Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-02-09

TlSy IL you near any Dbl} GROWING To- |
morrow night you'll know he got hit.
If you see a dozen dogs out there and |
throw stone and one goes off crying |
you'll know it got hit If you hear a
man go off crying you'll know he got |
hit.If you can find flaw in the character
of Jesus Christ there will be jubilee in
hell tonight There is a great deal of
hypocrisy in all of us. It's a disease. Its
good thing to get rid of it.
"Another says Il always thought
great deal Of Christianity bat | don't |
like these meetings. They are so senSa-
tiOnal, altogether too much excitement.
| don't believe in REVEALS You can be
converted anywhere. Ii there is too
much life here go to some church whore
there is no life. If there is too much
life here 90 down In graveyard;
there's no life there It's so easy to
talG about the work of God, SO easy to
tulk about undue cXcitGmentl | wish
We could have more excitement. There
is more excitement in one saloon in one
night than there is in all the churches
in IL months. There is so much excite
ment in the saloons The men become
so excited sometimes they knock each
other down and shoot each other
"Another excuse for not coming to
God is Il have not time | will venture
to say there are men here tonight who
never in their lives gave five minutes to
the consideration of the welfare Of their
souls. Yet they are immortal.
"Another says: Il can't believe
When man tells me he can't believe |
tell him to put his finger ON any Of His
promises that lie has broken. You
can't find one. 1t is easier to heave the
ocean. Has God ever been untrue?
"A very popular excuse is 4 don't
have the feeling What's feeling got to
do with this feast? If you want to, come
alongl You'll have plenty Of feeling
when you get the feast. The prodigal
had plenty OF feeling when he got home
and Toasted on the fatted calf. You get
home and you'll have plenty of feeling
".All these excuses are pack of lies.
Yon lack courage. We are towards
How many men in this house tonight
have got under their feet what they
said or what they will sayy You are
afraid you will be asked up to hear
Moody, did he ketch you, did you get
converted? You havn't courage! A
man may knock his wife down and drag
her by the hair, but let him come around
afterwards and give you a drink and
he's jolly good fellow. If you stop
drinking and become Christian fun
will be pOked at you. Have you the
courage to come out on the Lords sidep
Thank the Lord Well may you say
thank the Lord If you accept the in
yitatiOn to the feast you will have to
give up some things. You are held by
harlots, by gambling, by drinking.
Deny yourselves a little and you'll enjoy
yourselves better. Give up that darling
sin and God will forgive you. II your
excuse wont stand the light of eternity
give it up, beg of you! You are
solemn now, but when you leave here
and ridicule this meeting that will be
more solemn. I'd rather preach to you
men than reign on any throne. The
pulpit is higher than the throne"
With tears in his eyes he spoke of his
early conversion and of Gods goodness
| to him.
Continuing he said "I'd rather have
you jump up on this platform and rend
my limbs, tear out my heart, than miss
attending the marriage feast of the
Lamb. I'd rather be there than have
the wealth OF the world rolled at my
feet. Is there any man in this house
who, who up to this hour has not been
a Christian, has the courage to speak
out now and say I'll be there!'
AN INSPIRING SCENE.
The scene which followed this appeal
| was inspiring Instantly men and boys
began to rise, and the EXPLANATIONS "l'll
be there" and "By the grace of God Ill
| he there" were heard in every part of
the spacious building. One man said
In every sense of the word I've been
an infdel, but I'll be there.n Mingled
with these EXPLANATIONS was the cry
"Glory to God" Fully 100 people ex-
| claimed "I'll be there" Among those
who arose and said the words We're
many gray-haired men and several
whose hair was perfectly white. After
young man had shouted "By the grace
| of God I'll be there" Mr.. Moody said 81
hope that young man will become
preacher | hope that some here
will be raised up to preach the gos-
| pei. | wish God would raise up
here some one who will testify through
the nations of the earth" Next he
asked all who had said "lll be there"
TO rise while he prayed and about rs
| persons, many of them aged men, arose.
In his prayer he said: "May every man
standing here in Thy presence Cyermore
stand before Thee. Blot out their trans
gressions. Bring them into the kingdom
of God. May there come from this
audience some preachers who shall go
out and shake the nations of the earth. !"
At the conclusion of his supplication he
requested all who had arisen to go to
the inquiry room and most of them did
SO. Others also went and soon the room
was thronged. The gathering num-
bered about 300, of whom one-half went
to instruct the inquirers. Mr.. Swartz
had charge of the inquiry meeting.
The exercises downstairs continued
with the singing OF "Christ Receiveth
Sinful Men," 81 am Coming to the
Cross and "Just as am" Summoning
all Christians to the front seats Mr..
Moody called upon Job II. jackson and
Mr.. Lewis to pray for those who had
gone UP to the inquiry room. AT the
conclusion Of the prayers Mr.. Moody
said 81 have suggestion to make. 1t
is that the audience at night be divided
this week. When | get through here in
the evening | will go upstairs, the ladies
will remain here and the men, especi-
ally the young men, will go to Della
ware Avenue Baptist Church. ! have
sent for Mr.. Picrson, a young man from
Princeton, who will have charge of the
mems meetings in Baltimore, and he
will conduct the meetings in Delaware
Avenue Baptist Church. II you would
like to have meetings Of this kind raise
your hands" Nearly every hand was
uplifted and it was decided 10 have
mems meetings in the church named. "lf