, 1876-11-15
AT NIGHT.

AT NIGHT.
THE PHoploAL SON,
The audience last evening was great In
provcment u numbers On that Of the previous
night. Probably not less than 1000 people were
brought out by tho announcement Of oac Of
Mr.. Moody's favoritc themes, "1he ProaIgal
Son.n
The opening prayer was by the Rev. ". II.
brown, who turned that beautiful parable Into
a touching and appropriate address to the
Throne Of Craze.
Jcsus,n .Calliug now fur Thee" "lliig tic
bells Of ucxycu," anil " The Siuety and Ntnr."
Tie Scripture lesson was the parable itscif,'
whlel, was real frutn the Nteeuth chapter Of
Luke.
l,rforc the sermon Mr.. Moody gave the an
nouurcu.cnts, which will be found below, aud
also said: "1lcports como in from all quaress
Ut seyiyals. ] believe that VIC urc on the eve OF
tle greatest wnsk u grace tl,is country has ever
seen. You wives wllo have drinking husbands,
pray day aud nig1Ml 1t Is inst rs easy to save
tiruuknrss u any other sinners. all expttt-
Ing to ace i, 700 converted In one day in Cnrago
Just ~ there WAS ut Fc1,ttc0st. Let US look Tor
great things. Here isu church Of ,OJ0 mcInbcrs
Ana If fifteen persons cofne TO C'lr'st at oncc,
tllcrcis great blast of tru1npcts oves It. What
l,O Christ!uns tn lend iiltec shutters to CHRIST!
Two weeks ayD mutsler came Into the INQUIRY
room unl ctrlscerated hcrsclt to Christ. Last
night hlie brought her son with hcf,-mothcr anu
sou sitting side by side Ut tic converts mcrtfng
and unc liter thu Other testfytlg to what the
Lurd had done Tor their souls: Pnrcnts, pray
for your children. Let us pray for all the prod
igAis IN this hall tonight, tuat Gud will BLISS
tue Word tn their salvation"
a short scnsuu ol Silent prayer was then lad,
| utter which sir. sankcy introduced that favor
| ttc song, +" Tito Ninety ai,d Nine"
s,,s r Mo,dn! dne 1enTnss Wc ayc for opr tcrt tn.
| night mn,,-thc one NC harc been Singing
about. The trouble was With him, he startcl
| wrong; anu that Is tho trouble with llinc-tenths
Of the men who arc away from God III this city
tonight. It my one had told that youn, man
lie ,iccdcd the grnec of God TO kc~f him In Ills
! tourney, he might hare laughed at II. I.don't
! know why he wanted to get uway; perhaps llc
could not agree With h's elder brother; may be
lie thought bis father was too strut because hc
wouldn't LET !lu, stoy out late nights; perhaps
his mnthcr had dlctl praying for her waywnrd
son, ind lie thought II l!e thoulu ret away INTO
su,nr new plarc lie would he able to FORGET all
about her prayers tilAt troubled ltn every lime
So lie went to his iathcr and EaId, II think
! could got t,n better II you wOnld divide your
estate and give 1nc my elarc and let inc 20
away" So lie did 1t, md think the old lnan
n,adc a very great Istukc. There Is nothing
wursc for young man than to have plenty uf
muney. Pcuplt tails a great deal aboht self.
made met, but l tell you l hare thousand
| times uUrc respect Tor u rich mans soM who
| turns out we'll thau for q poor boy who has 10
work hts own way in tic world. There Is moth
ting that puts temptations in young mans wny
HE having plenty OF money.
