The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-02-15

Choir and by Mr.. sanScy.
From the baltimore Sun.
Every seat was filled ut the Cyclora.
ma Building last hight, and not lsss
Than 4Oe persons were turned away
before the opening exercises OF the
Moody and Sankey revival began.
Over 1000 were inside.
Moody and Sankey entered the
building ten minutes after the doors
were opened, and took their places on
the platform. In appearance Mr..
Moody 10 not unlike President Harrl.
son, except that his form is fuller and
rounder, and his hair and beard are
not as white. lie stepped at once to
the rail and requested >the choir to
sing the hymn bringing In the
Sheayes." As soon as the hymn was
concluded he announced another and
another until tho doors were closed. ut
O'Clock, because no more persons
could be seated.
Mr.: Sankey sang the hymn. "When
tho Mists Have Rolled Away" Prayers
were offered by DIR. James Carey
Thomas, Row. DR.. WI. Murkland ami
Rev. DIR. Alexander Proudlit and Mr..
Sankey after reading tho parable of
the lost sheep sang the hymn, Nine
ty-and-Nine." His rich, strong bart
tone voice easily filled the large audi
torium. He played his own accompa.
nimenta.
Mr.. Moody's style OF speech Is rapid,
but his voice is carefully inodulated
so that every word Can be distinctly
heard at the iarthest parts of the
room. He said In part Il thought we
could do no better than to begin with
the Bible. l have noticed in the news
papers that have given up portions
oil The bible. | want to say that have
not given up any portion. 1t has been
growing on me. a friend snid to me
that we must have new Bible. The
old Bible was good enough for the
dark ages, but in these days OF 80
much intelligence the old book is of
no account. l questioned him and
found that he did not know which was
the first book of the Bible or all the
skeptlcs ever met, but one claimed
TO have read the Bible through. | be-
lieve we are going to have u genuine
work here TINT will bring us to love
the old hook.
in the 18th Psalm David said nine
times that God would quicken him
| according to his works. II we get
that kind of quickening 1t Is going to
do us good. We can't get enough OF
the Blble at one meeting to live on
the rest OF our lives. The reason we
have so Few healthy Christians Is he.
cause so few are feeding on the Bible.
| The soul can't grow on anything but
the Word OF God .-'
II have Yet to find healthy people
Who nre putting out any portion of
Inc ljlbie. People who are only healthy
IN spots are not very healthy. When
! | throw away any portion Of the bible
/ q
Kind oil Bible will you have II YOU
cut out all you don't likey The Dor.
i tioHs OF the Old Testament which
people cayil about are the very nor.
tons upon which Jesus set his seal.
believe in e'story of Jonah, and
when l throw that out will throw
out the resurrection. Christ believed
it, SO do |. Life would be burden to
you II you Were not looking for re-
union with your loved ones at the
resurrection.
Another class say they believe all
tho natural things. but they could not
brileNe the supernatural. If you are
going to throw the supernatural
away you had better throw the natura
along with 1t. There was nothing
apoutChrlst that was not supernatural
VIC don't worship a dead jew: we wor-
ship one who sits OIL the right hand of
God.
People say they believe the New
testament, but not the Old. There ia
no portion of the Old Testament that
Is not lnterwoven with tho New les.
lament. There ID lots in the ola book
lllhI mas never been explored; IL Is full
OF unbound tre assures. Christ said
Heaven and earth shall pass away. but
my word Shall endure forever. NoItalle
SAID that Christianity would not out
I'VE the century. don't know where
Noltaire is. but Christianity is still
awe: The Bible Is Just coming in.
We lNo IN glorious day. | thank
hoi That live in America, the home
OF the open i}illo. Franco closed the
H!bie. and where has she gone? The
Blbls has been printed In $50 Ian
huhges, ahd Is giving light.
there Is anything In the Bible
mat don't understand | believe il.
Every event in the life of Christ was,
propheslnd hundreds of years before.
The longer live the more am con
WINGED that unlelieT has not an inch
of ground to stand on.
II you want power study the Bible.
some pfeaelers only use the Bible to
get a text out OF. They then go up I'm
a bailoon and give you geology, 30.
lazy, everything but the Bible. If
you want to make the world latter.
prench of u cruniiiad man anda glori.
fled thrlstianity."
Aittf the sermon a prayer-meetinr
was lei by Rev. DIR. julius L. Gram.
iner. lie beuc,iic,ion was pronounce
cd by Rev. W. u. MuIklanI.