The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-01-19

As day after day goes by the big au-
|ences in Music hall seem TO increase
|ther than diminish and every meeting
doing its own grand work.
THE News Is endeavoring to do its
bare towards aiding the good work by
|acing Mr.. Moody's eloquent addresses
such form that they may be preserved
|r years and years to come.
To-day THE NEWS presents Mr.. Moody's
|scourse of Wednesday afternoon, and
hursday's will appear tomorrow, owing
our inability to secure the copy In
|me for publication today.
II want to talk this afternoon about the
|ercoming life. When battle is fought
Z are all anxious to know who the victors
|e. In the LIST Epistle of John, 9Th chap
|r, 4th verse, we read, "For whosoever is
Prn OF God overcometh the world"
pat is our starting point. 1--we are going
get victory over the world we have
Pt to get 1T through Christ. wouldn't
ink Of talking to unconverted men about
|ercoming the world, for it is utterly i'm
Pssible. They might as well try to cut
|wn the American forests with their pen
hives. want to say TO Christian people
lat think good many OF US make this
|istake, we think the battle Is
ready fought, the victory already won.
hey have an idea that all they have to do
to put the oars down in the bottom of
? boat and the current will drift them
Ito the ocean OF Gods eternal love, but
! have got to cross the current. We
I've got to learn how to watch ard fight
ID how to overcome. think a great
hny Christian people make this
[stake; they think the battle is
ready fought. II is only just COM
enced. The Christian life is conflict
a w ,rfare, and the quicker we find
out the better. Don't let any man
ink he is going to overcome his enc
les without putting forth his strength
tn Gods power. There is not bless
& in this world that God has not linked
mself to. All these great and higher
essings God associates Himself with.
hen God and man work together then
lis that there is going to be victory. We
E co-workers with Him. You might
Ike mill and put 1t 40 feet above any
Ter you have here in Rhode Island and
|ere isn't capital enough in the state to
bike that river turn that mill; but get 1t
|wn about 40 feet and away IL works.
|e want to keep In mind that II we are
ling to overcome the world we have got
work with Him. ~
kgain, in that same epistle, fourth
|apter and fourth verse, " Ye are of God,
tile children, and have overcome them;
cause greater is He that is in you than
that is in the world" Now, let us
Yep that in mind; He was the only man
Rt conquered this world. With that
e we can overcome the world and every
In U don't care who he isl has been O
lure away from God. When Abraham
his eyes from God he was weak like
her men and denied his wife. II is a
fy singular thing (if you have never
|ticed it, it is very interesting study,
Bt to notice how the men in the Bible, il
BY have fallen, have generally fallen on
strongest points of their characters.
Abraham was noted for his faith, and he
there; but he lost faith and denied his
fe. Moses was noted for his meeknsss
d humility, and he lost his temper and
d kept him out OF the promised land.
iah was noted for his power i'm prayer
d for his courage, and he became a
ward. Queen Jeze bel scared him nearly
of his life. Peter was noted for his
dness, and a little maid scared him
|Rrly out OF his wits. And so you can
b right on through the scripture. Men
| y often fall on the strongest points of
ir characters. ] suppose that is be-
Ise we are not on tho watch. Ii we are
to ~, t.k
well as to pray.
hen we overcome by faith, Gal. xxi and
h verse: I am crucified with Christ;
Eertheless live; yet not /, but Christ
eth in me; and the life which / now
E in the flesh i live by the faith of the
b of God, who loved me and gave Him.
for me.n The life that / now live is
life of faith, we stand by faith.
Then in the Goth verse of the 11th chap
of Romans: "Well; because OF un-
ief they were broken off, and thou
ndest by faith" So that we live by
h: we stand by faith.
hen we read in Corinthians that "we
* by faith" and in Ephesians, ave
ht the good fight of faith" We walk
faith, not by sight. The most objec-
nable characters we meet are those who
trying TO walk by sight, not by faith.
xe Jacob, he tried to walk by sight;
then take his son Joseph. Joseph
k by faith, and see what victorious
he had. He was a mighty giant just
ause he walked not by sight, ut by
h. Lot walked by sight and IL led
astray. Abraham looked beyond and
saw the fountain whose builder and
ker was God. He did not fall in Sodom
+ Lot. Whyg Because Abraham
ked by faith, and Lot walked by
ht.
ow l want TO call your attention TO
ee passages OF Scripture; the first you
find in Genesis. Ord chapter and 9Th
sc: "And when the woman saw it was
I'd for food, and that it was pleasant to
eyes, and tree TO be desired to make
wise, she took of the fruit thereof,
did eat, and gave also unto her hus-
I'd with her; and he did eat" Now,
re are three things good for food; the
of the flesh, pleasant to the eye THAT
he lust OF the eyes,) third, to make
wise (that is the pride OF life.) My
nds, you will find all faith reaches right
ng on these three lines. Turn over
Johns epistles and see what he says
ut any man leaving the world. Now
ou will turn over into Matthews gos-
ftb chopfer Nvou will rood thoao