Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-10-26
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r Cambridge. Rev. Mr.. Brastow spoke brief
c and interestingly. Christian assurance doe
e not always imply Christian perfection Som
Q the Lord was compelled to deny. The know
| edge OF mans heart. even by himself, is diff
n cult thing. Few men are honest with them
selves. a man recently lived upon a YER
A small amount of air for number of hours
: IN well which had caved in and buriet
him lie was able to live there, but wh,
could believe that he would choose to liv,
there Just so. We can live for a shOr
, time, by Gods mercy. upon a very smal
, amount Of spiritual grace, but we should
} not choose so to live. We have nc
night 80 to live. We can live SC
short time; but here is the
Whcle heaven of Gods air breathing in
upon our souls and we gasping and dying
Shall We 50 live? Earnest remarks were
made by ,. Huntington, expressing the
blessing OF the assurance he felt and the
anxious hope that all might ask and receive
~ with the singing OF the Both hymn,
MT. Stafford dismissed the congregation with
the benedictiOn. The meeting was very en-
couraging. 1t was announced that Mr..
Sankey would be with US next week, and not
90 absent as was at first intended.
SUNDAY MORNING LECTURE.
The Baptist church was well filled, pews
and aisles. at the nine O'Clock meeting.
Mr.. Moody gave out the esth HYMN, "In the
Cross of Christ glory Rev Mr.. Griffin
made the opening prayer. Mr. Sankey sang
only an armor bearer" The choir and con-
eregatIon united in the hymn, Work, for
the night is coming" Rev. Mr.. Brastow
| offered second prayer. and Mr.. Sankey
sang, Dare to be Daniel"
MR.. MooDY's LECTURE ON DANIEL.
What, asked the speaker, was the secret
| OF Daniels success? His record and char
acter Is without a flaw. The impartial his
torlans OF the Bible, who record faults in
almost every other character they describe,
have set down no fault IN Daniel-whst
was his secret? Ii was his moral cOur0qe
lie could say NO" lie showed back
bone, when he first went into the Kings
household, when he purposed in his heart
that he would not detle himself with the
Kings meat (Which had been offered to
idol-) nor with the Kings drink. And
this strength and boldness of moral purpose
marked his whole life. Mr.. Moody then
narrated the life of Daniel, describing in
bls graphic way the striking scenes 10 his
hlstory-the Interpretation of Nebuchad-
nezZars dream; the sentence to the fiery
furnace and the rescue /; Belshazzar' dream;
and Daniel in the Lions den. In conclu-
sion he urged upon all. and especially on
the young men, to take their stand for the
right, to have moral courage, like Daniels.
and to remain steadtast servants of God to
the end.
THE TWO O'CLOCK MEETING IN CITY HALL
The hall was filled to its utmost capacity,
many going away unable to get in. While
the audience was assembling and being
seated. Mr.. Sankey led the singing of
number OF hymns. The meeting opened
with hymn ll6 and prayer by Mr..
Moody. By request, Mr.. Sankey repeated
the solo, sung the other day, which ex-
presses the thoughts of the little child
whose father could not leave mis- business
to attend to Spiritual things. Mr Moody
read from Isaiah, 55th chapter, and after
hymns 50. and Sc had been sung. spoke
briefly on John .xxxviii. l. We read,
said the. speaker, that Christ turn
ed and asked the two who were following
Him, What seek We? | would like to ask
this audience that question Many sought
the Saviour, but for various reasons-some
to entangle Him, some for the fishes and
I0aves, some to see sign, some from curl
ositY, some because they thought He was
to set up a temporal kingdom, some
IN hopes to receive temporal aid. and
some followed Him for what he was; and
they were the ones who got the blessing.
would like to ask this audience, What did
You come for? If there Is one who has
come with determination to seek
blessing, he will get it. Mr.. Moody took
for his text Matthew vi 80. God seeks us,
but We must seek Him. lie is seeking souls
in this community. 1t does not take long
for Christ and the sinner to come together,
il you seek Him, for He also is seeking you
lie commanded US to seek first the kingdom
OF God. We must seek Him with all our
heartS-with the same energy We would
work towards great temporal good. A man
lately told me he had no objection to being
saved. No man can be saved in that spirit.
