New-York tribune., 1876-03-15

r 20 Who has sonc time taken money that be-
lonred 10 his erpoyer Go ask him II he has found INC
serve the devil ask he men in prison. ash the drunk
ard IL the way OF the transgressor Is one OF ease
GODS SERVICE AND THE DEVILS SERVICE
You are trying to serve God in the flesh; you are try
ing to serve spiritual God before ycn ale born OF the
Spirit Now that which is born of the flesh Is aesh ana
that which "a born of the spirit spirit" God spirit
and we must worship in spirit and in truth And when
born OF God then It is easy service; then the YOKE
easy and burden is llgat; but until we arc ooTn OF
10 leap over the Atlantic Ocean as TO Try
10 serve God before you are born OF Goo;
scer Ills law before they arc bora Of God are failing all
the time and saving DIT is hard thing 10 be Chiis
SS easier I masr %' than II the devil yon want end out
which the best master. take ihe most - d.,
thai the devil has got in New York today-lt asy ne
murderer a lber,ine, drunkarl. q gambleT-)Gst dS
him before this audience. He has nceh W le 90
been an easy one let him tell MS own story ana II he
stands mp here ami tells you u Is aSsip t rno,S he
there is not undel In the city hat coes os I'm ho t M
lies the first time Inc opons MS mouth aVl our uWn tc
ment your ewn heart IgS 2 you ad d' it and rs it not
truei Then so and got the man hat nis seNeu yesu,
Christ for 90 years ana "' moi liI nnan tis iips
His vcGy codnicnance SAYS ne & M. "a iV.ht III
the way dgh he ha, foun ,e e. ySg od taf Ss has % been
IN blessed e. os1aalun for 30 years, and ne VIII say ne
ES@ Sa s ssR9 So iF Ss co&ea %Ta s m eT m the
are ard d%rGr a e 9s ESe on OF od Word
it is fase that tho Lord Is a hard mdS,Sa, ,iirou
aud The best thing you can 90 is ,s 10 srain Urn
n IL one OF the devils lies. Go down to the Iombs.
am told that that little bridge over The pi.son yai otc
lich lie isaners are led las written on ono Sio t-e
woyds "The way Of The trausg.esSorl ls hard III thal
il not true how DO ihef dare put Is es nv I IV
but Knows ne goes down deep IN h' hcrI ny w s NJ "3
i ihe tansSres3or i had & Tg 1h tA9 ef and over
that the young iEen pass every 'ay ana SNSS O't & W
syfe II srvs az
Tpere ia snofner class that says bosye shat be,
ey the most Ge;isAia service in tbs world IS ser1ns
Christ That IS n2t my cX,ue, but EiJ t.'"SS, -
tins; There arc 50 rosny things in ;aat ,l,o bime
ibat are dark and mysterious. doE't CndG7,
stand me Bible from Genesis to Revelations. y
e,nd understand the Bbie reading it tFo"Gh one
could scccYt ho uyitaJn but thcrc are 90 macy dat"
ana mysterious things that cannot accept thc hFla-
tion," ana 50 We fnd gc2a man gin5s 'g & r sn ~ % G
has been so misudced as the Bible oi 81 tLe s@e"eS
and intdels 4 nave ever met' lay ray I,1p &c. -
meet tbs hrst 'ha: has read the E.1c IlLoasn i
from besnn.ns to end N Nov II d 'ooS Ce scS SD vos on,
anion o. IT, you say have not read IL through yet'
ana don't iite TO- express my onon @ ofrsi Of ess
ing their pniu OK Gods book after having TeaG 70"
Layc nd tn.y cciGCmn the whole. Coo SAYS plainly,
That il spiritual book, aud to oarua mind caino, un-
derCtand II. Then YOU Say II an unC3IFedtc4 i'ih ~
moi 10 understand IT, what | To believer viii Tch
y0n Wien esd puts salvation before tho sinner ne
n" T;o Rms nav read You understand hrs that ycn
are THc Bible tells YOU So yoar oMh couSci "
Nf SaS tIs 81 And YOU are tnorc,hiy convinced you
Don. the Bible ie!l tell you & you M W. il n cn t5
woscs SAYS the mysterious Things belong 10 COD ta2
yHaiy Hh' want t. know tie Way OF Lie ins take that
which yGu 30 understand, and leave tho Myse5is TO
him TO school Tomorrow and be conea home, ana ask
him, "Nii.e, yon read ana Willc anu "ic:ii ~
Won uude-st1ad oil about reomotryi Have yon iinS ed
y,r j.era p why be say s. why yuu talk
hat way have zen III tae Hne s ir & - yo, iit t
finished yoar ojuoauon1 Twin take you tishf awe!
