Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-15
CONFESS YOUR SINS
Mr.. Moody Points Out the Road to
Conversion.
THOUSANDS OF EAGER LISTENERS
The Large Percentage Shown to Be
Church Members.
THE AFTERNOON MEETINGS

convention Hall from end to end with young
and old. Day or night sunshine or storm,
seems to make no difference in the attend
ance at the great meetings Each succeed
ing night brings greater crowds. and the
number turned away at the door is con-
stantly increasing.
The fervor and enthusiasm manifested by
the people seems to increase, too. and every
meeting is more successful Last night,
after the usual preliminaries Of prayer ami
hymns, including two solos by Mr. Sankcy,
Mr.. Moody advanced to the front of the
platform.
IN read a few verses in the thirty-third
chapter of Ezekiel" he said, and he read
the story of the Waterman who was set TO
look for the enemy and did not blow the
trumpet and warn the people. and was
destroyed
You that have been here for the last
three nights will observe that / have been
dealing with sin. Tonight want to go into
the New testament, and will take one word
Tor the text: Repent There are four
things that go with NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
contritlon, conversion and confessing Christ
Real. true repentance viii lead us to those
things. When God shall come. He win con-
vince tne world OF sin. / believe that the
spirit of God has been in this hall: that The
old iron pillow has been going down deap
into mems hearts. Now. there are three
thlngs that lead TO conviction-conscience
The Human Conscience
Adam did not have any Bible: for GEN.
turtles they did not have any word of God
but they had conscience. God appeals TO
heather nations now through their con-
science. Woe to the man or woman who has
no conscience. / pity them.
some of the most powerful meetings 7
nave been in was when the spirit OF God
s See,nea 10 settle down upon the place. The
Ala
Ghost. erybody felt it If il was sesiraS
that should attempt to convict an audien -
o tI SIN, 1 would not undertake it That is
mn, 49,, OF .ne holy Ghost. Conviction is
child, but that is not contrftion. Wben
David iel into sin, he felt contrition. but
uinerence. and God forgave David and lif,-
ca nun up from the pit where he had fallen
DdNlu was reeonciled to Absalom with
Iut contrition His tender heart overcame
MIN ana he sent for Absalom I haIia,-a
mat man going into the Kingdom OF CD
without contrition would set the banner
OF revolt by the very throne of God ana
H. mou.d De war in heaven. If You feel
that you have sin confess it II Won have
TOO much pride to confess Your sin yo,,
can go TO heaven. / am not talking alone
f e a.dsI t people; All sin must be con-
sin which should be confessed TO one an
oIner. III You wrong a man You must go
TO MN and confess II. If you are a public
sion as public as the transCression T'bar.
are Two ways to get rid OF sin-man's wav
ana Gods way. Mans way is 10 trv -
co cover I'm, ms SIN. but he should go to God and
iet rum cover II. It's poor business TO
Try &c cover your own sin. 1t has heen
tried for 5000 years and no one has sue
ceeded: You might as well try to cover the
Atlantc ocean with a blanket as TO cover
your own sin. Take 1t to God and He viii
cover 1t so that it will never be found
The Ecclesiastical Sword
"One reason why Christian people do NOT
get along better in their work is hecause
they have little besetting sins. Men NAV
be ever so unsound in charity and patfence
ana nothing is done. but if you should be
unsound in faith the ecclesiastical sword
would nash out and take off your heads.
You will never get control until Won treat
Ihese things as sins and overcome them
CONFESS them- There is no chance of our
overcoming until We confess This teyt &c
not alone for the ungodly; let the Chris
tians take II home with them and ponder
over it," FN-
Temper, he said. is the Christians p,os,
besetting sin. A lady once told him that
she was becoming more and more irritable
every day and wanted to know how TO
overcome II. She was processing Chris
tian, and regarded her irritability as n
weakness or misfortune which she had in
herited from irascible parents. II told her
| that when a good Christian lost her tenn
she was, 1T was a sin," said Mr.
Moody. Now, perhaps there are a good
many women here before me tonight who
| lose their tempers and scold their husbands
| Let me tell them what to do When Won
| do II again go right to him when YOU have
cooled down and ask him to forgive YOU.
Try that half dozen times and you'll find
yourselves losing your disposition to lose
| your tempers.''
salvation would come to many a home II
there would be some honest confossion
cannot
| their sins If We don't confess ours / met
| man in Chicago whose hair was as gray
| as mine. while he was only thirty years
old. He had committed an act ten wears
| before and had been haunted day and
| night. told him to make restitution, and
| he did II. and Immediately he received
happiness; When You confess your sins
God will hear you. Confess Your sins and
| you VIII grow young. God will not prosper
| the man who covers up his sin. 1t is a
great thing for God to forgive. When he
| forgives IT is put away. Think of the sins
! in this congregation" he exclaimed. "If
! they were brought altogether they would
| pie up mountain high, but. thank God the
blood OF Jesus would be waiting to wash
them all away" He further impressed his
| listeners with the necessity Of ourging
| their souls of every sin. 1t was a mockery
to think of finding God until every sin was
| out of the way. But thank God the
| blood Of Jesus Christ will wipe them ali
away.
What is Conversation.
Now, the next thing is conversion. II
you are not converted you may be this very
night If you will confess your sin. Are
you willing to do It? 1 believe that some
| people are about half converted, but they
must turn clear around, face about don't
linger at half way. So. my friends YOU
can have the kingdom of God set up in YOU
| tonight II you will. Let the word of God
into you, and 1t will illuminate YOU am,
! light you up. You can't convert yourself
| but God will If you will only ask Him. If
you really want to become Christian YOU
must confess Him. Don't be ashamed of
, Him. Confess Christ before people There
| was man who attended my meeting and
somebody chaffed him about il, asking him
| IL he was benefited. He boldly said YES
| that he had intended TO buy a saloon but
| had given the plan up. The grace of God
! is to help a man stand. If you have a Cod
less home go to il tonight and resolve that
you will establish God there Do IL little
| by little, and you will find that the light
you have set up will illuminate the whole
place and will confound the scoffer If
you are ashamed to confess Christ you
| can't be His disciple. You can get saliva
] ton right here tonight. There is salvat ton
| for every soul here Bring your sins to
| light, and God will put them away. Con-
| fess Christ tonight and tomorrow. Run up
your flag and let people see the side you
| are on. / pity man who has not got Che
| moral courage to act up to his convictions.
! Let's not be ashamed of Christ
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