Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-24
she would go away on the boat and leave

she would go away on the boat and leave
you to be burned up?'
There was a sudden rush of tears, the
swimming eyes were turned for moment
to the mothers face, and then back to-
ward the preacher Then the curly head
was shaken from side to side, and a faint
mo, sirv was heard.
And that what the true Christian
says called out the evangelist. and that's
what God did for you and or me-"
A Season of Prayer.
Rev. e. D. Bailey of the Central Union
Mission led in prayer, and the choir sang
There is a Fountain Filled With Blood"
while a few people left the hall and others,
who had been standing against the rear
wall, went forward and quickly filled the
seats thus vacated. The choir sang again,
when I Survey" Mr. Moody called for
silent prayer for an understanding Of the
precious doctrine of the shedding of blood.
Mr.. Geo. II. Shaw of Massachusetts and
Mr.. Pugh of the Young Mems Christian
Association offered audible petitions
Now sing. as softly as you can." Mr..
Moody said to the choir. number 21l, Just
as l am, while the congregation prays.
Come tonight" he said. You can never
again come forward with so few sins as to-
night. You will never grow better than you
are unless you come to Christ and ii you
don't come now you are growing worse each
day
The verses of the beautiful hymn were
lined one by one by the evangelist, and re-
peated so softly by the hundreds of voices
behind him that they swelled forth like the
whispering of a great aeolean harp.
" All we, like sheep, have gone astray.
Every one has turned to his own way, and
the Lord ha tn laid on Him the iniquities of
us all. " Mr. Moody was quoting from the
sixth verse of the SD chapter of Isaiah,
which he used as the text of the true Chris
tianity. The three statements, he said, con-
tanned in that verse must all be taken.
| The rejection of any one of them shows
| that there is a flaw in the belief somewhere.
The Simplicity of the Gospel.
'The whole human family stumble over
the gospels" said Mr.. Moody, ''yet they are
so simple that even the little children can
understand thern.' He told of a girl who had
become a Christian because of her faith in
what is written in the book. She had
taken Christ at His word. Can't you do
that much? Won't you do as much as that
| child did? 1t isn't much to do: just believe
Who will take the cup of salvation now
and drink? Speak out now. All VINO will
| take the cup say i will!
! Then the voices of the repentant ones be-
! gan 10 come forth. Il will came from
| every part of the hall, beginning with a
small lad on the front row. When the
voices ceased Mr.. Moody asked the congre-
cation to sing, the willing ones to rise and
| sing the last verse of Just as l am The
| choir started the soft strains, AMI then
| there was a movement among the foremost
rows. Dozens Were rising. The movement
| quickly spread. Dozens had grown 10
scores, and scores to hundred. In minute
over three thousand were on their feet MUIR
muring:
Because Thy promise believe,
"Oh, Lamb of God, / come, l come"
| After fervent prayer directed at the
hearts of those who were still not willing.
Mr.. Moody sent the workers down to talk
and pray with the congregation. The choir
sang two or three hymns, and then Miss
Carrie kidwell sang There is a Green Hill
Far Away as solo.
How to Reach Heaven.
Mr.. Sankey and Prof. Sweeney opened the
afternoon meeting with a duet, Coming
Sankey and Miss Carrie Aver sang II Shall
be Satisfied" Rev. E. S. Todd and ex-Jus-
| tice Strong offered prayer
How to Reach Heaven" was Mr.. Moody s
topic. There was one word, he said that
told the whole of this story, and that was
faith. 1t was the key that not only I'M
locked all the golden treasury OF heaven
for the believer while here below bur II
was likewise the passport that controlled
the gates OF the holy city when the redeem
ed OF the Lord marched up in triumph.
Now, there are two sorts of faith" con-
tnued the speaker; zone Is a live faith.
the other a dead faith; and when we come
to sum 1t up. l am afraid We have quite
as much OF the second as of the first in
the church. 1 can explain what l mean
very easily. dead faith is a faith a man
has or thinks he has. and keeps locked up
inside of him. and does not act on,
and which does him no good. The other
Is an active. working principle.
Now. in Hebrews We are told that faith
Is tie substance of things hoped for the
evidence of things not seem How many
of us really believe that, or II we profess
to believe it, how many of us act on it.
But ii is true-true as anything can be
The things we handle, the things we touch
and work for and give ourselves I'D for are
not the real things of life The substa nee
of things hoped for and the evidence OF
things not seen Just think of that You
say You do not understand It? Well sup
pose l see fog bank over there in the
distance. and that is all do See But be-
hind that bank of cloud there is a noun
tain, tall, dark, and steadfast I see the
fog, but which is the reality, that or the
noun tain?
What Faith Does.
Faith is the hand that reached out 10
take hold of the promises of Christ Sup
pose a man is to be offered thousand dol.
lars. What matter does IL make what sort
of hand he holds out to take it? So the
variety of a mans faith does not much
matter so there was the faith and so the
faith was in God. Yet. people were always
trying to examine their faith and see IL 1,
was the right sort. Faith is to the soul
what the eye is to the body. man
he keeps ii in his head and uses it to see
with. That is the way to do with faith
When a man has IL he would not be doubt
ing the quality of ii all the time.
Now, what does the word say?" Mr.
Moody asked. in conclusion. 81 will set
to 1t my seal that God is true That is
the same as subscribing in my own hands
That is the sort of trust in God we want.
We want TO be able to set it to our seals
that He is true.