Evening star., 1894-02-12

pected to reap what he had sowed he ex-
pected to reap the same kind OF seed that
he had sown and he expected to reap more
OF 1t. This was the reason why he had
sowed. He saw men ploughing in the coun-
try yesterday and he knew that they were
sowing on hopes. hopes that would reap
a harvest. Ignorance as to the kind Of
seed sowed made no difference. AS ye SOW,
80 also shall ye reap.
Seed and the Harvest.
IF you SOW wheat. you get wheat, and If
You sow tares you get tares. If you stud
led to be a blacksmith, you wouldn't ex-
pect to practice medicine. We are all SOW
ing. If you SOW lies, you will reap lies
This is as true of Gods kingdom as it is of
mans. 1 never saw a lying man but who
was surrounded with lies. If should have
a call from a neighbor and should tell my
child to say to that neighbor that / had
gone away, l would be teaching that child
TO lie. and 1t would be but little time be-
fore he would be lying to ME. 80 3
. Il would reap the lie that / had sown.
A merchant once told me that he could do
nothing with his clerks They would all
steal. He would get a new one and after
a little while he would have to discharge him
and get another. 1 told that merchant. that
Il he had been honest his clerks would
have been so too. If merchant teaches
his clerks to impose on other people; to
misrepresent goods to sell goods as I'M
ported stuff when he and the clerks know
that it is not imported. 1t Is only the ques,
ton of a little time when that clerk VIII
begin to impose on him. If. you make MIN
work seven days a week and compel him
to steal the Lords day he Will steal your
money. When a man is always complain
ing of the dishonesty Of other people, look
out for him, for he is rascal. If man
says that all the people around him are
dishonest, he too is dishonest. Birds OF
feather flock together. II you lie to man
he will lie TO you"
Liquor Sellers Harvest.
"You cannot SOW whisky without reaping
drunkards. A man could not sell whisky
without reaping drunkenness II 1 sold
drink Of whisky to a man. that man would
sell a drink Of the same to my son or one
of my kinsmen. and 1 would surely reap
what had sown. No man who sells whisky
is pure and happy. He has a skeleton in
the closet somewhere. He has some rela-
tive who is a drunkaId. 1 do not say this
to denounce the saloon keeper, 1 simply
want to demonstrate with them and plead
with them to quit the business. Don't sell
out. Don't sell the stuff Knock out the
bung and let 1t waste. (Applause.)
Mono, 1 don't like the ciapping Of hands.
When a truth takes effect deeply men do
not feel like applauding, they want to hang
their heads. Don't let any man talk to me
about his Christianity while he has connec-
been in the business but who had been
cursed for II In various ways. No man
should rent his property, at no matter how
high a figure. for the use of saloon. The
man who did this would reap just as surely
as the man who sold the whisky. 1 am
talking facts, not poetry. l once knew a
man who rented property to rum seller,
because the temptation Of the rent was too
much for him to Withstand, and all the
sons Of the renter, four Of them, died drunk
ards. Let us see what kind of seed We are
sowing" M. Moody then launched into a
recital of some of his experiences with the
factory hands in his early home, Chicago,
and of the many questions they would ply
him with when he preached to them. He
thought that friction of this kind would
sharpen UP the wits of the preachers quite
a good deal. He told the story of Jacob and
Esau and of how Jacob had been made to
reap what he had sown.
Energy of Lie.
'"The man who does wrong is lost. When
man steals my pocketbook / lose my
money, but the thief loses heaven. You
start lie and it will come back to you; and
1t may make a circuit of twenty years, but
1t comes back at last. 1t will hunt you
down. You can't dig a grave so deep that
your sins won't be resurrected. Your sin
will find you out. Men think they are cum
ming, and that by their cunning they can
avoid the consequences of their wrong do
ing, and hide their sins, but 1t won't work.
AS ye SOW. so also shall ye reap. l should
like to hang up a text In banking houses
and big establishments of that kind, where
all the employees could see it. and that text
would be, BE sure your sin will find you
out"
go into the west. he may go down into the
bowels Of the earth and into the mines but
God will fnd him out"
Mr.. Moody then told the story Of David,
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adultery and rebellion he said. ''and he
reaped all that he had sowed The most
unkind thing under the sun Is the treat
ment of woman by man aftehshe has been
ruined by him. She Is ostracised, and you
hold your head high. and walk down the
aisle of your church or the concert hall
while the woman that you nave wronged
weeps and is lost. Do you think that the
forgive you. but there are certain conse-
quences which you will surely have to meet
Seek God IL you would be saved. If you are
leading double life, may God Almighty
crit! flee from your sins" Mr.. Moody told
pathetic sto-y Of how a young man in a
London garret, who supposed that he was
without friends, and who at first refused to
saved and pardoned, and died in peace with
his Maker. Ask for mercy and you can
get 1t. God delights in mercy. Let US all
unite prayer"
senator PeHeF Prays.
Mr.. Moody offered a fervent prayer in
which he asked that this great company
of men may have their sins blotted out
and may Thy blessing rest upon the care
less and Indifferent. Oh, spirit of God
show them Christ tonight. May they be-
hold Him as the lily of the valley and the
rose of Sharon. Let Thy benediction rest
here, and may Gods voice be heard tonight
in many a mans soul, calling him from
darkness to the light. Make this place
awful and solemn" A few moments were
spent in silent prayer.
The choir then broke out with Just as
1 Am"
Senator PETER arose and offered prayer
Our Father" said he, who art in heaven
whose goodness fills the hearts of all Thy
trusting children, bless every good influence
that has gone out tonight; may the hearts
of the multitude be softened; may parent
and the boys carry away with them the
great truth that what they SOW, so also shall
they reap" Senator PETER prayed espec.
tally that the young should be obedient to
God
Mr.. Moody said: Let us continue in
silent prayer"
Ex-Justice Strong arose and prayed fol-
the salvation of the sinner and the trans
gressor. He knew that they would reap
the flesh if Almighty God did not interpose
cross and let us be heirs to eternal life
Hear our prayers"
Mr.. Moody then asked those who felt the
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