Evening journal., 1893-01-25
THRONGS AT THE RINK.
Crowds at Yesterdays Two
Evangelistic Services.
SEVERAL ANNOUNCE CONVERSION.

Many Anxious Inquirers at the First
Inquiry Room .BIeetIng-Mr. Moody
Speaks of the GIFT of Grace and Dis
courses ON the Freedom and Requisites
of Salvation.
The evangelistic services at the rink
yesterday afternoon and evening were
both attended by crowds that taxed the
full capacity of that roomy auditorium.
Two hours before either meeting started
the thoroughfares leading to the nam
moth edfice were thronged with people
ready to patiently wait for the opening
of the exercises rather than miss the
opportunity of securing seats. Those
who came late were obliged to return
home disappointed
A song service opened last nights ser
vice at 2 o'clock. Hymns 14J and 2ll
were sung by the congregation, Rev. j.
b. Quigg prayed and Mr.. Sankey and
Miss Virgie Conner sang Some Day
Wen Understand Mr.. Sankey sang
Jesus Is Calling To Day." and "She
Only Touched the Hem of His Garment
in an impressive way. After an earnest
prayer by Rev. G. w. Prettyman and a
few minutes of silent prayer, Mr.. Moody
announced that overflow meetings would
be held this afternoon and tonight in
Delaware avenue Baptist Church at both
of which Mr.. Sankey would be present
"Oh For Thousand Tongues to Sing
was spiritedly sung by the congregation
and Mr.. Moody read a portion of the
Thirty. Second Psalm.
Mr.. Moody announced as his text
Isaiah, LV., Z: LET the wicked forsake
his way and the righteous man his
thoughts and let him return unto the
Lord, and he will have mercy upon him
and to our God, for He will abundantly
par dom" He spoke in part, as follows:
Let us notice in this verse five things.
Three apply to us and to our God. Three
are asked of us to do and if we do these
il is promised that God will do the last
two. There are three stumbling stones
in our road to salvation: Sin, wayward
ness and thought All these must be
swept away, entirely given up. There
are Just three obstacles in our path tC
godliness: human wisdom, righteous
ness and religion. The world is cursed
with religion. There is scarcely a mar
alive who hasn't his own religion. But
Christ and Christianity is another thing.
Greed don't make Christians Of u.s. There
are too many of us who pay more atten
tion to doctrine than to salvation. NJ
man can be a disciple of God without
giving up sin; that's the reason there ar,
so few saved.
Speculation don't bring salvation
Whether there is speculation on th'
future or not no man or woman has an!
desire to enter the kingdom of God with
out giving up sin. Some say thel
haven't the power Why2 God give
us the power in his command. The Bibl
says Turn.
Repentance is the only thing tina
will bring us to God Man has an ide
that he can't repent. Don't tell me tha
man can't refuse a glass of whiske
when he has a starving family at home
drop fiy or a roach in the glass aud Sc
how soon he will put it down. Isn't
because of selfshness that he drinks
Man has it in his power to repent and
can't see, if he is unwilling to repent
how even God, Himself, can forgive him
"Some peo pie believe that in order {
have repentance they must have a Gel
tain kind of feeling. / have seen me-
who wept a good deal over frauds the
committed a prisoner IN jail weeps
good deal over his crime, but that is nc
repentance it is because he is caugh
Repentance doesn't mean fear, either
When / was aboard the Spree durin
that dangerous passage across the ocea
everyone of those 200 passengers becam
serious: there was not a solitary one, Je'
or Gentle, who did not Join in pray'
then But as soon as we were out
danger that seriousness passed away an
most Of them swOre aud were as M
thinking as before That was not T.
pentance but fright"
The preacher declared that repentanl
meant neither penance nor remorc
Judas had sufficient remorse to lead hi
to commit suicide, but that did not pa
don him. It does not mean convictiol
either. he said If everybody in Il
congregation would rise up in answer
his or her convictions, it would be u
most remarkable meeting ever held
Wilmington.
owe must give up our thoughts
continued the preacher ''The skepti
do not agree with Gods scheme of sa
vation. Ask one of them how he won
save the world and he would probab
say, Educate It, How would that
itg Athens was the greatest city in ed
cation in the world at one time, and )
it was almost as black as hell itse
Take Gods thought and mans thoug
of Christ Man thought Christ W
possessed of devil, and they took {
only man who never had a devil and ca
him aside. Gods estimate of Him "
different. He took Him aud set Him
the Throne.
"Man must give up bis thought
They are the most fallible things in
world If you hear a man say he is n
going to be converted prepare TO see hi
one of the first to be converted.
will hear a man say he viii never
come Methodist, and then God brir
bin to that altar Don't mark out {
way for God TO save you
The smiles which some of the IN