The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-11-22
IMR. MO0DY'S SERMON.
(" THERE is NO DIFFERENCE"
The Man who Breaks Only Ops Command
msnt US entity rs the one who Sins
Against the Ten How tho sinner May
be- saved from Conformation
ny DWIGHT L, MOODY,
Romans III, 22

bors, and II We find they are little better
Than ourselves, We go to work aud try tot
pull them down to our level, Ifyou want
to find ont who and what man IL, 20 to the
third chapter Of Romano, and there the
whole story is told, "There is none
righteous, no, not one" "All have sinRed
and come short" All. Some men like
to have their lives written before they die;
II any OF you would like to read your biog.
rRphy, turn to this chapter and you will
find 1t already written,
can imsgins come one ssying, ~ Won
der II be really pretends to say that there
Ia no difference The testotsller says,
Gam no better than the drunkardW
Well, ! want to say right here, that 1t 10 a
good deal better to be temperate than in
temperate q good deal better to be hon
est than dishonest; II is better for a man
to be upright in oil his transactions than
to cheat right and lett, even IN this life,
But when Il comes to tho great question
Of salvation, THAT does not touch the ques.
ton at all, because "All have Binned and
come short Of the glory OF God" Men
are all bad by nRturej the old Adam RtoCk
Ia bad, and We cannot bring forth good
frnit until We are grated into the one
Tus Vine. II have an orchard, aud
two apple trees in II, which both bear
some bitter apples, perfectly worthless,
does It make any difference to mo that the
one tree has got perhaps i've hundred ap-
pIes, all bad, aud the other only two, both
badP There is no ditierelCei only one tree
has more fruit than the other, But 1t is
all bad. So il Is with msn, Oae thinks
he hiss 20. only one or two very little sins
-Gcd wont notice that; why, that olhtr
man has broken every one Of the ten coin
mandments! No matter, there IL no diff
ference; they arc both guilty. they have
both broken the law, Tho law demands
complete and perfect fulilment, ard II you
cannot do TINT, you era lost, as fer as the
law Ia concerned. "Whosoever shall keep
tho whole law, and yet otiendtin one
point, be 10 guilty Of all" Suppose you
werO 10 hang q man up 10 the roof with
chain OF ten links; II one were to break,
does It matter that the other nine ara all
sound and wholeP Not tho lest. One
link breaks, and down comes the man.
But is 1t not hard that he should fall when
tho other nine are perfect, when only one
| Ia brokenP Why, OF course not; II ono
Ia broken, 1t Is Just tho game to the man
% II all had been broken: no falls. So
tie man who breaks one commandment
isIpuilty OF all. lie is criminal In Gods
sight. Look at yonder prison, with It's
,housand victims. Eome are there for
murder, some for stealing, some for for
gerry, come for one thing, and some for
another. You may classify them, but
every man Is criminal. They have all
broken the law, and they are all paying
tho penalty. So the law has brought in
eveiy man criminal in theAight OF God
"sIcRETs oP4hE HEART"
II man should advertise that he could
tako colItct photograph q peoples
hearts, do you believe he would find a
customer There is not man among US
whom you could hire to have his photo.
graph taken, II you could photograph the
real man. We 20 10 have our faces taken,
and carefully arrange cur toilet, and II tho
artst lAtteiu us, We cay, Job, yes, that's
q lirst.rate likeneEs," aS wo psss II round
among our friends. But let the real man
be brought out, the Photograph OF the
heart, and see II man will paB1 that
round among bis neighbors. Why, you
would mot want your own vile to seq II !
You would be frightened even 10 look at
1t youIeAi. Nobody knows what Is in
that heart but Ohiist. We are told that
"the heart is deceitiul above all things,
and desperately wicked; who can know
it2 We do not know cur own hearts;
none OF Us have any idea how bad they
are. Some bitter hingn ore written NAainat
me, but know a good mSny moro things
about myself that are bad than any other
man.
Paul btinps in the law to STOW man that
he is lost and ruined. God, being aper.
feet God, had 10 give a perfect law, and
the law was given not to save men, but
10 measure them by. / want you IN un-
detstand this Clearly, becauee believe
hundreds and thousands stumble there,
They Try 10 save themselves by trying 10
keep the law; but 1t was never meant for
men to save themselves by. Tho law has
never saved a single man einCe tho world
began. Men have been trying TO keep 1t,
but they have never suCCeeded, and never
will. AK Paul what II was given for.
Hero Ia his answer, "That every mouth
nigh. be stopped, and the whole world
become guilty before God" In this third
chapter Of Romans the world has been
put on lie trial, and found guilty. The
verdict has been brought in sgainst us oil
-theEe minitteis and elders and church
members, juet aa much az the prodigal
and the dfnnkard.-"All have sinned and
come short"
NEARING THE KINGDOM OF GOD.
The law stops every mans mouth. God
will have a man humble himself down on
bis face before Him, with not word to
say for himself. Then God will speak to
him, when he owns tbst be is a sinner,
and gets rid Of all his own righteousness.
| I can always Tell q man who has got near
The Kingdom OF God bis mouth Is stop.
ped. II you will allow methe expression,
God always Thuts up 3 man's lips before
He caves him.
This, then, Ia what God gives US the law
for-to show us ourselves IN our true
colors.
| Ully Oue MAI 6N6t LNeu Uu Tue bhftH
who could say He had kept the law, and
that was the Lord JESUS Christ. II He
had committed one ain, and came short 10
the smallest degree, his Offering IIimslf
for Us would have been useless. But men
have tried 10 do what He did, and have
failed, Instead Of sheltering nnder hiU
righteousness, they have offered God their
own. And God knew what . miserable
failure It would be. "Theto 10 none right.
eous, no not ont"
j don't care where you put man, every.
where he has been tried he has proved o
total failure. Ho was put In Eden on
trial and some men cay they wish, they
had Adom's cqapee. il You had, YOU
would 20 down is quickly a. he did. You
put five hundred children into this hall,
and they can have anything thRy
want except one thing, placed, lot Us
say, In one Of the corners Of
MI Sankey's organ. You 20 out for |
little, and do you think that II Ia not tho
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