The leader., 1895-11-05
MOODY AT ATLANTA.
sam Jones Appeals for Christian
Unity at tho Coming Meetings.
Wants All Churches. Ministers and Mem.
bers to Cooperate In the spirit of
Christ for the Saving Of
Loot souls.
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No.i SNartciSttS ESetinkS IN Atlanta,
about the f~st 81 November, in a
tabernacle which will be furnished him
~ the churches of Atlanta, with seat.
ing capacity Of four or Ave thou-
sand. The coming OF Mr. MHsdp
TO Atlanta has beeh Raeh talked OF,
Ind | have been sorry to see that the
t,tnds for the tabernacle have been so
ilow to come in. Atlanta ought TO
have, in a single day, furnished The
three thousand dollars 10 Pit 3f the
building for this niAh OF God to do
Gospel work n the city.
Daring the month of November At
lanta will be . metropolis. All classes
OF people will gather there. All, per.
haps, will want to hear Mr.. Moody.
Mr.. Moody has not worked a. fiaaeA Ia
the south, perhaps, as In the northern
and western states. lie Is tried and
true man. For twenty years or more
he has been working in his great evan.
gelistic meetings not only in this euun,
try, but In Europe. he II prencher
Of power, general of ability, and
above all oonsecratcd, Christian man.
This Is his longest, and, perb aps,
most important campaign In the south.
1t would be well that all Christiane
would lend a helping hand, and all
ministers show Z cooperative spirit.
No man of thia generation, snless il Se
Spurgeon, can compare his work to
Moody's. II what y man does is test of
what . man Is, then we should all take
OH our haas to Mr.. Moody. l honor him
for his works sake, and love hita for
his noble, true, Christian characters
sake. Moody Is no accident. lie is a
pfovideNee, Tod has been with him
from the beginning of his work.
don't think any life consecfated 10 Uod
in any line of Christian work h ah ac-
c,dent. There are thousands Of conse-
Grated, Christian men, both in the pae.
toratc and in the evanfsl.ssic work,
who, perhaps, will wear as bright a
crown as Mr.. Moody. Here we honor
the successful man, but God honors the
faithful man, whether he be successful
or unsuccessful. The man who Is true
to God, and true TO his work, and faith.
full to his day and geaefHtieA will wear
as bright q crown Ia Heaven as Moody,
or Spurgcon, or Whitfield, or Luther
or even st. Paul himself.
There ought to be no conflict be-
t..een any Of the workers bf thc Mas
ter. We ought - have bishops and cid
ers and deacons and pastors and evan
felists. Some viii SOW and some win
reap; but he that -sewetk and he that
rcapeth, If he esrry the spirit of the Mas
ter, shall no doubt come again, rejoic-
ing, bringing his shcaves. The greatest
onslaughts on the kingdom of Christ
have not been from the beer saloons or
gambling hollis, or by sinners on tho
outside, but when the devil. can get
up divisions and contentious and con-
fiicts among the people Of God, then he
gets in his best work, and does most eff.
fectnally either neutralise or evefcotae
the bcneHcent infl1Snces of Chris
tianity. "a kingdom divided against
itself cannot stand" Every split and
crack and rupture threatens the over.
throw of the very infInenee Which we
champion. Tlis world will never be
conquered TO God while the rank and
die OF the church Is At war In itself aud
between its members. Poor, weak hus
manityle We are 20 ressntful. We d.
tide up into clicks and clans and gangs
N religion; Just as we do II politics;
prejudice and envy md devilment get
IN rs just like n gets in humanity any
where ard everywhere. II every
preacher and every ofIicial in the church
Of God loyed God with oil his heart and
his neighbor as himself, strife and con-
flicts between churches and preachers
and church members would be hnshed
into peace that would charm the an
gels Of Heaven and put 70 Aight the
hcrdes Of he'll. / wish conld zee in
the church Of God every sword beaten
into plowshare, and every gun con-
vcrted into fish-hook. and every cam
non into o net, so that we could by all
means win all men to God and a better
life. =
hope the Moody meeting In Atlanta,
Ga, will be blessing 10 every pastor
and every member Of every church in
Atlanta, that at the close Of his meet
ings there may be one universal broth-
erhood of Christians, and that thou.
sands Of sinners may hsve been con-
verted to God. If we make this our sim
cerc desire and prayer, when the Cotton
States and international expedition
a. Atlanta. Ca with Al It's variety Of
exhibitions. will have long ago been
forgotten, the fruits Of tho Moody
meeting shall 70 on 81 ennobling and
uplifting Influences. 1 believe that
overy christian ought to cooperate
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