Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-11-04
J-BRILIES

11SS MAIN
with a long list of questions, and told me
that if | would answer them all right he
would become Christian. / said: sup
pose you become Christian first, and then
ask the questions" He went to Jesus
and had his heart renewed, and few days
after his conversion / met him. well,
said |, "How about the questions ~ Said
he: II looked over them this morning
and they seemed 50 simple that /
tore them up" And so you
sec that the new truth is
the greatest blessing of Christianity. II
you receive it now you'll he glad You came
TO this rink this rainy night. You'll be
glad now, and you'll be glad
AWAY OFF IN ETERNITY.
My friends you can afford TO be deceived
in everything else but this, and yet there
are more men deceived in this than you
would believe IL would tell you. A man
tells you that he has hopes OF heaven.
You ask him upon what foundation he
builds his hopes, and he
will probably say "well, Igo to church.
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church which Satan doesn't attend. In
fact, he pays more attention to the
churches than To all the hrothels and
grog-shops. He ka0Ws that their victims
are his, hut in the church they arc doubt
full. Perhaps your hopeful" man will
say, "well belong to the church," that
makes no difference. Christ didn't say
Except a man belong to the church he
shall not enter the kingdom" hut the
man may say, IL read the Rible, too"
Didn't Saul read the Bible! When he
went out from Jerusalem he was confident
that lie was obeying the word of
God, but we all know he
was mistaken. He may tell you that he
says prayers. Very true, but the bible
doesn't say, Except man says his
prayers he shall not enter in But he
may not only say that he goes TO church
and is member, and reads the Bible and
pays, hut he may tell You that he takes
ment and went out from the table to be-
tray his master and find suicides grave.
'But have been baptized" he says. IL
baptism would effect salvation the gov
eminent might pass u law for baptism
and thus save the nation without
trouble to anyone. My friends,
don't say word against baptism, but
you must beware. You may go through
all these forms and yet not be harm again.
YOU MUST HAyEA NEW HEART,
when the heart is right the life il sure TO
be right, but il the heart has not been
changed there is no use trying TO atone
for 1t by moral life, There is no Use
trying to cleanse pest house by white
washing the outside. As said the other
night, if you have bad fountain the
stream must I've bad. You must have bad
habits if your heart il had. The only
remedy ior this is life of com
munion piM God. You must
uproot these habits, not prunc them of.
The only cause for sin is having God in
your heart. When God made the heart
he made room for Himself, bnt you have
taken the God of the world and placed
him on this throne. You must have the
God of Heaven on that throne before yOu
can accomplish anything. You must par
take of the nature of Christ, For exam
pie, might take that little boy there aud
ad0pt him IA my SON. might give him
all my possessions, educate him, give him
everything owned, hut | couldn't give
| him my nature. But when God adopts
you he does this. When your nature he
comes united with His, you cease TO
] be human. You are Immortal.
Why, when was converted, IL took Inc
some time to get acquainted with myself.
] had no desire for the company Of my old
associates or for those indulgences which
had formerly yielded me pleasure. IL
seemed that would as lief 80 down into
the street and eat mud, ~ 10 return 70
those vices, and thus il is with the new
birth. God doesn't gay ''yoa give up
this or that, "but"pll give you something
better, I'll give you new tastes and de-
sires." When He created our hearts lie
made them too large
TO he SATISFIED BY THE WORLD.
But Christ will satisfy. have heard Of
reform till I'm sick of IL. There is no
reform without Christ and if you have
him you cannot help leading a holy life.
Mr.. Moody then related touching an.
ecdote OF the reformation Of drunkard,
illustrating the progress Of the divine
light in the sinners heart, and after re-
marking upon the bounty of Christ and
the fTeeness of His salvation, he concluded
his sermon by relating an incident Of th'
war which brought tears TO many eyes
After an earnest prayer by Mr. Moody in
behalf of the unconverted Sinner
he requested Prof. Towner 10 sing "Almos
persuaded" while the congregation bowet
in silent prayer. II was most impres
sive scene, and when he gang the word
angels aye lingering near" so solemn wa
the hush of the assembly that one ooulo
almost hear the rustic Of the wings as theJ
lowered over the convicted sinners.
After the service was over o praye
meeting was held in the rink, ard al
after meeting was held in the German
Methodist church faE those who wished u
receive the counsel and prayers of Chris
tians
The usual meetings will be held to-day