The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-03-16

with God IL you've 4 sheep that be-
long TO somebody else, or have put
somebody's else money in your
pocket. At last this man got SO
troubled Ih&t he
coULDS'T ATTEND THE COMMUNION
SERVICE,
and he went over to his neigbbor
aud said, "FOur of your sheep got
over into my flock and took the
mark of them aud kept them. There
is the money for them with inter-
est" That neighbor believed he was
christian after that. il heard Of
another man who got into the Tab
ernacie down hero on fremont
street, and we were talking over
that verse in the 1l9 Psalm, "Search
me, o God" A few years ago he
left Michigan, where he had swim
died q man out of hundred dollars.
When God began to search him that
hundred dollars troubled him, and
he asked bis wife what they should
do. And she said, I'VE put little
over hundred dollars in the bank
a while ago, and we had better
draw It and send il off," Aud he
said, '.Yes, we had better do it.
And so he sent IL. NOW he can
pray; now he will have power with
God. That lie bringing forth fruits
meet for repentance. Now, let us
think over il we have anything TO
repent Of, Ii we have abused any
one, misrepresented any one, If we
have taken anything that belongs to
any Que else, III we have been strict
ly honest in all our transactions.
Has this audience tonight got any
thing To repent of? If we have, let
as make clear work of 1t, and let US
turn from our sins, and see how
quick the God of Heaven will bless
as. Not only this, but the Scrip
ture commands as to repent NOW.
Now! That little word "noW" IL
very important. Don't repent when
you come to your death-bed. He
commands every man NOW to re
pent. Do you think you are going
into heaven with all these sins upon
you? Is there any place in Scrip
lure where it tells Us that we can
be saved without repenting of our
sins9 A lady in the iuquiry-room,
last night, said: 81 think there will
be a change beyond The grave"
Well, where do you find it2 Show
me the chapter and verse. don't
find IL. But I find over aud over
again that God commands me now
to repent, now to tHrn to him, now
to forsske Gin, now to lay hold on
eternal life; for behold now is the
day of salvation. How difficult IL
is TO bring an audience to under
stand this little word, "now." The
best thing you can do, friends, is to
repent before you.go out OF yonder
door. Ask God to have mercy on
your soul. Yon don't know how
soen you may be summoned into
eternity.
Let me say now that repentance
amt conviction. A great many are
convicted and think that is repen-
lance. Suppose / wanted to go to
Worcester and l got down here to
the wrong depot, that was going to
take me off to Portland, and suppose
some Boston friend tells me of nay
error and says,
MOODY, You ARE ON THE WRONG
TRAIN"
iPll take you right opposite to where
you want to CO." Well, that con-
vinces me, because / know that he
lives here and knows all about these
trains. That's conviction But if l
remain there in that train l shall go
to Portland all the sane as though
I was not convicted. But If repent
l take up my sstchel and get right
out and find the right train. Some
people say, "Oh! we'll, If don't re-
pent, God will have mercy on me.
1t will all come out right. don't
| like that preaching at the Taberna-
Gle. I believe God is very merci-
full" Suppose Governor Rice is q
merciful man, and you have a num-
Der of prisoners in your prisons, and
he says, 81 cannot bear to see these
men here. l will pardon them out"
Then these people who cry out
about the mercy of God would want
him impeached within twenty-four
hours. Yet people talk about GOD
being merciful to unrepentant sin
ners. Do you think these rum-sel-
lers who have sent such q blight
over the nation and ruined so many
fair homes, eau GO into heaven with
out turning from their sins and re-
penting of them? Do you suppose
that young man who has been thiev-
ing and stealing, is going right into
the kingdom of heaven, without re-
penting? Do YOU really believe
that? IL there q man here who re-
all believes that, deep down in his
heart? Do you think that man you
heard disappearing to-day will be
allowed to enter into heaven with.
out repenting? Say, now, do you
really believe it? Do you believe
really, that
i HEAVEN IS TO BE FILLED WITH
DRUNKARDs,
and thieves, and blasphemers, with.
out their repenting? OF course yoT
don't. God commands all men, eV.
cry where and now to repent. And
my dear friends, If we are goins
down to the grave with all these
sins on US without repentance, what
hope is there that we shall be say.
ed? The Sabbath breakers that ga
down without repenting OF theiI
sins, what hope is there that they
will enter into the kingdom ofheaY.
emp These drunkards who have
made their wives and children such
misery, how can they go into thu
kingdom of heaven without repent
ing? Do you think the harlot and
the libertine are going right into
heaven without reDenting? Whers
do you get such doctrine2 Net il
the Bible. 1t must have come righ
from the pit of hell. May God wax,
up every conscience that is scared
with Gin tonight, and every sinne
that Is deceived by the devil, anC
may you all realize the truth of thu
text that except We repent ye shall
all likewise perish.