Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-01-26

will 90 into every pew in the |
church. Il is very contagious. My |
friends, he ioyousiy cried, we are on the !
winning side; Jesus Christ is going to |
triumph. f"Glory," shouted somebody |
in the audience, The time is coming |
when God will set up His kingdom on |
the earth. We want no Juniper trees,
he remarked; get on the bright side. my
friends.
We want enthusiasm, he stated. That
is just what the church wants. Snap
ping his fingers he said Christian
without enthusiasm is not worth that,
What is q pastor, n sunday-school
teacher or a secretary Of n Young Mems
Christian Association without Gnthusi-
nsn? he asked. He liked the enthusi-
assn Of Garibaldi. Why was Phil Sheri-
dan worth SO much to the American
army? he inquired. Because, he re-
Piled he was full Of fire and enthusi.
asm. lie was worth 10000 ordinary
soldiers, Enthusiasm, he repeated, is
what we need,
We want perseverance, he continued.
a man once told him that lie had had Il
revival and he hoped he would have
another the next year Mr. Moody did
not believe in that spasmodic effort. He
had always had great admiration for the
four men in Capernaum who brought
the palsiea man to Christ There were
philosophers in the house. They were
gust like you tonight, many of you.
You said Ill just 60 and seehow Moody
comes out. He did not know that the
palsied man had faith but the four men
had. He pictured them putting their
helpless charge on the sidewalk and ask
ing q man at the door TO step aside and
let them get the paisiel man in. The
man spoken to said; mo, came 40
miles and can't hear Him. Next they
madea similar request Of woman and
she said Indeed ! won't; came 10
miles" Proceeding another way they
got the man Oh the roof. They took up
pieces of thing and let dust down on
the heads Of the philosophers. The lat
ter looked up, acnwled and said why
cant theycOme lecently. wish that class
had died off long ago Mr. Moody said,
but their grandchildren still live. When
Christ saw their faith Have you seen
faith around Wilmington: the evangelist
asked. You say you can't sec faith! lie
had seen faith. His hearers wanted
faith which they could see. Christ
turned 10 the man and said "Son be of
good cheer, thy Gins urc forgiven thee. "
Not only was the mans BODY healed
but his Sins were forgiven Don't be
such sticltlers about the regular way,
the regular order, he added; get four
men after one and see what they will
do. There's Brown. He's Boosting
that he has been here twenty-five years
and never entered church. Send four
men after him. The first man says
Brown, comuand hear Moody Brown
replies mo, Moody Is humbur.n The
second man saws Brown, come and
hear that nan Moody" and Brown saws
NO, sir there's d lot of hypocrites
there" The third man goes to him and
Brown saws mo, sir, said no twice
and I'll not break my word" lie is
appr0achrd bv the fourth man and he
says "What has come over this town,
here's the fourth man who has been
after me-" He'll come finally. Mr.
Moody declared. If we succeed in win
ming one soul, he said, our effort will
not be failure. Pcrseyere
Another element, he continued, ia
| love for the work. When love for God
I takes NOM tl our npuFl@ IL WIFI moi lie
| hard to work for Him. 1t will be a
pleasure and d delight. The church
needs the BAPTISM Of love we had AT
| Calvary.
Another clement, We've rot 10 have
! human sympathy, We want il inst as
much as the other elements. If we are
| going to succeed we have rot to have
! sympathy for the fallen. The parable
| OF the rood Samaritan ought to be read
in church once in every 80 DAYS and we
ought 10 emphasI IN "goaud do Iikewise .
After explaininr that he dia not mean
| TO Offend any Israrlites who might ha
present he said liz did not think wn
\ treat Cinnamon better than the laws
treated Sagaritlns The .Jews hated
the Samaritans us much as many Nate
| Gninnmen. He thought the hate mani.
tested towards HE latter is a burninp
shame. Speakiue of the man IN
scripture WHO nl among thieves
lie asked, "IlIyr YOU ever seen
GOOD samaritan, I" He could tel them
half mile oil. He related an incident
OF two sleirhprs 10 one sleigh were
httchtl dozen slcds, upon which wert
rs many Youngsters. ianthing. shoutino
and ems iylue themselves, On account
If Ii. rlwI one bay could not gct 4
hi,ch md be waited f6r another sIcigh
10 come along. Presently il approacheG
and he tied his sled 10 it. This done lt
seated himself bit he did not MIL "a,
before he was struck with the wbiL
nod by tho man in the sleigh, TLer,
arr MI. Moody remarked. Two cIasse,
III ,cDplc-.'ntt.h oh. bows" and .shi
behind Don't bra crab he added il,
a.rnod samaritan. some pcoplo CHR,
ar1nnd ymegnr rnd rtyc vou yincgar 4,
Ill nrcost,,,'. ,rhr rn1I Sa,1Srf,o,