Morning journal and courier., 1891-04-13
THE GLApTrpxNas

ana In Batteu cnapeA at1. AT Inc AFTER
noon meeting, which was crowed to over
flowing with young men, he preached on
the text, Rom. <, 1915: "Whosover shall
call on the name of the Lord shall DO
saved" "a wonderful verse; if it is true
it is one of the grandest truths in the
world. In Joel the same statement occurs.
I've looked from Genesis to Revelations
and I didn't find a single case where
man honestly called to God for salvation
and didn't get it. Adam didn't call for
it; he covered his over, and so did Cain.
Judas had remorse, but he didn't call for
mercy. believe it would have been alto
gether different with him if he had. And
that's the way you'll find with every class.
The first sermon ever preached after
Christ was glorifed was on this very text,
byPeter. can see one man crying to
Peter, 81 was one of those that spit in his
face; can be saveds' and another, IT
made that crown of thorns for him.; and
another, ct thrust that spear into his
side.' My friends, believe there wasn't
You can't expect God to forgive man if
he don't want his mercy-if he won't take
it? Three thousand of those men asked
for mercy, and they got it, and every man
that wants mercy will get it. Take David
he was backslider. Now when you
came to college you thoght you wouldn't
show your eolors, you'd just be a Christian
secretly; and you got in with fellows that
| didn't exactly fit with your prayers, and
| when you prayed the heaven seemed like
brass over you. David did that,
and he came home to himself afterwards
he wrote that beautiful 51st Psalm
where he refers to himself thirty three
times. Don't wait till I get through, but
people say they can't pray. They can say
''Lord, help me-" can't theya Don't any
man say he can't become Christian, all
he's got to do is to pray for help, those
| three words, the three links that join man
to heaven. One time was to preach on
hot day and it was so hot that couldn't
| get people into the house, so got on a
dry goods box outside aud started it up
| A man dressed fine with silk hat and o
cigar in his mouth drove up and sat down.
| Contempt was all over his face. didn't
think I'd see him again, but he came back
next evening. asked who he was, ooh, F."
and you'd better keep out of his way. He's
the most profane man in the place, he lives
up in that big house on the hill" 1 went
up to see him and I met him
in his front yard and said: els this Mr..
@r He said "yes. What do you
wantg' I didn't know but what he might
knock me down, but I said: 'tFm told
you've received great blessings from God,
wealth and wife and children, and no
death in your family, and all he's got for
it is cursing. I want to know why you
said, "sit down. I can't help cursing u
eyes, you can. I used to swear as bad as
you" "How've you stoppedp Didn't
stop. Stopped itself. I woke up and
found was sinner, and I called on God
and he heard me, and I've never wanted to
swear since" "What must I dog
"P-ay." ~ can't pray; won't you pray
for me2" prayed for him aloud and he
prayed. I've never returned to that
town, but three months afterward I re-
ceived word that that man was an elder of
the Presbyterian church.
Now, children, have three cries-a
make-believe cry, mad cry, when a
brothers taken some toy-these don't
amount to anything, and real cry. See
how quick the mother'l come to that.
Take the thief ON the cross-the publ
can in the temple. If you want Christ to
help you, just ask him. If you've never
made sincere cry, make it now. Come,
my friends, will you be saved? A mans
got to pray for himself-it don't do any
good to have others pray for him-if he
don't pray for himself he'll never get to
salvation
1.-THE EVENING MEETING-A BIG CROWD IN
WAITING.
4 In the evening a great crowd were
waiting for the doors to open, and the
hall was filed almost at once, as fast al
the eager people could crowd in. Stu
dents filled the body of the chapel, while
the galleries were packed with men and
women from the town.
"Thou art not far from the kingdom of
God" This was his text. 1.-TWO at
tacks," said Mr.. Moody, "were made on
and the other by the Sadducees, and after
ward scribe asked him the greatest com
mandmsnt, and was obliged to say he an
swered right. Christ saw he was honest
at heart, and said those words to him
I saw the train 60 out the other night
just as came into the depot. I thought
to myself I might just as we'll have been
an hour too late for it. If a man comes
near the kingdom of God and misses it he
might as we'll be thousand miles away
A good many say they'll 60 up and hear
It's lie The more men hear, if they're
softened they're hardened.
The Bible says Herod heard John the
Baptist gladly. I believe John the Baptist
was the most eloquent preacher ever on
| this earth It wasn't Rev. John the Bap-
fist, D. D. LID; he never graduated from
Yale; he was poor backwoodsman. Isee
him coming out and telling few farmers
his message, and soon thousands and
thousands focking out into the desert
to hear him. I can see Herod coming
along in his chariot to arrest him, and
stopping to hear him,-to hear that Re
heart. He did many things the bible
says-probably gave up drinking and gam
bling and SO on. He might have been
| there when that man came to him on
| whom the spirit of God descended like q
dove, and heard that voice from heaven
at any rate he heard of it. And yet he
was the man that imprisoned him and put
him to death.
John wasn't teaching to please men.
He didn't blanch before Herod cit is not
lawful for thee to have thy brothers wife"
He had sin he wouldn't give up. If
you've got right arm or right eye that
ofends you its got to come ut;-and if it
don't you're sevenfold more the child of
hell than before.
Every man has his price;-Herod,
Esau, Anal, Judas,-what's yourss It's
the sin you're not willing to give up.
May God tear away that sin from each one
of us!
''Look at Felix before Paul, who trem-
bled as he reasoned of judgment to come
Agrippe, who was almost persuaded
those disciples that went back and walked
no more with Christ-in my own expert
ence.
Their example is fearful. It's better to
miss your examinations, better to miss
your college course, ten thousand things
than to miss having your names in the
book of life.
| When I spoke once in Chicago man
rose and said he wanted to be Christian!
I made up my mind, he said, wouldn't rise
| if a friend of mine was here, but couldn't
see him, so I stood up. 1 never could
stand being laughed at He seemed on
the very threshold of the kingdom of
| God. But he drew back and for days and
| days the spirit of God struggled with
| him, till he began to dodge me and not
come to any meetings, and I saw I was
boring him and let him go. Six months
after he sent for me, on what seemed his
dying bed. He made up his mind to Fbe a
Christian. After that he got well
| again UNEXPECTEDLY. I asked him
if he wasn't going to be
a Christian now. 'Wen,' he said, I'in
going to- buy farm out in the country,