Evening journal., 1893-02-11
PLEADING FOR SOULS.
The Warfare for Salvation at
the Rink Continued.
THE GREATNESS OF GODS GIFTS.

MIR. Moody breaches on the Ministry Of
Christ, and the Bounteousness OF Gods
Grace-A Discourse Illustrative Of the
Necessity OF Faith-A weII-Attended
Overflow Prayer Meeting.
The attendance at the rink last night
while not as large as that Of the night
previous was above the average. At 7.45
several women were admitted and every
part OF the vast auditorium was filed
except the inquiry room soon after.
The song service was begun at 7.16. A
male quartette. Messrs. King, Cline, Tat-
nall and Taylor sang "Bliss Of the Puri.
fed. Mr. Sankey was absent Mrs.
Pierson sang two solos, There is
Green Hill Far Away" and I'VE Shall Be
Like Him" can Hail the Power Of
Jesus Name" TO the tune Of Coronation
and "The Morning Light is Breaking"
were spiritually sung by the congrega-
tion.
Mr. Moody said that he was not going
to preach a sermon he would try to an
swer satisfactorily the question. ''What
must | do TO be savedf' by Bible illus
trations. He related a personal exper-
ience in Manchester England, to show
| AA' NmNaA1 Va bnt bAbAlthi lllunlIHNiOuH.
1T is only one step TO Christ" said the
preacher; Il once thought when told
that there were three steps to Christ that
II was pretty short cut, but have found
shorter one. One step out Of self
into Christ
He said that nothing made man
secure in Christian faith, but refuge
behind the blood of the Lamb. Good
resolutions or morality would not bring
salvation He recited the story Of the
brazen serpent and how the faith which
caused the Israeltes bitten by the fery
serpents TO look at IL to escape death.
There was no reason in looking at a
brazen serpent strung upon pole, but
everyone who had faith sufficient TO look
upon II was saved from death. God is
above reason. By this story he Illus
trated how many became agnostics and
5 died without faith because there was no
reason in It,
Z When in England several years ago
2 the preacher had learned that the form
T ality which made free man a bound
soldier In the Queens army was his ac-
(; ceptance of shilling offered by the re-
cruiting agent. No drill, examination
Q OF other preparation was necessary. No
J preparation or deliberation is necessary
Il to become soldier in Gods army He
offered the gift Of eternal life; there
: was only one thing TO do; accept It or re-
J. ject IL. Wishing to become Chris
n tan would never save the one who
l. wished. my friends" concluded the
speaker, ''let us be manly; let us all ac-
l. cept Christ tonight
While the meeting broke up several
7 stayed at the after meeting in the inquiry
=. room.
4. The Afternoon Meeting.
a. The woman's meeting began shortly
n before 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
'i Several pupils from the Ferris Reform
I'd School were present. Mr.. Moody chose
9, for his text Luke "; 1919: "The spirit
10 Of the Lord is upon me- because He hath
10 annointed me to preach the Gospel to
- the poor He hath sent me to heal the
- broken-hearted, to preach deliverance
~ = to the captives recovering sight to the
r blind, to set at liberty them that are
q bruised, TO preach the acceptable yeai
D. Of the Lord He spoke Of the ministry
n Of Jesus and defined the meaning Of tn,
g word Gospel, about which there wal
es much Misunderstanding. People thought
D. the Gospel signi6ed long faces ans
es groans as II Gods free gift oflife shouls
- not be accepted with joy and gladnes
o. The bounteousness of Gods grace wal
r illustrated from incidents In the minis
..s' try Of Christ
bo The Mems Meeting.
Fully two hundred and ffty men at
tended the mems meeting at the Della
ware avenue Baptist Church at the con
B. clusion Of the ref ular rink service.
nR The male quartette composed 0
no Messrs. King, Cline, Tatnall and Tay
TX. lor sang. Mrs. Pierson sang a sol
ad From the Bethlehem Manger Home.
he Mr.. Pierson announced that it was Nj
ell Moody's desire that all who had bee
he helped by the rink meetings to give Go
rs. the praise in few words. BE has n
nd other way Il was said Of telling tn
an. real success he has had than In sue
in meetings
Forty seven men testified that the
had been greatly helped in the last thrt
weeks The invitation was then give
m to those who wished the prayers Of tn
az. Christian people pl esent, to signify It b
"a either saying ''pray for me-" raising ti
an hand OF standing in their places Fort
srs nine responded to this invitation Tn
re was followed by a few moments Of siler
rIv prayer, closing with prayer by NJ
bs Pierson. The meeting ended INFORMAL
with general handshaking and IL
doxology.
The Last Meetings.
special meeting will be held at Il
ins rink this afternoon at 3 80 o'clock f
sit children. Sunday afternoon a meetir
for women will be held and on Sundi
lay evening a meeting for men only W
DIR wind up the Moody and Sankey NEE
the ings. On Monday evening a unil
'uo meeting Of all the churches will close t
ave great revival meetings in the rink.
New and Novel Industry Starts.
Its A galvanizing establishment, the on
'N thing of the kind in Wilmington, "
aim, opened this morning at No 103 VAIN
ugh street by Stackhouse & Co. The NJ
firm will do such work as galvanizi
more | ,lrr,baroi and hardvvar rosl-ot. II.