The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-04-04
PRAYED FOR TIE CAR MEN
,urY AND RAiLRO1D Men REMEM-
RKgED ar THE TABERNACLE.
Another Large Audience Heard Mr.. Moody
Last Night-To Reserve Seats for
Men-Future Meetings.

can. ffl~olc klttltU MI NltONS ib'N tNNH-
ING when he appeared on the platform
an the tabernacle 10 preach the Gospel to
.sfse who had come TO hear him. The
usual song service. which preceded the
enron. was conducted by Mr.. Jacobs.
,fter the singing OF several hymns by the
.soir. a auartette. consisting OF Messrs.
charles Hunter. -. l.. Bennett. Horace +.
smith and w. Hcnning, sang "Swect the
-s,mc." whereupon Mr.. Moody announced
&C The opening hymn. "All Hail the Power
m Icsus' Name" which was sung by the
whole congregation.
REV. Dr. L.. r. Dadmun. OF the West
rrl Methodist church. i'm Manchester.
rqcrcd fcrvent prayer. wherein he asked
Goa 90 bless the strect-c0r men, who have
10 work such long hours. and the railroad
~.en. who are here to-day and have 20 80
away tomorrow.
Nr. Jacobs sang as a solo Hymn No. go.
after the Toll and Trouble" lie was fol-
owed by Messrs. Pendlcton and Webb,
ono rendered "a duet In excellent style.
ahercupon Rev. DR. II. j. McBryde. OF
lexington. offered prayer.
Nr Moody announced the meetings at
nc tabernacle during the week would
BE- NJ Z. Nj. and 1880 r. NJ. with the
rAccption Of Saturday. Complaint having
heen made that workingmen could not
fri admittancc 10 the building. about
thousand seats had been reserved for
thcm that evening. and large portion OF
,ra house would bc set aside for them
t.rcafter. on Sunday next services would
be- held for ladies only in the afternoon
and for men only IN the evening.
The sermon.
vr. Moody then read chapter "a OF
rzedel. and selected as his text Luke
,ix. 10 verse. For the Son Of Man is
.oroe 10 seek and TO save that which was
lost" Some one has taken the pains.
.ad MIR Moody. 20 count all the titles
that are given TO Jesus Christ In the
B.blc. which are one hundred and fifty
sN in all. and perhaps the lowest Of the
tiles Is the one named in this verse,
Son OF Man. which. however is TO be
solnd in the Bible thirty weight times.
,m0ng the many titles Jesus seemed to
have delighted in this one especially, for
90 indicates that he Is In sympathy with
fhe down-failen man. j think the verse
INST read contains one OF the sweetest
oxpressions that ever fell from Jesus
Inns /, tells us Christs mission IN this
world. He has not come 10 be a judge.
hit 10 be n savior a good Tary people
sv that they have been seeking the
1trd. bat no man ever sought him unless
Gle Lord had been seeking him first. lie
was the one who brought the lost sheep
ts,k. the sheep was not rejoicing but
ae sheTherd.
heard a man say once that he had
hasn seeking the Lord for forty years.
but could not find him. This is absurd.
f'r we would not have to seek him forty
months nor forty hours. not even forty
minutes We may seek after an imaginary
40 ...t~ - ,fsrl4t mill
md that he has been seeking US. You can
never hear a sermon. nor read a chapter
~ The Bible without finding that God
has been seeking us
There are so few people saved to-day
because so few believe that they are lost
Every blasphemer, every drunkard every
gambler. every self-righteous pharisee,
every man -hat is ungodly is lost. If
won sneak Of a lost man in a sermon the
one whom fl is intended for viii think
IL is meant for some one else. / preached
once in a church in Scotland. the steeple
o. which had been built by a whisky
dsf'ller AS soon as l heard this 1
preached whole sermon on him, and
az the close Of the service that man came
e, me and thanked me, saying that
is inst the kind Of sermon the people
here want" he never thought for mo-
inent that I had preached the sermon
solely for his benefit. If the people only
were AS liberal with their money as they
are with sermons preached TO them ana
advice given them they would be much
better on.
mr. Moody then described in the most
touching manner how the Lord. on MS
las, visit 10 Jericho, healed the bhnu
heeear whom he found sitting on the
highway outside Of the gates. and how
De called Zacheus down from the syca-
uor- tree and invited him as his guest
f1 that publican's house. Iacheus re-
caivei the Lord joyfully, continued Mr..
Moody and so will all Of you who are
willing 20 receive him. Let rich man
in Richmond be converted, and he WILL
.n his iov. give one-half of his posses
siors 10 the poor. Any man who Will
sheer when he hears that a drunkard
has been converted is q pharisee. The
Son Of Man has come IL seek and 10 save
what IS lost He has come 20 help, ana
Is NE same tonight as he has been be-
fore. He will save you tonight II you
take your seat before him as sinners
There are lots Of people who think that
they can pay ninety cents or ninety-nine
cents on the dollar; that they can be just
little short and still be righteous But
the only ones Christ will save are the
bankrupt sinners.
FOR the tngodiy.
The Lord died for the ungodly. the
ung0dlke. II We are ungodlike we are
lost. but We can. be saved.
Mr Moody next told of the experience
which he once had In the Tombs IN Ne"
York. where he preached to the prisoners
while they were locked up in their cells.
Hc afterwards went from cell 10 cell ana
found that most of the inmates claimed
IN be- innocent. He said 10 himself they
wore NOT lost and did not need 10 be
eafad according 10 their statements.
Finally he came to one whom he louhu
+. tears and who acknowledged 10 be
sinner. lie prayed with him, ana taa'
man was finally saved.
In closing his sermon Mr.. Moody toiu
Of q Young man whom he found after
life Of dissipation I'm the siums OF Lon
don In a dying condition. and who was
longing for his fathers forgiveness. lie
went TO the father who had cast OF
DIS son. but when he heard that the
latter sought his forgiveness. he went
TO his side and forgaye him. Mr.. Moody
closed with a feryent prayer Tor those
Who acknowledged 10 be sinners.
meeting Of inquirers was afterwards
he'd In the hall Of the Young Mems
Christian Association, which was largely
attended and a good many In the au-
oielce arose asking for prayer. thereby
Indicating their intention Of beginning
new life
While this meeting was going on In
The association building "A large PORTION
~ the audience remained in the taber-
la los. 10 .