Well the young man t00k his money and
went of. lave no doubt hc waa very well
received and bucan,c very popular Htau in that
distant country. Perhaps he went down 10
Egypt to get rs far nway from home as posst-
Die lie was well cturatcd: gould sing comic
| nd In tt1I, fhtlra n1P1En HfS 5rfrniE
I1u was ut the opera tour nights week, nnI
spent tho ottrra Mt tho theatre and billiard
rooms. Plenty of friends rs long ns his money
lasted, wlirh might hnsc 6ccn hye years or @ So.
puur frlluw once knew vito had plenty OF
friends aud money, ind after ., while g9t into
inil, but nut one ii his sporting frcilda ever
ca,ne ncar lin. Some Chr!stSin people DID
come to sec him In prison, anl that woke hlal
up 10 understand who his real frlcntls were.
After while the prntltgal begun to hc In
want. AL ills friends were gone. He had lost
all he lad 60, down very Low Put nc dtn'
ncaner thug for IL Jcw than to take carc OF
I swtnc, but had II thousand times rather be a
sw!uetlcrd than to lte aruuiad thu streets and dc
nothing. lie was raEe Cd ana hungry; anu t' thei1
fable, but that wasn't long enough to ,, reacl!
uwny to him IN that far-oG country. We Ind
that TO one gave him anythisg to cat: Az, NY
friends, that y just The way with shs Devil; he
|
gets you deep into the pit VI ruin, fnsteal u
ferling you, ho will laugh at you and mock
you. a.
There was another thing ho lot , ,!,. H.: h; Il;
h!s would 1a,g a. hum Ae might strHighten i
bssgar Why, ny fathers ssrsants GRANTS drsss ; Ut. =
% Co. And they aaseea eo oa have sa ;
got nuy father" NJ one bcl!cveahlm; lle hal
lost his Testimony. Aud Just 30 has every buck
slider from God Lost Ills testimony. You never
rau get any loud for the soul In tile devils coun
try. There l,c was, away from, home, starving,
crcn Tor the food the swine would eAt-out nc
one would give him even that. Sin had take.
lin away lrvul hume, away from Cod; now tue
question ts, how did he ever yet backI
Wurn tho man began to come 10 himself he
woke vi, tu tho fact TINT tue best triend he hat
in the world was hls father. There was ont
thing that the prodiga! never lost: as Lost his
work. he lust hs fuol, Ills tlosnc, Ills Testimony
loved lin right on through It al! fnd that 4
rood many men, WIN arc livng In SIN, wonder
why itisthnt Gult dues not antwer Their prayers
WGll, Hod lnses them too much to answer theil
prayers. Sup1ntee the eou Ind written III.
}atiIer d litter saying, II am It
wunt pieaac send INC some money" Ths
lnthor would have loved him tao well to nnswcl
thai prayer. II ya huve gone III into lore!|:t
country, II you llayu gut away iroM liot's table
ilIa arns wilt nut r,tar1i you there to feed ant
ciu.ilc you. III wants ynl to 20 home to Him
Ono day nc!ghaor casnu down from bis natlvt
cul.ntty, ami found tho yaunE man there
aWhy 10 you nut 70 huu,cl'' said hr.
"Wcl,, I don't ksow, 1atn not sure m!
| father utll receive mo."
"Your fa.hcr--Ae loves you as much Is Ii.
ever did,
"My fathcr---ld vou SEQ hint"
"ics, was talking With your father one da,
| l1et wcck.H
"vhat did he sari Docs he ever speak
met"
t'Eycr speak nj you! lIc never speaas o
any one else. lie dreams of you II night;
Uh, II there Is poor rrO.ligal here tonight, III
not 60 on In that tcrr,blp dcluslun TINT you
Failler has forgotten yotl.
Ouc Of the grratcst impclltncnts luan ha
got Is his terrible pslJc. This young llan says
} III vent away With abundance, ! went away Il
grand style, mud now have rot TO Eo hack Il
rags" Perhaps Ills rrilp Kept him away fu
, some time Ono day he CAME to '.imselt at,t
,naie up Ills mind to return TO h.s fathsr I'll
his face IN Ills husn!s like Elijah npo!
} Mount Carmel. aud he began 10 think, "Wrl
don't know but | ind butter go home.
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