Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-02-22
MOODYS TALK ON HOLY GHOST,
WHY DID JESUS CHRIST CONE INTO
THE woRLDf
The spirit Has Its Work to DO ana
the sooner the Church Realizes II
the better 4, WIN lie for All Man
kind.
DALLAS, TEX, Feb. 81.

The afternoon services commenced
promptly at $3.50 with songs by the
Moody choir. which is composed OF the
best voices of the city selected from the
choirs OF all the churches In Dallas,
and trained to perfection.
Mr.. Moody moved to the front Of the
pulpit ut p. M. and announcing
meeting OF all the parties in Attendance
10 take place at o'clock this evening.
and at and o'clock tomorrow even
ing. commenced his old talk on THE
Holy Ghost.
III were to ask my audience" said
Mr.. Moody. what Jesus Christ came In
the world TO do a great many Of you
would be bewlldered and couldn't an
swer."
Mr. Moody said that the sooner the
church recognizes the fact that the
Spirit OF God his Its own work to do
the better Off 1t will be; that he was
In the church year before he realized
this fact. He looked upon the Holy
Ghost as one OF The attributes OF God,
until one day he went TO hear an old
minister who In his sermon said that
we should seek after the Holy Ghost
az a person. MIR Moody said he
thought the man was crazy. but he
went to see what the Bible said about
IT, and found that II always spoke of
Him az n person.
Mr. Moody went on to explain that II
was the Holy Ghost that always con-
WINGED us OF our wrongs. II a person
gets drunk or steals 1t Is their CON
science that tells them thcy have done
wrong II Is the Holy Ghost that al
ways convinces us Of what IA right
and wrong. and no other power can do
SO, not the angels themselves. II the
world ia going to be convinced 1t will
he done through the power OF the Holy
Ghost After man IL convinced the
first thing the HolyGhost does Is to shed
abroad the love of God In his heart.
After he is convinced love comes spon-
famous. When we love our enemies
and do good 20 them that hate ua"
then we have got the Spirit OF Calvary.
II is the love Of God to love a man that
ISLANDERS you. Any Hottcntot, he said,
can love those who are good to them
There Is no danger OF us baCkbitinR
Gus ncighbors IL we love them.
When u tree Is full OF sap It brings
forth fruit When we are full Of the
love Of God We bring forth the fruits
Of the Spirit.
Hope.
MT Moody said hope Is a good thing
10 lliNfs I never SAW a. nun OF WOInun
fun OF the Holy Ghost that wasn't fun
OF hope" lie said that such people We're
always happy ana cheerful and never
looked on the dark side or life. II you
are discouraged pray God 10 III you
with the Holy Ghost and get hope
II you can't do this get out Of The
church and give room for somebody
else
Liberty.
Mr. Moody made a strong argument
to prove that liberty measured the
power of the church. He said that we
want to get liberty that when people
come out to criticize the minister II he
should say one poor thing in Il hun
dred good ones they go home and con-
denim him. and no sermon will have
much effect on them. There will never
be any power IN the church he said
until this is out, lie then referred to
the wonderful Influence on the hearers
OF the sermon of Peter at Penticost
and ended by saying that there had
been "a thousand better sermons preach
ed In Dallas than Peter preached on
that occasion. but he said the people
hal hope and consequently the sermon
hid power.
The Holy Ghost has to have atmos-
pherc TO work In, as the voice must
have air to be heard. Take the air
out Of this room, lac said, and my
voice would not be heard three feet
You have got to have air to carry
sound and YOU have got to have atmos-
phere FOR the Holy Ghost.
Mr. Moody said that he overheard a
man when asked how he liked a SER
mon the other night say, well, I've
heard better" 81 guess he has" said
Mr., Moody, II pity him n he hasn't.
I've heard thousands of better" He
| said II was not the sermon TO consider;
U 4 a "a a.
| message. II AN IMPORTANT message
was conveyed TO him he would as soon
receive II from the hands OF lit
| tie ignorant negro hoy as from the
! smnrtest man alive.
| 81 am messenger" said Mr. Moody
MIR, Moody then spoke of those en-
| deavoring to improve upon the gospel
| about which he said, I'VE don't want
any new gGspol"
1--WE seen people," said Mr., Moody
| get mad because the Holy Ghost
! wouldn't work" He said II was their
! fault and not the fault Of the Holy
Ghost. Get right hrst yourself"
lie gave "a little Illustration in which
he stated that on one occasion a wife
after some etfort induced her husband
to hear Mr.. Moody preach. After the
SERMON the man walked home with his
| wifo and wouldn't speak to- her. He
fretted around and didn't speak TO her
| for a week afterwards one day the
wife earnestly pleaded with him to
tell the cause Of his action, when he
/ said, what dld you 60 and tell Mr.
I Moody all about me for2' 81 didn't tell
him anything said the wife, and sure
enough she hadn't.
Mr. Moody next talked in behalf of
the Bible. lie said. You never saw a
man or woman fun OF the Holy Ghost
that didn't honor the Bible. ANY class
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