Morning journal and courier., 1885-05-04
Mr. Moody's Morning Service at the
Chapel.

Yesterday morning at . o'clock Mr.. Moody
| spoke to gathering of students in Linonia
| Hall upon the Bible and the Importance of
knowing it. At the morning service at the
| chapel at 1870 President Porter and Rev.
| DIR. Barbour were with him in the pulpit.
/ The students choir sang finely. A consider
able number of ladies were present. Mr..
Moody preached from the text found in I
John, iv, 8, ''God is Love-" The discourse
was somewhat as follows: l know of moth
| ing that Satan is so anxious to blot out as
| this fact and in nothing has he been more
| successful than in giving false ideas of God.
Men conceive of him as a foe, not friend
as hating them, not loving them. The Bible
teaching is plain; God hates sin,
| but loves the sinner, and we are told to re-
| pent and believe. The first thing, then, is to
| change your mind about God and think of
| his love, not his hate. "Having loved his
| unto the end.'' His love is
| Interchangeable; he loves even when we
| not worthy of his love. That s'God is love-
was one of the first teachings of Christ.
''Can a mother forget her child?'' She may,
| but Gods love is never forgetful. 81 will
never forget thee" is fact which proves the
| love of God to be both Interchangeable and
forever. God loves you whether you believe
it or not. He died for the ungodly, and,
| though at war with sin, loves the sinner.
What Paul means by love is that the good
ness of God leads to repentance.
out of the kingdom of God than anything
| else A great struggle is going on with pride,
which can only be overcome by acting up to
the conviction. Let pride go and live for
Christ and conviction.
The prodigal lost everything but his faith
| er's love, which the father could not help but
| bestow. And now if you do not love the
Father he does love you and will welcome
and forgive you if you only stop SHINING
What more could we ask of God to show
his love? He gave all that he had. When
Christ had been in glory few days he sent
the Holy Spirit, which is here to-day, rock
from which Satan cannot beat off, Sin is
what has blotted our lives. Sin is what in
terrupts our joy and pleasure. But in the
forgiveness of Christ our sins are removed as
far from us as the east Is from the
west and through the love of God
we can live in daily communion with
him. He does not rob us of onr joy, but
asks us to give up only that which mars our
happiness because he loves us. Before Christ
enters the heart the fear of death is horrible,
but love robs death of its sting, for Christ
tasted death for every man; he died in our
stead. There is no need of living under the
bondage of death, for Christ has promised
never to leave us. -Agreat many people are
apt to put the word dark in the Twenty third
psalm and make it read-dark s'valley Of the
shadow of death" The word dark is not
there, for in the dark there can be no shad
abroad in the hearts of men. Then
we can obtain victory over every
thing if we will. s'Because I live
ye shall live Also" If our sins are forgiven
we have nothing to fear from them in the
judgment. Everything for the true believer
is glorious and joy in the Lord is strength.
God wants to make life thousand times
more beautiful than it is, and for that pur-
pose gives us the privilege to walk in the
light he is in the light, and to keep our
selves in the love of God.
That God is angry with the sinner is one
of the strongest proofs of his love for the
sinner. He is stern because he loves, not
hates. This love is brought o1t more clearly
by the death of Christ than by anything
else. This is the meaning of the
communion service. Remember how
much it cost God to redeem the word; it
took more of Gods love for Christ to die
than of the love of Christ himself Love wat
what redeemed the world end love is now
the best friend of each of us. God or edu-
cation cannot save and victory can only be
won through the love Of God. Mr.. Moody
gave some thrilling incidents of his expert
ence in England and Scotland and of the re-
igious character of the people with whom he