Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-11-02
THE MOODY AND sANKEY MEET
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mum O'"'' 'o"'
large NUMBER oil requests LOT prayer
were read by Mr.. Stafford.
Mr. Noodv selected A. his tonic. "Psaca
s.;,u
nun % '"o 0f"'t
Inc wicked cannot have peace. lhey arc
like the troubled sea- There ls no peace ior
tho w;clod II mon w.rt neace tbev mr.,
come 10 inc "ou oi grace WHO is 'he author
OF peace. lie says; 80, that thou haus't
harkened IN nv commands. then had
A., h,.. IL. " VI.
tnS pea'o oeeh 'Ae rN.i ou ASK.
How can we get PeaceI by leeding
on the Word of God. "Great peace
b,-o ,so, ,ba, loro Tbv lao,
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we want 10 Kho" our bioieS oetter
then there will be fewer baeksliding
Christians ..Acouaint tbvself with God
and no a, noaco ;, Aga;n !, ;s said in p
man ..Rs snir;,uailv minded and ho .,
neace >, Rnt some ak How can we teen
~ This il answered IN Isaiah ..Tbon
wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind
is stayed on Thee. IL does not read, Whose
Men mns, H. away trnu ,nem.nlv"s oaJ "" NJ
often come to the Lords table with our
minus 80 oocupieu WIN our snort
but it ought to be ? joyful feast, and " i'll be
II we look TO uod ana put our truss IN Him.
Gad nsyar 'r'tnus 'u'n Richts ay anu 'a, pu
God is sure. Christ said to his disciples ::
" Peace leave with you. My peace give
you you low wohut,tuI III. UTr mas,el Ie,.
not your heart he troubled" "In the world
tts ua orIa Tne n,d hes. boe rSae o,iIu o"d Lanp
thee, the Lord lett up lis countenance upon
thee and give the Peace.
n "I; NJ, odnoru saiu \, may seem strange 'nas
promise iii. peace To His di.cinles Rnt
Christ's experience OF sorrow puts all the
more oil meaning and preciousness INTO his
.trncyie Somc of ns have anx;et;os at,n
to those the Master bore on His heart. Yet
all Is consistent with peace Deeper down
o,h sndi atad;nn a., no'ai 'no pe"'e 'na' pas
po., - ,, t,,po
>, anu "' na1e ~ i'''
Ii. A. spencer, OF 81. Albans, and
others and there was singing by Mr.
so,lev and tho oono-soa,;on
AFTERNOON MEETING.
T.o .,,,. ..i o,. f,e,,.
ino "''ei nooii nee''ns ope"eu la''o'
singing just rs am, without one plea
with prayer by Rev. Mr.. Wilcox. Mr..
Sankev snrg Tbere'is lila for n look at
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the cruciheu one Choir anu cohgrega-
- | ME lItn fhna -
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mn" AooD'
Mr.. Moody preiaced his remarks by read
inn On eYtr.ct from letter .neat;ny or tb,
uoctrine oi atonemeht ny ChrlSt a. par-
barous doctrine and asking where 1t is
tsupht in the Bible lie answered by say
h., rL,.
blood, sheo for the SIN oil man, runs ike a
thread through both the old ard new Testa-
,, ,ro,, Co,.sio to ReroI,,;o, A,
-
tmmaus. as IL Is reeofueu III Luxe ohrls'
eIpounded to the two disciples, in all the
Scrintures beoinninp at Moses and all the
nropbets the things concerning himself
Mr. Noodv then cited yarious nrnnhecies of
the death of the Messiah as that Messiah
shall he cut off but NOT for himself .-not
for his own sins but for the transoressions
of tho neonIe ." =. He was wounded for our
transgress,ons. lie was bruised or our
iniouities Christ snid This j. nv
hlond she'd for the remission oi sin >, Can |
anything be nlainer? Apain "Tbis ;s nv |
hIood of the New Testament vbich is shed |
far MANY" And again -. This cup ia the |
New Tastanep, in INV hlond which il shed |
for Won " If Christ did moi die far onr ,ins
the Communion service In our churches is n
farca Take this doctrine of the atonement |
ont of this hook (holdinp nm the BihleN and |
vou NAV have it for all me-I wonld not |
lake il home for il. The Apnsrles nreached |
this doctrine TO the Jews wnose hand. were
as il were dripping with the blood of Christ. |
in nrnof of which several nass,oes irom the |
sermons of Peter and ,John were cited
Mr. Moody told of meeting a clerpvmau
n London VINO tbougbt there was no. |
thing If this dDctrlne of the atonement
thar II was Christ's examnle and nnt hi. |
sacrifice that WAS worth most To us. When
Mr.. Moody asked him what he did with
such texts As ale was wounded for our
trauspression. " and aye are redeemed with
the precinus blood of Christ a. ol q, ;amb
without bIemish he said he dii nnt nr,aeh
hom those t.xts and heinra the rnnvera,-
ID
morallty was unsuccessful in making men
moral. and sham. Christ's sacrifice was
needed Man cannot atnpe far bis avn sin
How mapv have tried in their own strength
TO overcome evil passions and desires and
failed Thank tod that Chri-t's sacrifice
has redeemed this earth. HIS blood reddsn-
ed the Roman spear that, in the cruwning
act of sin, pierced his side hut it was not
long after that the Roman Empire was
Christian government. and HIS KINGDOM
shall spread nil He shall relpp from the
River Ia the ends of the Earth IL Is of no
u.e tn fiyb; this doctrine- Julian the Amos
tate .narshalIed his forces T., trampl, out
Cbr,st,anitv hut in IN. hnnr of defeat
and death hc cr,ed out. ..GalllI,an.
thou hast commenced - The G,llIl.an
will vet cnnoner tho world Beware
how you max lisbt ot lis atonem.nt
p,"I IN uohrcas % sa,.. Ii thar a.
ni.9d Nn.es, law diad withn,, mercv on
how mnrb snrcr nnrishmcnt hall bc he
thnnyht worthy whn h,tb ,r,dt,n nndrr
inot ,ba San tGnd and c',,n,,d rho EInnd
of rho C,yenan, an nnhoI,, I'm, and Ann,
da.r,,o ,n ,h, ST., 81 - Thc .,c-
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l., no ar.a, r.y,ew a, ,ho a,a,rI,,,rnv .sa
roa,n,on, 81 ca,,Iry us, s,..a,,,,,.,,,,, It'll I
snead m .aI,ta the E,nor''. I'D Ennress
q Ii,,ls ch'lS osea,in,1 ,ron, @ ,hs crn,,d ni
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the column. There was apparently no
chance that 1t could escape from the mad
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a trooper, spurrIDg out in advance Of the |
u'i ~. '''i'' ''o ..aJ -
bore 1t on IN safety. Thousands of applaud
ing voices shou'eu OUT their praise oi the
cro.. of honor from his avn breast nI,crd !
it ON the breast OF the saviour of the child
nut Infist uiu more than risk lis iil'-he