Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-02-21
BLOOD OF THE LAMB WILL SAVE.
nm. MOODY breaches on ATONE
sInST Ton SIN.
TN, Innocent suffered for the Sin of
adam and I've and That Wa.
Mood Atoneiacnt-we Are bought
with Price and Are Not Our own.
DALLAS. TEX. Feb. .

The f0urtn uhy VI tHu great Moouy
meetings passed away with undated
interest
toes the tabernacle was crowded, and
Very heart was touched with the mas
,srly sermons OF the great divine.
The afternoon services were COM
,nenccd with the singing by the Moody
choir Of the beautiful hymn. Rescue
The Perishing"
After several other songs by the
choir. at Mr.. Moody's request all Joined
in singing the old. familiar air, ''Beu-
iah Land" and such rapturous and
soul-stirrlnK music was discoursed as
only an audience in attendance at
Moody meetings are capable of render
slr Moody announced that his subject
was the 'Atonement," and with his
usual directness plunged at once into
It's consideration. You win find that
his truth Is taught throughout the
whole word of God, from Genesis to
Revelations. The on-theologians
ialk as II 1t was an old WORKOUT doc
trine. but tell you II Is the prominent
doctrine In the whole of Scripture.
why. take away back there in Eden,
when God gave them the promise. The
seed OF the woman shall bruise the
mead OF the serpent. Why, there is the
be no bruises without there was blood
and when adam and Eve made them
selves garments from the skins of ami
mails which were slain. II was the in
noeent suffering for the guilty--the Just
for the unjust. Now, these garments
Cod gave to them were token of His
love.
Then, the first thing We meet as soon
as we get outside the garden is Abers
offer Of the bleeding lamb, and we read
God had respect unto Abers Offering
Now, these two men had the same
bringing up, but Cain went astray at
the altar. Cain took his way and Abel
his. There are only two ways-one is
Code and the other mans. and Abel
took Gods.
can't imagine that Cain would
reason. / don't know why the beauti-
ful grain should not be acceptable to
God. | hate and abhor the blood, so
will offer the beautiful grain.
Well there are ABILITIES and Cainites
In the world yet. l can find them in
every village and hamlet in the coun-
try, and they hate and abhor the
blood Just as much as Cain did. They
will leave the church If II is mentioned.
Now, We pass over 1000 years and
find ourselves with Noah. when he was
ordered into the ark, and after the
waters had subsidized the first thing he
did was to build an altar and put
blood between him and his sin. SO
4 YOU see the second dispensation was
n founded on blood.
A little further down the stream of
time we find Abraham standing by
the altar with his son Isaac; and Abra-
ham said God will provide Himself n
lamb And sure enough He did later
oa-the lamb Christ Jesus.
But there stands Abraham. the most
ferowned man who ever lived The
NohammedGns think a great deal OF
Abraham, and over there on his grave
at Machpelah you will find inscribed
on MS tomb: 1.-THE Friend of Cod"
sui further down the stream of
une We find Moses, the law-giver, and
Goa told him to tell the children of
israel to take a lamb and kill it and
lake a bunch of hysop and dip 1t into
ne blood and sprinkel the Intel and
he door posts with the blood, and
wen see the blood l will pass over.
( MARX, the word went out that whoever
vas sheltered behind the blood was
lst as safe as though they were in
raven Why? Because death had
been there before
Now. notice, they were not to take
he lamb and tie It up to the door
H. losl You have heard lots of people
laik ABOUT the goodness and the beau
4 Of His life, but 1 tell you II is the
n .ood that saves. And, my dear
J. atnds, II you are shelterng behind
X Ne blood OF Christ, YOU are safe for
Mne and eternity. Some one said the
"a aue ny was as safe in the ark as
n ne elephant was.
9 were to die today, my only hope
u WI w salvation is the fact that on the
~ FL eailed Calvary, outside the walls
me city OF Jerusalem, Christ died,
fl.AV IN. =
a ,''ne' Is my hope
X, Reading From the Law
~ vnrist reclaimed us from the law.
NJ W. KNOW yos can't have law with
y having penalty What the peo-
are afraid OF is not the law, but
penalty, 1t Is said that the leg
ia slute OF the state of Massachusetts
III Ivy passed law, but omitted to add
w penalty, and, do you know, that
Il. upset the whole law.
1ods law is, THE soul sinneth,
r0n s"@il dlei but Satan said to Adam
eve that 1t was a lie, and thus
- Was controversy between Sa-
uu God. And, my friends. that
NJ ~ mas been going on every
st.m y, anu II Isn't settled yet. 1 can
anu a' on the streets of the city of
~ Today, and find men living in
IN snu aoominatlon, and If l tell them
n, wages OF sin is DEATH" they will
,satsX S lts not so; It's u lle."
N"Vm, let us see why God demands
rf o'o9a. For the life of the flesh
,rzf n 1,v plood, and / have given 1t TO
:. M. pn, sPoh The altar to make an atone
EsNH.uV Tor your souls. for 1t is the blood
N, sls aselh an atonement for the
ana again: You shall eat the
no manner of flesh, for the
erao,,, all flesh is the blood
"A ns.s NOW, there 1t is. God
WlN Nm blood because 1t is the life.
~ N ,a, axe the blood out of my body,
NV ao,s Ae my life. l Will be dead. will
1A1 u again. IAN we, like sheep,
IA rvosoae astray. We have turned
w IN ,s 70 his own way, and the Lord
M AZ On MIN the inlquities of us
All on, nu again: "The chastisement
u s,, vssee was upon Him, and with
ItSiI snlpss We are healed
~ Mars about Christ as II He were
j, W. In ~ And yet. long before His
alIt IN ne tod his disciples:
:ssf,, n, M. .aAeth His life from Him.
~ s lf,y, friends, Christ was not q
~ cx ne was a substitute.
~ ID al Mark x.S3--' Behold. we
,sse'f IA mai Serusalem and the Son OF
o. Isl sns oe delivered unto the chief
~ M III ney will condemn Him &c
he 60 Is long before the shadow
sSDpW cross had fallen aeross IIis