The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-09-08

Just as important question is "have
you been born again of the spirit from
aboveG" Christ taught that there is
only one way to enter the kingdom of
God and that is to be born of the spirit.
Trinity, redemption and justification
are not clearly understood until one
has been born of the spirit.
Going to church or being sister or
brother of an arohdeacon don't make
you a Christian; villains 60 to church
to hide their rascality. It's like saying
prayer and not praying Why. when
/ was little boy, If / was saying,
Now I lay me-" and my brother
kicked me from the bed, I'd swear at
him. Christianity, the new birth, is
now making vows, crying over funeral
sermons and the like. You might as
we'll say dead man has life as to say
that a man has heart and has not
Christ. II IA photographer came in to
this city TO take pictures OF peoples
hearts he wouldn't find q customer.
You couldn't hire 'em to submit to 1t.
The picture of mans heart is defiled.
Will any deny it? Get the heart right
and the foot, eye, hand and life will be
right-a new life, new spirit born
again.
l can't conceive a greater pleasure
than to receive Gods nature. All
things of Heaven are heavenly. There's
a mighty truth in the fable Of the
crane, which, after listening to the
story of the swan about heaven, didn't
want to 90 into Gods kingdom be-
cause in Heaven there were no snails
to eat.
II God can save the vilest drunkard
or hsrlot who walks the streets of
Scranton tonight, don't you think he
could save you Let your heart be
willing and let the spirit come.
ABOUT WORLDLY PLEASURES
At the afternoon service Mr.. Moody's
remarks struck particularly popular
vein from the fact that he dwelt upon
card playing, theater-going and other
customs considered within the realm
of worldly things. His opinion is that
whatever pleasures one undertakes,
those pleasures are proper if one has
the grace of God with him; but in view
of God having provided so many better
things he doubted if any one enthused
with the grace of God would enter
into the so-called worldly pleasures,
After announcing Overcoming Life
as his subject he said that material
birth is not sufficient; one must be
born of the spirit. The fact that the
most worthy Biblical characters fell
through the weakness of their sup.
posed strongest points is applicable tt
men of today. 1.-THE man who over
cometh his own faith is greater thar
him who taketh city," In battle
many life has been lost through un
der-estimating the strength Of the
enemy, and the observation is true OF
the lust, jealousy. covetousness, tenn
per and other weaknesses Of mankind.
Mr.. Moody averred that the sures
cure for these sinful characteristics IL
open confession and apology TO tht
person injured
CLASSIFICATION OF LIARS.
He divided liars into the following
classes: Political. social. business
fashionable, white and black liars
whose cure he guaranteed if they fol
lowed the prescription for covetous.
ness jealousy, etc The medicine is 81
unpalatable that the disease will stoI
out of respect for the cure.
"These border Christians" he said
"people who try to live both world,
and Christian lives, get more clubbing
than any other class; they have the
respect of neither Christian nor worldly
people. l have been asked to smoke
1 don't smoke because | would lose my
self-respeot and would lose my chance
of being able to influence others;
don't know one playing card from an
other for the same reason. I've beel
asked why / don't 60 to the theater; be
cause I'd rather eat dirt, because | ca,
find better things to do. o. lady aske,
me why l was opposed to theater
going, but admitted that she had neve
heard me preach against it. / don
preach against these things, but I d
preach that any man who follows thes
practices while feeling that he nigh
do something better is guilty of sin.
IF you can play progressive euchr
with the grace Of God play it; il yor
cannot do this then give it up. Shal
you overcome the world or shall i
overcome you2 Everything grows, sir
grows; now are you getting o victory
over desires within or the world with
out2 If any question develops in you
mind between the world and Chris
give the latter the benefit of the doubt
"'He that overcometh shall inheri
all things' Even persecution and ridi
cule should not sway you from th
right"
The services in the West Side Gospe
tent last evening were well attended
The meeting opened with song ssl
vice at 7:30 o'clock, after which Re,
L. G. Floyd. D. D., pastor of the Simp
son Methodist Episcopal church, offere
prayer. Mr.. Bliss spoke on Chris
healing the withered hand.
The following are the announcement
of the meetings which will be held o
Sunday in connection with the Mood
eampaignt
At $3.50 p. IN. E. W. Bliss will speak
the gospel tent on the West Side. I'll
subject of the address will be '"The Thre
Appearlngs."
At o'clock Mr.. Moody will address
meeting Of women In the Elm Park churcl
This meeting has been announced to
held at 4. 80 o'clock but it has been nece
sary to change the time too,
At T.80p. m. Mr.. Bliss will speak in Il
gospel tent, West Side. His subject wi
be 1.-TWO Men,"
At 73O p. m. Mr.. Moody will speak
the rockingham theater TO men onl.
His subject will be, by request "Sewir
and Reaping.n
At 7.45 the Penn Avenue Baptist churt
and the Second Presbyterian church wi
unite with the Elm Park church in II
Elm Park church, In service which wi
be addressed by the Rev. Warren G. Par
ridge, of the Penn Avenue Baptist churc
, Everybody is cordially invited to after
this union service. .P
, There will be no service held today, al
up to the present time 1t has not yet BEE
decided to hold any on Monday. But {
Tuesday and Wednesday Mr.. Moody W
speak in the Elm Park church at 8 o'clo'