Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-03-14
SOWING AND REAPING.
An Excellent Sermon by Mr.. Moody
Last Night,

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Last Night,
Even muddy streets and rain falling
overhead failed to keep away from the
Pavilion those who are attending the
Moody revival meetings, and at the Bible
lecture yesterday afternoon there was a
good attendance. When the evening ex-
ercises opened there was also the usual
rush, and although the building was not
filled as on the preceding evenings, there
was what might we'll be termed big
house. The preparatory praise service
was enhanced by the presence of the
orchestra of the Y. M. G. A. add
ing greatly to the effect of the
sweet singing of Miss Boole and Mr..
Stebbins, and the well-trained chorus.
Prayer having been offered, Mr.. Moody
advanced to the front and began his SER
mon. He first read number of verses
from the eighth chapter of Ecclesiastes,
and also from the twelfth chapter of the
same book, and the sixth chapter of the
Galatians.
Whatsoever a man soweth, that also
shall he reap is the particular text wish
to call your attention to, saidthe evangel-
list. "Man will always reap what he
sows. You have instances of it in the
papers every day, of criminals being
brought to justice years after
the commission of their crimes.
It is mystery to me how anyone can
look around on what is going on in this
world and yet not believe it. 1t is the
truth; Gods eternal decree and must be
believed. And this is text that applies
TO all without exception, to minister and
sinner, to millionaire and to pauper. l
will divide my sermon into four sections
tonight for want to drive that
text, you must SOW as you reap,
down deep into your souls. First,
a man expects to reap as he sows, then
he expects to reap the same kind-it is a
law OF nature; if you SOW wheat you
don't expect to get turnips. There is
nothing more solemn in the Bible, for it
is as true in the spiritual as in the natur-
world. Curse before your children, and
they will curse before you, later on. And
1 want to say right here, that it is the
strongest temperance text in the Bible.
You SOW whisky and you'll reap drunk
ards-there is not man on earth can
afford to sell liquor, for the curse will
surely come home to him. Some people
think that unless the curse comes to
them personally it has not been launched,
but you will find that it has struck one
of the members of their families. There
is Jacob. A man asked me where God
ever punished Jacob for his rascality.
Why, you remember Isaac, his old blind
father, wanted some venison, and
Jacob fooled him and got Esau's
birthright. Jacobs sons sold their
brother Jacobs favorite son into Egypt
and lied to their father as to his
fate. That is how Jacob was pun
ished-according to his dues, as God had
promised. Did you ever notice that it a
man is liar, everyone will lie to him,
and rascal will have rascals about him :?
1t is so.
"Look again at the case of David, was
not he punished for his sins. l do not
know of any instance in the Bible which
shows 80 clearly that God will treat a
man according to his deeds. There is
one text that l would like to see in the
house of everyone, and that is BE Sure
Your Sin Will Find You Out Mother
and father beg of you to look well to
what kind of seed you are sowing: if you
blacken some ones chara, ter, some enc
will blacken yours. Then again you
must not forget that you will reap more
than you will SOW. If you put bushel
of wheat seed into the ground you expect
to get back ten bushels, do you not ? and
it is the same with your sins. There is
man in the Ohio penitentiary now, un-
less death has released him lately, who
has been in the prison forty years. He
was once farmer and his ranch stood
where the town of Cleveland now is.
The railroad company wanted to 60
through his place, but he objected and
they forced their way through. One
dark night an obstruction was
placed on the track and there
was terrible wreck. The farmer was
brought up charged with doing it and he
was sent to prison for life. Since he has
been in jail the town of Cleveland has
sprung up and made him millionaire
I'but what good has it done him in his
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