The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-01-08

coiumuuQ 10 DC ulitds lou Know thht ivi
years and years here in New England we
got all our water out OF the old wells.
remember that In my day i had to
pump, pump, pump, until that
arm was ready to drop out OF its
socket. And didn't get much water out.
Why? Because there wasn't much in.
Now, you have got TO get water before
you can get 1t out. Have you even seen
an artesian well? i don't see SO many OF
them In the East as j have in the West
and South, but in great many places
have found them. They don't stop when
they come to water, but go on pumping,
and by and by the water comes to the top
OF the ground. But even then it doesn't
stop, but goes on and on,
and the water comes bubbling up
and up. And so ] believe it is the true
position OF every child of God to be SO
filed that you haven't got to pump all
the time. All you have to do is to open
the gates and let the stream flow on, and
on and on. And it will never give out.
All God wants US to do is to get filled.
Now want to put this question to the
audience. Isn't it the time OF need, great
need? / think one of the most lamentable
things OF this day is that Satan can walk
right into some OF our best Christian
homes and families and haul the children
down into the deepest and darkest depths,
and we haven't got the power to reach
them and bring them back. i don't be-
lieve that it is the will of the Almighty
that the devil should walk into my home
and drag my children down. II we were
filed with the Holy Spirit we could
call power down from Heaven and
save the tempted ones. We haven't got the
Holy Ghost power. May God open our
eyes now Perhaps the question comes
up, 60 Is there any promise that we can lay
hold on Listen: "Blessed are they that
hunger and thirst after righteousness, for
they shall be filed" Do you know what
Heavens measure is Good measure,
pressed down and running over. / re-
member that here in New England when
we used TO sell man bushel of oats we
used to take stick and scrape over the
top SO that he shouldn't get a
grain over measure. The Lord just
shakes it down and lets it run
over; and when q man is full of the love
of God, he has power to resist temptation.
When the heart is filled with the Holy
Spirit and atan comes TO put in an evil
tuOuSlt, nc tHTONs Oh tlc
People come to me and say. ''Mr. Moody,
don't you think you ought to preach
against this and that?n "No," say, "get
the people baptized and it takes them
clean out of the world" A young man
came to me once and said, "Don't you
think ought to get out of the world now
that have become a Christian" And /
said "No. You won't have
just. give a good ringing testimony
for the Son of God" And when q man
gets filled with the spirit, he won't al
ways be talking about doing this thing
and that thing. God wants to fill you.
But the moment you begin to talk about
being filed, people say, "If you are full Of
conceit and your own Righteousness, full
of envy, evil and hate and all those things,
how is the Lord goingto fill your" Take
this tumbler, it is filed with air, and you
are wondering how you are going to get
the air out. will show yon how to get
the air.out." (Here Mr.. Moody poured
water into theltumbler until it ran over.)
'There! Any air there now? will pour
water upon him that is thirsty, and floods
upon the dry ground Is it dry here in
Providence? Let us ask God to open the
gates and let the food come in upon us
tonight. Come, friend, let the heart be
opened tonight. Just pull back that bolt
and let the door be thrown wiae open.
Say to God, "Here am l." And il it is real
honest desire that he should come, he will
do SO and ill you.
A Striking Illustration.
When was out IN Colorado saw straw
hsra all k,a..,
farm where every blade of grass was green
and everything was fresh and blooming;
but Just over the fence there would be an
other farm where everything would be
dried up. And said to a man on the
train, "What does this mean?" He looked
at me and said, "You are stranger here.
One man brings water down from the
mountains and waters his farm, the other
man does not" That explained it. One
had plenty, and the other didn't have
anything. You go into some churches
and you VIII find some men that are very
dry, and a man right next TO him with a
sunny face, and there all is fresh and
bright. Why? Because one has got the
amounting, has got the blessing, and the
other sits there where the rain is pouring
down and doesn't get under it atal Let's
get under the pierced clouds, and then
Just keep the heart full. 1t is no sign you
are full because you were SO two years
ago. That is the trouble, good many are
trying to work with the amounting they
got three years ago. There are lot of
Samsons around who have lost their
hair. How many sermons have you hea1d
of which you cannot remember single
word? What is the trouble? Why, you
were not in the right spirit; or, perhaps
the man in the pulpit was not in the
right spirit, and the sermon didn't lay
hold of you. When the Spirit of God is
in man the fire Just burns. But, thank
God, although Samson lost his strength
1t came back to him. And some of you
you Samsoms that have lost your power
can get it back again il you will. God
used Peter far more after He restored him
than he did before his fall. trust there
are some here who may become a flame of
fire. Why not? Don't you want that
power? You can have 1t il you will. 1t