The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1886-02-18
Moody at Chattanooga

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SERMON TO MEN, JANUARY 20.
MIR. Moody chose his text from the
9th chapter 7th verse, Galatians: "Be
not deceived, God is not Knocked,
whatsoever man soweth that shall he
reap" The more | mingle with men,
the more | am convinced that this
law is Interchangeable For 5000 years
it has been the Interchangeable law of
God that whatsoever a man soweth,
that shall he reap. There may be
skeptics here who disbelieve this; that
don't change the fact. A good many
men have the idea that because they
don't believe thing. it amt true.
That don't change the fact at all.
Its true whether they believe it or
not.
There is one thing we want to keep
in mind. The god of the Bible will
never deceive There isn't man who
is out of the hearing of God who is
not constantly laboring under delu-
sion. The God of the world is a
deceiver and he has been deceiving
the world for 5000 years, but we
might as well realize the fact that the
God Of this book (the Bible) will de-
ceive no man.
will divide my subject in four
parts:
First-A man expects to reap when
he sows.
Second-He rxpects to reap the
same kind of seed he sows
Third-A man will reap more than
he sows.
Fourth-Ignorance of the kind of
seed sown will make no difference in
the harvest.
First-Would men SOW grain if
they did't expect to reap? Every
farmer sows IN
HOPES OF A HARVEST.
In all business of life, all men are
looking to harvest. Again, If [
plant onions | expect to get onions,
| If | SOW wheat I'll get wheat, and if l
sow thistles expect to reap thistles,
and if man studies any profession
he expects to practice that profession.
So, in the study of the Bible, God
makes me reap exactly the kind of
spiritual seed | SOW. When you tell
your little boy, on seeing distaste-
full neighbor coming, to tell him
you're not at home. you have taught
that boy to lie, and it won't be long
until he begins to lie to you Just so
in everything else. One sin is as bad
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you can bring against the
HELL1sH BUSINESS OF SELLING LIQUOR
is that you will reap what you SOW.
You can't afford to sell liquor. l
don't know single man who was in
the business 20 years ago, who hasn't
got skeleton in his closet. He's
reaping what he sows, and has to-day
either drunken son or a son-in-law
Take up your daily papers and see if
men are not reaping just what they
sowed. A man said to me once who
heard me say this that he had been
selling liquor and had no curse in his
femily. Men who heard him say
that told me that in less than week
before his brother had committed sui
eide while on drunken spree. | say
to you liquor men. if there is one in
the house to go out and
BREAK IN THE HEAD OF EVERY WHISKY
BARREL
and empty the contents into the gut
ter. Voice, "Amen! Amenr') They
say they'll starve. Let them starve
I'd rather die an honest man than die
rumseller. No drunkard shall enter
the Kingdom of Heaven. Do you
think the souls that were wrecked in
these rum hells won't call down the
vengeance of God on those that scat
ter abroad that poison?
A great many. people doubt the
statement of the Bible about this, be-
cause they fail to find the proof Of the
statement in one day of mans life
That is wrong. To find what man
reaps you must study his life from
the cradle to the grave. Study the
Bible and look into the meaning and
you'll find that every word it contains
is true and every prophecy will be full
filled.
The speaker cited the story of Ja-
cob and showed that in many years
he had reaped what he had sowed
This should be a warning to every
one of us. Take David. God took
him from obscurity and placed him
on throne. When he had risen he
committed adultry, and then murder.
If you notice it, you'll find that when
ever a man commits one crime he
COMMITS AEoTHER TO COVER IT.
You can't bury a sin deep enough
so it won't be resurrected. Your sin
will come back to you. It may be
dormant, you may forget and may
plunge into pleasure and into ruin
and try to drown the memory, but
it'll come back. Be sure your sin
will find you out. Who was to find
David's sin out when he was on the
throne? No man dared to punish him.
So many men think that because the
law don't reach them, they will escape
the penalty of their sins, but this is
great mistake Gods law will reach
them. See how David's sin found
him out. His own sins came on him;
adultery was committed in his own
family, murder was committed in his
own family, and Absalom finally
drove him from his throne. The
reaping time had come. He had COM
mitted that
DAMNING SIN OF ADULTERY.
don't like to speak Of that, but |
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