The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-09-07
THE life OF DANIEL
Mr. Moody Instructs a Large ASSemblage Of
Men.
STOH1 Was BEAUTIFULLY told
Rapt Attention Was imperative During
the Speakers Recital of the Event.
full Life of the Prophet-lt Was a
Masterful and Forceful Address.
What Is Meant by the Grace of God
and Its Application.

Ii yesterday afternoons aud last
nights attendance at the Moody meet
ings in the Elm Park church is any
criterion of the unrequited interest in
the services and the great powers of the
famous evangelist. then Mr.. Moody,
his corps OF workers and Scranton min
listers ought to feel satisfied.
In the afternoon Mr.. Moody gave
lucid treatise on the meaning Of the
! grace Of God, which he tersely des-
seribed as "unmeritsd mercy and un-
| deserved favor" His evening lecture
on 'The Prophet Daniel" is best de-
scribed as beautiful story beautifully
told. The announcement that the ser
vice would be particularly for men at.
traeted generous attendance of that
sex. who completely filled the main
auditorium, Hundreds Of men and
women crowded tue other portions of
the church until the seating capacity
were filled and many were forced to
stand.
The programme of services during
the next few days will be as follows:
Today, afternoon service at o'clock;
evening service at o'clock at which
Mr.. Moody's subject will be THE New
Birth" No services have been ar
ranged for Saturday. A women's meet
ing will be held Sunday afternoon at 4
o'clock. AT 7 o'clock Sunday evening
the doors Of the Rockingham thester
will be opened to men only and at
730 o'clock Mr., Moody by special re.
quest will deliver his lecture, Sowing
and Rsaping," which he delivered dur
ing his.previous.visit to this city. Sunday
evening at Z 45 o'clock at the Elm Park
church service for the masses under
the auspices of the churches of the
central city will be held and addresses
made by Rev. Warren G. Partridge, of
the Penn Avenue Baptist church, A
complete aud attractive vocal pro-
gramme will be feature of the latter
meeting. Tuesday and Wednesday
afternoons at o'clock at the Elm
Park church will be- held q meet
ing particularly for church mem.
hers, who will be addressed by
Mr.. Moody. His other SUBJECT on both
days will be 1.-THE Holy Spirit" and, to
use the evangelist's own words. is "for
the hungry and thirsty who long for
spiritual refreshment; fguratively
speaking, there are many gaunt and
lean protesting Christians
Yesterday afternoo's service was in
troduced by congregational singing
and SOLOS and duets by Mr.. Stebbins
and Mr., Wheeler. The latter's Saved
by Grace" new sacred melody, was
Mr.. Moody's text. He said:
The grace of God is not pay; it is gift
of unmerited mercy, Of undeserved favor.
If we never become Christians until we're
worthy, we'll never be Christians. The
world must awaken to the fact that God
is merciful. If men are not saved it will
be because they won't be saved-not be-
cause they haven't a Saviour. Salvation
is worth going around the world for on
hands and knees, yet it is free. To do the
works of God Christ said, "This is the
word of God, that ye believe in him that
he hath sent" You cannot work out sal
vation.
Men who make money by the grace Of
God, boast of it. Now if l give beggar
loaf of bread, he doesn't boast of it. Will
any man boast over the privilege of being
admitted to the kingdom of GodP No, be.
cause it is simply by psrmission-grace
To get this gift, it is not necessary to be
WOTkeu up W u pllCu IL b OuGTtu you, all
yon must do is to take it; it's yours.
One Of the greatest flocks to Christianity
ia the multitude Of border Christians
Like the "low level and high leveln rail-
ways to the Crystal Palace in England.
one of which takes you to the foot of an
immense fight of steps and the other to
the entrance, Christian travellers to the
kingdom Of God should not be long in
doubt which road to choose. We want
higher type of Christianity.
1t takes great deal of grace to live and
but little to die. Instead of the best days
behind us, they are before us-"every-
thing before true believer is glorious"
The bondage Of death is nothing because
you have possibility Of life which death
cannot touch. The scriptural passage.
"the dark valley Of the shadow of DEATH"
a mistake in the word dark" Correctly,
in the dark is impossible without a light.
Mr. Moody's evening subject, "The
Prophet Daniel. was an agreeable dis
appointment to many. Instead OF lsct-
ure or sermon in the ordinary inter-
probation, the assemblsge was treated
to story Of the eventful life of Daniel
told in way which made rapt atten-
tion imperative and enthused the
hearers with the spirit of the speaker.
The story was told and the end was
accomplished by its beauty and
by the masterful and graceful
manner of its delivery. Mr.. Moody's
sermonizng was confined to few cou-
cluding sentences, in which he cited
that it is privilege to serve God, and
only few years remain in which to
shine.
Such was his life and such his conse-
Grafton, a victory of faith over idolatry
and religious despotism
A fair sized audience assent bled last
evening in the West Side Gospel tent
to hear the discourse of L. w. Bliss.
The meeting opened with the regular
song service after which Rev. 7. J.
Collins. pastor Of the Scranton street
Baptist church. offered prayer. Rev.
D. 9. Hughes. p.D., pastor of the
Jackson Street Baptist church, read
from thu acrintnras