St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-12-15

were no women in the audience off the
stage, but there were Several dozen on tho
stage to assist in the singing. Considerable
attention was drawn to a round dozen China
men, at the right Of the stage, who have en-
braced the Christian religion and belong to
the class at the Young Mems Christian as
sociation. The services were opened with
singing, followed by prayer by Rev. Mr..
Norton, which in turn was followed by
further singing and this by prayer by Rev.
Mr.. Herriott. Mr. Moody took for his text:
Whatsoever man soweth, that shall he
reap brief abstract of his remarks upon
which is appended;
l was in this city sixteen years ago, and
am as fully convinced tonight that we must
reap as we SOW, as I was then. All history,
all experience tells US that what we reap is
the result of our own sowing. The Bible
tells US the same story, but We have abun-
dance OF proof outside of the Gospel, so I'll
close the Bible aud put it to one side.
Periods OF time between the reaping and the
sowing vary widely, but the reaping
day must some day come You
people in st. Paul, some of you
are reaping what you sowed down east years
ago. This proposition is true throughout its
length and breadth, and can't be lodged.
We are deceived by the heart oftener than
anything else. We can't deceive God. He
knows the heart even better than we know it
ourselves. He knows our secret thoughts.
The god of the world has been a deceiver for
5000 years, but the God of the Bible never
deceived any one. A man must reap what
he sows. have four propositions to present
to you tonight, every one of which is strictly
true:
First-We must expect to reap what we
SOW.
Second-We must expect to reap the same
kind of seed that we SOW.
Third-We must expect to reap more than
we sow.
Fourth-Ignorance Of the kind of seed
makes no difference with the result.
Every one sows with hope. Hard work is
performed in learning a trade or profession,
and we hope to reap in the line of the SOW
ing. If we SOW wheat, we expect wheat; if
potatoes, potatoes. Ii we learn the black
smiths trade, we don't expect to become
physicians. If we learn how to build houses,
We hardly think of taking up the business of
the lawyer. Take the life Of Jacob, who lied
to his poor old father Isaac, and palmed HIM
self off for Esau, he had a reaping time after
while. He worked seven years for Rachel,
had his wages changed seven times, had
large family of children, twelve in all, ten of
whom killed kid and dipped Joseph's coat in
its blood, pretending to Jacob that he had been
devoured. Jacob had his reaping time at
last. 1t was the same with David. He was
called to the throne, aud fell in the sin of
adultery. He was king, and no one dared
say nay to him. What an example for his
subjectsl And this act of David comes home
to the people of cities. How many young
men of st. Paul have brought ruin to girls
and sent them to death or degradation, who
are themselves moving in the best circles,
seemingly unmindful of their shame? There
are such in your midst, but God will bring
them to judgment, II will raise up evil in
thy family" saith the Lord. David saw sOr-
row in the end. His son committed adul-
terry with his own daughter. God will
not clear us if we commit this sin.
Men laugh over the trouble they have
wrought, but it's no joke. Do YOU
think the poor woman viii suffer ala If you
bring ruin to a home somebody will bring
ruin to yours. whatsoever a man soweth,
that shall be reap" And, further, we will
reap more than we SOW The man who COM
mits crime loses his reputation, and how
ever upright his life after the deed, his neigh
bors hold him forever responsible. He suf-
| fers on and on. History, the Bible, expert
ence are full Of cases. Ignorance of the
kind of seed will make no difference. If
there are thistles in our wheat we are certain
to reap thistles. The child who treats his
parents with disrespect will live to receive
from his own children the same treatment.
But, some one asks, If we must reap what
We sow, how are we to view the doctrine of
forgiveness and atonementl God may and
does forgive US, but we can't forgive our
selves. If man gets drunk, falls, breaks
his arm and has it amputated, God may
forgive him for getting drunk, hut
he must suffer the loss of the arm for the rest
of his life. He is reaping for his sowing =
May God help US to SOW good wheat.
Now, you may say l urge men to decision
too precipitately. Well, you don't live in
Africa. You have heard about Christ before.
You are not ignorant all these years. Every
man should decide now. l gave an audience
a week to decide this question once. pll
never do it again. I said to my audience In
Chicago, look at this matter carefully and
come around next Sunday and we'll see how
you feel about it. We had hardly left the
church door when we heard the fire bells
ringing. The breath of flame swept that
city. More than 100000 people were made
homeless, LOCO are said to have lost their
| lives. Our church went with the
| that congregation since. We know not what
day may bring forth. We are alive to-day,
| tomorrow whencel L earnestly entrust you
| to seek Christ tonight It is the friend who
warns US against danger, not the enemy.
| Christian men aud women ask you to them
| into the path of righteousness because they
love you. We plead with you solely for your
| own sake.
AS in the afternoon, benediction was
! pronounced so that all who wished to retire
to their homes could do so, and nearly the
entire audience remained at the second
services of prayer and exhortations of Mr..
/ Moody and others.
Overflow Moody meetings were held at the
/ House of Hope and First Baptist church
last evening, which were well attended.
The meetings here will conclude with a
service by Mr.. Moody at the House of Hope
church at 10 a. m. for ladies only, and with
his farewell services at the same church at 7
| p. m. this evening.