nom that school il yOu have no- Now tdtie Is hl as
much reasoa doing thai as ilere /, ~ 3 nailS s @
IL and ihat that these Ioen are giving has they
cannot accept the invitation beca s. faey don't uhdsI
stand the Bible, win stand before Chists tribunal
WRen they so up ana stand before The LORD tht%
the Invitation to be al the marriage service
ef your but there were many tAinGS "a th IiDe
that dark and MYSTERIOUS and go couia nor atc
the invitation" Tlst excuse sounds very wen mere t
up tloro you can't tell that lou VIII be speec-iess
when yOu stand before Gods par.
SALVATION 4 PERSONAL, INDIVIDUAL MATTER.
"Weu9 say ~ ladv, my trouble is nos with the
Bible which believe in from end to end, nor do lave
any trouble cb0ut that other Cxca4e ahOdt serving
Christ; but tho trouble have IS in seeing 80 many
hypocr;es, and 1 am moi going 70 join lhe c'''flh'
there are 80 many hyICCIlte-. 1 know ler>oa "Ho
cheated INC ON; Of s.. that ncrSon pretended 10
be Christian. ard sou must not asa 1e 10 tss9cinc
with hypoclies" Well say Il you dnrt want 10 assc,
cate 6 bypocrtes YOU had bijar ct out OF thc world
oS cyick as you cau YoG will lGd 100 hypucrjrs ont
ile of the church where you Viii nnd one Ia H. !! y"u
dom. want to >ociate with hgpocrfcs 70" had ho;iFr
acc pt this invitation at once II ever nnn men VINO
is hypocr.s aud berays the causS ~ Chiia. II o1!,
wan! 70 serya Lin 2li 40" better bCt.1'e ,ol' oI tt
man is unruo Is il any rSson "y Should ne L'S t'r
cause they Dr,Sy Tat 5 40 vlcise ci.Dtf t-e II Us
personal. U indiynna mater & %lh So'. Sel,a tc.
almost all men oa Tie lfcr o! ic c1fth are h fot'e.
II is no sica that you Should ue 50. - lhas any
ressor Why you should nJs become Cin1, follower
nal H,ier and the invitation To Gay u T. every man
an womsu in t'!s assembly Do you WsI u pn the.t'
There il a vounz lgaH over there who saNF, " ~
Moody has not touchcd my case a al My tLo'he j.
hacor,c one s.i afraid ! won't hold ont Tast -
very common excuse We have A. ~ tHt uiauS rto1I
NOR an sjous 10 become Christian than DO, sad
young len the other night but am aira-i lhtt VIE
selves, Is it tine woik c TIE shepherd 70 keP ,hs
sheep III Kerpcc u Israel never suDeIs ~" recS.
and Is not the Cod Of Israel able 20 Keep usG lhe WORK
& S9 ~ tle care Of tbs sneuhsrd was talnag me
other day with that - years old, ana he wa
va s nazd f. il not only lie Young that ae pfiid
b the Old too God is able TO nke yea stand ana Keep
SCoverf oo ~ nS My race IL anni,en for tlee."
Sow The question comes VIII you tsast Him today
You Will be able 10 stand il God stands vIth y0J. Wien
iWas tslkug with that yOuEg man. IL reminded me o a
b,y II whom knew some years ago. whose father
miserable drunken wretch ana in1del ana nc "0id hot
allow praying under his root for he s5ld "A Gan
That PRAYED was nothing but blaek-heered hypOcrte
son eOody hold OF hs little boy ana gCt I'm to nc
SabbathschOGl, AID hc vas converted Ohc Gay SttrW
the old man caught him praying, and hc caught MIA ~
the collar and joiked him TO ioet eohlnanulng mn
with oaths never TO be caught doing That SSh or Ao
would have to leave home forever IW.co aef tbls Ig
caught him in the act OF pl6j uR, aud lc l '!c tu
MIN TO leave mis- house forever Tie little Fellow packed
up his things in handkerchief, went down into the
kitchen where his mother aud baa her gCodby thcn
went and bade lis little brother and SIS
terra good-by, and as lie passed his father
on his way 10 the door, he reached UP his
arms 10 put ihcn around his fathers neck and said
Goodby, father. As long as live VII pray ior you,
and lie went the but TO had not gone great
while before lis father aIter MIN ana said Al lat
is hristianty want It," And the boy went back and
ray with MS father and led him to Cnrist you see
you cannot give any for not coming TO Jesus, so
accent His IN cation this hour AID be saved
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