Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-02-25

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structures OF tho same capacity as
the great tabernacle In which Mr..
Moody is holding his meetings to have
accommodated the vast throags that
ventured forth today to hear the rev
erend divine. Hundreds were com
PEELED TO stand throughout the services
and hundreds were turned away.
The choir sang Its favoriie selections.
and the voices seemed to blend with
an unaccustomed harmony.
Mr. Moody today spoke on Rest"
Before the commencement OF his SER
mon he urged the great assemblago
10 use their best endeayors to preserve
order. that his voice might be heard
By all lie asked every one OF the
audience TO act as usher In preventing
people from going in and out the doors
during the services. lie said that he
liked TO have children come to the
meetings, but not when they are unat-
tended by parents or others TO keep
them from running about The hall
Il believe" said Mr.. Moody. That
I've got message Of more Importance
today than any ever given BY the
president OF this republic
II wish to call your attention to one
OF the sweetest promises that The Son
of God LETT here on earth 1 DO not
say the sweetest, but one of the
sweetest ! was once asked which
thought was the sweetest OF the mes
saBos Christ left with VS. / was un-
able 10 answer. and went home and
looked through my Bible and after
eatlfully Studying every one, gave
" Up. II Is like man who has large
family of children He Is unable to
tell which Is his favorlte: but the mes
sage l am 10 talk on today Is one OF
the sweetest.
There is a class OF people that seem
10 think that some Of Gods prom SEES
are kept, while others are not and
never viii be fulhlled. If the condition
under which His promises are made is
not iulhlied' you can't expect 4 fulfill
ment OF the promisca
thing Will He withhSld from them mai
walk uprghuy.' II you don't walk
uprighty You can't expect H. Some OF
HIS promises We can't claim The
promises made 10 the Jews | can't claim.
can't claim the promise lie made TO
Abraham. but tho promises He made
70 the world ] can claim. Christ said
Nheh he went away lie would send
the Holy Ghost, and 30 He did. and
no power could prevent the fulhllment
OF that promise"
Mr.. Moody said that there were also
ihyidual promises. giving us an ntus-
tration those given 10 Joshua, and
Joshua said that not one good thing
had spoken
Reaching his text proper. Mr.. Moody
said In the eleventh chapter Of the
Gospel Of Matthew IS spoken: Como
unto Me all ye that are weary and
heavy laden and / win give yc rest
This is not an Invitation TO one IN
dividual or 20 one class. but 70 all We
mat are weary and heavy laden 1t
" nm invitation 30 the whole world 10
como and get rest"
MT Moody said that Il mattered not
what might be the outward appear
aneo OF man II you probe his heart
deep down you VIII md want OF
why do men and women 40 to the
thsaterF Why do men SCI drunk?
why TO 20 the club5 10 ls nh a yparn-
Ing TO throw AWAY the oaroa OF this
World II II thirst for rost. but"
Mt Moody continued. there "a NOT n
place Ia this world whore rest can be
found except through Christ. one on
the strongest proofs that Jesus Christ
IS divine WAS that lie could have such
rest For 1000 years before Him no
man could do u. Some think IL they
citn attain position In soclsty thcy
WI be satisfied After reaching thar
iney desire still higher position. thev
endeayor to reach tho topmost polnt.
they climb 10 the top of one peak whom
they see stlll higher peak beyond.
ana. reaching that they observe a
higher sim and 80 on until one glvcs
up IN despair and says. AN Is vanity
ana temptation ~ spirit
Money Will not procure It. II men
could 10 Into the markets and buv
fcst IKE stocks and bonds they would
give millions for IL. but II can't be
bought
III ] wanted to fnd rest wouldn't
70 anpnE Your people whom you call
bon tons and upper tens nor among
nleasnre-seekers. There Won 20, n c,in,
1nil OF pleasure tonight and a oupfuu
OF sorrow tomorrow. II wanted 10
nnq a man or woman that had rest
IA 30 among the disciples OF Maze
rein. More than thousand here be-
fore me would say, 7 sought II ln
pleasure, In books, IN travel etc. ana
Of last | came 10 Jesus in sorrow ana
ne m, rest IN my soul"
continuing Mr. Moody said, at this
very hour n you haven't got rest
heres an Invitation, Comet
We got done trying to explain tho
meaning OF the word. Come"
don't know how many sermona
nave preached on Come, bur now Tvr
given II up Tho hest dennition In
come IL Just Gomez
The first thing mother teaches her
ehlld is to look, tho next Ia to come.
You haven't got 20 20 TO Cambridge o,.
oxford, TO Yale or Harvard, TO learn 10
come Come; n you can't run. wall,
II you can't walk, creep"
Mr. Moody went ON to explain fbnt
all may come. III YOU can't come 1s
saint he said. Come as a sinner.
Coo says come all We that are
weary and heavy laden and 1 win give
ye rest' Whom God says ALI he means
an II you are bound by the chains
Of sin, bring them with you. Come
lust a. you are. This text applies 10
the sinner as well as to the convert
edY Christ Is not only n sin bearer.
hf he ~ a burden bearer"
Nlr Moody here urged hls hearars
70 be happy and TO leave their bur
uens Tor Christ to bear He saia that
he had been to religious mectinas.
where, II he hadn't known bettor, he
would have thought he was attending
funeral Some people think that
long faces are a teat OF religion. They
are always complaining OF their trials
and bad luck. He said that we will
have good luck II We will LET Chrisf
bear our burdens. "Some people gath
rr ZIP all their past hludens Mi of
the present and futttro tvo,,At..s1 !.