The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-10-31
Mr.. MO0dy's Last Sermon In Chicago.

Mr. MO0uy'S Last sermon Ill Cn1cagOs
"For the grace Of God that briugeth salvation hath
appeared to all men" Teaching us, denying uDgod-
ness and worldly lusts we should i've sObsry, right
eously, and godly in this present world"
John heard that sweet, silver Voice
saying: "John, write these things to the
church I" And he took up his pen and
wrote. And the Voice said Put in one
more invitation before you seal up the
book ~ And this is the last invitation
let down into this world "The spirit
and the bride say, come. Let him that
heareth, come" And he wrote, and the
Voice again said 4" Pat this in, Whose
ever will, let him come aud take of the
water of life freely" Friend, will you
take it tonight ? 1t is freely offered. L
read some time ago of a Sunday-school
teacher who had class of little boys, and
he had silver watch, and he offered it
to the largest boy in the class, and said
"Take that watch I give it to you"
And the little boy laughed at him and
wouldn't take it. Aud he offered it to
the next one, and when he got to the
smallest boy in the class the little fellow
reached up and took it. The teacher
said d" Keep it and put it in your pocket,
you have taken me at my word. Take it
home. 1t is yours. Don't bring it back
to me-" And the rest of the class says
"Teacher, you didn't mean that You
didn't mean to give him that for good 2"
eyes, did," said the teacher. "Ohl if
we had known that, we would have taken
it." Here are representatives of the
whole Northwest, and God can use the
weakest saint here, if you are only will
ing to be used. Some one sent me tract
entitled, What Is That in Thy Hand ?"
liked the title, and it brings out this
thought: When God called Moses to 90
down into Egypt, Moses began to excuse
himself. At last God said, "What is
that in thy hand ?" 1t was a rod
which Moses had cut from bramble
bush, probably to help him tend his sheep.
And God said With that ye shall de-
liver the children of Israel" can i'm
agine Moses starting down into Egypt
and meeting some free-thinker who had
been acquainted with him. He said to
Moses Moses, where are you going ?"
81 am going down to Egypt" What
are you going down there for ?" "To
bring up 8 100000 of bondmen." "Do
you think Pharaoh will let them 90 2"
81 don't know. l will bring them"
"Where is your army ?" al have no
army" "What will you do it with 2"
"With this rod" Why, he would have
thought the man was clean crazy, but
bear in mind, God had linked his almighty
power to that rod. He had given his word
that Moses should deliver the children of
Israel. suppose the king looked upon the
rod with great deal of contempt but
when he refused 10 let the children of Is
rael go, Moses turned the waters into blood
with it, and he brought plague upon the
Egyptians with it, and when he stretched
that rod out over the waters of the Red
Sea, the mighty host of God passed
through dry shod. When they wanted
water in the wilderness he struck the
rock with that rod and a pure beautiful
stream flowed out, and the weary, thirsty
multitude were revived by it. Centuries
have rolled away, but the story of the rod
has not failed yet. Let us give God what
we have and not what we have not. You
say you haven't much just use what
you have. A man said some time ago
that he felt like mere cipher. just put
God along side of cipher and it becomes a
good deal. When man is next to nobody
God will take him up and use him. When
the committee of official men from Jeru.
Baptist was, he said al am nobody.
am nothing but a voice." But when
Christ came John began to preach down
himself and up Christ, and he was 9
mighty preacher. When we, who are
nothing, want to work for Christ he will
use us. Look at Joshua with his 100000
men walking around the walls of Jericho
Suppose yon had met him on the seventh
dow onA ookad btp, Vnohno NH ai
does all this performance mean2 You
have been walking around here six days
What are you going to do p ~ am go
ing to take the walls of Jericho" "You
are ?" Eyes; we will have them dowr
before night" "Where is your battery
Where is your artillery ?" "Here with
these rams horns" And they went or
blowing their rams horns and down wen
the walls of Jericho. If we cannot blow
fine trumpet, let US take what we have
and with stammering tongue, but with
heart on fire for God, we can be used
do not know that Mary was strong
minded woman, or that she was wealthy
as beautiful /; perhaps she did not move ii
the very best society, but there is on,
thing / do know-she could love. Where
ever the gospel of the Son of God wa
preached, that story is told out sup
pose Mary forgot about herself, but sh
loved her Master, and she poured tina
ointment upon him. Eighteen centuries
have rolled away, but the name of Mar,
of Bethany is as fresh as it ever was.
suppose there is no woman's nam
90 fresh as hers, except the name O
Mary, the mother Of the Savior. Cal
imagine some man when Christ was o.
earth, prophesying that that story woul
be told in the nineteenth century, and NO
man on the face of the earth would hav
believed it. We look back on the days Q
miracles, but we forget we are living i
the days of miracles. Missionary SOC
cites in New York and London have pu