The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-02-06
THIRD EDITION.
SzooDY BEGINs ANoTmER WEEK.

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4 Moody BEGINS ANOTHER WEEK.
+ Lpsts Nights Meeting Exceeded Any
Il Yet Held. About One Hundred Accept
His Invitation.
The evangellstie meetln 60 last night
! yeached food tide. On Friday night,
Mr.. Moody com pared the audience to
That Of high tide but la5t,nighrs crowd
fexceeded that OF any other previous
kmeeting. The meeting was also
fepirlted by Mr.. Moodys talk and he.
4 lore the benediction was pronounced
tfully seventy live penitentS arose and
asked for prayers. Beside this mum
Der about 100 gathered into tho in.
{qury room and great good vas ac.
accomplished.
\ MIR. Moody recognized tho fact that
[ the meetings were growing in interest,
land after the sermon arranged Ior Il
4 NONE prayer and experience meeting
LIN Delaware Avenue Church every
might at the close of the Rink meet.
Ting. These meetings will be uuder
/ the direction of Rev Mr.. Person of
4 Baltimore who will arrive in time to
take chnrge OF the meeting to night.
The song service was also as inspir-
= ing as The alter service. Hymns Nos 81,
s ", ., as. 81, $50 and were sung. The
preaching service was opened by Mr..
6ankey singing Throw out the Life
! Line tho audience joining in tho
chorus. Rev. Lewis, of the Rod.
nsy street church, prayed aud Mr.
Moody read from Luke XIV, beginning
with the sixteenth verse. Mr. Moody
Chen announced that onTueslay night
be would speak TO a missed audience
on the Return of our Lord"
On thursday night "Danieln will be
the subject, and admission will DO al.
lowed to men only. The text was
thcn taken up. 1t WAS taken from tho
scripture lesson read and was from
the parable OF the great supper. to.
which he called attention to the OK.
cuses OF the three men who were in
4 ytted to the feast, and declined, send
Ing excuses fer their absence.
he thought theiewere many mon pres.
ent who would give excuses as trivial
as these Tor refusing an invitation to
the fonst OF lie bridegroom-the feast
prepared OF God. and 9t great expense.
lie said in part Noa will notice
{ these men all mndo excuses. Man Is
4 great Tor making excuses. The first
4 man begged to be excused because he
! had bought 4 piece OF land. Why
4 Didn't ho look at the ground before he
/ purchased It? He didn't want to see
h the ground, 1t was only a sham to OK,
\ cuse. The other man had bought 1--WE
\ oxen and wanted to try them. Ills eX.
cuse wasn't one whit better than that
OF the first man. Why didn't he trN
those oxen before he had purchase
them? 1 believe no did, but no only
wanted to make some excuse.
Inc Third mans excuse WAS even
Y more ahsurd-he had married u wife.
why didn't lie take that young wIln
with him she would have liked to 20
II 1t was only to show that she had d
husband All these men were sham
ming.
There ls one solemn thing about the
text, as God said. mot enc OF these
shall taste OF tho supper" These ex-
! cpses are as Old as man. When Adam
etnned he tried 10 hide himself behind
( his wife, saying, ITS the woman YOU
gave me-" Fey the past 5000 years man
has continued to eNouse himself, and
! here Tonight IL usit some Of YOU men
to go with me TO tho after meeting
\ you would say. please excuse me, as
promised my. wife would be home
before 9 O'Clock"
| This is an old trick lie would prom
, iso to come back to morrow
night, but If had all the men who
told me they would come back again,
Wlat an army ! w0I!d have
friends were net Invited to attend
an Dry sermon nor to n horrible exc.
outlon, but To a royal feast, hut mcuI
are still making excuses but with all
their boosted knowledge. can ie
give better excuse than any of these
three mon gave? Perl!ups some ufI
gou say that you can, but will rhal
Aenge you. You may say Il don't
but II ! had you alcne l would tell
Y you Every noa'Chrls'ipn man thinks
ne has gQ0t excuse to Uiler Wien he
appears before GOD.
Some people say new Bible Is
uantel. | find many vino maze this
eomplatnt They say it was for the
proph.ts and not for to-day but /
Mover found one y8L who hnd lend HIS
old Boaa through 1t has 5GoH ns.
' 5uhgot more thaa any othur book that
was over printed. Man gives hs
opinion of II before ever reldiHg it.
IL any one asks Your Oplnton Of Il
book you would j, nat YOU might
read II before rSpga ssliI.- hat opinion,
would sou not But man giyes ma
opinion ON Gods look before lie reads
It,
Another man says ~ ain not a
Christian Because | do not under.
stand tllt HIbO." ..
am Elad there ara passages III the
bible IOnl understand; pNssa!yes
\ that meH rannOt understand This Is
She best proof thar II IA ul God.
The wisns' theoi 1Eiaus who have
givon their Ives TO study of the grand
OLD book acknowledge when through
That they have only been gtl.a 10 skim
over Tho sGrsaGa OF /; l,a depths are
too great fer human measnFeM6Ht
faT In, Il
he never iepi M
e Nhlt woGti this world do without
tie BiD!& IL Is a t.Rri, day Tor any
country wAer II clpag5 the book. WHere
Is iliera any bOoa tO cofuplle wlfh 1t
or has done eS iuurn sitf HE'S guWn.
dg would TIC "a hall; as Rome or
Chalich. France closed he B.ijle ,gonut
loo years uso, England has always
maint6inNi an opRn iiIhle. Mara t,.9
result. The power ~ rance has de-
4hned. Her language is scarcely
spoken ouIsi'le u her limited borders,
while the nag i!sh language Lolts ms
&lSba, My tinHr ffiCuis. cling To the
Bible IL Will he a bHl day Tor America
when II Is Discarded.
There are other men who say II am
not one Of the elect Ilnla are many
men WHO are troubled Over THIS dog
trinr, hut | Uill tel! yoa that Won nave
no mora 10 dc with tllgt IMAM you havs
OF the tOvell moHt Of JIptH. IoEg
word Is aot elections i, Is Wh svByeg.
God says "4AosoEer callttiI upon mo
shnil lie elYed. n yGg as. M. How [
harmonic tie doctrines O. election
anu irco VII ! r. ply, | gave 1t up
long ago,
Another man sGys III i39o hard to
be CHRISTIAN. tta greatest lie
TINT e.rr cane fram heii ~ INT
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