St. Paul daily globe., 1884-12-13

able to sing the song Of Moses
and the Lamb, but would have to have a little
harp Of his own. The speaker cited case OF
southern soldier who was captured as a spy
and who sickened all who came near him,
while confined from the way he cursed
Abraham Lincoln. An unsolicited pardon
came from, Lincoln - this soldier and he
fell on his face and wept like a child over his
conduct. Such was the pardon Of God to
man as far as the relation of merit was con-
cerned.
No one could ever obtain conversion with
out an attempt 70 take the cup of
salvation. Take the water Of life freely and
work out your own salvation. The de-
sire to work is that Of a new born soul, and
il this desire is absent person is not born
unto God. Grace TO convert is one thing.
and grace in daily life is another. When a
mau is converted God don't give him six
months or six years stock of grace, so that
be can fold his hands aud lay down at rest
under the tree OF life, for he must work for
the mamma Of grace every day, and by so do
ing he gets Christian strength and growth.
The great trouble is that not more than one
out Of twenty in our churches are at work in
the vineyard, and for that reason there Is
such dearth in spiritual life.
The speaker then took up the matter of
gloomy Christians characterizing these filed
with the dark valley and shadow of death
fOrebOdings as those who were looking back
wards. No one ever saw q shadow in the
dark, and death has no victory overthe grace
OF God in th e human heart, for God Is the
king over death. The Christian full of grace
was ever looking forward to heavenly rest,
society, and a glorifed body, having in it that
which cannot be buried, aud was always ask
ing for more grace to get the victory over
lust, appetite and temptation.
The necessity of getting grace by Chris
tians so that they may live in a manner to
inspire the confidence Of the world was
dwelt upon, and the work of obtaining this
grace must now begin in the churches of st.
Paul and Minneapolis. With a million dol
lars in the bank OF their salvation the
churches had got to stop drawing 81 a day
therefrom aud suOsisting on costs, for on
account Of this parsimony of grace, sin was
walking into our homes, and they We're be-
ing desolated by II, because our standards
have dropped so low that our children don I
believe In us. II man or woman don't live
their Christianity at home it is good for
nothing. Lot in SOdom didn't make a sin
gle convert in twenty years, ruined his own
family and lad to fee for his life. There
must be dividing line drawn in these cities,
on one side out aud out men for Jesus
Christ and on the other men against him 4.
Men have come out to these western cities to
drop puritanical manners which will bring
ruin on the land, and such in our churches
have become as tinkling cymbals and sound
ing brass and wonder the world will not take
notice Of them.
There Is a difference about being in the
world and the world being in you, for If the
latter you will surely sink to the bottom
Our citizenship is on high and not
here, and TO do Gods work in the ewes of the
sinful and worldly we must be peculiar
people. Enoeh, Of old, was a peculiar man, ,
and took long walks in Gods service, when
his master came and took a walk with him
aud he has been walking ever since. Walk
with God and he will walk with you. The
church wants men to step down from upper
tendon in society and be called and walk
with him, stand alone for him, be peculiar
and yet about bis work and. be wise in his
service and shine as the armament.
The use Of personal influence to revive the
Christian work was touched upon to warm
Tie CuuICucS. tue dGlANc EulDlONmeQL
of all the talent therein, even IL those exert
ing il be called mad for Christ's sake. He
didn't know what would come Of the church
when it seemed to take 10000 members
therein TO make one convert, and when all
the churches in America fail to do what the
Apostle Paul did. Paul, the man Of grace,
who was above the power of the stripes OF a
king. II one man should get one stripe
on the back, such as the
apostle received without q murmur,
there would be forty publishers to publish his
life on account of his sufferings. But Paul
put the world under his feet, and having
right upon his crown received these stripes
lin praise OF the high calling that is in Christ
Jesus" II was through his prison sufferings
and bis persecution that he was educated to
pen the Epistles to light the nations tO God.
The world never had a cOnQueror like Paul
since Christ left it. and his last letter closed
II have fought the good fight, have finished
my course, have Kept the faith, henceforth
there is laid up for me crown of righteous
ness"
Mr.. Moody followed with vivid portrayal
Of the reception of Paul as he asceuded 10
God, and the waiting martyrs and angels, re-
ceiving the welcome: "Well done, good
and faithful servant, enter thou into the
glory Of thy Lord"
The evangelist closed with a fervent
prayer, after which many remained at a
prayer meeting in which the several pastors
Of the several city churches took part.
The meeting announced for ladies only
for this afternoon at the House of Hope for
p. IN. has been changed to q general meet
ing at that church, at that hour with tickets
procurable of pastors and at the Y. NJ. G. A.
rooms. This meeting will be addressed by
Mr.. Moody on the topic ''How To reach non
church goers" with question box.) This
meeting has previously been announced as
an un-tieketed meeting, but was changed
last night
Gospel meeting at the Opera house on
Sunday at p. m, and meeting for men
only at Z 80 p. m, both to be addressed by
Mr.. Moody.
Meetings will be held on Monday at the
House of Hope, as follows: Ten a. m,
Christian convention, addressed by d. L.
Moody; topics, 10 to IL a. NJ, young Men
What Shall we do to Reach Theml'' IL to
12, ''The Bible-How to use it," Z p. IN.
(uOt 7:30) meeting for men only, addressed
by Mr.. Moody.
All these meetings are ticketed and tickets
can be had Of pastors and at the Y. NJ. c. A.
rooms, opposite the postoffce.
Mr.. Moody is much pleased with the choir
here.
Legalized killing.
CHEYENNE, Wyo., Dec 12.--George Cook