The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-01-17
God is Love"

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hind the sinner with double edged
sword, ready to hew him down.
But l went over to England in 1867,
and in Dublin, one Sunday night, /
went to hear the boy preacher. l
didn't know who he was, but he said
he would like to come to America,
and looked at him and 1 didn't
think he could preach. However,
be told me to write to him and let
him know if l wanted him, and l
didn't want him and didn't write.
But he came over here and remind
ed me of the night l met him in
Dublin. wrote HIM a rather cold
letter, but l got another in return,
saying that he would probably be in
Chicago soon, and if wanted him
to preach he would preach. Well,
/ didn't know what to do with him.
| was going out of town, just then,
and so said to the officers of the
church, 81 wish you would let this
man preach" They didn't much
want o,.but said, "Let him preach
Thursday and Friday nights, ana
way" And so became and preach
ed, When l got back home,
the first thing / said to my wife was.
"How did that Irishman get alongY
And my wife-said, "Why, they like
him very well; but he breaches very
different to you. He breaches that
God loves men" "Well," / said,
che must be wrong" That's what
we all say when anybody differs
from us. SWELL" said my wife, 81
think you'll like him, because he
proves everything by Scripture"
Well, l went to hear him Sunday,
and he preached from the 10th verse
of the Sd chapter of John. "For
God so loved the world that he gave
his only begotten Son, that whose
ever believeth in him should not
persisted, but have everlasting life"
| And / noticed a smile all over the
audience. He had preached two
sermons from that text, and yet they
wanted to hear another. And he
1
went through the Bible, from Gene
sis to Revelation to prove that God
loved man. And l noticed a great
many people brought their Bibles
and referred to the passages TO be
quoted. Monday night there was a
great crowd there to hear him, and
he said; 'My friends, il you will
turn to the 10th verse of the 3D.
chapter of John, you will find my
text" Well there was great smile
all over the audience. / thought
that was about the best sermon i
ever heard, 1t was better than the
first one, and it melted my heart.
My heart went out toward the peo-
pie as it never went before, and l
asked God to forgive me tor not
havingloved them better. The next
night the crowd was still larger; and
again he said, "My friends, if you
will turn to the 10th verse of the Sd
chapter of John, you will find my
text" And be preached wonder
full sermon and touched a higher
chord that night. The next night
we went again, and thought surely
he couldn't preach again from those
words, but be said: MY friends, l
want to speak to you tonight on
the 10th verse of the Sd chapter of
John" And, surely enough, he
preached a sixth sermon from that
text, and touched a higher chord
than before. Well, the next day he
got up and said: "My friends, I've
been hunting all day long for a new
text, but can't find one, so you
will please turn to the 10th verse of
the Sd chapter Of John" Laugh
ter. And / remember well one
thing he said: "For week / have
been trying to tell yoa now much
God loves you, but my poor, STAN
mering togue is not able to do it.
If could get Jacobs ladder and go
up to heaven and ask Gabriel if God
loved man, all Gabriel could say
would be: "God so loved the world
that he gave his only begotten Son,
that who soever believeth in him
should not perish, but have everlast-
ing life" And, my friends, | have
been preaching a different gospel
ever since.-D. Il. Moody.
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