The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-06-13
MIR. MOODY's FAREWELL.
An Address to Young Converts.

An Address 20 Young Converts.
Mr.. Moody than began his sermon to the
young converts, saying: l want to call your
attention to few verses in the fifth chapter
of Galatians, the fruit of the spirit, twenty
second verse: The fruit of the spirit is love.
Joy, peace, long suffering, gentleness, good
ness faith, meekness, temperance; against
such there is no law And they that are
Cnrist's have crucified the flesh with affec-
tons and lusts. III we live IN the spirit let
us also walk in the spirit Let us not be de-
sirous of vainglory, provoking one another,
envying one another" Now, this evening
| want to call your attention to those nine
different graces that are called the fruits of
the spirit We are told in all parts of the
word to grow in grace. You will find that
people do not get perfect all at once, and
you young converts will find that you have
no easy road in this world. / never taught
that you had an easy time, and never be-
lieved it. IL / did. soon found out my
mistake. Christian life is a warfare; il is a
conflict. We will rest when we get TO heav
en-, and don't think there will be much
rest down here. think if God wanted
us to rest he would take us to heaven with
out leaving us here TO work; and now
if we just measure ourselves by
these nine tests we can soon tell whether we
are in the spirit and are of the spirit as
Christ wants u.s. You know Christ has
woman who has been born into the spirit
carries that sign with them, for He has said
"All men shall know that you are my disci-
Piles if We have love one towards another"
Now, if these young converts let the root OF
bitterness spring up in their hearts jealousy
envy, malice and bitterness grow in their
hearts, that is sign you are not growing In
Christ, because our God is God of love. and
if we have been born of God we will have
that love, and 1 don't believe man or
woman can do anything for God without
this love. The scripture speaks of disciples
that is learners, not young converts, and
think the latter name is mistake.
To secure these joys of Christianity you
must read your Bible every day; you will
find it good deal better guide than your
daily newspaper. Let Christ be above all;
and personal loyalty to the Son of God will
help you through this dark world. As Jon
athan loved David so let us love Christ and
be willing to give up everything for Him.
The next grace we find In these nine
things is JOY, and there are two words which
hold the secret of such possession-word
and work. Your dime novels won't feed
your soul, the trashy stories you find in
some of the weekly papers will not feed the
soul, and if you get taste for Gods Book
you will lose your taste for all others. have
been accused of saying that did not want
young converts to join churches. l suppose
that is another devilish lie. How many
times have preached from this platform,
giving my ideas to young converts and urg-
ing them to get into some church as soon as
they can. say now If you can not get into
a church on first application, wait and keep
knocking Find some church home, and let
me say to these young converts, don't run
around to this church and that to hear pop
ular ministers and star preachers We don't
want them. III you can not go into large
church. join small one and make your
influence felt If you want JOY go into the
church and go to work. Separate yourself
from the world and work for Christ.
We are living in days of sham, ana let us
see to it that we keep clear of them. Give
up life rather than give up truth; let us hold
on to the Bible of our fathers; let us pray
God to give US more faith in the Bible, for it
is being attacked now on every side, and
then we shall win a crown, as Paul did
Nero took his head, bat the God of heaven
took his soul o, may God give us love and
Joy in following him.
This world is not to be won to Christ by
hOrse-racing theater-going, novel-reading
tobacco smoking and chewing Christians
loud applause.l Do not clap your hands
and stamp your feet, but stand up against
these things.
Now, before bidding you farewell, want
TO express our heartfelt thanks to the minis
tiers OF Boston tor inviting us to Boston aud
standing by during these past four
months. / don't know of any CITY where
we have been where the ministers have stood
b. us better than they have in Boston. We
want to thans also the citizens of Boston,
and the men also who came forward and put
up this building. We want to thank you to-
night for what you did, and say that
we do not think it has been a
waste of money. / want to thank
you tonight from the bottom of my
heart that your business men have stood by
us, and when we asked for $50, 900 you laid
down the money. l want to thank the COM
mittee of fifty and say that there has not
been a word of discord in the body since it
has been organized. / want to thank to-
night the reporters; we have received moth
ing but love and kindness from them. and
for what they have done in writing out the
blessed tidings and spreading them all over
New England through the Boston press
The speaker then thanked the ushers, the
choir, the policemen, doorkeepers and jani-
tors for their efforts and said he hoped to
meet them all again in the kingdom of God.
In concluding, the speaker asked TO be for
given for anything unchristian which he
might have said since he had been here. He
had tried faithfully to represent his Master,
and he asked the people to pray for him and
his colleague, and expressed the hope again
that by and by they would meet them all in
the kinOdom of God