Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-04-04
r,po,t GOSPEL HYMNS NO. s AND G. BY PERMISSION.
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pish and cross they get snapped back at.
] would not give a snap OF my finger
for all Of your Christianity that has not
got love in II. l thought when / was
first converted 7 would like TO know all
Christians, would like TO take them by
the hand. i wished that they all wore
badges SO that they might be distin-
guished from those who were not pro-
fessed Christians / am glad now that
they do not wear badges, as every hypo-
critic in the land would be wearing one.
LOOKS AT OUR HEART.
'Whosoever hatch his brother Is n
murderer If am full Of hate ! haven't
assurance ] haven't got TO kill man
to be a murderer. If wish a man dead
I am lust as much q murderer as n man
who has actually killed a fellow being
God looks at our hearts and judges us
accordingly Show me an orange, ana
Will tell you where It comes from. All
oranges come from orange trees. You
can make wax orange. but IL Is only
sham There are number of sham
Christians. II you would rather 20 to
progressive euchre party. and stay at Il
card-tabIe until o'clock In the morning
than to go TO a prayer-meeting, no mat
ter how much you may profess 10 Dc
Christian, you are nothing put snah''
You have not got inc iibh' HP"t'
MY friends, we make Il mistake when
vrn tbink that a person who has been
converted to-day should be as good as one
who was converted thirty years ago anu
bas been living In Gods way ever since
The newly-converted man mas got 10
grow In the graces OF COD.
"Noy. then, we have those people who
are continually calling up their past sins
and asking forgiveness Tor them. III ID
dishonoring TO God TO be continually ask
ING him 10 forgive us for the same sin.
II we were truly repentant when we
frat asked forgiveness We were forgiven,
ana IL shows lack of confidence In Ills
,rcr,Ises IN continue to ask for forgive
ness sunnose 1 were TO forbid my son
"a 10 a certain thing and he were 10
disobey me and would promptly come 10
me and CORES H. and 1 were 10 forgive
him and he were 10 repeat his confession
The next day and the next Gay. doh
Won suppose that / would ger urea OF
listening TO him. and don't you .hlhh
that | would conclude that ne uio ho'
bove confidence in my forgiveness!
"salvation f. given 10 us free, but we
have GOT TO work for o crown. crowns
ar. only given on merit. l hear you say,
oh then there are classes In Heaven
or course there are. All or us VIII DE
happy there. All Of orr cups VIII ne iuii.
hui some OF us are going to have mighty
small cups. Wake up and get crown.
Don't be content with simply gettns III
the gate by the skin OF your teStn' tu'
get place on the glory seat On Wen,
some OF YOU say after all. that IL depends
a great deal on ones constitution:
lady once asked me when j was tainins
20 her about getting to Heaven, IL l nao
ever had dyspepsia No. l never o'u,
Suppose our hopes Of Heaven oepenueu
on our constitutions, how many vi oS
would get there?
WE MUST TRUST GOD.
"The most Objectionable Christians
[ ever met" MIR. Moody continued, were
those who wanted some token OF AN
l surance You like 70 be trusted. anu ~
I does God. You want your cnhuren "
! trust you. and 40 does God. MY .r'shos'
I let your unbelief go to the four wh.'
/ AMI trust God. young man came ~
/ me while was In Cambridge, ara when az
/ left he told me that he would trust ooa'
told him that II he felt any cnanse "
/ the morning 10 come tome. and wou'o
I talk 10 him again. The next morning nc
! came. and said that when he had gotten
home he had thought over what ne nS.
said to me. and had concluded tnet ~
had been too hasty. 'Oughtnt -
asked. TO have waited for some toksh
Well. hardly replied, i told you wnsn
/ you left last night that would see Wv
! this morning II you came back. 10 w
| think ! would have felt very hignty eDm.
| pliInented II you had asked me % w
you my watch as O token that you wouio