The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-11-29
Mr.. MOODY'S SERMON.
raE GOOD NEWS OF THE GOSPEL
The Celebrated Evangelist on the GOsd
TldIugs Contained IN the bible
The Messages Of FOrgIVsusW
Sent by the Scriptures.
ny d. L, MOODY,
"The GOspfl," III Cor. XIV, I,

"IhG Gospel, III Cor. XIV, I,
1 do not think there Isl word in tho
English language SO little understood as
the word gospel" We hear 1t every day
and We hsve heard 1t from our earliest
childhood, yet there are many people, and
even many Christians, who do not really
know what it means, believe was a
child Of God long time before | really
knew. The word Gospel means Goods
spell, or good spell, or, in other words,
Ngood news" The gospel is good tidlugs
Of great joy. No better news ever came
out Of heaven than the gospel. No better
news ever fell upon the cara Of the family,
OF man than the gospel. When the
angels came down to proclaim the tidinge,
what did they say to thoae Ehep'
herds on the plains of Bsthls-
hem? "Behold, | bring you ssh
tidingsY" NO!' Behold, bring you
bad nsws?' No! "Bshold, | bring you
good'tdinRs Of great joy, which shall be
10 all people, for unto you ia born thl9
day, III the city Of David, Saviour" II
these shepherds had been like good
many people at the present time, they
would have snid, I'VE do not believe 1t Is
good news, II Is all excitement, These
angels are trying to get up revival,
These angels are trying TO excite Us.
Don't you believe them" That Is what
Satan is saying now, "Don't you believe
the gospel sgood nowSi It will only make
you miserable" lie knows the moment
man believes good news, he just receives
it. And no one who 10 under the power
Of tho devil really believes that the gospel
| is good news. But these Ghephegds be-
| loved thOmFEssge that the angels brought,
and their hearts were lilled with Joy, II
a boy came with u despatch TO somo ono
here, could you not tell by the IeCeiVer,R
looks what kind Of message It VAST II
1t brought good news you would nee It IN
his face in a moment. II it told him that
his boy, away in some foreign !aud, u
prodigal con, had come to himself, like
| the one in the 10Th Of Luke, do you moi
think that fathsrs face would light W
with 10y? And II his wife were here, he
would not wait till they got home, or til
she asked for it, he would pass it over to
her, and her face would brighten too, o.
she nhared his Joy.
TAX HEST NIEwp.
want 10 tell you why l Ike the gospel
1t Is because it has been the very best new
have ever head That 10 just why
like to preach 1t, because ithGs done Iut
so much good, No man can ever tell whR
1t has done for him. but ! think ! eau tel
what It has undonR. 1t has taken ont o
my psth four OF the bitIerest ehenlieJ
ever mad. -
There Ia that terrible enemy mentioned
in Cor. ", the lat enemy, Death. Th'
luospel has taken It out Of the way, Nj
mind very often rolls back twenty year
ago, before l was converted, and thinI
how dark it used 10 neem, IS thought o
tho future. l well rCmembGr how uset
to look on death ss & terrible monster
how be- used to throw his dark shadow
across my path; how | trembled as
thought Of the terrible hour when b,
should como for me; how l thought
Ishould like to die Of some lingering die
ease, such as consumption, 60 that nigh
know when he was coming. II was iht
custom OF our village to toll from the oil
church bell the age Of any ono who died
Death never entered that village and tor,
agsy one Of the inhabitants but counted
the tolling Of the bell. Sometime
II wsa seventy, sometimes eighty, come
times II would ba away down among tht
teens, sometimes 1t would toll out tn
death Of rome ono Of my own age. i
made a solemn Impression upon mes---l
icIt coward then, thought Of tho cold
hand OF death feeling for the cords Of life
thought Of being launched forth 10 spend
my eternity In an unknown land.
As looked into the grave, and saw the
sexton throw the earth on the C0ltiu.lid
earth 10 earth ashes to ashes; dust tC
duet" 1t seemed like the death knGll Il
my soul. But that Ia all changed now
Tho grave has lost its terror, Az l 90 on
towards heaven ! can shout, 20 death
where Is thy ating7" aud | hear tho au'
swer rolling down from Calvary" hurried
in tho bosom OF the aon Of Gcd." lit
took the Atirg right out Of death for me
and received It into his own bosom
Take hornet and pluck the sting out
you are not afraid Of 1t after that auJ
more than OF fly, So death hal
lost its sting. That last enemy has beer
overcome, aud can lnok on dCath as {
crushed victim. All that death can get nov
Is this old Adam, and ! DO not care how
quickly get rid Of It. ! shall get q glori
| ted body,a resurrection boly,a body muCI
better than this. suppnao death should
come stealing up into this pulpit, and LAY
bis Icy hand upon my heart, and It should
cease 10 throb, l should rise to the bette
world TO be pEssept with the King, Thu
IgCspel has made m eHerny friend. Whs
q glorious thought that wien YOU die yol
but sink into tho arms Of Jesus, to b.
borne to the land Of everlasting rest "Tt
die" the apostle says, us gain" 1 car
imagine when they laid our Lord In Jos
eph's tomb one might havO seen death
hitting over that sepulChre, Gaying, u have
Him; He Ia lny.ViOtiE. He said He wal
the resurrection and the Lilo, Nov ] hold
Him in my cold embrace, They thought
He was never going to die; but sec Hin
now. Ho has had to pay tribute to me-
Never! This glorious morning comes, tie
Son Of man bursts aappder the bands oil
death, and riser, q Oonguerot, from the
grave. because / live" He shouts, "ye
shall live also." Yes, ye shall live also
iS 1t not good newSP All, my iriondp,
there 10 no bad noVs about a gospel which
makes 1t 30 sweet 10 live, so sweet 10 die.
ANOTHER RSENY.
There Is another enemy which used to
trouble me a great deal-Judsment. l
used To look forward to the terrible day
when should hp summoned before God.
could not tell whistler Ohopld boar the
voice OF Christ saying, depart from Me,
ye cursed" or whether II would be, I'm.
ter thou into the Joy Of thy Lord" And
thought that till he stood before tho
great white throne no man could tell
whether he vAs 10 DO ON the right baud or
the left. But the gospel tells me that iS
already aotLlud: "fhere 10 now no con.
domination 10 them which are In Christ
JeBus." "Verlly, vcfily"--And when ) Oh
zee that word In Scripture, you may know
thOrs is nome important COiiing-"vorlly,
verify / say unto you, he that heareth my
unSI and hpllhvnlh nh Him that nant