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anG his wife and family. One night their
youngest boy came INTO the schooI-only,
; however, for the purpose of ma king trouble
Q 10 this paid no attention. but at the close
spoke to him kindly and asked him to come
in again. He did so asked, at length, for
prayers, and finally came out for Christ
Four or five weeks later he asked for prayers
for his mother. He had not confessed Christ
at home. After q struggle. one night, on
retiring. he threw his arms about his moth
er's neck. and told her how he had become
aCbr!stian and how happy he would be if
she, too would become one. She erept up
after the boy, and heard him in his room
pray for her The next day she sent for
me, and asked how she should become
Christian. | talked and prayed with her.
She came to the meetings. and at length the
whole family confessed Christ. Ii every one
here would confess Christ, Oh, what b.es-
sing 1t would be on our souls and the souls
| of those we love.
Mr.. Moody then offered prayer, after
which the hymn Il hear Thy welcome
voice" was sung and the meeting closed
with the benediction by the Rev Mr.
Stafford. A largely attended inquiry meet
ing was subsequently held. in the room
| down stairs.
THE SEVEN O'Clock MEETING
was attended by an audience fully as large
as in the afternoon. After the singing of q
number of hymns by the congregation and
choir, under the lead of Mr.. Z. P Shaw,
Mr.. Sankey sang, by request, that ever
| fresh and sweet hymn, what shall the
harvest be, which was followed by II hear
the Saviour say" Prayer. from the liturgy
of the Episcopal church. was offered by the
Rev. Theodore A. Hopkins; after which.
after brief prayer, Mr.. Ssnkey sang II
Will sing you song Of that beautiful land"
Mr.. Moody then read st. Marks account of
the Resurrection of our Lord, and this was
followed by the hymn, 81 gave Ny life for
thee"
Mr.. NOoDY's ADDRESS.
Mr.. Moody took for his text the passage
OF st. Mark-"Go ye into all the world and
preach the gospel to every creature; be that
believeth and is baptized shall be saved;
but he that belieyeth rot shall be damned"
these words were not of man, but of the
God-Man. He had finished his sorrows, He
had been scourged and crucifed, anG he was
about to go back to the other world. He
was just sending odt His little army. His
soldiers were not Of high estate. They
were, generally. poor, unlearned men. But
they were Lions. sent out by the Lion of
Judah. The gospel is good news. Ii is, as
ST. Paul says. that Christ died for our sins.
IL puts the greatest of mans enemies out of
the wsy-Death-the wages of sin. used
to think that the hour of death would be an
awful hour. Thank God. that dread has
gone. Not but Death is terrible thing
but personally the awful sting is
gone. 1t was only the uncer-
tainty of the future that caused the
fear. "Oh. Death. where is thy stingl"
And the answer comes rolling down through
the centuries that it is buried in the bosom
of Christ. lie tasted death for every man
Death and the grave could not hold our
Lord and Master. Sin is terrible thing
but our Lord has put sin out of the way.
lie has taken all our sins away. He has
blotted them out az a cloud" "He has put
them behind His back "Hs has rolled
them into the depths of the sea- But
some say, there is the Judgment. Wehsve
already passed from sin into life. What
better news has the world ever heard than
this-"IIe that belieyeth on Me hath ever
lasting lifs." We are not coming to iudg-
ment by sin. In q prairie FIRE. hunters and
frontiersmen save themselves by fighting fire
by tire-lighting the grass and letting it
burn space around them. There is one
mountain that the wrath OF God won't
strike. and that is Calvary. Believe
on Christ, and you are safe for
time and eternity. In that closing
scene with the disciples. We may imagine
Christ telling them 20 go 70 Jerusalem first;
to say to the man who had given Him the
reed that if he believed on Him, He
would give him golden scepter above; to
give like promise of crown of light to
the man who had woven the crown of
thorns, and to the Roman soldier who had
pierced His heart with his spear. 1t it folly
IN man to say that the gospel isn't for
him. You can be saved. The fault is
sometimes found with my preaching that it
Is too plain. | wish | could put it a. plain
as it is. by grace YOU are saved'-that is
all. Everything YOU have to do is to take
it. Whosoever will. let him come" The
battle is fought on that word will" How
easy it is to take the Word when
YOU ,cW. Don't say try; but trust that
lie will redeem your soul. God extends
His blessing to you tonight. Will you bow
oelore the Cross and take salvation as a
gift? Ii you are ready to accept Him. He
is yours this very night. Mr.. Moody then
told the story of the Governor of Pennsyl-
yanis who visited and prayed with q con-
demned murderer, to whom he was per-
sonally unknown. subsequently tho prison.
