Morning journal and courier., 1885-05-04

his disciple.
If we could step over or go around the
cross there would be rush into the king
dom Of heaven, but you never meet Chris
tian until you meet him with Christ;
and one never takes Christ until he
takes up the cross We must have the cross
first and wear the crown afterwards. And,
moreover, he says in Luke, tx, %, that he
must take up his cross daily. It is~not one
confession and then the kingdom; some
make that one confession and are never heard
of again.
The soldier or policeman before he be-
comes such must be put in the uniform. He
who is ashamed of his uniform is not fit for
his place and will not be put into such po-
sition. So if one is to be child of God he
must put on the livery of heaven and let the
world know who and what he is. The trou-
BILE is that men are towards to-day and do
not live up to their convictions. To be true
to Christ we must live up to the light we
have and stand ready to do Gods
commands. It is disgusting to hear
men talk about themselves. Men are
not to believe themselves, but God;
they are not to confess themselves, but
Christ. Out and-out men-men of principle
and who live up to their convictions-are
scarce to-day. Take your standard and live
up to it. Sooner or later the line must be
drawn between Gods people: and every man
must show his colors and live so that the
world will know to whom he belongs. He
must live true every day in his dealings with
all men,
To be Christian one must take up his
cross and identify himself with Christ What
we want to-day is men who are out
and-out for Christ. Then they carry their
influence with them wherever they go.
We have instances of two men, one on the
bottom round and one on the top round of
the social ladder. The blind beggar, who in
John eighth and ninth received his sight
from Christ-Christ filled his eyes with clay.
1t is enough to put out the eyes of any man
to have them filed with mud, but God works
in his own way. The beggar was blessed
with obedience and went and washed in the
pool of Sloan. When he came back to his
neighborhood there was great excite
ment. There and is always
great stir about the doings of
Christ There was a division among
the people-some said this was the man and
others said that he was not the man; but
the one who received his sight said, 81 am
he" He told what he knew when he said
that, whereas I was blind, now I see"
When he was taken before the Pharisees
they would not believe it; they could not be-
lieve because they did not want to believe.
He was taken to his parents. They shifted
the responsibility and lodged the question,
saying che is of age, ask him." The man
who received his sight said that Christ was
a prophet; he knew that he had been blind
and that he had felt his way around Je-
rusalem for the past twenty years and the
Pharisees could not beat him off from
it, So the child of God has the
to know. This man shows the COM
plete and sudden growth of the convert. He
said II am he" at first; afterwards he says
that he will tell his experience if his hearers
will become the disciples of Christ; then he
preached grand sermon when he says he
cannot be a sinner, but must be man of
God Then they cast out the man who had
received his sight andChrist found him. What
a good work was his which has been handed
down through the ages. Take Jesus Christ
as standard and confess him, cost what it
will; do not be half Christians, but be clean
out on the Lords side.
o. and O.-out and QUIT had rather
have those two O's attached to my name than
a D. D. or an LII. D.
The other man, Joseph of Aramathea, was
a rich man. He was secret disciple of
Christ until Christ died. He was a member
of the Sanhedrim and afraid that he would
lose his position and influence if he came
out on the Lords side. When Christ was
dead he came boldly into the Judgment hall
was grand and sublime act and cost him
many friends. How much he lost while
Christ wss alive While the disciples were
travelling with Christ listening to his SER
mons and talks, Joseph and Nicodemus were
members ofthe old Sanhedrim afraid to
come out as his disciples.
If you need peace and rest of soul take
your stand and confess Christ. He will give
you self-control, peace with God, yourself
and your fellowmen, and faith and trust.
We are not only responsible for our
OWN souls, but for the influence which
we are exercising on those around us.
Right is right and never wrong.
asked the congregation to remain for few
minutes for a short prayer meeting. Scarce
y one left the house, and Mr.. Moody gave in
! clear way the path to follow in taking
Christ. Receive him, believe him, trust him
md take him, completely and fully. When
ne put the question to those who wished to be
prayed for and asked them to rise thirteen
'ose from their seats.
The Evening Meeting.
The evening meeting was for gentl emen
only. Mr.. Moody preached to a crowded
house from Gal. vi, z, "Be not deceived;
Sod is not Knocked; for whatsoever a man
part of the text needs no explanation for ev-
sryone knows what it is to be deceived by
someone else; but more often are we de-
,eived by our own hearts. God of the Bible
s not deceived and does not deceive,
put the God of the world has
deceived from the beginning of creation.
'fWhat a man sows that shall he also
.eap." This is no fiction but is solid truth.
Man sows the seed in the hope of reaping;
Else he would think he was wasting the
seed and not SOW it.
Every man expects to reap the same kind
rs he sows. The farmer plants potatoes and
expects to dig potatoes, not to pick cucum-
oers. The man who learns tie trade of a
blacksmith will not succeed as a jeweler.
hot he chO11ld tho ha IL
Gods eternal and fixed law. The reaping is
'ure and only question of time. The char
lcters of Jacob and David are those over
which men stumble the most, but are easily
understood if we look at them in
he light of this law. They sowed as they
eaped. Jacob lied to his father and his
en- boys lied to him.
God called David from the sheepfold and
placed him on the throne, but he forgot God
md sinned. His reaping time came quick
md lasted until he went to his grave. No
way to hell is shorter and surer than that of
he impure life.
Then, too, you reap more than you SOW.
The lie of Jacob came back tenfold. The
ime of reaping is longer than that of SOW
ng. 1t is Gods truth that your sin will
ind you out. The cholera may be coming
20 New Haven, but there is not SO much
ear of that as there is of sin.
look well to the kind of seed, for
'ou are sowing it for eternity. The
penalty of sin is death. It is the penalty mot
he law that men fear. In the reaping of the
eed of sin you are sure to bring in someone
Use, for you cannot reap alone. The sin
nay be forgiven, but the sinner must reap.
Mr.. Moody emphasized the necessity of
Icting and deciding at once on so important
matter as the souls salvation. He cited an
when he preached in Hartford ten
II twelve years ago and still well remem-
'ered in this State. An excursion train re-
urning from Moody meeting met with
lreadful accident and number of young
nen were killed, among whom were several |
Who had been in Mr.. Moody's audience. Mr.
foody said he had learned from experience
hat the time for men to decide as to their
oul's interest is now. Tomorrow may never |
ONE. He was very impressive toward the
lose of his address and pathetic. He SOL
mnly appealed against delay. He thanked
is audience, one almost entirely of culture,
ednement, and promise, for their very earn
st and undivided attention. Mr.. Moody
losed his address at twenty minutes before
line. He spoke quite rapidly in an easy
Conversational tone. He held two after
meetings. Nearly his entire audience re-
NAMED to the after meetings. Rev. Mr.. |
deserve led. in prayer. Opportunity was
iven to all to rise for prayer. Rev. Mr..
PADDOCK, of the Theological school, also
fered prayer. The meeting closed at about
alf- past nine o'clock