Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-02-09

gan. The building was packed both
afternoon and evening and thousands
had to be turned away from both ser
vices. For the benefit of those WHO
could not get in the rink overflow meet
ings We're held i'll Delaware Avenue
Baptist Church. The audiences could
not have been more attentive, the music
was exceptionally fine and Mr.. Mondy's
discourses were the keenest and best he
has delivered hore.
The afternoon exercises began with n
song service, during which the choir,
led by j. L. Clymer, with Il. p. Potter
as accompanies, sang clear me, Blessed
Jesus, "Sin no More" Arise, my Soul,
Arise" and "A Mighty Fortress" Mr.
Sankey sang THE Hem Of Ills Car
mcnt" and Mrs. w. Is. White, H. f.
Pickles and Messrs. Sankey and Clymer
sang "Watching and Waiting for Me-"
Prayer was offered by the Rev. Drs.
Cook and Marks.
TRUE REPENTANCE.
In beginning his Bible talk Mr..
Moody said: 81 want to call your at
tention to five things which grow out of
true repentance"
Puusing an instant he turned in the
"Hand me one of those chairs back
there" he lifted it from the roslrum and
passed it to newspaper man who lad
just entered.
Resumng his address, he said: "The
things | wish you to consider are First,
conviction; second, contrtion; third
confession of sin; fourth, conversion;
fifth, confession of the fact, or confess
sion Of Christ.
Before you can be converted you've
gotto be convicted of sin Three things
lead to conviction: First, conscience;
second, the Word of God; third, the
Holy Ghost. 1t was conscience Adam
had when he was put in Eden. Com
science was God speaking to him.
There is something in children which
tells them when they are doing right or
wrong. 1t is conscience. That is what
heathens are judged by. Nine-tenths of
the world, Il suppose, can't read but
have conscience and that is what God
judges them by. The Word of God is
far better than conscience. The latter
may be stifled and put to sleep. The
conscience of some people is like rubber.
A good many people get in thousands
of difficulties, but they will not get in
trouble if they take the Bible. The next
thing which conYicts of sin is the Hoty
Ghost. Christ says that when He comes
He shall convince the world of right.
eousness and of Judgment to come, The
work of the Holy Ghost is to convict of
sin. That's what He's here for. So we
have three witnesses-consciencc the
Word Of God and the Holy Ghost. Min
listers cant convict of sin. Bear in mind
= the work is going to be done in answer
to prayer. There are four classes Of sim
ners-wayside, stony ground, thorny
! side and good ground.
''If there is not deep contrition the
work will not last. There must be true
contrition if there is going to be true re-
pentance. God does not despise CON
trite spirit by great deal. When Saul
fell in sin there was no Contrition, but
when he became Contrite he was lifted
higher than he had been before. There
is never true Contri,ion in this world
but what there is true mercy and for.
giveness.
There must be confession of sin. If
we've got too much pride to confess our
wrong, confess our sin, we will not
prosper. God says lie that confesseth
not his sin shall not prosper There is
nothing more disastrous to sinner than
being successful in covering up sin /
believe these bank presidents who 90
OIL TO prison began when they were
children and went on to ruin. So it Is
calamity for any one to be successful in
covering up sin, To whom shall we
confess sin? Sin is against God and we
must confess ii to him. We need not
confess it to the wife Of our bosom or to
minister. If We have dana n ,nan
wrong and cnuscd him Ia stnmbIo 49,,
we ought to confess 10 him as wall ss ~
God / believe there's MANY n vie ~ y
can win her husband If She viii ill., m "Lo
confession; there's manv n husband who
can win his wife if he will make con,
fession. When see the bows wander.
ing into ske3ticism think tnrre'. some.
thing wrong. Don't Won Thing Won nn'rht
to confess 10 vo1r children The con
fession ought to be as public as The
trausgression. If Won cover mn vomr
sins It's roing 10 he misarahia worlr
They're going to be resurroctoJ enmo
day. Look nj Jacobs sonsi Thcv snId
their brother. but their sin ms yesnr'
rected 30 wears later There ara two
ways Of covering nm sin-(tnd,s wnv
and mans wav. Man tries il and mai, ~
moor work al II ,Be snre your Gins
viii find Won ont n Il Il c1tnrnrting
thnupht ia me This ofternonn fhnt evarV
ain represented here can he roIIod in III
emntv senulrhre ~ Christ
uC9nyer.ion "a 10 tnrn abort be.
lave 4 rood many neorle nnwod,vs oro
only haIf cnnverfad / believe IN trHu.
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