Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-04-27

music-the kind that makes even them
forget their work and the vanitles OF
this life. The press gang requested
Brother Morgan Wells to start the
choir of on homemade song yester-
day afternoon before Brothers Sankey
and Moody arrived. Brother Wells Is
one OF the best friends the reporters
have-he synpathlzes with them-says
their work Is something like preaching.
Accordingly Brother Wells ordered the
choir 90 make a start on No. 225:
There is a fountain filled with blood,
Drawn from ImmanueFI VEIN etc.
The choir were about half way
through any everybody was singing
and feeling good when Mr.. Moody
came in and ordered them to change TO
guide Me. U. Thou Great Jehovah"
After this came Jesus, Lover OF My
Soul" sung by the quartette. All these
were rendered, but none sounded 10
sweet ana impressive as the selection
given by Brother Wells at the begin
ming There were several other songI.
prayers by Brothers Moody and Wilson.
and Mr.. Sankey and Mrs. Clark sang
the following;
I've found friend. oh. such frlcndi
He loved me ere I knew Him;
lie drew me with the cords OF love,
And thus He bound me To Him.
And round my heart still closely twine
Those ties which naught can sevre.
For am His, and He Is mine.
Forever and forever.
I've found n friend, oh, such a friendI
lie bled. He died to save me;
And not alone the gift of life,
But His own self lie gave me.
Nnught that / have my own l call,
1 hold 1t for the Giver:
My heart, my strength, my life, my all.
Are HIS, and His forever.
I've found friend. oh. such frlendi
All power to Him Is given;
To guard me on my onward course,
Ana bring me safe to heaven.
The eternal glorles CLEAN nfar,
To nerve my faint endeavor;
So now to watch. 10 work. to war.
Ana then TO rest forever
I've found a friend, OH such a friendl
so kind. 30 true and tender.
SO wise counsellor and guide,
So mighty dcfenderl
From Him. who loves mo now so we'll,
What power my soul can severn
Shall life or death, on earth or hell3
No, am His forever.
Then followed song, The collection
was sandwiched IN between TWO songs.
the latter being In about the same
proportion as that OF the bread and
ham one purchases at railway stations,
en- route, After the collection the re-
porters were made happy by tho sing
ing OF another hymn, the air of which
they could comprehend, sing Them
over Again To Me. Wonderful Words
Of Life; Let Mo More of Their Beauty
See, Wonderful Words OF Life" etc.
Then Mr.. Moody said: 81 heard of a
man once who weighed so many pounds
at one time. and when he got filled
with the Holy Spirit. he thought no
weighed n ton. l talked on the Holy
Spirit yesterday Today want to
talk on the word, the whole BihlO. II
IS a big subject. I'll admit and IN
have to Just glance at something and
30 on to tho next The reason great
and populous China has been crushed
beneath the cpnquering heel OF her
loathed invaders Ia because Japan
knows how to use weapons ana China
does not. This Is the way with many
Christians They don't know how TO
Withstand temptation. The word of
God Will stir you up and cause YOU to
reject all that IS unholy. In tho llSth
psalm David prays nino tim0s. You
can't get enough out OF one series OF
meetings to last you longer than that
meeting. You must keep on taking
In. You must continue to feed upon
ne word OF God. Do this and temptA-
ton Will have no terror for you. 1
don't know how II is down here, but
pm the other side OF Mason and Dlxon's
Inc you can often hear people say
they believe. parts OF the Bible but
pave TO reject Others. l suppose II Is
the same way down here. I heard OF
mar once who cut out Job. Revela-
pons and Ecclesiastlos from his Bible
Ind threw them away My friends.
The son OF God put his seal OF approval
The story OF Noah. the story OF J.nah
IND the whale-thank God, j believe
all. Some one says science has shown
mat the mouth OF a whale IL too small
70 swallow man. and that the story
Y necessarily false. Say. IL God made
the heavens ana the earth. couldn't