er sscertalned who his visitor was, and his
g:let and despair at his not previously being
told, 50 that he might have sued for mercy
ircm the Governor. was very touchinSly
depicted by the speaker. But, continued
Mr.. Moody, there is Greater than a Gov
ernor here tonight, who will set you free
forever. Will you not open your hearts and
let Him IN? You must either accept or
reject Hin. behold, | stand at the door
and knock" Will you not let Him in?
There is no heart here 80 vile, so polluted
ca m hut hat Ha xriII -
door Is opened. lie wants to come in-ob.
give Him welcome. Nineteen hundred
years ago the cry was. 'Crucify Him,
Cruelty Him" Will you say the same To-
night?
The meeting then closed with singing, and
a large number sought the ing uiry room
THE EIGHT o CLOCK MEETING IN CITY HALL
Ono OF the largest audience that has yes
crested Mt. MI0iy assemblst in the City
Hall iiOr this meeting. All available space
Wa y filled and many hundreds were com
PEELED to fOregO the pleasure OF being pres
ent. M seat : and but little standing roOra
were available Tor those who come from the
seven O'Clock meeting in the Baptist church,
The hslt-hOur previous to Mr. MOOdy's ar
rival was spent in the singing of hymns led
by Mr. Sankey. Sowing the seed" and
'Only an armor be arer'' were sung with
6specis feeling and effect. After the
opening prayer and the 2lst HYMN, Mr..
Moody delivered one of the most powerful
and imprisoned addresses vet gwen by
him. The text was from Saul's conversion.
''lt is hard for thee to kick against the
pricks." Mr.. Moody stated he was led to
choose that text from the remark made to
MIN by Young man. tha; it was so easy
to sin and so hard to do right Ii may
at first seem 80. but it is great mistake.
The way to perditiOn is hard
The Lord says plainly, sin is hard. The
way of the transgresSor is hard" There
is not policeman in this city who will not
tell you the way of the trangressor is hard
Many young man has by his sins .grieyed
4 loved mother 10 her death. l. that easy?
\ iOung man. let me tell You it is a hard
thing to sin against God. You may laugh
1t sin, but there is God of equity who
will SIT in judgment upon US. lie has
aid and lie will perform. you start on
the road, you will receive help God will
bless you. There is day coming when
his sin will be bitter. Ii will come surely.
FOUR SIN will find you ont, When the sons
Of Jacob sold their brother, their sin found
hem out. Twenty long wears it was bur
-ied, but il found them. 1t we confess our
'ins, We have an Advocate and God is will
ng to put them away. Ii there is
7oung man here who has sinned in
aking aught from his employer. let
lim make restitution, Acknowledge it
md be clear OF it. In this connection
he speaker related several touching tales of
he burden which such sin imposes. There
vas no sin in jesus Christ, but our sins
we're put on him. and God punished Him.
lie did not spare His only sou. The rum
eller cannot he spared. A day OF reckon
ng will surely come. Be sure your sin
will ind you out. Look at the old age Of
hose who have sinned Their lives are poor
Ini wretche4. They have sown to the wind
md are reaping the whirlwind. All the
Misery Ot tho world has come upon as be
'ausc va have rejected the LCr1's glory.
lie will forgive you if YOU will confess your
ms. lie has warned you what are the con-
equences, If You do not. Young man,
veg OF YOU. don't trlhc with sin Lay hold
IN eternal lite. May G,i open yurr eyes