The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-02-01
FOURTH EDITION
Evangelist Moody Talks to Men on
the Good shepherd.

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Moody Talks to Men on
the Good shepherd.
For the frst time during tho Moody
and Sankey meetings. the Rink WAS
not filled last night, there being about
$500 present.
The regular song service was held,
hymns Nos. 126 W and 40 being sung
by the choir. Messrs. Sankey and
King sang the hymn Il Shall Be Sat-
istied.n
The regular service was opened by
the hymn "At the Cross" A
quartette composed of J. Il. Clymer,
j. II. King, Mrs. Mark L. Bowman and
MIR. Sankey sang II am Waiting For
the Master" MIR. Sankey. taking the
A. @. kelgwin. The choir again sang
hymn No. l49, "As Pants the Hearts"
when Mr.. Sank0y sang "The Half Was
Never Told" A second prayer was
made by Rev. S. M. Morgan of Mt.
Salem Church. MIR. Sankey sang the
old familiar hymn. Ninety and Nine.'
/ Mr.. Moody took for his text. st.
Luke XIX, 10; For the Son of Man Is
come to seek and to save that which
was LOST lie said In part: This is one
OF my favorite texts. 1t Is because 1t
is not hard one to understand, but
in 1t God tells us plainly for what pur- !
pose he came to this earth. He did not
come to condemn the work, nor to dc.
stroy life but to give life to all who |
ask. All through bis ministry we find |
that he .'cane to seek and to save that |
which was lost
Men have false idea or God. They |
do not beiieve that this was Gods
special work in coming to this earth
and so put him of. / am sure that IL L
could make all believe this fact you
would come. God always takes the
/. side with the sinner that ne might lift
him up and not condemn him. The
sweetest sentences which ever fell
from the Sayiour's lips were towaId
sinners.
l like the fact OF God seeking for
| men, No man ever sought after God
| until first God sought him. 1t was not
/, the lost sheep in the parable which
was seeking the shepherd, but it was
the shepherd seeking the sheep. Mel
. Their was the loat piece of money seek
j ing for its owner. out the owner was
! seeking the money, and when 1t was
i found there was great rejoicing i'll
,, that house.
Z some of you may say, Christ never
n sought for me-" Don't allow
5, satan to hold you under such delu
J, sIons as that. God has boon seeking
& you ion many years. When you at
tend chIroh and the sermon seems to
/ be directly to you, that is God seeek-
= ing you.
j. Did you ever receive a letter from
s;mother persuading you to become a
3, Christian That is God seeking for
+ you. Don't let any man thlnk that
9. God never sought him. Others may
! say. I'm not lost. / know I'm not
.. exactly right but / don't consider my
self lost" DO you know what God
s. means when he says "losty He means
D. you are out of the narrow way and
T. consequently you are lost. Have you
a, eyer been born againS Have you ever
Oh realized a change in your henrt2 III
y, not you are lost. Does not scripture
%; say I'VE must be born again."
TO 1 like this text again because out of
sympathy for man he uses the lowest
title given him, the Son OF Man" Out
at one Is the most seldom used. He be-
ay came poor that we might be rich. This
Is text sparkles before me like diamond
on the bosom OF the gospel.
When blind Bartin@as received his
sight he could say something that nc
other man could ever say. The first
=, object that met his gaze was Jesus
III ,wnyslde begging he was unable tc
give anything that his sight might be
restored, but Jesus gave It to him.
can imagiue a rlend of BartimBus'
f. telling him about Jesus healing the
S. sick and giving sight to the bind. SC
A. he makes up his mind to SEQ him as he
passes through jericho. .---s-- -
On the day set for the-snfry he putt
himself in place III ear tho gate of tn,
4, Shortly he lelrs the sounds o.
&C. approaching footsteps and the erie!
lily OF "lIo5anna.s lie realizes that IL il
his Jesus of Nazareth, ana SO shouts
eh' Jesus Thou Son OF David have mercy
.oh on mel can imagine some of tn
crowd saying "hush," he hasn't tim
oil to stop and talk to you II beggar." Bu
the beggar would not hold MS peac,
at aud cried the louder. Bartimeu
AN was in earnest SO be received his sight
on lie did not have to lie introduced t.
~, the saviour by any high executive .
M the town but Jesus received him JUS
as he was. lie is the poor man
a., friend
~ can now see Bartim9us going t,
at his home to see his wife, whom he ha
ce never seen. ! can also SEQ him goin
ay. to see his mother While going dow
; at one oil the little streets. Iaccheus meet
lew him. Hello, Bartim@uS, is that you
Ios. Where did you get your Sight
:, met Jesus Of Nazareth and lie gay
,ei il to me. Where is He now?' ask
TaccEeus. He is just passing out {
div the city" replies i;artimHus. So o
ay, goes Zaccheus to see Jesus As he get
her n few miles out OF the city lie sigh
IN the procession and hulrying his pae,
'sy at last overtahes them, but to his dl,
= may the crowd is So thick that 1t is in
possible to see Jesus.
Zaccheus says / must get a zoo
, look ut him, SO Ill run ahead and 81
- up Wonder sycamore free, and as
gI.E.. III.
he won't know | am there. So Xa
chens runs aud elanhers up into Il
tree. The procession draws niah. 4
they passed under the tree the proce
tool, sion was ordered to stop. Jesus looi
'e' up and calls him by name. "Wond,
who introduced mo to him2' was In,
cheu's first thought. Sinner, dor
latter yourself God knows yol
name anu where you live, and ever
thing you do.
He knew Zaccheus better than /
I'm knew himself "Zaecheus, come dow r
he cries, and Zaccheus came down 10
: fully and took Jesus to his home.
i. Some people say, u don't believe
Sudden conversion" Was Zacche
converted suddenly? Yes, while
was climbing down from The tire
- Notice that ha came down ioyfully,ai
that's tho way all Christians are aft
being converted.
/ n When Christ went to The home
Zaccheus the people complained
HI him going to be the guest with 81
NV nor. There are people to-day wi
still complain il a Christian man go
A among the dives seeking out the lG
N sheep. But | am glad that Jesus co
descend5 TO become the guest OF 81
ners Thank God for this Gosp
which is not to condemn us but to Il
Us up,
Now the question Is twill you /
Him save your His arm is 10
ieneughi if you will only let him
will lift you out of the pit and pla
you on a solid rock. The heathen
Iligion is man trying to get to &c
!, but the true religion Is God conf
N ,a down to man. There are none
'''~ black that Christ cannot reach the 10
Mr.. Moody then prayed and InYit
the men to the inquiry room. VIII
was crowded. Rev. T. L. Terry c,
DIT Quoted tho prayer service. Pray.
~, were made by Reva. I. + Terry. Har,
living and William l.. White and
:. benediction was pronounced by z
Sta S. NJ. Morgan,
: w Al the meeting In Delaware Aver
Church lisv. DIR. hllis of Balttmo
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