The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-10-22

Guide me, o thou Great jehovah
Pilgrim through this barren land,
am weak, but thou are mighty,
Eold me with thy powerful hand.
Mr.. Moody then read from the 34th
cha pter OF Ezekiel, commencing with
the 1lth verse: For thus saith the
Lord God, behold I, even l, will both
search my sheep. and seek them oHt. !"
He also read from the 18th chapter
of the Gospel Of Lake: II cay unto
you that likewise Joy shall be in
heaven over enc sinner thas repent
eth, mora than over ninety and nine
lust persons who need no repent
ence." Mr.. Moody asked Mr.. Sankey
to sing the continuation Of this chap
ter, which would DO found in hymn
No. 8. Mr.. SAnkey arose, requested
those present to join in prayer. When
be bad prayed be sang:
There were ninety-nine that safely lay
In the shelter of the fold,
But one was out on the hills away
/ Far off from the gates of gold
Away on the mountains wild and bare,
Away from the tender shepherds care.
Mr.. Moody asked those present to
again join 10 prayer.
He asked Mr.. Sankey to sing the
283i hymn, and the congregation
sang with him in the chorus:
We speak of the land of the blest;
A country so bright and so fair;
| And oft are Its glories contest;
But what must it be 10 be there.
Mr.. Moody then commenced speak
ing: He wanted to call attention to a
subject, this evening, rather than to
a text. It was a word as common as
anv in the English language, and yet
be questioned If many eOmprehended
It's meaning, That word was grace
It meant uDmeriied mercy. 1t ia
UeeAuse We do not deserve that Go1
gives us grace. We read il in Gen
esis, where Adam had sinned. He
would have died, had God not given
him grace. Adam did not seek God,
but tried to hide from him; but God
wss the seSrcher, and gays Adam
grace without being asked. Ifany Of
you here are not Christians, l tell
you, to night, you are trying to get
IaWay from ths best friend you have
! in the world. Grsce vas given in
all ages, but 1t vas not brought out
80 perfectly 50 it ie until ChElBt came
on the earth. God calls it bis free
gift, and no hes provided gift Of
grace for all and il s man is unwilling
to take i. no one is TO blame but
himself. Now. every good comes
from GOO, and &c cannot get any
thing which is good. except We secure
it through his SOD, Jesus Christ.
The trouble is that men are judging
God by the scis OF men, and beCsuse
men are in the habit of break
ing their promises, they think
God is sc unreliable. You
: can not buy grace, because it ia gilt.
You have often heard Of peopls work
ing out grace and salvation, but they
cannot work it out until they get it.
It is q git and a gift is given and
therefore cannot be worked out at all.
You osnno: work ycu- way into
, heaven; you mu.t bslieVe and you
will be saved; bat yea should work to
show your gratitude ait3E having re-
ceived grace. Il does not matter to
what church you b5long. II man
has the spirit of Christ - him he will
, show it in his every day lie. They
will never ask US at the gates OF
heaven, to what church We belonged.
but if we are not disciples Of Christ,
they viii say lyon are not wanted
here" Mr. Moody then referred to
1.-The Law, and said it was only intsaded
!, ITO show US how vile ne are. The law
gives Us death; grace gives to us lie
In the ancient days the Law permitted
men to take out tue wine-blbSeTs md
stone them TO death; but when the
: prodigal son, who was s glui!on AMI q
vine dTinker, returned, his father
went out and met him. That was
r the difference between grace and law,
The one, the law, elbows us that We
ere vile and corrupt; the other, grace
. comes and kisses the vileness away,
The churches do ret need anything
: so much as they do more grace. !
want to talk to those WAC have beel
born again-bogn into the faith. You
cannot get good apple unless you
have q good tree; and Eou oAnno
: have grace unless you have the spirit
!, OF grace II | haven't got grace
: enough to keep from lying in my
: hu-iness, ny religion is no earthly
I US 10 me- What We want is honesty
Therefore, what we want is mCrG
c grace to make Us henest. tell yet
!. il you we're ell to observe the ways o.
= Christ hero for thirty days, your in
! huence would be felt all over thl
6 cation. There is no influence likt
J. the influence o! Christ, and o
,, honesty. | know of some meI
j. making the same prayer to day tina
G they made thirty years ago; they ar,
Q living OF stale bread; and il We ar
i G ing to grow in grace We must go t.
,, the fountain to get fresh suppl,
e every day; and We are to so boldly t
)i the throne OF grace In the hour @
u need and ask for what We want
l. Live up TO your income every day il
;. spiritual things. To cave may b
q we'll euough in temporal affairs, bu
Ie not in spiritual. God is just as nes
If this city as any other, and the ide
il that as coon ss persons come out, int
J. this western country, they ustthFo'
u of the yoke. as they CT. A.. Is absurd
ii Some say they do not Join becsus
ID they are afraid they cannot hold or
sr 1t is not for US to get hold of Cos
ct it is that Col should get bold Of III
III | would not give 3 cent for a religio
9. that must bold on to- want q rel