Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-05-06

The usual large Sabbath afternoon
audience greeted Mr.. Moody with eS-
pectant looks yesterday afternoon. 1t
was the third Sunday he had Preach
cd in Fort Worth, and interest In him
7 seems 10 have increased all along
Brother Rees was absent and Brother
George Mes carried the choir by grace
ful manual evolutions through some
4 sweet Methodist hymns The singing
has never been better since the meet
4 ing began. After prayer by Brothers
4 Harris, Millken OF Dallas and Mr.
( Moody, ard liberal collection. the
\ usual scriptural passage was read. THIS
I WAS found in tho twenty-irst chapter
I OF Revelations. Mr. Moody reAu
/ John xiv and 18th verse, LET not your
heart be troubled. ye believe In MY
Father. bclleve also In Me-
The choir sang, There shel Be
Showers OF Blessings" and Mr.. Sankey
sang "The Ninety and Nine" He said
he had first found this hymn In
newspaper while travelling In Scotland.
and had sung 1t Edlnboro, He had
prayed God to give him the air ana
1t had never been changed. Mr.. Moody
got his text In Luke, chapter VI, verse z.
"Thcy laid Him In the mnnger, be-
cause they had no room for Him In
the inn" lie said; THAT inn was Ike
great many human heurtS-thero was
no room for Christ, For four thousand
years the world had been looking for
this Christ. yet they dcspiscd Him
when lie came. He might have come
with all the pomp and glory OF hcav-
en-, but Ile chose to come ia humility.
lie could have been born In the first
house the world contained, ana rocked
in a golden cradle, but He chose TO be
born In a manager ! remember, years
ago, when the Prince OF Wales came
10 Chicago. Cannon doomed, bands
played, and flags were displayed to
greet the citys guest, Nothing was TOO
good FOR him. He came and he went,
do not know that 1t did any one any
good or harm. My friends, look what
difference IN the reception that mot
Christ, The son OF God did not come
To earth FOR pleasure, He came tu do
good to all murtals. Iln came to save
this world. What reception! No
room for Him In the inn! You say
n would have been different had they
known who He was. They did know
who He was and were troubled. The
Son of God came TO llght the path for
men to see heaven. llerod was truu-
bled ana had all the male children UNI
der two years OF are In Goshen put un-
der the sword on one night, That blade
was never sheathcd til Christ had died.
They didn't want Him. Didn't have
room for Him, | have often tried to
picture Him as lie endured the pain of
Calvary, and the lgonieH Of GolBotha.
They didn't need Him IN the Holy
city, even, ana nearly cvcrv member OF
the Snnhedrm dcspiscd Him, 1 want
to ask YOU has the world grown any
better2 Would the world have room Tor
Him today DOcn America want Him.
Docs England want Hlm2 Ia there
room FOR Him In any OF your parties or
lodge rOoms2 DO you business men
want lllm2 | am sure He would close
all places Of business on Sunday, and
the saloon would have to 10. There
81 not Il town or county In America
that would vote for Him to come ana
reign as their personal king. ,DOos
society want Him. You 30 tu fash
ionnble party or ball ana talk OF Christ
ana see " you are invited back again,
Thcy VIII call you an old f0gy They
VIII say their minister can talk Of
HIN. all they want to hear on Sunday
morning / VIII come nearer home, /
honestly believe some of your churches
don't want Him, Many church NOM
hcrs wouldn't vote FOR Him to become
member OF their families. You giya
up Jesus for some nccursed pleasure.
come closer atill. DO you want Him2
~ there room In your heart for Him?
DO you take sides with Christ or are
YOU against Him. II ~ stated fire.
quently IN the Bible that Christ looked
toward heaven and sighed. lie was
thinking OF His home-lic was home
slick our Lord had no place to lay
llla head, no home. His cradle was
borrowed, tho spot OF earth where
Ills body was laid was not His own.
In the conflict that ragged against Him
on this earth the name OF one woman
shlhes aa brightly as star. Martha in
Nlted Hm, after a struggle with her
teI tully conscious of how many
1rlenda she would lose 10 her home.
Christ always goes whore lie IN Invited.
any friends, and lie made Marthn's
home little Bethel ON Garth Will Won
not invite Him into your heart mud
see II He doHnt come? The Lord
went TO the home Of Martha, Mary and
taurus oiten. He was always well
S,'me there By and by Lazarus grow
III. Martha and Mary looked for 10
sus. but he was away, and dld nor
come. Lazarus became worse and died
ihose sisters We're almost broken
nearleu' They laid Lazarus away In
nlH crave ana sent messenger to the
lord. They watched for Him nrnin-
they even doubted HIS divinity. on tho
ieurth day MS they were wntchint.
the valley OF the Jordan, thew saw
iiitn coming. Those sad sisters told
iilh now they felt. Chriat told them
~ Wuulu make Lazarus return TO
HE and that they should see him
again The sisters said they know
they would acc him NJ the resnrrectIon
VI" iha. hoNorN4 woman nrst
rHu ST. -9. " arm fs
,eHulreeuon ana the life lie heIa I'M,
Ney 70 every graveyard on earth. They
Went TO Lazarus tomb together ana |
Tue stone rolled from the grave NJ
NlvlSt command and that brother
s s TO HE and was restored TO hIs
.sNu5iy l want TO urge upon YOU
70 do what Martha and Mary ali
hou VIII never regret Il. I plead win |
my nany brother for long years 10
accept Christ But he was ohstino,s
al my folks did not belleve In ~,
uNlniiy OF Christ, and my bro,ho.
was like some OF them. He WINS al,
Tor iorty-two Gays with tynhoii sa,,er
anu ! prayed God to spare him tbntf |
nisht lead him to Christ. Contrsr,, 10
az expectations. he recovered nnd -,
,ast had the satisfaction Of sna,n,s
MN come out on the Iord's ana p'st |
snort while after that he was su.n.
,noilel 70 moet the God he hnd 90.
porsea; went thousand miles 10
nury him, and shall always he ha,,,,,
elht pc mad room for Christ. AZ XII,
sIdve' Thy brother shan rise aso;,,,
Tept ringing In my ears. NV frIends
smvsns Is making room for ,is un thsrs
WIN you make room for Him In ,o,,.
ny ~ Hod grant that you may
He prayed an eloquent PRAYER af,.r
Wnicn the choir sana ssTas,,s a., c,f