Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-13
.TAKIN G A STAN D
The Response to theStirring Appeals
Made by Mr.. Moody.
PERSONAL REQUESTS MADE FOB PRAYER
The Responsibility of a Mans Acts
Enforced.
DR.. KIM'S ADORE S

Rain and storm made no appreciable DIFF
ference In the size Of the audience at the
Moody and Sankey meeting last night The
hall was just as crowded as ever and tie
congregation more interested, apparently,
than upon some former occasions The
meeting was opened by singing several
hymns. after which Mr.. Sankey sang two
solos.
When Mr.. Moody took his place upon the
little platform which serves as a pulpit he
faced a sea Of eager upturned faces. and
every ear was bent to catch his words He
continued his remarks of the night previous
upon the subject of Whatsoever a man
soweth. that shall he also reap" Tonight
I want to show that a man reap5 more than
he sows. We would not sow IL we did lot
hope to get more. So 1t is In the kingdom
of God. A man is bound to reap more than
he sows. You tell lie and you must tell
ten to cover it up. David reaped more than
he sowed. From the time he fell into his
first sin he reaped until his death. Billow
after billow of sin rolled over him. The
sword did not leave his house Jacob told
one lie to his father and his ten boys came
back with a lie upon their lips, that Joseph
had been torn by wild beasts. Jacob sowed
the lie and reaped its fruits for years. There
are fathers and mothers here who reap
through their children what they sowed. 1t
took Jacob twenty years to finish his reap
ing. 1t did not take him long to plan that
act, but it took him between thirty and
forty years to reap the harvest. There are
people right here who will commit that
which win take them all their natural life
to reap. When you hear a young man say
ne is sowing his wild oats don't cheer him
on; look ahead twenty-five years and see
his harvest. A man in the counting room
may make one false entry in a ledger. 1t
DON'T take him long to do 1t. but 1t takes
him years to atone.
The Cage Of Torture.
There isn't q man here but knows It. If
he will stop to think, that 1t takes years
to build up a character, but in one short year
Ii can be thrown down and blasted. king
Of France once asked his court favorite to
invent an instrument Of torture for the
kings enemies. The man invented the iron
cage, in which a prisoner cannot stand nor
lie down. The court favorite himself was
the first offender. and for fourteen years he
occupied the cage. 1t did not take him long
to plant that tare, but it took him fourteen
years to reap 1t.
Il was preaching in Chicago and after the
sermon a man came to me in great grief.
He wanted to see me alone, and when ne
did he confessed that he was a fugitive
from justice. He had been in hiding in Chi
cago and said he had led a life of constant
terror: it was hell on earth.
II said, Why don't you give yourself up
to the law and ask God to forgive you? He
said he would but for his wife. He could
rot bear to have her suffer for his wrong
doing. If a man could do his own reaping
1t wouldn't be so bad We don't do our
reaping alone. You might stand II. but
how about 1t when 1t comes to making the
wife of your bosom reap with you. to max
ing that gray-haired old father and mother
reap with you, those innocent children?
That man went home and spent a week
hidden in his house. When the wife had
tut the children to bed he would come out
from his hiding place and look at his in
nocent children. He could not speak to
them.
"Oh. tell me that sin Is not bitter! There
is nothing more bitter than sin, no pesti-
lence, no death that is equal to its terrors
Oh. wish every man in this audience could
turn from sin. The man gave himself up
prison Poor man, he was reaping. He IL
out now. but he II still reaping. He has
found mercy. but all the future years he
must reap.
ignorance Of the kind Of seed that you
SOW does not excuse you. You must be
man who goes on sowing for time and eter-
nifty without knowing what he sows. or
stops to ask himself what kind of seed he
Is sowing, Is an idiot. Pull yourself to-
gether now, ask yourself what you are
sowing. whether to the flesh or the spirit
reap by substitute.
Lives Young Men Lead.
young man. he said, impressively, tell
me what you are sowing. How do you
spend your Sundays? Do you give loose