The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-11-20

cut OF nothing But almost every man viii
admit there WIS ers2tive Poxer
Have not ssue Of the very worst men
been reeenerEsed-been picked up ont o.
the pls and had tAezz fees SCI npon tne
rock. and ueu song pat II their ao1zns1
Thesr tonxnes were cur<iry and bias
pheminx and now are oec1pied IN prAls-
ing God Old things have passed away.
and all tAinxs have bscozne new They
are not refsrmed o2ly. but regeH<rzfe<f-
nes znen In Christ Jesus
Down there in the dark alieFs Of ore o.
oar great cities r. poor dYEEkxrd think
II yoa want 70 get near hell y0a shoaid go
70 . poor drzakarza's home Go to the
house Of that poor miserable drunksru- Is
there anything more Ike he'll on earth
See the want and distress that reigns fhere-
Bat bark. A footssep Is heard at the door,
and the children ran snd hide themselves.
T5e Pat ent wife ~aits to meet the
man. He has been her torment May q
tfrne she has borne about tfc MARKS OF his
blows for weeks. Many time that strong
right hand has been brcaght down on her
dsfeEseiess head And now she waits ex-
peesfrg 20 hear his o4fhs and suffer his
brutal treatment He comes In and says
to her. 81 hare been TO the meeting; and
I heard there that IL / viii can be con
Ferted- / believe that God Is able 70 save
me Go down to that house sgain in
few weeks; and what q change. As you
approach yos hear some one singing. Il Is
MOI the song Of reveler. but the strains Of
that good old hyran, Rock of Ages" The
children are no longer afraid OF the mat.
but cluster aroSnd his knee. His wife is
near him. her face lit up with a happy
glow Is not that a picture of regenere-
tfons
In the 18th and 18th verses of this chap
ter we read "As Moses lifted up the ser
pent il the wilderness. even 50 must the
Son OF Man be lifted up. that whosseyer
= y - a -ah fksrf
have eternal life. ',Wh0soeyer.' Marx
that Let me tell you who are uRsaved
what God has done for yJu. He has done
everything He could toward your saliva
ticn. fou need BOT wait for God 20 do
anything more. In one plsce He asks the
question, WAT nore ccaia ne nSEe aone;
He sent His prophets, AID they Killed
them; then He sent his beloved Son. and
they murdered Him. Now He has sent the
Holy Spirit 10 convince us of sin and to
show how we are to be saved.
Some men complain aud say thai It il very
unreasonable that they should be held re
spoEsible for the sin of man 81 < thousand
years ago. It was not long ago that a m an
was talking to me about this injustice, as
he called il. II man thinks he is going
to answer God in that way tell you Il viii
not do him any good. II you are lost it
viii not be ON account OF Adams sin
Let me illustrate this. and perhaps you
will be better able to understand it. Sup
pose am dying Of consumption, which
Inherited from my father or mother |
did not get the disease by any fault OF my
OWE. by any neglect OF my health: Iinher-
tied il, lei US suppose. A friend happens
70 come along; he looks at me and says:
Moody, you are in consumption" /
reply, II know 1t very well; do not want
any one to tell me that But" he says,
There is a remedy" but, sir, / do not
believe it. / have tried the leading ply
sieians OF this country and in Europe, ana
they tell me there is no hope" Bat
known me for years ayes, sir, 'Do
you think. then, would tell you false
hoodg' NO" '.weil, ten years ago was
as far gone. I was given up by the physi-
clans to die; but took this medicine and
it cured me. am perfectly well: look at
me- say that ii is "a very strange ease"
ayes, 1t may be strange; but it is fact.
This medicine cured me; take this midi
cine, aud II viii cure you. Although il has
cost me great deal, It shall not cost you
anything. Do not make light of II. beg of
YOU" WELL" say, II should like to be-
leve you. but this is contrary to my rea-
son.
Hearing this my friend goes away and
returRs with another friend, and that one
iestiies to the same thing. am still dis
believing, so he goes away and brings an
other friend. and another, and another,
Aut tIty al testify 10 tLe came IniHB.
They say they were as bad as myself that
they took the same medicine that has been
offered 10 me. and that II has
cured them. My friend then hands
me the medicine. dash it
to the ground; | do not believe in its
saving power; die. The reason Is that
spurned the remedy. So il you perish it
win not be because Adam fell.
but because you spurned the
remedy offered you. You wiz
choose darkness rather than light.
How then shall ye escape IL ye neglect
so great salvation ?" There is no hope for
yoa il you neglect the remedy. II does no
good TO losk at the wound. If We had been
in the Israelitish camp ana had been bitten
by one OF the fiery seFpents, it would have
done US no good 10 look at the wound
Looking at the wound will never save any
one. What you must do is to look at the
remedy-look away 10 Him who hath
power to save you from your sin.ss
The subject was further illustrated By 4
graphic description of the plagse-stricken
1sraelites in the wilderness being healed
by looking at the braze1 serpent which
Noses had lifted up. Mr.. Moody's appli-
cation of this was very powerful.