Evening star., 1894-02-12

Him."
Mr.. Moody then took his Bible and read
In strong voice from the fourteenth chap
ter OF st. John. Let not your heart be
troubled. Ye believe in God, believe also
in Me-" he read. When he had concluded
with the chapter he said:
Il want to call your attention this after
noon to one of Christ's promises i will
not say 1t Is the best of His promises, but
think 1t Is one of the best and one of the
sweetest. "A man asked me some years ago
what considered to be the best of Christ's
promises. 1 searched the four Gospels l
came to the conclusion that it was as diff
cult for man to answer this question as
II would be for man with large family
of children to tell which one he loved best.
i told my Questioner that / could not tell,
for they were all good.
Il want to say a few words about prorn-
lseS. Some men don't believe they will be
Kept. but 1 assure you that 1t would be as
easy to blot the sun out of the heavens as
to break one of the promises that Christ
has made. There would be a perfect jubi-
lee in perdition If one of them should be
broken. Men have been trying in vain for
l,SW years to show that they would not be
Kept. There are conditions to some prom
ises, and you cannot expect to reap the
benefit of such promises unless you keep the
conditions"
The Longing for Rest.
Mr.. Moody then announced that he should
preach from a text in the closing verses of
the eleventh chapter of Matthew: Come
unto Me all ye that labor and are heavy
laden. and l will give you rest"
The cry of the world continued Mr..
Moody, lis for rest. This longing is the
cause that fills places of amusement with
pleasure-seekers. If wanted to find per-
son who had sought rest and obtained it 1
would not go among the upper ten or the
bon ton or the men of bonds and stocks.
These are the people who live to crafty
their selfish passions and live for them
selves alone. All your millionaires could
not buy this rest.
No. there are thousands in this hall and
In this city who are more happy than they,
and these are those who have found the
peace of Jesus. They would spring to their
feet today, If called, and testify to the
truth, how they had found this rest and
kept it for ten. twenty and thirty years. 1t
is not fiction; it is fact and If it were
not true this text would not be true But
II 1t were false some one would have found
1t out in these 1.SO0 years. 1t shows that
Christ was divine. 1t shows that this was
heavens divine proclamation. l like a text
like this with sweep. for ii includes every
one. 1t goes down the main hall from the
chorus to the gallery. and il escapes no one.
1t does not matter whether you be black
hearted or tender-hearted. 1t invites you
all to come, and l can look you in the face
and proclaim that it means you"
MIR. Moody here interposcd an explanation
OF what he meant by the word come. He
said that he had preached a great many
sermons trying to tell men how to come,
but he had given 1T up as fruitless. His
best explanation of the meaning was in the
anecdote of a Scotchman in Edinburgh
whom he knew. A man had said he could
not come because he was chained with his
sins The Scotchman was a man who knew
his Bible thoroughly. "Ah then" he said.
why don't you come with your chains?'
An After Meeting.
Mr. Moody's sermon was followed by
singing, when those who wished to leave
the hall were given permission. Their
places were filled by the ladies who had re-
mained outside during the whole of the SER
vice. Then there was a twenty minute pray
er meeting. DIR. Todd of the Hamline
Church led in this prayer service. and was
followed by DIR. Savarant Of the Philadel
phia NJ. E. conference.
Mr.. Moody said he would like to have the
names and addresses of those who were
earnest in seeking salvation, and cards
were distributed through the audience. He
said he would send to such as wished to
make request for them copies of various
pamphlets which he had found helpful In
learning to live Christian life.
The meeting was closed with what Mr..
Moody termed a conversation meeting, he
going among the people and taking them
by the hand. DIR. b. w. Bond of Front
Royal, Va, principal of the Methodist
Seminary at that place, offered the closing
prayer. '
Children's Needing.
A meeting for children was held in the
afternoon in Calvary Baptist Church, which
was to have been directed by Miss Tyson,
who has been associated with Moody and
Sankey for some time. She was taken I'll
on Saturday night, however. and had to
go to her home in Vienna. Va, near this
city. There were upward of two hundred
children and their elders at the church in
a hntyayar nd hav rQra nd
dressed by Drs. Green and Hamlin.
Extra Meetings for Women.
Overflow meetings for women were held
at the Assembly Presbyterian Church and
at the Mt. Vernon NJ. E Church. Rev.
E. d. Bailey of the Central Union Mis-
sion and Rev. J. J. Muir Of the E Street
Baptist Church were assigned to the As
sembly Church meeting. while Rev. Joseph
T. Kelly Of the Fourth Presbyterian Church
and Rev. !. w. Canter Of the Mt. Vernon
Church were assigned to the meeting at
the last-named place.
Mr.. Sankey left the Convention Hall
meeting and arrived at Assembly Church
shortly after services had begun. AS he
was also t. put in an appearance at the
Mount Vernon Church during the continu-
| alton of that meeting his portion of the
program was given directly after the OPEN
ing prayer. He sang as a solo No. 800 of
tHc GOspti IIlIlS, SdtlSIleU. MS was
followed with a short, fervent prayer, TAX
ing his inspiration from the words of the
song.
After Mr.. Sankey's departure for the
other meeting place Rev. Mr. Bailey and
Rev. Mr.. Muir addressed the assemblage,
exhorting them all to join in the grand
work of salvation which had been so au-
spiciously put under way in the city of
Washington within few days.
There were more people at the Mount
Vernon Place Church than could be COM
fortably seated long before Mr.. Sankey's
arrival there. While waiting for him Rev.
]. T. Kelly preached to the people. Rev.
Mr.. Canter followed with a prayer. Mr.
Sankey had meanwhile put in an appear
ance. and the hush of expectancy fell over
the congregation. He repeated the solo,
Satisfied" which he had just before sung
at the Assembly Church, delivered an ap-
propriate prayer, and announced the dis
missal of the congregation. after singing
two verses of hymn No. 1896 Revive Us
Again"
Mems Overflow Meeting.
In the evening the men who were un-
able to obtain admittance to the hall were
directed to the Assembly Church, where