The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-11-04

to live cody life till he Is in possession
Of that There are too many usurpera
now, II have Christ can overcome
the world ifnot, the world can overcome
me, Who rules his own spirit? No one
but Christ with him. II you want power
to overcome yonr lusts aud sins you must
receive Christ; why not receive him?
God gave him TO ug. When he does
come into your heart you will know
what 1t Is 10 be born again, II Peter, Is
A person born again, having this new
birth, partakes Of the Divine Nature Just
as our children paTtAke OF our natures.
When God adopts us he gives US His na.
turo and We can never receive q greater
blessing than to take that nature; Il Is au
inCoruptible seed that shall never perish.
/ might adopt that lltlls boy, but he
would never have my nature,
NOTHING GIVEN UT.
It took me some time to get acquainted
with myIelf after was convicted. Did
have to give up my sinsP No, they Just
went away. God don't ask na to Glve up
anything; he offers something better.
Yoa might give q man the whole
world and he would not be satisfied !;
there's nothing that can 50 lift man up
and make him happy and contented like
tp nav birth. I've no faith in euy re.
to!m but the regeneration Of the Holy
Ghost.
\ man that isn't horn, again can't be
tsHght. There was Nlcodemus. Proba.
blythers wasn't a more trained man in
bis dty-in these days he would likely
have had q D. D., but he had to be born
again. A man that isn't born again Ia
too Connected. Men say they won't
believe that that they can't see or under.
stand. What are they going 10 do about
the wind. A man said TO mo recently that
he couldn't believe that that he didn't
see. asked him II 10 had ever seen his
brains; he had not, SGT he believed that
no had brains. It's ridiculous to say you
don't believe what you don't see or under
WORD PAINTING.
Mr.. Moody now proceeded to draw some
Of his sympathetic word pictures to
illustrate the points he had made. Gao
was Of a drunkard born again and the
changing OF his home from little hell 70
Atbtlo DuthpAs 4Ap hGHuehtly lolcIiSu "
John 1914, and told q touching incident OF
his own experience on the battle field,
when that passage had bsen the meaus oil
new birth as 1t has in many other Gases.
You can't work your way up-you
must be born into Coda kingdom. AZ
the serpent was lifted upso Christ Is lifted
up that we may be born again. He closed
with an eloquent and stirring exhor!ation
that visibly affected tho asaenblaRe.
There was season Of siIeatt prayer,
broken ct intervals by further exhorta'
tions by Mr.. Moody. The congregation
was asked to join In the prayers "L1rl,
help me" and "Lord, what wilt Thou
have me TO do ?" and II did join In fe,
vently and tesriully. While the heads
were bowed In prayer, Proi. ToTner SSng
most feelingly, almost Psrsuaded.n This
effect was notable.
At $3.50 o'clock Mr.. Moody left to 20 to
to the enquiry meeting aud tho rink meet
ing was turned into a PRAYER meeting.
Mr.. Moody goes 10 Moundsyllls this
morning to speak to the prisoners in the
penitentiary. This afternoon he will
again hold SERVICES at the First presby.
terrain church and this evening In tie
rink,