Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-11-08
CLOSER TO THE CROSS.
MANY SOULS BEING SHOWN The war 10
GOD.
Fur Meetings Yesterday and -Four Excellent Ssr-
nOas Preached By NJ. MOOdy-0ns
Meeting This ETsning.

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Meeting This ETsning.
Yesterday was . perfect autumn day,
the weather being clear and cool and the
atmosphere pure and bracing; and beng
tempered by the bright rays of the sun,
was delightful. The fact Of such beautiuI
weather took many people to worship, and
at 9 O'Clock the Fourth street u. L
church was filed to OVERLOOKING by con-
gracation assembled to listen to Mr..
Moody.
After the usual song and prayer service,
Mr.. Moody preached one Of the best and
most effective sermons of the series, his
talk being directed to Christian workers
almost entirely. He gave them great
deal of good and valuable advice about
the work Of bringing sinners to Christ,
and there Is no doubt that the seed was
sown in fertile ground and will result IN
the good work being continued after Mr.
Moody leaves.
A MEETING FOR NON-CHURCH-GoERs
As announced, meeting was held in
the rink yesterday morning at IL O'clock
and the weather being still beautiful
MANY people came out to attend the meet
ing. .,u,,
comfortably filed with an audience COM
nosed largely of men. A fifteen-mInute
soDO service was held during which num-
her of HYMNS were sung Rev. George l.
Hite offered the opening prayer, which
was followed by the singing of hymn No.
10 stJesus Receiyeth Sinful Men, and an
other PRAYER by Rev. Simpson. At that
gentlemen's request Prof. Towner sang
Mr.. Moody's iayorite song, My Mother
PRAYER. " rendering it ina beautiful man
ner Mr.. Moody then read several verses
from the third chapter OF the First Eplstle OF
ST John, beginning with the eighth verse
s.He that committeth sid is Ofthe devil,
gnr the devil sinneth from the beginning.
For this purpose the Son of God was man
Tested that he might destroy the works OF
the devil" want to call your attention
to the fact that
GOD Is LOVE,
said he and Satan has been anxious for the
Last 200 years TO have that passage
blotted out. but he can't doit- The devil
has had great success in making people
believe that God isn't love, but he can't
blot il out, and it remains true as ever,
Every man and woman on the face OF the
eartb can testify 10 Gods love. Men think
He il an enemy. and don't believe there
i a man in the house but what would 80
IN God if he believed God loved him. Love
begets love, and show me man or woman
who is not loved, and Pn show you
an unhappy one. Men who have no
love in their hearts or are not loved by
some one. have nothing on earth to live
for and they are the men whom you Ind
committing suicide. Christ showed HIS
love for three years. Everything He did
was TO show God is love. If you were to
ask Inc why He loves couldn't tell you
hint He loves us all the same; there IS no
DENYING that. God can't help loving be
cause He IL love. The great trouble Is
we measure Gods love by our little snort
rule-Human love. and thus we fall short
of the mark. There are many people here
who have loved others whom they now
hate, Gods love is not like that
IT'S UNCHANGEABLE.
When Peter was cursing Him He gave
him one tender look that broke Peter
Heart. do hope that He will give some
in this house, this morning, such look
as that and save their souls. Let God
love them to-day. The strongest human
tie is a mothers love for her child, and
pothing will Danish II. 1t is stronger and
deeper than a father, love, an0
death has never been able
10 CONQUER it, because it Is
deeper than death. A mother cannot helE
loving her child, no difference how
wretched or degraded the child may be-
come. Can 4 mother forget her chiid:
She may, but God never will. No line
has ever fathomed the depth Of Gods love,
The cross means the love of God,
and il reaches to the very throne
of God. I'd rs soon doubt
NV existence as to doubt that God loves
me Satan has never been able to beat
me of the grounds that God loves me, and
thank God he never will. You may wan
der far away from the throne, but God
loves YOU still. The love of friends may
fail. but His love is forever lasting. Ca,
lamity brings ont love, and it is love and
sympathy that men want, and God loves
YOU at any and all times. If can't con-
vince YOU that God loves you will lay
aside the Bible and give up preaching,
You may think he is
STERN AND RIGID,
but il is only because He loves us and
wants us to be joyful and happy. Take a
man who derideS and sends back insults
for love. and he is the unhappiest man IN
the world: or on the other hand show me
a man or woman who accepts Gods love
and III show you the happieSt person on
earth. God loves saint and sinner alike.
You think that God hates sin. Well, He
does, but he loves sinners; there's good
deal of difference between sin and
sinners, isn't there? If your boy has the
smallpox, YOU hate the smallpox, but you
love your boy all the same, don't you?
Well, it's the same way with God. IL
took more love on Gods part to see Jesus
die to save sinners than il would to have
died himself. Mr.. Moody then related in
a very touching manner the story of Abra-
ham and Isaac, rs an illustration of hui
man love compared with Gods love, clos
ing by remarking, HE didn't spare His
own Son that we might be spared. Is it
Just that you should lift your voice against
a God that loves you?
MAY YOU TURN TO GOD
this morning; he yearns for you and loves
YOU, and the love OF mother is only n
faint idea of how great His love is for you.
Come to Him this morning
Mr.. Moody then asked all those who
wished to be prayed for to rise, saying,
off man wants to scott me il makes me
ten times stronger. If there is man sit
ting beside you trying to hold you back, it
~ all the more reason WHY Won should