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

Neither is It In making good resolves
when you are at a meeting like this
one. II all the good resolutions which
you all have made in the last week
were written down on a roll of paper
II would take ten mules to pack 1t Off.
II IL not the making OF resolutions;
1t is keeping them. Why, before l was
born into the spirit OF God I wrote
out my good resolutions in my own
blood taken from my body. and didn't
Keep them any longer than 1t took me
10 write them,
II good intentions would have saved
this audience they would have all been
saved long ago. You cannot resolve
yourselves into the kingdom of God.
you cannot see the kingdom of God
unless you are born again. There Is
not man or woman in this world
that does not have to be born Of the
spirit OF God before they enter the
kingdom OF heaven, Some OF you say,
II am good enough; | do not lie, nor
steal, nor swear, and am all right; |
am better than lots Of others that
profess to be saved" You may have
pleasant manners. be kind to those
you come In contact with, and all that,
and then your heart may not be right.
There Is not man or woman here to-
night, l VIII venture to say, who would
let You see into their heart, and II you
thought that God was going to stamp
your sins on your forehead here to-
night there would be bigger STAN
pede here than there vas last Sunday
night trying to get out " here. 1 want
TO read you now from Mark, seventh
chapter and twenty-frst verse: For
from within, out OF the heart OF men,
proceed evil thoughts, Adulteries. for
nicatlons, MURDERS" etc. All these evil
things come from within and dehle the
man. Make your heart pure and your
life Will be pure. a man cannot have
an impure heart and he . cody man.
what he wants to do Is to be born
again, Man always begins on the out
side trying to lead better life; he
tries to whitewash hlmIelf. God al
ways begins on the inside. A good
tree cannot help bringing forth good
fruit. Christ says, let your light shine.
You don't have to make II shine: iust
let II shine. What we want is regen-
GRAFTON by the power OF the holy ghost
They say that they have got Tammany
reformed In New York. They haven't
got Tammany reformed at all. for in
few years II will be as corrupt as II
ever was. What New York wants and
what Tammany wants is regeneration
by the Holy Ghost. They are trying
now TO make politics pure with ins
pure men. They can't do IL II is i'm
possible, When mem are made pure
by the regeneration OF God that Is what
| VIII reform New York. There ia no
reformation outside OF tive spirit Of
Jesus Christ. Let us take Gods way,
Gods way Is better than our way. I
would like to tell you how to become
transformed into the image of the son
OF God and how your life will become
SO sweet and lovely to YOU that IL will
be perfect heaven on earth. am
bS years old, and God has heaped bless-
Ing upon blessing upon me, but the
| greatest blessing OF them all was on
that night when l received the spirit
OF God. tell you, my friends. The
greatest blessing that will come TO
| you this side OF heaven IS to be horn
Of God. Let the son OF God into your
heart My friends, you cannot afrord
10 be deceived about this thing. no
not rest tonight until you have bean
born OF the spirit OF God. on, what n
great day II Will be when the saints
or GOD come together. Everything is
reckoning us TO come TO the world OF
glsdness. Everything that is pure and
holy Is reckoning us to come TO God
reckoning us heavenward. Oh. man.
woman, come tonight to the loved one
SOD grant that you may be born OF
the spirit OF God tonight.
When Mr.. Moody concluded thar.
We're hundreds OF tears shining in sas
eyes ana many handkerchiefs were
kept busy. His discourse had besr
very emotional Ho had touched ali
mat was tender In the hearts on his
heArers' and that they felt 1t was Very