Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-04-25
Extracts from Mr.. Moody's Sermons.
THE HEALER OF BROKEN HEARTS.

hath anninted mo Ia nreaeh the f,ospel to tn
poor; he hath sent me to heal the broken-hearted
TO preach deliverance to the captves, and recover
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Now II Tod sent hlm, what did ha sent
nm to do 10 preach the gospei 10 I'M
poor, to restore sight to the bllnd, TO hea
the broken-hearted, to save slnners-tha
was what he was sent Tor. Inc question
now comes, Is Chrlst able 10 DO what ne wa
sent TO do Can you ma any place wher'
man was sent oy uod ana ne iaiied po'
called Moses
TO GO DOWN INTO EGYPT
and take his chosen people ont of it, Well
Moses no didn't know what to do. II,
tbougbt IL was oueer that only one. mar
sbouId he sent down there to take ont al
those millions of neople. We wonld bav,
reon;rpd an army I'VE never would bav,
called one man to do all that. But the LORD
said {" want Won" Moses kindof stumbled
in his words I sunpose he had an imnedi
ment in speech that he was a suffering
man. Did he succeed OF course he did
You never heard of n mans falling when
God was with him. II took a great army
IN Eherate three million slaves in this
country but God sent one man. and he dld
not tall Ana Joshua TOOK Moses place,
sent by God and ne TOOK Jericho' lou see
now ne sent out Gldroil, ana now succeSsiul
no ""', =" 'ue sam ;,iy Mny iiimJai a'I Wa,
over Ahab. SO you VIII always mud that
where the men have been sent by Tod they
nave not tailed. 10 you thlnk that when
Tod has done all these things, that he can
not heal the broken heart lie has the
power to heal every broken heart IN Boston.
There Is not one that he cannot heal God
sent Christ Tor That very purpose lou
know that 1t says over there III lsaiah that
God sent HIM to bind up the broken hearts
put Christ puts II stronger than that, ana
he says heal. You may bind up wound
without healing 1t, but the Son ot God al
ways heals it. 1t has been sald that God
has had one son without sin, but never one
without sorrow. Each one has some sor-
row. The old saying is, A skeleton IN
every family" Every family has some sor-
row TO tell some sad story some people
think that rich people have no troubles, no
sorrows like other people. But II you were
to go up and down Beacon street they would
tell you some sad stories there. Oh Beacon
sorrow The Son of God is sent to heal and
to comfort both of these alike. For mum
ber OF years | was
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III chicago. used to go about among the
poor visiting them. had TO go round from
house to house, and come to the people, Tor
they would not come to me. would 60 To
them IN their own homes, aud very often
they would push me out and not listen TO
me. AS worked Tor long while IN one
part OF the city, got To- know the condition
ot great many families. And after a
while they began to put trust III me, and
they would confide their SORROWS to me. J
was out OF the city at one time Tor TWO
weeks, and when got back there We're a
great many notices waiting Tor me, invita-
tons asking me to call upon different lam
llles. The first family | called upon, the
mother came to me and said, 80, MIR. Moody
you know my boy, my son Johnny; want
to see II you cannot help him. why
what has he been doing y " lie has not
been to Sabbath-schoolfo for the last few weeks
No, sir, he has not she said, with tears
in her eyes; she has got into bad company
and | want you to pray for him." prayed
with that poor mother, and prayed Tor hei
boy. | went to another house and | found
a mother mourning over her little child
Death had been there and laid its hand upon
it. The mother spoke to me of her afflction
and brought me the playthings and the
little shoes of the child, and with the tears
trickling down her cheeks, told me of the
last words that the little one had said, and
she told me how she loved that child, and
how her heart was bleeding. What could
have done with this matter if had moi
known how to pray? What could an in
fdel have done in that house of sorrow
What consolation could be have given t.
that broken heart | could tell her how
Christ came Tor such as she was and nov
ne would neal her wounds Inc next Visi
made there was another sad sad story, Jus
as SAD as the others. Ihere was mothe
That had been lately married-only lew
years Her husband had been neglectins
her ior long ume' he had been ied astra,,
ana iailen INTO SIN Ana now she saiu
winter Is coming on and don't know
what Is going to become OF my beautiful
little children II had not had Christ
what could have done could say To TN
dear mother' TINS dear vile, that
cuptsr worm urAp HER ppAvrps
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