The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-02-28
FIFTH EDITION.
Vtt TITO EHe AfKs
From the baltimore Sun.

From the baltimore SUN. I
Evangelist Moody took an afternoon
of on Monday and went to Washing.
ton. He returned In time to hold his
night meeting. This WAS for both
women and men, and nearly seven
thousand OF them managed TO secure
admittance. Several hundred more
went number OF clergymen held an
impromptu outdoor service oil song
and praise.
MIR. Moody's text WAS Coils mes.
sage to Noah, Come thou and all thy
house into the ark" ''Some will say
they hope ! am not going to preach
about Noah" he began. .'Yes, | am,
and, 10 matter how much the story
has been discredited. belieye 1t. 70
my mind Noah received ono OF the
most awful messages every given to
man. lie was told that the world was
to be destroyed. and was command
bors must have laughed at him.
Some one has said that Noah must
have been deaf, that otherwise he
never could have stood the ieers of his
countrymen. lie WIS not too deaf to
hear God's message. Tho deluge
didn't come until 100 years after Noah
received his command. Tho people
had ample time to prepare. This was
u long warming. don't believe God
has ever smitten without warning. and
| don't believe He ever will.
.'if there lad been newspapers In
those days they would have written
up long stories on Noah and his folly
and II there had been an associated
press tho world would lave been Luz
/ formed that the ark was getting along
/ toward completion. But Nouh kept
| on. lie WAS the only one in the land
who believed the flood was coming,
but he was right. Some people think
they must be with the majority to lie
right. Daniel was almost alone down
there In Babylon, but he WAS right.
Joseph was almost alone In Egypt but
no was right
We'll. the wlckedness went right
on. Men lived to he thousand years
| old In those days, and had time to
develop their wickedne3s To its fullest
extent. We haven't any conception Of
the wickedne5s OF antideluvlau tim IS.
l often wonder what would happen IL
men lived to be II thousand yeare old
In these days. Why some Of these
New Workers would own the country
and innke slaevs Of the people.
BY the way, have You ever thought
of Gods message to Noah. Come thou
anu thy house into the ark, 10 the first
come in tho Bible. Oh, how signifi-
cant II Is. 1t occurs about one thou
sand nine hundred times afterward,
but this is the lit3t. We'll, God gave
the people seven days Of grace after
Noah had gone Into the ark, aud be-
lievo il they had repented oven then
they would have been saved us was
Nineveh But ut last the day OF mercy
was past, and God himself came down
and shut the door of the ark.
MY friends. tho last day and hour
and minute will come to us all. Man,
ii 1t should come to you to mig hit,
would you 10 inaide or outside the
arkl l want to speak Il word to your
mothers. Not only make sure that
you arc in the ark yourself, but get
your children in. II they arc all In
but one won't you resolve tonight to
make it your business to get hun In.
Don't let Satan get the b,tter Of
YOU and make you believe that your
children are too young to think about
such things. l tell you the most
promising converts | Lave over had
have been the children. When they
arc in Christian homes there is lesa
hackslidlng among them than among
any other clasa.
Get into the ark, all of you, m OH
ers and fathers, and see that all of The
children are in. Time Is iieatinR. See
to It now"