The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-04-06
TIVE AFTERNOON MELTING.
Mr.. Moody strikeA ~ Hard Blow to Modern


Mr.. Moody strik~s Hard Blow to Modern
Wor'dlin
Mr.. Dwight l.. Moody Is one OF the most
attractive speakers that ever visited Rich
mond. His power to draw n crowd is
remarkable. Day after day immense
throngs gather at the tabernacle to listen
10 the wise sayings and the strong. prac-
teal advice from the mouth Of the speak
er. He is a man OF great magical power.
and his sermons are listened 10 with the
closest attention and the keenest interest.
Whether IL r. the originality Of the man;
his plain, simple. though striking manner
OF speaking. his wonderful power OF Illus
tration, or his earrestness and ability TO
impress the people with his deep sense
OF conviction. It is difficult to decide.
The evangelist possesses a strong and
genuine influence upon his hearers, and,
as heretofore. at afternoon services, when
he took his position upon the rostrum
yesterday afternoon at the tabernacle.
that spacious building contained an i'm
mense audience-probably 1900 souls. who
came to hear The heart-inspiring words
OF the gospel preached by an earnest.
useful soldier Of the cross.
The service was commenced by the
singing Of hymn No. %. Mr.. Jacobs di-
rected the choir during the song service,
and sang hymn No. il. Jesus, / Come"
very impressively. After several hymns
by the choir and congregation, Rev. DR..
Fair offered prayer.
THE OVERCOMING LIFE.
Rock Of Ages" was sung by the con-
grecation and choir. and Mr. Moody then
announced that he would talk about the
overcoming life. and took his text from
the First Epistle of John. fifth chapter,
and fourth verse
When he first became a Christian, said
the speaker he saw that Christian life
was "a conflict found that l would have
10 fight harder after / became Chris
tan than before. The Christian life is
long, never -ceasing conflict; the battle
RACES continually.
The new birth comes first. If / have
Christ within me, l have life that viii
enable me to fight this battle and con-
quer The saints Of the Bible have usual
~ fallen on the strongest points OF their
character Abraham was noted for his
faith. and that is just the point upon
which he fell. Moses fell upon his meek
ness Elijah fell upon his boldness, and
so did Peter. When a man thinks he Is
strong in some point, that is the very
point which will be the cause Of his
downfall. The strongest man, away from
God, is as weak as child.
-FOUR YEARS or HARD FIGHTING.
Christianity is a battle of faith. When
the war broke out we people up North
thought the trouble would be over in
few days but we found that we had
stronger enemy than we anticipated. and
it took us four. years of hard lighting
to whip you people down here. You don't
like 10 hear me say that. do you? SO with
the Christian; he frequently underesti-
mates his enemies.
The lust Of the flesh, the lust Of the
eye, and the pride Of the eye. are the
three great enemies Of mankind. You re-
member Christ was tempted when he was
very hungry and had tasted. Nearly
everything we see has a tendency 60
draw US away from God. The pride Of the
eye can be seen everywhere you turn.
man or woman who hasn't control
over themselves are the last TO control
others. What we want to DO is 20 over
come ourselves. Appetite must be over
come. II it becomes our master we are
ruined How many men who thought
they could stop drinking when they wish
ed kept on till they became absolute
wrecks
Then the lust Of the flesh, the bodily
passions, must be overcome and we must
control our tempers. Look at the
churches and families which have been
wrecked because some Of the members
could not control their tempers. We have
got 10 settle down TO the work Of con-
trolling our tempers before we can ever
be OF any service in Christian work.
When you and your wife fall out you
can't settle IL the next day by carry
ing her a bouquet of flowers. That's not
the way to pacify matters. With such
a remedy as that you'll have another
falling out in twentyfOur hours. The
proper thing to do is to go straight TO
her and tell her you are sorry | know
women can say sharp things. I've heard
them. But when such things happen
own up, and say you are sorry.
SOCIETY AND POLITICAL LIS.
A lie is a lie the world over. and I
want TO say here that your society lies,
your business lies, and your political
lies are just as black as any other.
II you send word TO callers that you're
not at home when you are it is just as
black a lie as any other. You teach
your children TO do this, and In a short
time they'll be lying to you The poiti-
cal lie is just the blacklist kind. But the
politicians are not here this afternoon;
I'll catch them tonight
Then there's that spirit of covetousness.
The battle is 10 settle the question of
overcoming money, or letting money over
come you. Money is all right IN It's
place: but you might as well worship
the moon and the stars as to worship
money.
If you find that you are Jealous of
any one. go straight and DO him a
favor. Old nature will squirm: but let
her sauirm. II one minister is jealous
OF another he ought 10 80 at once and
ask him TO preach in his pulpit.
If we are converted, we cant sit
down and say that God will do every
thing for us. We've got work Of our
own TO do. When you are Jealous of
other people. you are the one that suf-
fer% not the person of whom you are
jealous.
THE OUTSIDE ENEMIES.
All these things we've got 10 overcome.
Anything that draws you away from God
is the world. When you have the punch
bowl at your house on New Year s-Day
YOU had better pitch the bowl out of the
window. II you can't get into the bon-to1
sociey Of Richmond without having
punch-bowls and tempting young men u
become drunkards, why. you had better
not join the bon-ton society. II such is
the fashion. steer clear Of It.
Mr. Moody told an interesting expert
ence he had with a woman who want