, 1876-10-02

al'out becoming Christian till you learn To
ireInsn,icr er wI,en Mr. Moorehou.e va. over
here be rcal that chapter ont Of the Acts uhcro
PAul WAS shspH. rocked; and, ~ he ws putting
bundle OF sticks In the fire, there catle viper
out Ut tile heat aud fastened on hsa land, and
thosc bar1'arfans said he mist be q l'a1 man, a
aud God wlll not suffer him to le. Paul
might hare preached the Gospel 10 thos, barha-
rians for six mouths and not ono oi then would
have believed him.. Will, that, viper sticking
6ea.t into Tie uru M and M is~ icit no " harm. s
The people watched to see him swell ap Or 70
fall down dead suddenly, and when tIcy hal
watched q long while, and no llarfn at1e 10
him, they changed t1ctr minds and said lie ia
make nome Impression; but he mglt have
preached to them TIL doomsday aud titf would
not have been converted, till they had come TO
20 convinced that he was goud ulan 1fm.clt.
shakS ,' Ha the vpersi Thsso 4 prdt whis
nothing tili you. gc. rid Of this. shaE: Il OIL
There Ia hnt awful ypcr, coyctousnrss. reoplu
come out West md lose sight Of cyeytuing
else fur the sake of making t,oncy. Tlcy ar0
after money aIl The time; chasing rnc. round
tn' IN New FORK. ' rhe e oser snne day wy uena was
down there; tho bualncas ,ncn had list got
lonc e fronl the ssa,slde' aud they lending
everybody was prayttg for M Il; and vet Il ttrrc arc
some, people who are skcptisal about a'evisal
Of religiolr! Tho first lay ! got here MI, met
bcllcvo much In rcviysis. Ilow long d yuu
think t1ljs reyiyal viii lnstV' III lUpeIt viii
laat forever" said I. II will never cddf it Is
uod's work. Let Us roll away tho stone, aud
thcn the Lord will say,
"IAzARus, COME ron7n!"
I t,ny In
co,,ntrr anI nat'stl tIs5t ,sicu Il ran,c laving
tine aid harvest tin,s. Tie far,nrrs wonnd Il,
hiro ali tho teip they could gct. It takes agood ID
snwii,r. Yon fmyc hecn sn~i5r isre IN f,,uM1o
fnr fIoo mnnw vners tmr H. ,.,n,c ~. .onn
inr time. md God wants eyerybotIy Wiz sa,,
h.i ha.ii,tiio tIo Gospel slcks to 70 risit int tic
la,ys;t. Ga% uo,, - r,,, vo,,, ,,,.nt,on ~ 49,.
stt,rcs-1llountains we 1njel,t alIHott cail tam.
thcv nre ~, tarrr9 9"htrI, + s nsaif'i fnr ~ ~
roii ant II thr wnv.
Mrst-iJnhclfei. II I wcre In max anv ofvou.
wr2f ri snv;nr so,ia h"r" IN 1lIc,1o this
s",s va,, as Whit, ou nerhans I. NV .sYas: Ins nas
Hcye lie han. Wei, nv }rjends. I haye mrn
rIalIt there for fftcrn years. | believed ioI
eouM roy;yo ii!s work and haye tlo1,sa1,ts If
Tuii awnY tfat stt,nc. Lei ~ takc aim ,r nj,
vo,c ~ 10 ~, 10 t ~ - ~ ~
and it ~ IA n.Tin to say we lslisye lis is rsinr
to DO 1t,
you were to go down into tho saloons and
ask the drunSartis there II they believe dodca'i
save them, tho most OF them wo1i!d say, :es,
I s'posn lic can." Well; suy more. say ll'r-
!lcFe Ae ts going to 20 1t. When we went d'vn
!ram EdinburI to dlasgow the skcpttes sid:
"Alil this revival iB AL very well Tor wolilenlnd
children, but u doesn't get l,od OF tho lnc,."
So VIC prayed tlat God would give US trcn I'm
t,jasgow; anu wllcn wo CAME to look Ger
Inc registered list OF S,tUU converts VIC
I1nnd among them the iiaiiles Of l.'0o men:
Then tie skcptics said, Alb, these werc NIL
young men. people WHO were good cnoughnl-
ready u; then we praYcd TINT God would syu
bud men. The next place we went to the vry
iirst lnun converted was gnnbles, tile mex a
drunkartl, the next thca, aud so tic MUk
went on among thieves, a1ltl gl.Ihters, md fnr-
lots, The vilcst Of pcople, anu our prayer Hls
answered! again. "sa1d not uuto tllve, II thu
wouldst believe thuu shouldst see the salratan
Of Godr Unbgtef Ia tile inuther nj all st,.
Away with 1t! God Is ready mud willing to sa'c
bud sinners. II you will only 60 du's'l to them
and take thonl BY tho hand mud lead them to
Christ.
Ihesccond atone to be rolle.l away is Prejudice
How many Of you say, ~ ami prejtllite4il
agasllst rcytralst" and yet you an-
lIyve IN rcyivals IN trade, rcviyals In nm.