The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-26

waiting him from this time. like his fearless
way of saying things. We have not reached the
maximum of spirituality. Let the preaching be
fearless and to the point Let the minister take
hold of any theme that needs handling without
gloves. Some ministers study only people; 9TH
ers spend their time IN their libraries, and con-
seQuently study only books; let them understand
both Work is spirituality.
Rev. LIGHT. of the German Baptist Church,
and Rev. Breunig also spoke.
Mr.. Moody said I'VE want the two VS. that
help Christians-Wor and Work--to aid us in
thisJnatter. Otherwise it will be like the well-a
very good well, but it dried up in the summer
and froze in the winter No one can bring the
gospel to another without helping himself. The
thing thatchecks spirituality more than anything
else is the world. We stand too near the
world / remember that in my little
town in Connecticut, when | was boy, there
was an apple tree that stood so near the line that
great part of the branches were over
the fence. And it was rule
that all the fruit that was outside
was Free I've been told that tree bore the best
fruit in the town. But nobody ever got any ripe
fruit from it. The boys were always knocking
the apples while they were green. 1t got more
clubs than any tree in town, but there were no
ripe apples.
was travelling in England when heard two
men talking about Q and 0. wondered what
Christian" 30 and o" was tout and out'-out
and out for Christ. would rather have that
title than d. D. and LII. d.
Somebody asked old Billy Bray, a Cornish
preacher, how the world was going on. He said
he didn't know-hadnt been there for twelve
years.
A lady once said to me that she couldn't &C
cept my kind Of religion. Whyl / asked. She
said because was opposed to the theater That
her husband was a physician, and when he
came home tired in the evening he and she
would go to the theater for recreation. I told
her she had never heard me say anything against
the theater. She asked me if | went. told her
no. had never been in my life; that had
something better. She was converted, but said
she would continue to go to the theater. / told
her to go if she wanted to, but to let Christ have
the first place. After that. as she told me, she
went once, and when the curtain went up the
theater seemed greatly changed. Tt was hor
rible place. and she wanted to go out-and did;
Her companions said, don't make fool of
yourself" and she retorted that she had been
making fool of herself all her life. Now the
theater hadn't changed particle. The change
was in her.
boat is all right as long as it is il the water,
but when the water gets in the boat and fills it
the boat goes down. A man is all right long
as he is in the world, but when the world gets
into him he goes down.
cannot go out of this city without saying
something l do not place myself against
amusements. but when you find the godly and
ungodly Mixed as they are at the skating rink,
the church will suffer Some people will say
am narrow and bigoted but no Christian can
allow his daughter to associate with the liber-
tines and unbelievers, who are at these Kinks,
without her suffering from the contamination.
This was followed by the noon prayer meeting.