The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-02-11
CHRIST's LOvLEIEST SERMON.

Evangelist Moody Holds That the Son
of God Wipes Out Sin. Death. Grave
and the judgment.
The Christians of Wilmington are
divided between the present and fu'
tire tense in their estimation OF the
potency of divine grace. As the
phraseology of the sermon was not
taken from creeds and catechisms II
apparently pleased everybody. 1t was
a relicit GUS idea of DR.. Harlan to have
the Ferris Industrial School present
About ten OF the boys climbed upon
the Land stand.
At=.40 p. m, Friday that delightful
contralto ana help-meet of her hug
band in evangelization, Mrs. +. L
Pierson, of New York, sang tho Eye
Of Faith" efficiently assisted by Profes
sor Jacob 4. Clymer's Grand Uniof
Choir and thousands of Wilmington
ladies'.
ARISE My Soul" Nearer My God tc
Thee and How Firm a Foundation
were sung.
i The written requests for prayers
we're prayed for by Presiding Elder
Barrett us follows: For an onl.
brother" "by a mother for two sons
one of whom 10 attending the meet
ings, "''for my husband who said mo
when invited to meeting but subse
quentjy came with shop-mate." 10
- drinking husband" for an oni,
son, "a brother and five Others" "b.
a sister for two brothers" "by /
!, mother for her SON." for my uncon
verified husband" for my onl.
brother for my dear brother" TO
lmy husband and son both here las
,evening."
Take Him" and Far from Thy So
,lered Courts" were sung. Rev. e, Al
bert II dies of Philadelphia prayed.
At 3.l5 Evangelist Moody spoke o.
4 Luke 10, And lie came to Nazareth,
letc., it being the respondent prophes
which Jesus read upon Himself out O
the book of isaiah and the sermon h
preached on it. ~.
NOTES ON THE SERMON.
Jesus might have read other pas
sages of Isaiah that would have hur
the Jews feelings but He took tn
loveliest message.
Every heart has been touched b
sorrow. Jesus came to heal and bless
The words grace" and gospel
seem to be the most misunderstood o
! ANY in the English language. Peopl
don't believe tho gospel of goodness
|, "God-spelr means the time God Is no
slmputing to men their sins. The
seem to think. when they hear of TIL
'IGospel, that God is going to demand
something OF them.
A mlniater knocked on the door G
slhis practitioners house and when n
| lone came he went away. Subsequel
lily he told the lady In the street that h
called. "Why Doctor! Wus that you
| thought 1t was the landlord FOR tn
iIfeut" How many of you are lit
. that? II you only knew what hea,
Ienly guest knocks at the doois Of you
heart, you would open the doors an
let Him in.
> A bet b, he could stand on Londo
r bridge half a day and offer gold soy
! Icreign as q free gift to each passer b.
: and no one would take it. He did g
and won for they all thought he wa
trying to fool somebody. They laoke
e faith. How many act Just that way i
: regard to the gift OF eternal life.
g The difficulty in the way OF Deopl
' getting to God Is that they think the.
? can pay about ninety per cent. of thei
, indebtedness to Hun. A grolt man
: people in Wilmington think they ca
= pay 80 per cent. OF it. God don't say
They are utterly bankrupt OF a
ability to give anything to God be
fore they become actually possessa
i of His free gift in Jesus Christ {
aternal life. which our infinite. III
Ichangeable and oninipotent Go
having once given, Gun never be take
!, away.
\ afraid He will not keep me-" NJ
e friends, you need the same grace [
o keep you. that saves you and the san
. God gives 1t. The speaker gave
I lgraphlc description of the Widow
Cruise of DIR in the days of Eliju
and ended 1t with the instruction 81
received to "pay the debt and live Q
the rest So Jesus pays the sinner
g to live on. Look ut all the Bib
!. characters He kept by giving the
i. plenty to eat.
y / like the gospel because it has take
7 away my four worst enemies.
4 I. Jesus has taken my sins awi
!, and made full atonement.
ii. Death has lost its sting. A yoit
# said: 20 Death. whore Is thy sting
: iThe answer came down from Calvar
"Buried in the bosom of the Son ,
lGod.n
III. 20 grave where is thy victory
And jesus answers: Because 1 Ii
y ye shall live also.
y Nv. The great white throne
Il Judgment.
: II your sins are covered up-''h
n with Christ in God.n you have nothir
q Ito fear from Judgment. You are Z
i 1.-The throne with Christ when He iudg
!. the world. Death and Judgment n
. lswallowed up in eternal life. Jud
ment is already past for them that a
wholly in Him.
like the Gospel 1t has conquer
It sin, death, grave and judgment.
q Tho Evangelist followed his serm,
4 with one OF his executive and practiC
. prayers looking tosGod, and trustii
= Him to put the sermon into practice.
!. HEAR MOODY To.Moi ROW.
It appears 10 las consented to ma
a second pTolongation of bis STAY
, this city. First 1t was for an additio
: ial week. Now IL is for an addition
: day, that of tomorrow, Sunday, win
!, he Will preach to women in tho rink
l. 3 80 %. III. and to men at $50 !
y tickets are needed. Over flow meetin
e at Delaware Avenue Baptist and Ora
M. J.. Churches under Evangelists, Sa
key, Pierson, ct. al.=Mrs. Pierson W
e sing. Tho last rink meeting will
IL under the auspices of the Minister
= Union and Y. NJ. c. A. on Mond
u evening, for everybody and witho
. tickets.
9, JOHN c. HARKNEBs, Reporter.
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