The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-02-10
AiooDY's BIBLE STUDY.
His Great Fortress-'Get a Good Grip
On the Bibie.r

The rink was filed Thursday after
noon with an audience % per cent.
women. The inquiry meeting was
largely attended. The after prayer
/, meeting was led by Evangelist /. Z.
rlerson. and was the largest yet held.
Tears flowed from many eyes during
: Evangelist Sankey's singing OF My
Mothers Prayer" program OF pray
ers and hymns, similar to former
. meetings, preceded Evangelist
Moody's talk on the book OF John,
which was well calculated to create
Z interest, enthusiasm and efficiency in
) Bible study.
| Matthew wrote more particularly to
, the Jews, Mark to the Romans, Luke
: to the Greaks and John. that all might
believe on Jesus Christ the Son OF
God and he saved.
Matth contains the nlne.beatitudes
the el.nt woes, and the best reported
sermons of Jesus He was a sort OF a
d short hand reporter that got the power
and substance OF 800 sermons into
q one. he WAS abrahamic while Mark
n touched upon Malachi.
But John, the first disciple sweeps
beyond them nil by his close compan-
ionSllip with Jesus, whose secrets ne
e learned before any other person on
d earth. The seventy were nearer to
/. Christ than the rest OF the Christians.
IS the II were the nearest of tho 10 and
Peter, James and John Of the twelve
/, and John tho nearest of these three.
: His book is the place to learn about
Is Christ. 1t begins with Christ In the
bosom of God and ends with the dis
is eipies in the bosom of Christ.
Luke treats OF praise, thanksgiving
y womanhood, the poor, the lost ant
d Christian tolerance. He will help yot
get along with disagreeable people
Don't tear them down but build then
!, up by giving them something bette
" tlion they now have.
Johns chief topic is the divinity o
in jChrist--l don't see how any
man can dispute it In this 10Th cen
tury with nu open Bible in his hand
r. / he speaker gave an analysis OF tn
"a books testimony to CMist's divinity
From 1900 to 400 years before Chris
:. everything prophesled OF hrist ha
30 come to pass. Moses, John the Bap
I'd fist. all the angels, Christians tina
be have ever lived ind all those who d
live on earth. God Himself and TIL
he holy Ghost are all witnesses for Jesu
ty Christ, the Son OF God. The manifol
and unique testimony that Christ gay
Of Him self was cited.
Ii you young Christians get wei
grounded in the Bible you will lead
ny beautiful life.
Youth at from 10 to 90 years Is til
ut most precarlouS age, requiring ID
re closest watchfulness and utmost pt
tience. III these years they are til
mi hardest to get interested in the ilbli
"A, The orator then gave an enthusiast
'; and delightful description OF the stud
y, u of the book Of John in his family an
us school OF 400 girls, giving u characte
oil III tn "a
Ial ore shows that Jesus method of 90
M version, when be called the first fl
he Iol his disciples was the simplest OF
no possible. hathai.iels conversion show
a., now personal prejudice was owe
some. Philips come and see" WI
Impractical and scattered all prelude,
'rP and doubts. He did not go into arg
ell Inent but showed him Jesus.
sse God SO loved the woritl, etc. (3-1
oils one OF the best verses. The 4tb
,ly tho wUmaf!'5 chapter. 5tli divinity, G.
~. bread, 3tn water. slh light, 9th sigh
10 restoring, 10Th safety, nth hfe-rcsto
~. ing.
9if The 12th ard Matt. 90 nre tho sal
es. Idest III all history. Your house
ty, lett unto You desOlate."
in Christ is with his disciples In 10
lrl IA. Arrested In 1S. Cructied in 10. Il
,ry surrection in 20. His wonderful I
Ia appearance ard interview with Ii
~, disciples at the sea OF liberius is
M the last chapter, the 2lst.
on MIR. bloody's school liked it so We
zen that they took up Matthew, MRrk al
of Luke i'll the same way. He then ga
ian a list OF characteristic words TO eat
no chapter respectively, such us: !. Il
i've iceiying; .. OhcyiEg; 3. believing. eli
700 There is life for Look At the Cru,
fled one" ana Jesus is the Light
l. he World were sung as concludiI
hymns.
JoHN G. HARDNESS, Reporter.