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

y hope is there. here or hereafter? 4 moth
C once brought her child to physician. L
examined its eyes and told her that tt
, sight was gone forever. Pressing tt
: baby to her bosom, with a scream that
snail remember forever, the sOrrow-stricke
, mother cried, MY darling little child,
, 1t never to see?" But would rather
child OF mine should be destitute of all il
senses rather than it should lose its soul
The loss of a physical sense is an awfu
thing. but 1t il not to be compared with th
loss ot the soul. Ii there is any one her
VINO Is willing to confess that he il lost, II
Will save you. Mr.. Moody then related tn
story OF the patrician lady who stopped il
her carriage to hear Rowland Hill preach
In the midst of his sermon he stopped anC
exclaimed that he mad something to sell al
auction, something worth more than al
Europe-the soul of the lady. Satan, said
he. bids honor, rank, riches. the whole
world Our Lord Jesus bids peace and JOY
a-d comfort and eternal life. And the lady
descended from her coach, went up and
knelt before the preacher and kneeling said,
The Lord Jesus shall have my soul" The
Devil gives you honor and riches-but the
cup OF bitterness follows every pleasure.
lie that soweth the wind reapeth the whir-
wind. Christ offers you, tonight, eternal
lille. Will you take it? He offers
it. without money and without
price. Tonight. while the son of
God comes, let Him save you. At tChicago,
at the rooms of the Young Mems Christian
Association, young man wanted to speak.
lie urged his hearers to take Christie take
him earnestly. If they had any PRAYING
friends or parents, treat them kindly. His
iather and mother. he said, were Christians,
and did everything in their power to induce
me to become Christian. My father died.
My mother talked and prayed with me until
at last 1t became. to use familiar phrase.
too hot" for me. and | ran away from
home. Some time later, continued the
young man. | heard that my mother was
sick: Later still. heard that she was
much worse. | went back to receive her
last farewell. Between the station and the
house was the village graveyard, where my
fsther was buried. Fearing the worst and
yielding to an uncomfortable impulse, |
entered the graveyard-and in the lot where
my father WAS buried. was a new-made
grave-my mother was dead spent the
night over that grave, and before morning
| received Christ.
Oh, young man, take your mothers Sa-
vIOur as your Saviour. Oh, may the Spirit
OF GOd come upon this assembly tonight
May we all, in deed and IN truth, Law hold
upon Christ.
Mr.. Moody then offered feryent and
heartfelt prayer.
An inquiry meeting was then held. the
regular meeting being closed, which was
very largely attended, the body of the hall
being completely filled. After the singing
of the hymns. Just as am" and 81 need
Thee every hour" Mr.. Moody, in a eonver-
sstional way, talked with the audience.
There ls one prayer. said he, that | would
like to hear every one here make-and that
ls Saul's prayer Lord, what wilt Thou
have me to do?" This is PRAYER
that addresses Itself as reasonable t.
every one who believes in Creator Why
do you not come to Him? We don't want
your feelings to be wrought upon We
want you calmly, cOOlly ard reasonably to
consider this matter, But. oh, come to
Him.
Alter prayer by an auditor and the
singing of the hymn. "AIy faith looks up to
Thee. Thou Lamb of Calvary" Mr.. Moody
resumed; Many of our friends here want
to become Christians. Many have been
waiting for some kind of definite feeling.
But there is not passage in the Bible,
from Genesis to Revelation. where feeling
IL made the basis of salvation lie that
6eieueh shall have everlasting life The
belief must not be merely intellectual one.
hno,ciRg Christ is not going to help Us. if
We do not act upon that knowledge. We
must take Him a. the Way and the Truth
and the Life. In St. John it il written
Ia n mr. m ID Ill
ceived Him not I; but as many as received
Him, to them gave lie power to become the
Sons OF God, even to them that believe
on His name" We want power to resist
temptation. But We can't have it
OF ourselves. The human heart is
decetiul above all things and desperately
wicked. We want power to overcome sin.
Our Saviour gives US that power. Only
believe in Him and lie will give you that
power. 1t is not hard thing to be a
Christian. 1t is a hard thing to be a trans
gressor. When | was Young man thought
| never should be Christian. But after
twenty-five years experience can tell you
that there is in it peace and jly and hap
piness beyond Notwithstanding that
l would not exchange for u hundred such
worlds a. this. To become II Christian IL at
once the hardest thing and the easiest thing
in the world. Ii is like the child disObeying
his mothers command and being obliged to
follow it-physically the easiest and moral
ly the hardest task imaginable 1t is your
irW that prevents you from coming 10
Christ And the Spirit and the Bride
say. Come and let him that hearcth say,
Come and let him that is athir>t come
Water of Lits freely" Who will |
take the water of salvation tonight? ? |
The wages of sin is death, but God. through |
Ills Son, offers Us the gilt of eternal lite.
| never Yet saw a man sorry that ne had |
taken the giit-but have seen scores that |
were sorry that they had not taken 1t. Will |
you receive Christ, tonight OF will You re |
jeot Him?
Mr.. Moody then asked ali those who
wished to receive Chri>t to rise. and 10
answer to this request hundreds arose, from
all parts of the hall. Mr. Moody aud Mr.. |
Sankoy then went through the room and
had brief personal talk with the men and |
women present
SATURDAY NOON MEETING
This. the only meeting for the day, was
very well attended. the Winooski Avenue
church being nearly full Of
those who are carrying on, and who are in
terested in, the good work. The usual half
hour prayer meeting, for conservation. was
held just previous, IN the chapel adjoining.
The meeting for the day was conducted by
the ministers of the city. who are especially |
connected with Messrs Moody and Sankey
in their work Rev Mr.. Stafford conducted
the meeting, and Mr.. Barley led the con-
gregati0n in the singing of the hymns. The
requests for prayer. the number OF which
showed an increased interest, were read by |
Rev. Mr.. Griffin. After the reading. many
other requests were preferred. verbally. 4
fervent PRAYER in behalf OF those who had
asked for the prayer of Others was then Of
fered by the Rev. Mr.. Wilcox, alter which
Rev. Mr. SAfiOrd made some briel remarks
IN reference to the requests. The
things We ask OF God in theSs
requests are large. bat We can
not lay too heavy burden upon the
Lord. lie has told us to pray for all things.
W can pray for friends anonymously and /
do so, but how much better We could
pray for people whom We know. for people
whose requests are made known to Us over
their own names We would not discour-
age or hinder any. but would simply offer
As a wish that those handing in requests
would sign their names. simply because We
could then enter into their prayer with sc
much more feeling and detniteness OF pur
pose After the singing of the 39th hymn,
Mr.. Stafford read the Lords directions rs
to prayer. But when thou prayeSt Thou
shall not pray as the hypOcrltes. etc.
Every prayer may really lind its place in
the Lords prayer. Whatever We ask for
may be considered some form of the
Lords prayer "Give Us this day our
daily bread OF course means what 1t liter
ally says, but it also means much
more. Tho Lord constantly used natural
symbols for spiritual meanings. These
do not appear to those who do
not inquire. We need spiritual sustenance
and We need it daily. uno supply
will not answer the wants OF our souls. 1t
is ready lor uS ut all times. There Is no
need Tor man to perish by the way. When
| hear man whO walks uprghtly, who has
obtained purity Of Christian character.
say he knorS he il u Christian. believe