II We only truly seek. it will not be long be-
fore light from the celestial kingdom will
come beamlng in upon US. IL the gift of
God IL worth anything. it is worth seeking
We must be willing to give up something
for the kingdom. Did you never think that
sin was the cause of the hard times so
much talked Of? The money spent
IN sin, for what damages Us, would. if spent |
only in righteous ways, be plenty to make |
all comfortable. Although you are COM
PEELED to give up something. what you re- |
ceive will be so much more. You will be |
helped on the road. Appetites and pas
slOns and temptations which once troubled |
me trouble me no more. Ii a single person |
here goes out without Gods gift, it will be |
his own fault. l. it not foolish to Just re-
iect and fight against your bes. friend? |
Mr.. Moody concluded with a iervent prayer
that none might reject the Spirit.
The meeting closed with the llSth hymn
and the benedlcton by Mr.. Moody The dis
course was earnest and able. Ii was illus
trated in many places by deeply impressive
stories, most of which were in Mr.. MOoGy's
own experience. After the regular meet
ing those who wished to seek Christ remain
ed Tor short period. The floor of the
house was well filled with these inquirers.
he time was spent in prayers and the
singing of hymns. Appeals and directions
were given to those who arose Tor prayers,
thereby signiiying their wish to live a
Christian lie. Mr.. Moody closed the meet
ing with the expression OF the besIedness
contained in Gods word-'I even |, Am lie
that blotteth out thy transgression.'
THE FOUR O'CLOCK MEETING
at the Baptist church was attended by
an immense audience. Over an hour before
the meeting was announced to commence
the church was comfortably filed, and st
half past three it was densely packed, and
hundreds remained standing throughout the
services. The meeting opened with the
singing, under Mr.. Sankey's leadership, OF
the hymns. '' lis the promise Of God full
salvation to give, Il am so glad that
Jesus loves me. ," and What Il friend We
have in Jesus" After prayer by the Rev.
Mr. Stafford, MIR. Sankey sang the stirring
hymn. llallelujah. what Saviour" Mr..
MnptV thor, aIHr HrolcaI tho auHi fNIlNu-
ing up the though of the morning discourse,
and taking for his text the tenth verse OF
the tenth chapter of st. Paul's epistle to the
Romans: ''lt thou shalt confess with thy
mouth the Lord Jesus and shalt believe in
thine heart that God hath raised Him from
the dead, thou shalt be saved One Of
the greatest obstacles, said the speaker.
that prevents men from becoming Chris
tians IL moral cOwardice. have known
soldiers who have risked their lives almost
daily in battle, but who were afraid to con-
Tess Christ. In this city, have no doubt.
there are thousands of people who would
like to become Christians. but who lack the
moral courage. There are only
two parties in this wOrld-One for Christ
and the other against Him. Which
side are you on? Which side has
your influence? at any man."
said Jesus, Twill come after ne, let him
deny himself and take up his cross daily
and follow me" The only way to Heaven
Is the way by the Cross. You are mistaken
if you think you can get TO Heaven with
out bearing the Cross. The world is no
more friendly to Jesus to-day than at any
time before. You must take up the Cross
and follow the Son of GOd. II man Is not
willing to be laughed at, to be leered at, to
bo scohed at. and to suffer persecution, he
cannot become q Christian. A young
foreigner. Norwegian. once got up at one
of the meetings in Boston. and in hesItat-
ing. ialtering language said. ''lf tell the
world about Jesus, Jesus will tell the
Father about me" Jesus says, Whose
ever shall confess me before men, him shall
the S,n OF Man also confess before the
Angels Of God" Many persons who are not
Christians come to these Sunday afternoon
Let me say to you that II you
are ashamed of Christ down here. lie will
be ashamed of you up there. Nou ought
to be careful how you throw your influence.