The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-04-10

NAV know that he is big liar himself.
You cannot expect 10 get honest clerkc
II YOU make them work seven days In
the week. and II YOU make them do UNI
necessary work. II does not make any
difference whether a man steals your
money or steals the Sabbath.
mo man can afford to be allied 10
whiskey. 1 challenge anyone 10 disprovc
81. that II man has been In that sort OF
business for twenty years he does nor
have a skC eton Ia his closet some one
In his family has turned out TO be
drunkard. therefore. man cannot aHotu
10 sch whiskey. But / have not come
here 10 open a bitter TRADE with the
men who do that sort OF business am
going 20 plead with them. II you are IN
such business, / plead with you 20 set
out OF H. for character Is worth lar
more than money.
A LILY WILL REAP A LIE.
"Take the life OF Jacob from the cradie
10 the grave. and you will ind ne hau
20 reap the same kind of seed as ne
sowed. God rides I'm a chariot of two
wheels grace and law. Jacob had 10 pay
a thousand times more for cheating ms
father. than his birth-right was worth
II man steals my pocket BOOK io7e
q few dollars. but he loses Heaven; ia
cob took a kid. and used it when ne gave
his father the lie and his ten sons loon
a kid and used 10 when they heu ~
him about Joseph in that manner 'ue
lie came back 10 him. He sOWed hc
and he reapcd a lie.
Man ie Going 10 reap more than he
eoyvs Jacob told a lie 70 his father Isaac
and his ten boys told lie 10 him. ten
liars against one. II takes longer uhe
10 SOW than 10 reap and there Is no man
TO doubt IT, / have no doubt tnat WINE
I am talking here some man IS commit
ting an act that will take him all his lie
40 reap. saw nothing about eternity. II
IS sure that your sin will ind you out
Man cannot dig q grave deep enough
that sin won't have its resurrection. sup
posing YOU escape the law OF Virginia
does not God have a law? Was not Ahab
found out in Heaven by Elijah? He reaped
just what he sowed.
Ignorance of the kind of seed makes
no difference. You are SOWING here Tor
eternity and il therefore becomes you as
rational men to think.
'Do you have your whiskey shops open
in Richmond on Sunday
Dr. Hatcher: yes the back doors.
Young men. what have you been SOW
ing to-day? Where do you spend your
evenings? DO you play billiards for
drinks or cigars? That is the way the
gambler begins his life When you hear
"a young man saying that he IS sowing
his wild oats don't cheer him on bv
laughing. for I'm ten or fifteen years he
will be rcaping 10. Don't let any young
man encourage another TO sow MS wild
oats
Tell me how YOU treat your parents
and ] viii tell you what Will become Of
YOU. / have the utter contempt OF young
men who talk against their fathers and
| mothers. / have never seen a man pros
per VINO treated his parents with con-
tempt"
Dir. Moody here told thrilling story
| of young man i'm Chicago. whose Door
/ mother took in washing so that he could
60 to college and wear good clothes one
/ day while talking 10 his mother on the
/ street be saw a. companion come along
and so he slipped away from his mother
! When asked by his friend. whom he had
! been talking TO- he said that she was
! his washerwoman That young man has
since gone down 10 perditon.
when YOU reap the wheat said Mr..
! Moody you have ~ reap the thistes
/ with it, We have to reap certain con
/ sequences. Don't YOU say MOody's going
/ 90 scare you If I scare you, IS that
sign that 1 love YOU or that / hate vou2
| ] wished / could say something tonight
/ 10 make YOU hate SIN.
Mr. Moody then asked those who were
willing 10 accept the Lord 10 rise. and
about two hundred men responded While
they were standine Mr. Moody offered an
! earnest prayer for AN who had expressed
! "a desire 10 change their lives including
/ the six hundred odd men IN the Deniten-
/ tiary VINO had sent a request for prayer.
The big audience was then dismissed
and an en0uirers meeting was held in
the hall Of the association building.