The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-11-10
Herod came out and waa.so moved that
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RESOLUTIONS no GOOD.
There are lots Of men who come ont to
these meetings, such IS We have, been
holding, and go and do certain Things
they sign resolutions aud make promises
II have heard oil this being done ilght
here In your city, / wouldn't give snap
Of my fingers for all the reSoluhons and
promises you csn- make; You won't keep
them, YOU know you won't. l thank
God for men that will tell men
their faults; the minister that hattsrs
Won when both he aud you know that II
Il IalPe iRttery, Is not God-sent-he Is
Devil.ssnt. God would have set John
aside II he had not delivered the proper
md ssags 70 Herod. John pointed out the
besetting sin the king had, ! get so
weary OF hearing men say that they can
give M certain things but certain other
thipps they cannot. II there Is any one
AIN one Is not willing to give up, he must
give up all hopes OF Heaven
DOWNWARD sTzPs,
You will very often hear people say
that they will 20 and hear this or that man
nreach&he can do us no harm II he
doesn't do US any good, ] tell you that
there are men who have heard the gospel
Who viii he worse than ever because they
haya rejected ". There arc three steps
downysrd-men first neglect the. Word OF
God then reject aId refuse "
aud then deapiss 1t. Pllate was one
who at one time was very near the klhR'
dom OF God, He might have entered p9t
he wanted to BIO onthe popular side' " u
impossibls TO serve both sides-it must be
one or the other; Ehsre must bs no neu'
traIity no compromise, PLATE, was con-
WINGED; he was q typical chaTacter-
afraid 10 give up, Judas was smother
one / bslieys, who was near the Kingdom
ANA vet being near aVAiled that
bypocfite nothing, Is there 2 hypocrtle
hare to.night-a member OF the church
Who il shamming? God shall tear the
mask from your face as he did from that
81 Judsa, May God help you to give up
your sins, Don't be satisfied with coming
70 The meetiuga and being impressed
OTHER EXAMPLES.
Those disciples tina. walked no more
with Christ came very near 10 The King
Gom Int alas, were like many who break
fsut with God but do not sup with him.
FeIix when Paul preached TO him was
near the kingdom. AgrIppa was another
one and 80 QUE may go on, and do you
know / believe that the fact that oil those
man wero 80 near the kingdom, made
eternity all The harder for them thelr. re-
vtet Though all ages has been that they
did not enter the door whom 1t was open
You that have been GttendlngthesS meet
ings-do you think thst you Will eyer
forget them? You. will remember
lust how the choir and ministers looked
sitting here. You will EeRsmber Prot'
Towner's singing and oil surroundings
There Is one Thing that belIeye We take
away with rs when we leave this world,
and that is our memorles. Three tunes /
have bssn close 10 death, and each time
tramp, tramp, my whole life has come up
before me in an Instant, -,
II Ia easy to come here and rldiCule
these meetings, but It is lar saier and
eaaier In the end to triils with plague or
ueBtileuoe than with etern8l things.
Memory Is worm that docs not do.
CLOSING WORDS.
And now at tho close OF this mlsbion I
again want to plead with you to act as
Though YOU we're the only man in the
world to sct. One by one we pass away,
aud it Ia one by ons that we must settle
this question. II you ore near the kingdom
why not make up your mind to en-
ter In. Don't miss Heaven whatever you
do; don't miss eternal life. Let the
world Cavll as much az It hos 9 mind to
about the Bible and Heaven, but don't
miss meeting Christ There arc hundreds
that are without hopp;it you ara, make
up your minds that you will enter In and
pisSe your faith In Christ. Mr.. Moody,
| In tho course Of hic LECTURE, related many
sad aud affecting incidents 10 ILLUSTRATE In
bis iorCible manner, the points R5 desired
to make. The sermon was one that lan
not be done anything like justlcein this
necessarily brief report, 1t was Qua that
will probably never be forgotten by the
hundreds that heard 1t.
While tho congregation sang Just as I
Am" Mr.. Moody retired 10 the enquiry
room, whero he Was followed by q large
number, while those remaining in the
rink held q solemn prayer meeting, Those
who met Mr.. Moqdy lp the enquiry room
heard him speak aud plead even more
tendarly than he did In the rink. In the
enquiry room 1t was individual work.