The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-17
THE NIGHr MEErINa.


mr.. Jones Makes Earnest Exhortatfon to
Sinners to Save Themselves.
2he audience at the City Hall, last night, to
hear Mr. Jones, was scarcely large on the
preceding night. but fully large enough when
the temperature of the evening is taken into
consideration. Prayer was offered by Rev. NJ
L. Haines, pastor Of the First Presbyterian
Church. The gospel hymns wake, Wake the
Song of Glad Jubilee when the King Comes
In" and GLORIOUS Fountain were sung Mr.
Excel sung keep in the Middle Of the Road
q negro melody, quaint but reverent, which was
much applauded.
Mr.. Jones said: Now let US go prayerfullv into
this service. / have prayed that / hoped my
faith as your faith shall be answered to- night in
seeing hundreds of souls brought into the king
dom of Christ That is the great object of our
preaching, our singing, our praying. our gather
ing-it is that Christian people may be Wrought
nearer to God and that souls may be won to
Christ. We invite your attention to these words
And the spirit and the bride say Gomez and let him
that heareth say come; and let him that is sthrst
come and whatsoever will let him take the water of
life freely
You see, get that text from the last page of
ths blessed book am glad that after all the
warnings and the rebukes of this blessed book,
am glad that our gracious Father in heaven
made these, His last words TO us. His children.
These are Gods words, and He intended they
should be His last words to US, for the only
words following this text are these
For testify unto every man that heareth the words
OF the prophecy of this book if any shall add
unto these things God shall add unto him the plaques
that written In this book.
And if any shall take away from the words of
the book Of this prophecy God shall take away his
part ot OF the book of life and out of the holy city
and from the things which written in this book.
God intended these should be His last words to
Is We may rely upon these words, brethren,
and bank upon these words, and have faith in
them. If have been in correspondence with
man for ten years, or five years, about any
special subject, and l want to know his mind, 1
turn to the last letter have received from him.
LII want to know Gods will concerning me /
am going to Gods last message to me. and hav
ing read his last message tonight we can bank
on this, and commit ourselves to this and
be saved by this. And the spirit and the bride
say come and let Him that heareth," etc. That
was a grand day In the worlds history, breth-
rem, when the evening and the morning were the
sixth day, and the sons of God and angels
shouted over finished world That was grand
day IN the worlds history when, after creation
was finished man stood forth perfect before his
Maker his reason clear, unruffied by passion, I'M
clsuded by prejudice, unimpaired by disease. He
stood before his Maker, and looked out on the
world around him. and that the mountains
were Gods thoughts piled up about him: that
the valleys were Gods thoughts spread out
around him; that the oceans Gods
thoughts mirrored before him; that the flowers
were Gods thoughts in bloom; that the dew.
drops were Gods thoughts in pearl And when
ever he looked about him all nature whispered
back: 'The nature that made me is divine"
That was a grand day in this worlds history
when the reverberating thunders of Gods law
announced the fact that man had fallen and was
driven from the garden of Eden and the gate
locked behind him, and placed there were the
ckerubim with the flaming sword guarding the
gate forever. That was a grand day in this
u1ax, t6of<1
seed Of the woman should bruse the serpents
head. That was grand day in this worlds his
tory when the last strong swimmer sunk be-
meath Noah's flood, and he, with his family,
alone foated safely above the waters. That was
grand day in this worlds history when Pha-
raoh and his chariots were all swallowed up and
drowned in the Red sea, and Gods Is
rael had passed over dry.shod. That
history when Sennacheribs hosts, that had
eEcamped around the city of God, and when at
the blast of an archangels wing one hundred
and eighty thousand sturdy soldiers
wrapped in their winding sheets. That was
grand day in this worlds history when the earth
opened and swallowed up Korah, Abiram and
latham and their wicked company out of the
sight of man forever. That was u grand day in
is worlds history when the old prophet stood
the bills of Judea with the torch of inspra-
on In his hand and it shed its rays down through
sven centuries, and his voice heard pierre
Tag to the seventh century and crying 'Smeon
the babe of Bethlehem" That was a
grand day in this worlds history when
the star poised its finger over the manger of
Bethlehem. and pointed its finger to the child
born Of the Virgin Mary. That was grand
day in this worlds history when it was an
nounced that the God over all and blessed for
ever more was a babe in swaddling garments
That was grand day in this worlds history
when it was announced as a fact that the King
OF Angels was the carpenters deSpised boy; that
the everlasting God that made this universe was
asleep in Marys arms. That was grand dav in
this worlds history when this divine one stood in
the temple of Jerusalem and COMPOUNDED the wis
dom of the wise of Jerusalem by his answers and
lis interrogatories That was grand day in
this worlds history when He stood yonder and
was condemned before men, and the crown of
plated thorns was pressed npon His temple, and
the blood ran down His cheek, and He was buff
fetted, and spat upon, and forsaken of all his
friends. That was a grand day in this worlds
history when yonder on that cross He hung be-
tween the two thieves, a sacrifice for men, and
there he cried out ut is finished" and gave up
the ghost That was grand day in this worlds
history when His disciples said, I'VE go a fish
ing; our hopes are buried yonder ia the tomb of
Joseph" That was grand day in this worlds
history, when, on the morning of the third dav
God summoned an angel to His side and sent him
to earth, swift as the morning light, who rolled
away the stone from the mouth of the sepulcher
and welcomed Christ back to life. Jesus said him.
self, 81 am the sacrifice, am sent of God He
Is buried now, and the question for time and
eternity is, will God accept the sacrifce2'
When on tie morning of the third day the angel
In obedience to the commands Of God, rolled
shat stone away from the sepulchers mouth
walked down into the grave, and lifted
Christ from his reeumbent posture and
took the napkins from His jaws and
the grave clothes from His body. and Jesus
walked through. living, risen Savior; and God
himself grasped the stylus and signed the magma
charta of mans salvation, and ever since that
blessed moment it Is written, whatsoever
;illeth and believeth on the Son of God shall
OF perish but have everlasting life" Zap
ause. That was grand day in this worlds
story when Jesus stood with that company of
20 hundred or more and God let down the
aariot and Jesus stepped into the chariot and
emit above star and moon until he overvaulted
ae very throne of God. and as the company
gazed up into heaven. the angel few back far