WIN
Hot ths wr'ter %f That request inform ,th? world
Of this praying for tic insane hrotllcri There
hayD been numerous testimonies at the sloon
meetings to prove that Divine gracc will sayo
lifelong drunkarls from Their appetite for
aid grace sayo the lunatic from his madnessl
1lio following, dispatch, was read from knta-
Inazoo, Micli.: "1argest church crowded., great
interest,"; continue to pray for us. Charles Il.
% a rnpuss MS fo0TsE setnFs sas ffG n M Kaaszso ss 20
ai,co mud carncst nttcntlonn Following tho ro-
quests the Icy. DR.. Edwards opencd with
prayer.
l 1wnnt to call your attention, satd Mr. Moody,
tn the tl1ce. last verses Of the eleventh chapter
Of Matthew: "Colnc unto mo all 70 TINT arc
weary and heavy laden and will give you rcst;
okg y9S o an4 ead % sa
rest unto your souls, for my yoke Is easy and
my burden Is Light" Also tils verso from tho
gospel Of John: "lIlm TINT cometh unto mo
Will In no wiso cast out" ! understand tllut
to these no0n.mcetinga TINT cannot come to tho
Tabernacle. There Ii ono WHO says this Is his
Inst meeting with us, and who is IN trouble and
darkness OF mind, because hc 1Ias not found
t so taay = @ SS e fy Ha tel
Chrissians pray that Gods spirit may help mo
make It p,1ln.
4 dying lnnn oncc said, "Fathcs, tell mc tho
way to Christ, anu mako 1t very simple, tor
all Of us. This lifo Ia short ut tho longest, but
It Is long cnntgh for tbs to como to Christ mud
10 saycd. Tho 7frst thing you want to do is to
accept this Invitation, ''Co,nc unto Nc all ye
1 t 'o2Fn e his GIs ne oq Ss ies @
own bitterness" Now thu very arst thing to do
Is to bring that burden to Christ. The only
thing that !s ncedful IN order to claim this iu-
v1tatfon Of Christ Is to prove TINT wo arc sim
ners, for II nny man is sinner ho is one OF those
whom Christ CAME tn save: ......
Suppose tho Mayor Of Chicago wero to mako
a srcat feast, and send out anfnyitatton to every
nun by tho name Of Smith. When tho timo
5 sa hd to ss s90s xRo R s s'ss Ssas
that am a friend OF tic Mayor, ono Of his great
admirers III fact, mud tell him wuut to come
in; aoa,.,,,
"16 your DnlnQ EmlLnF'
"Well, elr, you can't como In: you arc not
invited"
by and bv Mr.. Bankcy comes nlong and wants
to 60 in. lie saya he will ontortain tho compa-
Tt 5a4 s1e aay ssSs SsS i thsy VI" say: ;:t s lin Police @
mail.
mo, my nnmc Is sankcy."
,n,',, "Wsl' tncn' you can't como In; you arc not
1o .,ux+ .,,o,, ,,.1,< ,,.r,, .,,, +, , ,o1It,,snu
next is q ncwspaper mani. next is q member Of
Congress, all particular friends OF tho Mayor.
The policeman nslss them tho aamo questions,
md keeps them Ill ont because thclr names nro
not "s,ntln by aDd 6y sorS % sG@sa e. along
ma mar ' answered, INV naae @ sq; Is snisi." "Aii
right" says tl!e policeman, and in ho goes. 1le
Is one Of those who were invited.
Now, my friends, II you want to know whct!l-
CT you aro Invited to CONC 10 Christ, NIL you
lasc to lD Is to llll out whether you are stn-
ncr. II you arc not you arc not fIvitcd, but
you call proycsstlsat you arc q sfnncr, that Is d
suso Ito 70 sass a q IT, LeFs 'Satioa tSan
bring WHOM they cotuc to Christ They bring
rraycrz, and tears, and promises, and faitll.
These are all well enough IN their place, but
when man starts to rotno TO Christ, Tie only
yoll slnnera Then como to Christ and bring
yonr sins along With you, for they arc the
nn1y things you have wbl.l the Lord wants.
Lot INC tl!usernto this. havo little boy
over on the West ssde, and wo will suppose
BY big mother tl!at l'n bud been telling q
lc. 0f course am greatly troubled. The W.
tlc fellow comes anl climbs up Into my lapt
tells nc how much hp lovo6 me, but that lsnt
present, and no brings u and offers to Eiye It to
NC. No, don't want Tint, citller. This only
thing that want him TO brlng lne Ia that lle.
Let him como to mo md say, Papa, told
nRkc mo happier than anything else. Just SO
It ID with tlM Lord. I'he reason why SO many
Of you can't come to Him Is because you can't
bring your 9tnt With youi you tEy to hide them
Hut sonlu ono will say, Huaveu't got to re-