Evening journal., 1893-01-28
BATTLING WITH SIN.
Moody and Sankey Hold Two
More Large Meetings.
MUSIC, SPEECH AND PRAYER.

Throngs Again attend the Meetings Of
the Evangeiists-N Moody Delivers
Two Torcible Discourses ON Christian
Assurance and the way Of salvation.
No Meetings To-day.
Last nights service at the rink began
at 9 90, the crowd h. ylng filed every
seat by that time. Professor J. r.
Sweeney sang solo. Anywhere in
Heaven VIII Be JOY Enough for Ne.
manuscript song Of his own. aud Mr..
Sankey sang "When the Asts Have
Rolled Away the choir joining in the
chorus.
Mr. Moody read the tenth chapter of
Romans and taking as his text the ninth
verse, That If thou shalt confess with
thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt be
lieve ia thy heart that God hath raised
Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved,
he spoke as follows:
This puts the way of life just as
plain as it can be put. Notice Just three
things In the text, believe In the heart,
confess with the mouth, and do not be
ashamed Of Him. / do not believe there
ever was a man or woman who acknowl-
edged Christ who did not feel that he or
she was blessed for 10. We are all pack
of towards The reason 20 few people
get 10 Heaven is because there are so
many who are ashamed to become man
! fully bold for Christ. None can be a
| true disciple of God and be ashamed to
own Him.
you cannot find false religion under
the sun but that its believers are proud Of
| IT, The only religion that Is true and
pure rs the only one that has followers
who are ashamed % own &C. We ought
rather to be ashamed of ourselves
Only One way 20 Heaven.
he said that the only path TO heaven
was the old way of the cross Of Calvary
| We shouldn't expect TO take short cut
and avoid all trouble Christ admonished
all who intended TO become His disciples
to take mp the cross daily aud follow
Him If we are ashamed Of Him, He is
ashamed Of u.s. A man who is willing
to- be- hired as a servant but who does
not like to put on livery when asked
becauee he is ashamed 90 betrny his
position would bee considered poor ser
want IL we are true children of God we
will put on the livery of heaven We
should not be ashamed of our colors
lie called the attention TO two biblical
figures, John the blind heEgar, who
aitor receiving his sight stood up stead
iestly FOR Christ. who restored hi sight.
despite the arguments and ieers of the
Phlrisecs. aud Joseph uf Amathea
who probably converted boy Nicodemus,
remained hrm champion of the LORD
TO the end lie thought there WIS moth
ing sublimer In history than Joseph,
unsupported protest I'm the Sauhedrin
Il cannot consent 90 this just mans
death and by a pathetic and vividl,
descriptive recital OF Christ's last hourI
on earth, the deserlions OF His friends
and the noble championship OF Joseph
made many auditors weep
No Good work without Opposition.
He said there could be no good work
without opposition. Being told, In
answer 90 a question that the meetings
he was conducting were being deprecated
by some he thanked God for &c. III,
beseechod all followers of Christ O,
stand up for Him manfully and boldly
He contrasted the deaths of Jesus and
Bishop Brooks; the one suffering agony
with no sympathizers near the other
. gently laid TO rest by loving hands ID
conclusion be eXhorted every Christian
/
, After an earnest prayer that maul
/ might be saved at that meeting Mr.
Moody proceeded to the inquiry room
where seventy FIVE attended 20 learl
j more Of salvation, and about fifty pro
fessed conversion.
The prayer meeting outside was led bl
, Rev. H. M. Cctterill of Philadelphia
b who also pronounced the benediction.
D No Meetings To-day.
Mr.. Moody announced that there woul
be no meetings today and that next wee
while he preached TO men at the rinl
, Rev. Mr. Ellis, of Baltimore, woul
preach to women in Delaware Avenu
p Church.
The misunderstanding as TO the han,
o. ling OF the crowd, which Thursday nigt
. for the first time, caused some sligl
o. confusion, has been adjusted. There WI
Q not the slightest trouble at yesterday
meetings