The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-08-02

Moody was satisfied, and at the conclusion
OF the hymn he began bis sermon, whfc
lasted just thirty minutes. 1t was an i'm
/ passioned appeal to The audience TO enrol
themselves in1the army of Christ, and wa
fully equal in force 10 any OF his efforts IL
the past. ,Hesaid: =
"My text shall, be Just the one little Wort
Come and IL can make of my sermon
hammer to drive the nail OF righteousness
into your souls I shall. have accomplished
my purpose. You may forget all about N.
sermon, but my text is short enough to b.
remembered, and it is we'll worth remem
bering, for it is an invitation to you and Il
me, coming from God himself. Ny words
are TO every one OF you personally, and no
to your neighbcrs. The great trouble will
our church-goers is that they listen fol
others, and don't apply sermons to them
selves. We are too generous with our ser
mons and their lessons; instead OF keeping
them ourselves we give them away. Wher
God condesccnds TO speak to you, as be doe:
in this blessed word Gomez you can vel
afford to listen, and to listen for your
selves. Many men who 60 10 church regu
larry never hear word OF the sermons
They are attending to their outside bus
ness and planning operations for the coming
week. ] find it very bard thing TO get any
real, earnest attention. / was told by min.
ister once that parisbioner Of his bad con-
graduated him upon one 81 bis Sermons
saying that 1t was one OF his greatest efforts
Do you remember the teXt?' asked my
friend. sWell, no ; the fact Is, you had begun
! when / came in.' Sab! then you car
4 tell me something about the middle Of the
sermon. am anxious to know what part
OF the discourse pleased you so much.'
The man could remember nothing in the
middle OF the sermon. Perhaps said the
minister, you can" tell me something
about the cnd3' sNo.' was the an:
swer; Il went away before you closed.
[Lausbter.1 Now, don't laugh at your
selves That, very man may be in this
house. ButI want you all to attend to this
invitation to-day. There is life enough in
this, one verse to save you il you'll only
hear it asVerily, | say unto you, he that
heareth my word, and believeth in Him
that sent me, hath everlasting life.' Jesus
raised dead bodies when here among us;
, and be can just as easily raise your dead
souls. The first come that | Iwant to talk
mine, or OF any man, can describe to you
the beauty Of Jesus Christ. You must come
and see for yourselves. When John said
| ~ Sul ISlS huuUis uNCllCSU luou
the answer was, sCome and see' John
went and saw. and ne never left Jesus again.
You can't describe to blind person who has
never seen the light of the different obi ects
which make up the beauty o. this world; and
you dre all blind unless you have been
cleansed in Christ's blood. How can you
expect 10 realize His beauty from any ord
painting until He has opened the eyes OF
your soul? Come and see Him for YOUR
selves and you'll never want to leave Him.
You must be in Christ and Of Him to see
and know HIM. We can tell you but very
little about Him, and so we lift up that cry
which was raised on the banks OF Jordan
nearly nineteen centuries ago, 'Come and
see.' Don't let tonight pass without hay
ing an interview with Jesus. Catch but
one glimpse Of the Son Of God and you'll
want to follow Him forever. Come and let
us reason together, says God to you all
to-day. Think OF the Creator OF the
Universe coming down to 4 polluted
sinner and Offering to reason with
him! And bis method of reasoning is
not like our own. He simply puts par
| don right in the sinners face, and there tie
reasoning ends. Come, my sinful friends;
come tonight and reason with God, and
& though your sins be as scarlet, they Shall
| NC w HllS eS oho"s SouC all Z tuuI dl Z
weary and heavy laden. You want rest,
| we all want rest, and we areall continually
seeking it, but it is not to be found in this
world OF sin. Christ is the author OF rest,
and the only place in this wide world
where we can find it is in the bosom of
Jesus. Don't leave this hail to-day until
YOU have met Christ. / don't care
what may be the sin that has brought
you down, if you will bring your
sorrows to Christ he will bear them for you.
I always love to think of Jesus as my bur-
den-bearer. He is a faithful one, but the
! trouble is we are not willing to lay our
burdens Mt the foot OF the Cross and leave
them there. Come to Christ and drink.
The world is thirsty. They don't know ex:
actly for what they are thirsting, but they
are thrsting.. What fills your theatres and
crowds your eXcursions? The thirst OF the
world Even Christ thirsted on the cross,
and when God turned His face from Him
lie cried: Il thirst!' The world rushes
eagerly from one fountain to another, but
its thirst is unqueDched. But here comes
the word OF Christ, 'Come and drink y He
is the living fountain-a fountain that never
gets dry. 1t flows on day and night, and
its waters are open to you all. 1t is not be-
cause men can't come, but because they
won't, that this invitation goes UNDECIDED.
Their will stands in the way. Come and
drink tonight, and you shall never thirst
again. Come and eat. We can't live with
out food any more than without water. We
must feed on Christ. He is the mamma that
came down from heaven, and the banquet
to which He invites you is free one. EAll
that we have to do is to keep our minds
fixed on Christ. That zig, feeding on Him..
We have such q lot of SicklV Christians.
lame, halt, and blind. because they don't
feed on Jesus. They are Iiterallys tarving to
death. There are other scones.' But Eve
talked long enough. WhatiI want is that
you should: all come. Come to the feast,
| come to the manna come and inherit ali
things prepared before the foundations OF
the world" .&513.si.:. O.
After prayer, Mr.. Sankey sang, "Whv
not Come to Him Now?" and the meeting
closed with benediction pronounced by
Mr.. Moody. ,.s. H.. /.. !.
The meeting last evening was even more
enthusiastic than in the afternoon, and q
great many were turned from the doors.
Dir. Saukey sang a new hymn, "How Can
| Keep from Singingi" and the old favor
ite, "The Ninety and Nnc," and MIR.
Moody preached earnestly on the need Of
men for Christ. At the conclusion Sec
ond meeting was held, in which all wishing
to seek Christ were invited, to rise. Eigh-
teen prospective converts arose, and, after
brief prayer, the meeting was dismissed
Mr.. Moody will return to his home, in
Mortified, Mass, this morning. No ep-
gagements have yet been made for the eQ,n-
ing Moody and Sankey campaign.