Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-02-21

truth, but for you" u'e VI
an can you doubt that Jesus Chr,st
tute. Du' as suosu-
sgotcn minister preached from the
seSt Every Eye Shall See Him" and
"a, sala' Adam shall see Him. all
s a,, az was dark day when he
hui; ana Abraham shall see him. for
~, o.neved on Him who was afar on
VIII sling with fresh meaning the
DeautiIui Magnificat' and /, when !
see MIN I'll sing Rock of Ares. cleft
ior Me. beautiful way OF closing
UP sermon. Every eve shall 100
hirn.' Why. my friends, | would as
soon doubt my own existence as 10
uouot the existence OF this great
Priceless Blood.
But we must leave the gospels and
turn over to the Eplstles. You know
Peter called 1t the precious blood" +
was preaching in st. Louis some years
aso, ana lazy came to me and asked
me II would not talk to her husband
that when she talked to him on re.
hslon, he paid no attention, and she
might as well talk to a post. I told
her she had better pray God to convince
ana convert him. They used to come
TO the meetings together, and often,
as was speaking, / would see her
eyes close and her lips move and
Knew she was praying God to convert
MN. They came about Il dozen times
or more during the winter One night
after he had taken his seat / noticed
that his eyes looked as OF he had been
weeping. gave out one hymn after
another all bearing on the atonement,
US that was the subject of the sermon
When | gave the text, the Precious
Blood l saw him cover his face and
bow his head, and he fairly wept
aloud. He followed me into the
inquiping room after the meeting was
over and said to me: Mr.. Moody,
this has been the most extraordinary
day have ever had In my life. When
got up this morning the words Pre-
cious Blood came into my mind. When
i went down town TO my place of busi-
ness the words Precious Blood were
ringing In my mind, and all during
the day it wus Precious Blood, Pre-
cious Blood And 1t has followed me
here tonight, and when you gave out
your text The Precious Blood, / could
hardly stay in my scat. ] can't under
stand IT." And after talking with
him for while he accepted Christ there
and then. That was fifteen years ago,
and when | WIS passing through st.
Louis a week ago l asked about him,
and they told me that in all the years
that he had lived he had never lost
his hold on Christ.
Did you ever think that the only
thing Crlst left on earth Is his blood?
HIS body He has taken to heaven, and l
verify believe that God will hold us
responsible as to how >ye treat Il. The
question win not be regarding sin,
but what did you do with the blood of
Christ?
Now, why Is 1t "preclous?" Why.
because 1t redeems us. We belong 10
Christ, We are not our own. We are
bought with a price. He has redeemed
us, mot with contemplate things. such
as silver and gold, but with the pre-
clous blood OF Christ"
Then II is precious because It IDIOTS
out"
A boy once said to his Sunday school
teacher that there was one thing that
God could not see. and when he was
asked what that was, he said "sln."
"When 1t Is covered with the blood
OF Jesus II blots out. Then It is pre-
cious because ''lt brings nigh" Not
only nigh unto God, but nigh unto one
another.
Why, l can drop into a religious
meeting in any town in this country
dflu III stil VIII bfNolilN bNAl'A
acquainted than politician will be in
a whole year. Now. l would not
speak about Shakespeare or Socrates,
but about Jesus. II is this precious
blood" that is going to bring the North
and South together and wipe out all
animosities Thank God for the pre-
cious blood that brings us nigh to God
and to one another.
Brings Peace.
Then the blood" is precious because
1t brings peace
He made peace by the blood of the
cross. the peace of God, which passeth
all understanding.
It not only brings peace, but IL Justl-
fies. l Will never preach a 'justiiica-
ton" sermon any more. / used TO try.
but Il seemed too great and / gave II
up Do you know what Justification
means? 1t mans to put man before
God without sin and without spot.
Suppose / was running an account
at a grocery store down here ana
became bankrupt-couldn't pay a cent
and should go down to the store and
tell the storekeeper | couldn't pay and
he turns TO the ledger and opens 1t at
the account and says, MT. Moou!'
your account has been paid. A man
came in and paid It today, and you
don't owe me anytnlng-not cent.
That's "iustiflcation." who shall lay
anything 10 the charge of Gods elect?'
II ia God that justifes. Who is It
that condemneth?' said Paul. Blessed
truth isn't It? 4. ,,.r,
Then it's precious because It WIZ
give us balances on the day OF Juug-
ment. a..+,,
do pity people who dread death,
They seem 10 be always living IN the
bondage of fear instead OF the liberty
Of me children OF God. But II you say,
.'What does this passage mean, We
gn.,.i give an account OF tne deeds ZONE
in the body" why, that account IL ior
reward, not Judgment.
Cheer up, my friends, We are NOT
coming TO judgment. why not say
HAmen7" (Cries OF "AmenFD Now let
ali the Presbyterians say Amen US
veil as the Methodists? / read OF
man who was accused of the crime OF
murder. and the king sent written
IA don for him. Although he dld nor
thinI, So he instructed the man hot "
sav ANYTHING about 1t, and the judge
IA snect,tors were astonlshed 20 see
me nerfeot Indifference with which the
80 conducted himself during the tilal
- when he was being sentenced 70
ana.h And they lead him out 10 me
,,iace Of execution and then ne puhea
NJ bis pardon and walked away q
sroe man. Thank God the prsc'o .ts
hto1d is on the mercy seat anu Wv
piyv ,,,an can pass into the Kingdom