Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-03-16
"RE NOT AsHAMED.o
mr.. HOody,s Services at the Pavil-
iona Large Audience.

There are very few attractions that
could bring crowd together on night
like last night. Fully 1000 people as
sembled at the Pavilion, however, to par
ticipate in the Moody revival services,
and the building was comfortably filled
on both galleries and floor. Mr.. Moody
checked the preparatory praise service 80
as to make his announcements regarding
future services, which proved to be as
follows: There will be no exercises of
any description to-day, but on Sunday
there will be five meetings, which will
amply compensate the loss of one day.
The first will be at 8 A. NJ. at the First
Raptist Church. At IL O'Clock at the
Pavilion Mr.. Moody will speak on nom
church-goers, that is, to those who are
not in the habit of regularly attending
divine service of any description. At
p. M. there will be meeting at the First
Presbyter Churchf men only, which
will be conducted by Mr.. Winslow of
London, while at the same hour at the
Pavilion Mr.. Moody will speak to women
only. At 80 P. NJ. there will be the
customary services in the Pavilion for
both sexes.
Hymns having been sung and prayers
offered, the evangelist commenced his
discourse by announcing his text as fol-
lows, from the tenth chapter of Romans ::
eff thou shalt confess with thy mouth
the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine
heart that God has raised him from the
dead, thou shalt be saved"
'For with the heart man believeth
d ito righteousness; and with the mouth
confession is made unto salvation"
''For the Scripture saith, 'Whosoeyer
believeth on him shall not be
ashamed"
"You will notice that there are three
steps conveyed in these texts" said the
evangelist, "The first is to believe in the
heart, the second to confess with the
mouth and the third not to be ashamed
of it. The confession of being Christian
is what mankind shrinks from. If one
could get off in corner and become a
Christian without anyone else knowing
it, the flock would be increased tenfold.
Do YOU remember when Peter fell? 1t
was when he was ashamed of the Lord.
That is the way with most men
They are ashamed to acknow.
ledge that they are Christians.
What is it to confess Christ? Well, one
way is to go home and erect the family
altar; go to your business place and let
your associates know that you have be-
come Christian. If any of you tonight
want eternal life you can have it, but
you have got to take up the cross. My
friends, If you want to be redeemed, you
must not be ashamed of the Christ who
laid down His life for your sakes. For
whosoever of you shall be ashamed
of my words, of him the Son of God
shall be ashamed when he comes in the
presence of the court of heaven" says
the Divine Book. What would you
think of servant who applied for posi-
ton, but who, on having it rendered to
him, declined to wear the livery of the
house which engaged him? If you want
to belong to God, you must wear the
livery of heaven. ] believe that the
reason so many are on the side
against the Redeemer is because they
are ashamed to say that they are
desirous of following in His path. What
is man good for if he has not the cour-
age to follow his own convictions? l
pity the individual who has not the cour-
age to stand up for what he thinks is
right on all occasions. l will venture to
say that there is many a young man in
this building tonight who would be
ashamed to take out of his trunk the
Bible bis mother gave him and read it
Def lre his associates. The fact is, We
are a pack of towards, and afraid to live
up to our own convictions; that is the
trouble. You never saw a man in your
life who went away from God that had
peace in his soul. Let the father and
mother 90 up to the cross, and the chill
dren will follow. I can imagine some
people saying that they are not ashamed
of their Saviour, but they are ashame1
of themselves. That is all right;
be as much ashamed of yourself
as YOU like, but not of the Son
Of God, who bought your souls ransom
with His blood. I want to call your at
tention tonight to two men who con-
fessed Christ; one was at the bottom
round of the ladder and the other at the
top, The FIRST was the thief who was
crucified with Christ. He came out in
the morning reviling and scoffing like
his brother thief, but suddenly convic-
tion came over him, probably when
Christ said, "Father, forgive them, for
they know what they do" and he was
saved. The Son of God must have been
thrilled with Joy, when at that dark
hour the thief confessed, crying aloud
"This man hath done nothing amiss,"
His record is that of one of the most re-
markable cases of faith ever known. HIS
cry of "Lord remember me when thou
conest into thy kingdom" rang out
supplicatingly, and Christ threw him
the passport when he said, "This day
shalt thou be with me in Paradise"
s'The other man was Joseph OF Ari-
msthea, rich counselor, one of the
honorable seventy, and none knew until
the night Christ was betrayed that he
was a disciple of the Lord. 1t touched
the hesrts Of all when he confessed that
he was a Christian that night when, at
the counsels of the Sanhedrim, he sprang
up and said, 4 will never give my con-
sent to that just mans DEATH The
oilers were all calling for Christ's execu-
ti.n, but he would not stand by and aid
in sending to death the Master whose
cause be had espoused. Then, after the
death of Christ, he went boldly and
asked for the body of the Saviour-he
was not ashamed of the Lord who had
died to cave him. l don't believe that
anv man had ever done an act
more noble than that of Joseph
OF Arimathea, for he threw up his
position and friends in the support OF
what appeared to be lost cause. Be
like him my friends; be not ashamed of
your God, but boldly acknowledge that
Won are anxious to follow in His footsteps