Evening journal., 1893-02-07
l PLEA FOR THE BIBLE.
Mr.. Moody Discourses on the
Importance Of Scriptures.
BIBLICAL NUGGETS LIE DEEP.

\ Hard and Constant study of Holy writ
Makes the Student an Impregnable
Champion of God and Recipient of
Great scripturaI sweets-NIore Exposi-
tory Sermons Needed.
There was not the usual large audience
/ht the rink last night, owing TO the in
*elemency OF the weather, but about
n 600 persons, nearly one half of whom
were women, were in attendance. The
Eusual song service began the meeting
y &Mr. Sankey sang two solos.
The Sermon.
8 Mr.. Moody's evening discourse was
&upon the truth of the Bible, the great
&gOod and comfort TO be obtained in
Studying it and the necessity for its
*wider distribution.
n "Many people wonder why it is" said
#he, "that their prayers seem to have so
x little power 1t is because the prayers
*Rre not spiritual The Christian man or
woman who makes up his or her mind
& study the Bible and get some good
+ put of it will succeed. pity the people
& who have to be fed with an ecclesiastical
Spoon. There are some who have been
#Christians for forty years and yet they re
a OF able to feed themselves yet.
He ascribed the coolness, despair and
Hioubt of many protesting Christians and
the half heartedness of all to the neglect
sDf Scripture study. The Bible, he said,
IS full of golden nuggets and the deeper
xEou dig and explore, the sweeter the
ruth becomes. Some of the grandest
4Biblical truths have been seldom
#touched. The more the Christian par
axes Of scriptural food the healthier
ibis soul becomes
The speaker emphasized the fact that
he Bible is one book. Too many were
E prone TO divide it into the Old and the
+ New Testaments and split the doctrines.
%Some thought the life of Christianity
q hung on the New Testament alone. A
good many accepted only that part of
the Bible as true that cOnformed TO their
& IDEAS Many men read the Bible with a
penknife in hand and cut out as untrue
those portions that we're distasteful. II
one part Of the book were accepted all
of it should be accepted. If one part
were given up all should be given up II
was the master stroke of the Devil to
get us to doubt.
He quoted several passages in the Old
s. Testament and then from the New to
= show how firmly Christ believed in the
& old law and thought that if Christ be
81 lieved it His followers should also dc
5 so.
Another class believed only in that
part of the Bible which corresponded tC
the reason. They condemned the super
natural passages as untrue. He con
tended that if passage be thrown oul
because supernatural the whole bool
should be given up, Supernatural
events are recorded all through tn,
Bible. particularly in all of the fou
Gospels.
The preacher pointed out that tn
New Testament was made uE mostl,
from the Old He had no doubt tina
Jesus during His ministry, most O
which John said was not recorded, quotel
every book of the old scriptures
Regarding the study of the Bible
the speaker considered the prophesie
the great stumbling blocks to Skeptic
and lnfidels and read of the decline o
the old cities of Sodom and Gomorrah
Babylon, Mineryah, Tyre and Jerusaler
to show how the prophesies had bee
fulfilled
He deplored the absence Of the Bbl,
in the Sunday School. There wer
plenty of leaflets and tracks but to
few Bibles and the scholars were brough
up in too great ignorance of the Bib
as a result. With the help OF con
cordance and text book and a carefJ
study of each of the great fundameI
tai principles of Christianity the stI
dent would become so appreciative
it's truths that Gibraltar itself could nc
be stronger than his faith.
More sermons of an expository natm
were needed by church members an
less Of scientific trivialities. Expoundin
from scripture would build up the hoc
and there would be fewer backsliders
the church. The people wanted to kno
more about the Master
After brief prayer, Mr. Moody al
nounced that while prayer meetir
would be conducted for women there
mans prayer meeting would be he
at the Delaware avenue church and 7
quested all the men to 60 there.