The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-11-18

sarty rears. al, ID never bad man 10 taik
81, mo ahriit TINT before In all fthe ttfne.,5
yyyhat If ID second friend should talk TO you
while on yot1r way TO dinner, and Whatlt q
third should cali you aside In the Office, and
commence on the game subject II guess
hesorc the fourth one left him In the eye.
ming he'd have got his mind SO eSc,teo s 1,al
he wouldn't sleep much tiias MI hI'.,.yy Z.
must lay ourselves out TO Just such an enol 3
when God sees QUIZ faith he :Wtli reward 10:
Have you nm erring son, and 40 you Wans
him to become@a Christian. Get anothes
good Christian father and another goou
Christian mother to aid you, and a,i Oh YOU.
pray for him and expostulate Wild nun anu
fry To bring him to church, and send him
naners and tracts and books and letters,
and be won't hold out long,. mater
how far off he may have wandered, there Is
enough OF Gods grace to bring MIN nacA
yet. 40 sor,;yon
thee. y He said. what no other man IN tue
world had ever said before. Moses couia
not cav IL. nor Abraham: no one but Chrlst
who was God in the flesh. The Pharisees
found fault, "But when Jesus perceived
their thoughts, He, answering, said unto
them, sWhat reason We in your heaE.s
Whetheriit is easier to say, Thy sins De ior.
given thee, or to say, Rise up ana Walk out
that We may, know that the Son OF Man nas
power;upon earth to forgive sins re salu
unto the sick Of the palsy say unto thee
arise and take I'M thy couch and 30 into
thine house, and Immediately he rose up
before them and, took up that whefeon lie
layr and departed to hisrown house slority,
ing tod and they were all amazed. ana
thew pIorified God and were3tiiled Win 1ear,
savipS. We have seen strange Things To-
doy.n We saw that Nun leap up and nc
walks out. What Joy there must have been
in his house when be walked back carrying
that stretcher that had SO often carried him
Yes. these were strange sights indeed.
HOW TO BECOME A CHRISTIAN.
His illness was cured the moment he rose
nm. So NAV all OF us be cured the moment
we take God AZ his word. A good many
have an idea, find by talking With them III
the inquiry.room, that they must have
certain time to mourn for their sins, ana
that they must have peculiar feeling De-
fore they arc converted. Now. say, II
yo1Ir conversion be true aud the work OF
God, it can take place all Of an instant. It's
inst a question OF crossing the line. Some
saw they can't believe in the Lord Jesus
Christ, Don't talk in that way. lou can.
God has not given us something to believe
without the faculty, and then to punish us
| for not believing. We've been three weeks
preaching here, getting ready tor VOTE.
| II you ministers and true CDIistlans
only have the faith that we are gong
To have success, it Wili--co We nave
been talking to proiessed Christians. Next
week we will talk to the uneonverted:
There has been a good deal OF complaint
about persons coming here and not having
ANYTHING that suited them. but we had TO
commence in the house OF God first. Here
Mr.. Moody read letter from lady Whom
he met in Dundee, Scotland, who said she
and her husband were yet praying for his
success
We've got to 60 to our closets and pray.
IT we are going into this work IN earnest
we've got to give up our parties ana our
theatres and our concerts, and we've got to
do Christian work. We must bring our
friends to these meetings, and II Goa lets
lis live through the winter, when the spring
comes we. will look around and see that
great things will have been accomplished.
Here Mr.. Moody read . letter from man
who said be was fifty years old, and wanted
to be a Christian, and tried, but could not.1
Let me say to you, my friend, since you
said YOU would be here. this afternoon, al
though do not know you, you make the
mistake OF looking lor lecltuS Wien soo
should look for Christ. God never repeats
himself. No two conversions are alike.
Every man has his own experience. II a
man knows that his sins are heavy, that Is
all the feeling he wants to become Chris.
tian. Answer me, you ministers, isit not?
rChorus 0! ministers, 8. Yes, yes."] Some
can tell the minute and the hour and the
dav they were converted. Others can't re-
member the year. In some it comes like
the lightning fash; in others it is like the
slowly-rsing sun, radiant at last.
II you get God into your heart While you
are asleep. it is as well as If you were
awake. It is no matter how, so you set
Christ. Never mind about the feeling.
can't control my feelings. II could, l
would be happy all the year around All
we have to do is to believe and 10 oScy.
That is religion.
Succeeding this telling discourse there
was prayer-meeting, led by Rev. Mr..
Leech, at which Rev. Dr. Cans, OF the Re
formed Church, and others. offered fcrVent
appeals. Mr.. Moody received crowds OF
seekers in the inquiry-room.