Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-01-13

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served. and this confidence was fully
| verified, IS he found that the angels o.
| the Lord had gone before and stopped
| the mouths Of the lions, 50 that they
| did not even growl At him.
He drew ! vivid contrast between
Daniel, taking lion for his pillow aud
| sleeping peacefully all night, and the
| deep distress and sleepless anxiety Of
| the King, as illustrating that We had
better be in the lions den with God
than in the Kings. palace without him.
He gave an eloquent description Of
| the passing away Of the kings Of earth,
and Of how even the names Of many Of
them have rotted into oblivion, while
| Daniel lives on, and will live foveyer'
| in glory, his influence and example nv
ing with us.
He closed with an earnest appeal to
all to ss dare to be Daniel" and have
| the moral courage to stand firm for God
and the truth at all times and under all
circumstances.
Afternoon Service fer women.
An hour before the time to begin SER
vices the Armory Hall was crowded
even in the aisles with the ladies OF the
city, many Of whom stood patiently all
through the exercises. The opening
prayer was by Mr.. Crenshaw, Of the
Society Of Friends, who was followed
by Rev. Mr. Wickham, Of the Ameri-
can Sunday School Union. Beyond
| the Smiling and the Weeping was
sung, as duet, tenderly and effectively,
and many were melted to tears.
Mr.. Moody read from the 2lst chap
ter of Revelations, and prayed for those
| in whose behalf requests had been sent
up. The congregation then united in
singing "What Must 1t BE TO BE
There After the announcements Mr..
Moody spoke from the text-Lukeii., !
I" And there was no room for him in
the inn." The construction showed
how though Christ was the desire OF
all nations, - when the Redeemer came
there was not aspot on earth to well
come Him.
After the sermon fifty-three ladies
rose for prayer, which was led by Mr..
Moody. The first meeting closed with
singing " Jesus, Lover Of My Soul" A
number left, but many remained to a
service for special prayer, which lasted
twenty minutes. Rev. j. c. Reed, OF
the Methodist Church, and Rev. w. Y.
Abraham, of the Baptist Church, offered
up fervent petitions for those who had
asked prayers of the meeting. Mr..
Moody then repeated John vi, 81, for
the benefit of the inquireIs: I" Him that
cometh unto Me will in no wise cast
out" "With the invitation, with the
command to come," remarked the
speaker, "comes the power, the ability,
to come" 1t is Christ's Office to bid
you come and to help you to come.
He read, also, III John l., 9-l2, and
made suitable comments. "He that
hath the Son hath life, and he that hath
not the Son hath not life." After these
remarks Rev. w. w. Landrum made
the closing prayer and Mr.. Moody dis
missed the crowd with the benediction.
Sunday Night.
The meeting was held, as advertised,
for "men only" and only the ladies
belonging to the choir were admitted.
But every seat on floor, platform, and
galleries was occupied, every inch of
standing-room was occupied, and prob
ably a thousand men were turned away
from the doors unable to get into the
hall.
1t was an impressive scene as one
looked over that vast throng of eager,
upturned faces, embracing all classes
and all professions, and including many
of the leading men Of the city.
Captain Frank Cunningham sang as
a solo, Z" Calling Now for Thee, Prodi-
gal," and there was tender pathos in
his rendering Of this song which SEEM
ed to touch every heart.
Two young ladies sang as a duet,
very. sweetly, Waiting and Waiting
for Me-" and the choir joined in the
chorus with fine effect. Indeed, the
singing of the choir deserves great credit
for the really splendid style in which
they are leading the singing during
these meetings.
Mr.. j. d. X. Sleight, the leader of
the choir Mr.. Manly B. Ramos, the
organist, and his several assistants
indeed all oncerned-deserve great
credit for this most pleasant and profit
able part of the service.
Rev. Drs. Hoge and Hatcher and Mr..
Moody led in prayer during the pre-
liminary exercises.
THE SERMON.
Mr.. Moody spoke Of the three at
tacks made on Christ by the Pharisees,
the Saducees, and the scribe, to the last
one of whom he said "Thou are not
far from the Kingdom Of God"
He desired to use this text as repre-
senting a large class Of men in Rich
mond: Almost Persuaded, and Yet Not
Christians.
lie said that he was speaking to pro-
badly five hundred men Of whom He
rod, Judas, PLATE, Felix, and Agrippa
were typical characters. He made an
earnest and telling appeal to all present
to come to Jesus then and there. He
would not ask the people to take the
text home with them. He dared not
do that. But he begged them to come
to Christ now.
He closed with several touching Incl
dents and powerful appeal, the refrain
Of which was "Now now! now" p"
At his invitation, calmly but earnestly
given, one after one rose in the congre-
CATION to ask the prayers Of Gods peo-
pie, until 107 had arisen, amid the
solemn silence and fearful interest of
the vast crowd.
Mr.. Moody led in a very tender, fer
vent prayer for these, and invited them
to meet him at the inquiry-meeting to
be held at once at the Broad-Street
Methodist church.
THE AFTER-MEETING
was very interesting one, conducted
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