Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-10-26

Name" Mr.. Moody then offered prayer.
and then followed Rock OF Ages" Mr.
Moody then began his address Dy saying:
The young men think, and no doubt many
here have been thinking of religion. Many,
] know, think 1t Il myth and no
reality. | want, tonight, to call your
attention to the words uttered by one
who had seen far more of life than
you OF can hope to Sse-aud that is Moses
Alter all his experience in life, he said
For their rock is not our Rock, even our
enemies themselves being judges. In this
audience there may be rany atheists
they that disbelieve or deny the existence
of a God. To them there is no hereafter
they die as the dog dOes-and that's all.
II man is true atheist and one OF his boys
has gone astray. on his dying bed be asks
his father for help-ls there any hope?
And the father replies, IAN the power is in
yourself. Beyond that there Is no help"
But what dark picture Thank God, that
is not our belief. There is power out
side to help. Imagine an atheist with
lovely child-dearer to him than life itself.
Disease cOmes-the child asks If it shall see
its father after death. "Oh, no." the
father replies, there is nothing after
death" Thank God. that ism I our creed.
II there is an atheist here tonight, his
rock. let me tell hin, isn't our Rock. A
deIst believes in one God but denies Christ
and the revelation. How much does he
know about God if he denies His revela-
ton? don't see how much better he is
than an atheist. Ii you close the Bible, you
dln t know anything about God. Athens.
high in culture. refinement and knowledge,
erected monument to the Unknown
God COrlnth was false and foul through
out. Ask the deist about his god and he
knows nothing about Him He is god
and that's all he knows. The Pan
theist believes in universal god
everything is god and god is every
thing. But the deist's rock is not
our Rock. Right here YOU will hear these
men say that they would give everything IT
they could have our faith. There is still
another class-infdels- though they don't
call themselves that. They don't believe in
the inspiration cf the Scriptures. | hope
the day may come when the iniitels and the
children of God may take their own places.
The Bible, it is said. is full OF mystery; it is
true but come with an open, unbiased
mind. and you will believe it. There are
between five and six hundred prophecies in
the Old testament that have been fulfilled. |
The old, false gods have gone the God of
the Hebrews still lives. lie gives power to
believers to overcome the world, the flesh
ard the devil. We must trust aGd believe
in Him and We will find lin all He promises,
and ten thousand times more. What has
infdelity ever done for the world? Nothing
absolutely nothing. If atheism has been
so much better than Christianity, why do
so many atheists recant and pray for mercy
at the hour of death We have neser heard
OF a Christian recanting-but hundreds and
thousands OF intidels in the dying hour have
trembled in the view of death, and iudg-
ment beyond death. 10 New York, an in
tiel once came to mt, but sent the solitary
witness out of the room lest it should
. hurt him, If atheism Is better,
why not teach it to your children
why not send out missionaries Take
your Bibles and let God teach you, and
you will find the story true. Hundreds OF
thousands of men nave been borne away by
temptatlOL-b but II you take the Son of God
into your hearts you will never enter the
doors of a drinking saloon-except. per-
haps, to take out drunkard. Mr.. Moody
then told the story of the dying intdel, |
whose friend told him to Hold on to his |
principles. y what have to hold on to ~ |
said he. To the unbeliever. when death |
comes, what has be to hold on TO? Mr.. |
Moody then described with great power and |
pathOs. the believers and the unbelieyer's |
death bed and quoted Byron's familiar |
lines commencing. MY days are IN the |
yellow leaf'-comparing these verses with |
St. Paul's latest recorded utterances
IL have fought good fight. have finish
ed my course, | have kept the faith; her ce-
forth there is laid up for me a crown OF |
righteousness, which the Lord, the right
eous Judge, shall give me at that day
Oh, let US. too, fight the good fight Oh.
II our feet are not planted on the Rock of
Ages let US make haste to come to Christ
Salvation is free for all-you have only to
take it. Who is here that will take it? | |
should add, said the speaker, that formal
iSHi IL as bad as all the rest Journalists
are those protesting what they don't pos
sess. II this Is your religion give 1t up and
take Christ. They that overcome shall
inherit all things. and they shall be My
sons and will be their Cod
Mr. Moody then addressed a feryent and
heartfelt prayer to the Throne of Grace,
and the meeting closed with tine Dox-
olOgy.
An inquiry meeting, attended by hun
dredS,wss then held, those remaining being
coDversed with by Messrs. Moody
and Sankey. and the believers present