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

MOODY tHuVuuOeU - Es' s..Ss
Precious Blood and proceeded TO
show from both the Old and New Tcs-
lament Scriptures the doctrine Of the
Atoncment.
He insisted that the doctrine Of the
blood--the atonement--is the key to
the whole Bible, which cannot be un-
locked without this key.
He cited large number Of passages
of Scripture. and made brief comments
tc show that Jesus died, not as mar
tyr. but as substitute.
He eloqucntly insisted that if you
take - the blood y out Of the Gospel
you rob it Of its interest and It's power
that those grand old hymns which have
the atonement in them are the ones
which have lived aud shall live through
the centuries. The blood cries for par
don to those who accept it. and for con-
demnation to those who reject it.
He spoke very tenderly Of the pre-
cious blood of Jesus--what it imports
and what it will bring-and spoke very
impressively of the bond Of Christian
union which the blood Of Jesus makes.
He had only been week in Richmond,
but he was bound to dear brethren here
by the tenderest ties of common faith
in the blood Of Jesus.
Rev. DR.. Read led in prayer and the
choir led in singing, /" We Are Saved by
the Blood"
THE AFTER-MEETING
was largely attended, and was very in
teresting, Rev. j. j. Edwards and Rev.
+. C. Dargan leading in prayer.
The "service Of song" was even
sweeter than usual. Rev. DR.. John
Pollard and Rev. A. G. Brown, Of Dam
vile, led in prayer, and Mr.. Moody
made special prayer for Gods blessing
on the men present.
Mr.. Moody annonced as his text and
theme, Except man be born again
he cannot see the kingdom Of God"
He spoke ably, eloquently, and prac-
tically of the necessity of the new
birth, and explained what the new birth
is not and what it is.
Last Night
Mr.. Moody preached last night one Of
the very best sermons Of the series.
His picture Of the bitten Israelites look
ing to the brazen serpent and living, and
of one who refused to look because he
said he had intellectual difficulties"
and the comparison with those who re-
fuse to look to Christ now, was one
of the finest passages ever heard, and
the whole sermon very powerful. One
hundred and seventeen men stood up to
ask for special prayer.
Programme for To-Day.
10 TO 11.-How to Promote Spiritual
Life in the Churches Revs. George c.
Needham, d. L. Moody, W. E. Evans,
and DR.. Hoge.
III 10 12.-How to Conduct a Prayer
Meeting Revs. W. C. Schaeffer, DIR.
Read, ii. C.. Cheatham, and Elder X.
c. Cave.
3P. N-How to Use the Bible ID.
L. Moody.
7:3O p. A.-Sermon by Rev. d. L.
Moody.
All the meetings to-day are open to
all classes.
At 7:30 tonight Rev. George c.
Needham will preach at the First Bap-
tist church to all classes.
4 Change I'm the Programme for
Wednesday Night.
1t being very apparent that these
meetings were not reaching large class
of our citizens, especially those whose
days work does not end until 6
O'Clock, thus making it impossible for
them to reach the hall before the doors
are closed, number of members of the
Grain and Cotton Exchange, in an in
formal and impromptu meeting, ap-
pointed a committee to wait upon Mr..
Moody and ask him to remain here
couple of days longer, and
give this class Of our people
an opportunity to hear him.
This he was unable to do because Of
pressing engagements, but signifed his
willingness to give the Wednesday
night service for this purpose, and the
ministers Of the city, in committee as
sembled, unanimously agreed to turn
the. meeting over to this committee from
the members Of the Exchange. This
committee will endeavor to see that. as
far as possible, all who have been un-
able to secure tickets up to this time
have one for that night.
Employers will be so kind as to send
their names to some member of the
committee-C. II. Simpson, of Simp-
son, Bass & Co.; Richmond Lewis,
No. 1910 east Cary street; NJ. J. Mus
sen, Eighteenth street between Main
and Franklin streets ; William NJ. Coul-
ling, at Gallego Mills-and state number
Of tickets they can use in their estab-
lishment, and they shall be had.
Tickets that have been already issued
for this meeting are withdrawn, and
will absolutely not admit the bearers.
The especial tickets " for this meeting
are entirely different from any heretofore
printed. Persons need not present
themselves for admission who have not
the Especial ticket" for they will not
be admitted.
At 1880 O'Clock the doors will be
thrown open to the public, if the hall is
not then full.
supreme Court Of Appeals.
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