Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-03-31

read two verses In Nahum, 81 chapter.
9Th and 7th verses: And will cast abom-
Unable Nth upon thee and make thee
VIE: and will set thee as a gazing-stock.
Ana Ii shall come to pass that all they
that look upon thee shall flee from
thee, ana say. Ninevah II laid waste:
who VIII bemoan her? Whence shall L
seek comforters for thee?' Now. how
are you going TO cover the thing upY L
VIII cast her abominable flth.' How are
you gong TO cast abominable NTH upon
the thing2 Ard yet for $500 years Nj
nevah was buried and an abominable NTH
by uIon her. But now they have Dug
up the ruins, and brought them to Paris
and London. and you go into the Britis1
museum. and there IL not a day except
the Sabbath but what you can see men
from all parts OF the world gazing upot-
the ruins. II l. Just as the prophets pro-
phesied For $3.50 years Ninevah was
buried. bat 1t is no longer buried.
a SPOIL TO THE NATIONS.
"Then look at Tyre Ezekiel. XVI chap
ter, 81 verse: Therefore thus saith the
Lord Cod behold I am against thee. on
Tyrus. and viii cause many nations 10
come up against thee. as the sea causetn
his waves TO come up. And they shall
destroy the walls of Tyrus and break
down her towers; ! will also scrape her
dust from her, and make her ike the
top OF a rock 1t shall be place for the
spreading Of nets in the midst OF the sea,
for have spoken II. saith the Lord Cod
and IL shall become a spoil TO the ma
tons Coffin, who was the correspon-
dent Of the Boston Journal during the
war, went around the world after the
war was over. in 1865. one night he came
TO the old ruin Of Tyrus, and he said the
sun was just going down, and ne got ms
dragoman to pitch his tent right over by
the ruins, over where the rocks were
scraped bare. and he took out his BiDle
and read where II says: IT shall be
place for the spreading OF nets He SAID
the fishermen had got done fishing, ana
were lust spreading their nets on the
rocks of Tyrus, just as IT was prophesied
hundreds and hundreds Of years ago.
Now, mark YET When they prophesled
against these great cities. they were Ike
Paris and New York, in their glory, Dut
their glory has gone.
THESE FLOOR THE SKEPTICS.
"Now you take the prophecy in regard
to Jerusalem. 18th chapter OF Luke, ilst
verse: And when He was come near, He
beheld the city. and wept over 1t, saying.
II thou hadst known, even chou at least in
this. thy day, the things which belong
unto thy peace. But now they are MD
from thine eyes. For the day shall come
upon thee. that thy enemies shall cast n
trench about thee. and compass thee
round, and keep thee in on every slde
Didn't Titus do that? Didn't the Roman
Emperor do that very thing? And shall
lay thee even with the ground. and thy
children within thee; ana they shall not
leave in thee one stone upon another
but because thou knowest not the time
Of thy visitation / haven't time to dwell
upon these cities. but | don't know OF
anything that floors a skeptc much
quicker than to talk to him about the
fulfilled prophecies. Now. you take the
prophecies OF Ninevah. 1t says in EZe-
klel. Goth chapter 18th verse, II shall be
the basest Of the kingdoms: neither shall
IL exalt itself any more above the nations.
for / will diminish them, that they shall
no more rule over the nations. Now,
mark We, Ninevah was in its glory when
this was prophesied. 1t was great and
mighty empire. but now for centuries IL
has been the basest Of all nations They
haven't got prince or KING to reign over
them The man that Is reigning over them
now isn't an Egyptian. but ne Is some
foreigner. and so 1t has been. But L
haven't time 10 dwell upon these cities.
wanted to show you how the prophecies
had been fulfilled.
DON'T READ SUNDAY PAPERS.
"What We want, now that We have
got the Bible is to get 1t in the hearts
OF the people You say you have 1t in
the house Yes; but you don't read II.
You would rather read the Sunday news
papers than to read your Bible. | once
saw on organst reading a Sunday news
paper In the organ-loft over the pulpit.
| was so incensed that | determined that
the next time | went i'm the pulpit ]
would speak about IT, and did. All the
miserable trash during the week IS
scraped up and put in Sunday news
papers SO | am told. ! have never seen
one-never read one. / would as lief
touch tar. ] believe that the Sunday
newspapers are emptying the churches in
the North. l don't know how it is down
here.
Now to return to the Bible. My dear
friends. l would just as lief doubt my
existence as to doubt the Bible. / wish
| could do something TO get your Bibles
out at these meetings. / want to urge
upon you To devote a little time each
day to reading your Bibles. DO it. and
you will never backslide. IL you do you
will never get more than one day behind.
The next days reading will bring you
back into the front rank"
Mr.. Moody closed his sermon with
prayer that relish for the Bible might
be given TO all in the audience. and that
they might be made to love and under
stand it more and more each day.
There Shall BE Showers Of Blessings"
was sung by the congregation standing.