The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-11-01
SOWING Ann ltEAPINQ,

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SOWING Ann REAPING,
Impressive Sermon to NIen ut tho RIuk
last Evening.
"Why not come to him now?"
Was the opening hymn last night, After
the first stauEa and chorus had been sung
once, Mr.. Moody stopped the choir aud
said,
"slug that chorus sgaIn, and I want all
the men in the house to sing" This was
done.
snow" said M, Moody "you ladies'
In tho choir sing the next verse by your.
self, and the men sing the chorus by
yourselves"
As soon as this hymn was finished, Mr.,
Moody gave out the 2S3d hymn,
"whIt must 1t b. to be theEel"
the ladies' singing the hymn and all joining
In the chorus. While this hymn was In
progress, Mr., Moody had the ushers bring
the ladies in the audience forward to the
platform, where all tho seats were quickly
occupied. The main body OF tho hall,
not yet tillOd, gradually grew fuller
and fuller. When the sermon was
through the house was crowded,
the main body Of the AUDIENCE being men.
There must have h9eB over 1000 menin the
rink, and at times the silence would create
the impression that there was not per.
son in the house. This silence, when Mr..
Moody was engaged In narratlng come az
ieCting story, was now and then broken
by q ooh, and ssveEAl times the eyes Of
bis hGarars we're very generally wet with
tears.
Next Mr.. Moody asked the ololr alone
10 sing, "PeaCe, be STILL" aud then all tho
men to sing Whosoever. will may
come" It required several trials before
Mr.. Moody was satisled. Then he said I;
"Lsts tty Hold the lort.' II you can't
slng that Il will look like you hadn't been
at a religious meeting for ten years."
Then the choir sang a hymn alone, and
the congregation another.
TuR sERMlN.
Then Mr.. Moody led In prayer, and the
whole congregation at bis request ross
and sang Crock Of Ages" Rev, Mr.. Pat.
tersou led In prayer, and after another
hymn Sy the choir, Mr.. Moody an:
bounced 40 his teIt the seventh Verse Of
the 9th chapter Of GalatianSi
"Be not deceived; God Is not Knocked.
Whatsoever q man How6th, that shall he
also reap"
He said he had not read any portion Of
the Scriptures because no wanted the Con.
gregalioh 10 take this taxi to heart. II
God will press these words homo on you
men tonight ] will DO satisfied that |
have done some good.
II you follow history down from the
Garden Of Eden you will find that all men
In all ages have reaped. There may be
some ekeptla heYe Tonight who will gay
he don't believe In the Bible. All right;
I'll close the book. But you pick up the
morning papers In the morning, and you
will see that some man has been reaping
-reRping what he Bowed Eve or ten or
twenty years ago.
There Ia no necessity to dwell on the
frBt part oil the text. Everybody knows
that every child has learned by expert
ence what 1t 10 to be deceived. He has
lesa deGeiy sd by his RlsymatsV, DECEIVED
by hia brothers and sisters, deceived often.
est oil all by his own heart. But God
never deceives, nor will he be deceived.
That Is the difference between the god OF
tho world and the God Al this Book. The
god Of the world deGsiYes you; God
nOycr dgCeiyes. He reads your thoughts
as ! read this book,
want to talk to you little about SOW,
Ing and reping, and will divide my talk
into four heads.
REAPiNd.
Firut, q man always reapS what he
sows,
Second. he will reap the same kind OF
seed he sowa.
Third, lie will reap more than no
sows.
Fourth, ignorance OF the kind Of seed
he Bows will not affect the harvest.
Who would SOW II he did not expect 10
reap2 No man would be 80 foolish. He
would hold on to his seed II he did not
expect to gather q crop from 1t. Come OF
you men have learned q trade. When
you first started at that trade you were
barely able to make living, while othsN
Of your own age were doing better.
But you were sowing, and you perse.
vered, looking forward TO the roaplng
time, when you should DO able TO reap
four or five dollars day.
Aud what you sowed you expected To
reap. No man who Ia learning 10 be a
expects after whtle TO repair
WATCHES. Ill told you had sowed wheat
and raised watermelonB you would not be.
lieye me. Men do not plant corn and
gather Cucumbsrs.
Itmy neighbor comes 10 my house, and
| see him coming, and do not care 10 meet
him, and | 20 into another room aud
say 10 my son, "There comes man / do
not want to see. Tell him I am not In
,own,"-G teach that boy to lie, and II
viii not be six months til he 10 lying TO
ne. II teach my boy 10 break Gods
aw, he will soon break mine. II Is only
question OF time.
THE APPLICATION.
And ! believe that 10 the reason 80 many
non arc dishonest nowadays. Merchants |
,oaOh their clerks 10 cheat their customers.
g 1t any worse 10 cheat their enployersP
Not 0 Bit Mems condolences are tatnper.
ID with,
My tex. furnishes one Of the strongest
l know against rum selling.
L there ID one rtimseller here tonight |
Eaut 10 say 70 hiin, you cannot afford 10 |
Iell liquor Now, perhaps YOU say, you
Ife talking temperance, and did not
lome here 10 hear that. Lay all question |
u temperance aside, and | still toll you |
'ou can't afford 10 sell liquor. Why7l
You sell my son liquor and mako him q |
and somebody else will soil |
,our son liquor and make him o |
ltunkafd. mover yet knew a dram seller
Vho had been III the business twenty
fears that had not felt tho curse In hiS |
,wn family. l have yet 10 find a single |
iNs. DO you know any exception7 III
,ou d., l vii say when | preach hereafter
bat found ono exception down here In
Vest Virginia. l was preaching once In
he South, and | made the remark l have
ust now made here. Alter the Aetmon o.
nan came into my room, and 10 said