The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-01-26
A TALK ON REGENERATION.

TALK ON REGENERATION.
Mr. Moody Took as His Subject Last
Night, Eye Must BE Born Again"
Last nights meeting Of the Moody
and Sapkey series was profitable
one, the inquiry room after the SER
vice being crowded with those anx
ious to lead O better life. Mr. Moody's
talk was very touching throughout.
The attendance WAS large, every
seat in the building being occupied.
Many also were obliged to stand dur
ing the service. At 7.30 o'clock the
doors were closed, there being about |
$500 people outside. j. X. King led |
the singing. Mr.. Moody announced |
that all overflow meeting would be- |
conducted in the Delaware Avenue
Baptist Church by Mr.. Sankey.
Tie regular service opened by the
singing the familiar hymn, God Be
With You It'll We Meet Again.. Rev.
was followed by singing hymn No,
$50: Are Your Windows Open Toward
Jerusalem" 10y Mr.. SGnkey. Rev John
Y. Dobbins offered a second prayer,
when Mr.. Sankey again sang ''fiaIlelu-
jail, What a Saviour the audience
and choir joining in the chorus. blr.
Sankey left to conduct the overflow
meeting.
Mr.. Moody made the announcement
that the meetings in the afternoons
would be opened at 3 O'Clock instead
of $50 O'Clock, as by that time the
bnilding had be n filled every after
noon. 1t was announced that every
night next week the meetings will be
for men. as there were many working
, men who were unable to be present on
account OF Icing shut out by the
crowd, and the afternoon meetings
during the week will be for the ladies'.
Mr.. Moody said that he had the same
gospel to talk to them about, but
thought that by these means he might
work better.
D The "Old Coronation" was then sung.
> In opening the sermon, MIR. Moody
! said: "To-hght / want to put be-
fore you the most important theme
is the mighty doctrine OF regenera-
ton; the doctrine .of the new birth.
. There are three points want you all
Ito consider,
a First-IIaye been born again?
| Second - Have l been born from
above?
: Ihird.-Haye ] been born of the Holy
: Chest?
These are all MS distinct rs the day
lis from the night. These are very
solemn questions and don't be deeeiy-
1 ed, When n man. woman or child has
e been born again this new birth out
C weighs everything this world can pos.
g sess. and yet there are hundreds OF
/ people who are afraid of being con-
:, verified. 1t is the greatest blessing be-
: slowed upon mankind. 1t Is GOD and
: not OF any act of your own"
In relating an Incident he further
c said: During my travels l once met
t and asked n certain woman II she was
! a Christian" The woman replied, she
thought she was.' Upon further ques.
I t!oning, he found that the woman
i based her hope on having brother an
arch.deaeon in an English Church.
u Many people to-day, have the same
9 hope. Because your fathers and
? mothers are Christians does not make
o you one. Because YOU attend the church
/. Of God regularly does not make
I you one. Neither are you u Christian
because you repeat prayer nightly.
Is there not many Christian parent
who has not lost childy Did not saul
repeat u prayer daily. but was not his
o heart set against Gody
= Does not the Devil so to Church ?
) Yes, lie does. He is there as frequent
IL ly as in the saloon, so do not flattel
4 yourself. Scripture does not say un'
a less you attend divine service you viii
y not get to Heaven. but it says, "Ye
: must he born again" Then you may
d say Lam not conscious Of my sin.
|. know you are not, for il you were you
Is would turn to God. Oh, that Goo
l. NAV smite your conSclenceS.
NJ Neither does God say that you car
. go 10 heaven by being baptised. II
l. this was the case come one would &c
before the lawmakers to have a public
pool built, and by this means
every man, woman and child coult
=, enter Heaven. God says. "le must bt
bern again"
-e Don't let any one of you think yol
is are too good to become converted. Ii
glNew England during my travels me
It some people who objected to IN,
n style" OF preaching, saying that the!
!. were morally good ard had no use fol
that which would have done in thu
slums. They were unconscious of Sin
No one Is born with pure henrt
"a Many say the trouble IS with thu
A tongue. but il the heart is right Their
will 10 no trouble with the tongue
a III prove this to you. Persons are no
: willing to have their hearts photo
graphed. Don't lie deceived, If tn
heart Is wrong 1t is impossible I,
desire in this world comes from tn,
heart. II you get your heart RICH
your life will be right.
Man is by nature lower than tht
beasts. Many child who has beel
brought up Christian freqnentl,
wanders away before the age of ma
turity, and sinks Tito iniquity. Som
may suy what is this birth and no,
can get IL? | have two births, on
carnal and tho other spiritual. On
reaches after carnat things the othe
after spiritual things. When God i'm
parts to us rev nature, it Is til
greatest blessing that ever came t
man. lie related story of swa
which came from Heaven and met
stork on earth. The stork WAS fond G
snails and did not want to go to Hea
ven because there were no snails there
"Well, we huve snails to-day. D
you ever hear of son who gave VI
mis- home to go out into the world
have heard of many one. After lea,
ling home they end up III the bar .rooI
III and when any Christian man persuade
1T them to turn to God they refuse sa,
10 ing, give them liquor and they wi
20 run all risks of losing Heaven. The
s, like the snalls. remember myse
s. when used to like snails but Glor,
! he to God he has given to MO some
u, thing better than 10000 snails. 1o
nj get the new nature and you won
10 want anything else.n
lie related anotherincident of wlief
u he started to climb over the pews in
c. certain church in order to talk to
In young man, seeing that Moody wa
~ after him, left the building. On visi
ts Ing tho town after an absence of ngt
ST Iyears the man came to him anti tni
= him OF his conversion. The maj
70 said that he mad passed many a joi,
1t about tho night he gava Moody til
al slip" but since then the words LA
= haunted him until he gave his heal
to God.
)c at is good thing to have dialoa
n ne With yourself occasionally abou
: your souls salvation. ! am surn
10 everybody would give fair conside
O. alton Of the case there would no man
- converts hero tonight. | do than
~ God for this religion, which lifts
~ man up out Of the horrible pit an
out of the mirey clay and places h
feet upon the solid rock. II lifts sti
farther than this, yea,Hp to the thron
of God. The God Of Paul has not 10.
his power. let God come to nigh