The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-04-11

tians unless We feed on the Word.
HOW 10 GROW.
II you want 10 make yourself grow and
keep in the beautiful spirit you have been
something for yourself out Of the Word
each day-soinething that IL applicable To
you.
/ pity the man who does not get the
Word for himself and VINO has to get IL
altogether through a preacher.
Some preachers teach the Word and
some OF them don't. They VIII take a
text from the Bible and just think they
minerology and botany. or metaphysics
maybe. but they don't teach the Word.
A tree does no; perhaps feel that II Is
growing neither does a man always know
he is growing In spirit.
The Word is like precious metal-we do
not Keep our silver In bulk. but we make
~ INTO little nuggets and put them into
There are four things we must DO. in
connection with the Word. We must adj
nit that Il is the Word: We must sub
mt 70 IL, take II into our sous-commit:
we must study it and become acquainted
win II, and We must transmit-sive IL to
others
80 ECLTs VoR BIBLr STUDY.
Said he ] would Ike to give you soma
rules b. which 20 study the " ord OF God,
bat II Is very hard to DO. God made no
TWO mea alike, and no two people have
! minus diift. mat Is the way dOl MADE
them. If we had the making of men we
would put them all in the same mold.
ana they would come out Ike a lot or
tin soldiers.
You can't lay down any rules for study
ing che Bible; 10 two men think alike
even IL Is a good thing 20 take whole
book and read II at one time. Read IL
two ways-with the telescope and then
with the microscope.
Another Way r. 20 take a subject and
follow it all the way through the Bible.
Sic especially recommended prudence.
concordance, and scripture textbook
as adjuncts IN the study of the Bible.
tie recommended the close study Of the
subject selected even II It took weeks or
months 10 understand It.
out OF the abundance OF the heart the
mouth speaketh. No trouble TO Salk about
God when YOU are full Of the knowledge
Of Him.
IL you are always receiving You can al
ways give.
TALK AGAINST REVEALS.
Go into any town you please and you
will find some preacher who talks against
Tcvivals and doubts the ACCESSIBILITY Of
| recognizing the converts.
Every denomination In the world came
from a revival. The Roman Catholic
church. which claims TO be the oldest in
/ the world. came from revival, even If
| II was as far back as Pent1cost. and our
| great friends. the Episcopalans, WHO
/ claim TO be an apostolic church, came
back as PcntacOst. but IL was a revival,
and in the time OF Martin Luther. the
! great reformation started from a revival.
! and every great religious movement that
/ ever took place came fxOm revival of
/ Gods work. People viii say sneering
/ things about revival. but ii would be
+ great thing II one would sweep over
Richmond.
! Mr. Moody asked all those present who
| had been converted in revival 10 rise.
/ and nearly every preacher and Christian
| in the house arose.
Looking over the crowd Mr.. Moody re-
! marked. And yet some preachers will say
| that they viii not take converts from
revival. yet IL they will look around
them they viii find that the very strong
| est men in the churches were converted
! az revvals. The Bible teaches us that
it is our duty to revive GODS work.
WHERE ARE rHT CONVERTS?
hear people ask: "Where are your CON
verts IN Richmond Of nine years ago? /
| don't see any Of them" Well. they don't
20 around TO your front doors to ring
YOU up, but they are here. and you can
find them if you will look for them. l
have met them since l have been here
this time.
Dr. Hatcher spoke up and said he had
a number Of them in his church to-day.
Mr.. Moody then told an anecdote Of
missionary and a skeptic. both of which
had lived in India. At the dinner table
the skeptic said in his twenty years eX-
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native convert. The missionary asked If
he had ever seen a tiger In India. "Oh.
yes" replied the skeptic; Il used to hunt
them. and killed a great many. 1he
missionary said he had lived there twenty
years and never saw tiger. but he had
seen many hundred native converts. one.
said Mr.. Moody, were hunting Tor users
and the other was hunting for converts.
IF there We're people in Richmond aIN-
iOus TO see converts, and would look Tor
them they would find them. The trouble
is they are not looking for converts, but
something else.
TaE YOUNG FOLKS MEETING.
Miss Tyson's meetings have been as
interesting and as absorbing to the boys
and girls Of Richmond as MI. Moody
10 the older children.
She has a wonderful gift Of interesting
and holding the attention OF children on
subjects that other people make very dIy
TO the younger mind.
the amount Of good she has done among
the growing-up boys and girls in Rich
nond is incompatible. and large num-
Nor of them of sufficient age have been
converted
Her address TO the children Sunday al
foruoon was along the line of joining the
church on an impulse without proper
knowledge of the question and without
a proper appreciation of the step.
stornness. and yet when she was through
a number Of boys and girls from twelve
~ fifteen expressed a determination TO
take the step.
Yesterday she held her meeting in the
basement of the Second Baptist church.
To-day will close her regular meetings,
hut Tomorrow. at the usual hour, 1
o'clock she will hold a meeting for those
hovs and girls who have professed con-
version. and on Friday she Will hold
teachers meeting.
usHRRs FOR TO-DAY.
Afternoon at 80 o'clock:
George j. Snyder. A l.. kcnardsoh'
G. W. Muhly, . = Nelsisei'
r. d. Newell, j. l.. anderson
" / Plunt. g W. Il. Waldron,
b. T.. Shore. W. Il. StoiNs'
William Warthen. Nythe BoinhS'
:. T.. Ellison. Jr., Massie Noting
| Walter Grnnan, y. Bar 1aFIaI'
Hiram Anderson. Charles Il. Lowry,
L.. /. Baily, j. > '"'''@'
irwin Campbell, william \. gray
Paul Pratt w l. Ar.is eau
/ A. 4. Bayiiss, 1homas tardheI'
II,r~,. Granger. A. W. Moody,
L. J. MahOny, arthur W. Lee
Evening at $50 o'clock:
At II GARY. oscar Swineford,
l. Riderour. Robert Lecky,