The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-27
Dwight L. Moody Addresses an I'm
mense Philadelphia Audience.
DOCTRINE OF ATONEMENT
His Subject Is 1.-The Precious
Blood" Which He Says Is the
Most impressive In the Bible
No Law Without Penalty.

sentatives of all classes and conditions
of life, from the wealthy business man
to the rd-working laborer. Mr.. Moody
addressed the huge assemblage for
| fully an hour late in the afternoon ana
his weighty words fell upon attentive
| ears.
The preliminary services were con-
! Quoted by Rev. Mr.. Jenkins. When Mr..
| Moody took charge the hymn blessed
| Be the Fountain" was sung by every
body The subject of Mr.. Moody's adj
dress was THE Precious Blood" and
his words caused many hearts to throb
and many eyes to weep.
| He said: THE doctrine of the atone
ment of the precious blood is the most
impressive in the whole Bible. You can
not find anything to equal 1t from
| Genesis to the Book of Revelations.
| God liked bloody sacrifices. The paths
| of Cain and Abel started to diverge
when Cain failed to make bloody Of
| fering to the Lord. We find Abraham
putting blood between him and his
| sins. Again as we travel down the
stream of time, we find Moses with the
children of Israel sheltering behind the
| blood of the lamb.
1T was that blood, sprinkled on the
door posts, which made them safe
when the angel of God came with his
| drawn sword to kill the first born.
After that nights work wall went up
| from Egypt which has Travelled down
| the ages. But the children of Israel
| were sheltered behind the blood of the
| lamb.
Although there were lambs slain and
| offered in sacrifices by the thousand
| we always refer to them as the lamb of
God. When Johns eye had fallen upon
the long-looked for Messiah he said
Behold the Lamb of God, who cometh
to take away the sins of the world.
| Why is ii that God demands blood? 1t
| is because you cannot have a law with
out a penalty. The teaching of the
Scripture is L must die or have some
body else die for me. God demands
life. If life is forfeited. 1 must pay the
penalty or get a substitute
/ "All life is in the blood.
people say that Christ's death was
| an accident that He died a martyr or
some such thing. Christ died to save
us. He was our Substitute. He came
down from heaven purposely to die for
us. He went into the grave in order
that He might break the fetter that
| held us in captivity. He died to set us
free. Christ was not murdered. He
| was not hunted down like a wolf and
captured No men or thousands of men
had power to take Christ's life. Christ
gave up His life, and shed His precious
| blood voluntarily, so that we could see
the light of heaven.
"All the men that ever lived were not
| powerful enough to injure a hair on
Christ's head. We are to preach that
| Christ died for the sins of this
| world. The only safety of the children
of Israel was to hide behind death, to
hide behind the blood of the lamb.
There is one little spot in this earth
/ which is more important than all 9TH
ers. That is Mount Calvary. 1t was
there that Christ shed His blood for
| this world for US, and for the redemp-
ton of mankind. And He is going to
have all that He shed His blood for
| Thank God for the outlook! The peo-
| pie realize that Christ was their friend
and they are going to get to heaven.
| why is Christ's blood precious? Be
| cause II redeems us. Gold or silver will
not redeem you. Anything and every
thing In this life could not redeem you.
| You are to be redeemed by only one
thing, and that is the precious blood of
the Son of God. The shedding of that
| blood cost God the richest jewel He
! ever had That's another reason why
| the blood is precious. That's why God
| loves the world as much as He does.
His Son died here, and If one of your
children died to benefit a little is land,
would you not love that place? yes,
you would have your heart set on that
place just as much as God has His
heart set on the world.
THE blood is precious because IL blots
| out our sins. 1t has atoned for them.
| They have been covered by II. That is
what the blood of Christ was shed for.
The precious blood also brings US nigh,
not to each other. but to God. People
love the blood of Christ. If you want
to make people love you. just talk about
Jesus Christ or His precious blood. |
have seen churches rent asunder with
dissensions. the members bitter against
each other in their hatred; but just as
IL n.
to them they forget the bitterness of
the past. They forget any luminosity
that may have existed in their renewed
love of Christ
1.-The blood makes us love one an
other. There is no doctrine i'm the world
that will make US believe we are neigh
bors until we see the blood. The blood
Is precious because II brings peace.
God made universal peace by shedding
| His blood on the cross. | can see the
thousands of people in this church and
confidently say there is peace for them
| all too day Our war IS over a long time.
Peace is declared. There is peace for
everybody. even for a guilty conscience.
The blood justifies this statement
| Justification is here because the blood
| of Christ has cancelled all our sins
This justification puts us in the same
standing before God as His only be-
gotten Son.
Thank God for the precious blood
| If the devil brings any charge against
me | can say. 1t Is all true. but the
Son of God justified me- We will all
be bold on the day of judgment Why
| should we not be? BY shedding His
blood on Calvary Jesus Christ has
given US boldness for the last day. II
He died for me- / will not have TO die
myself. He was my Substitute. The
blood of the lamb is the doctrine of the
world. Let US have IL. then. The blood
has two cries. condemnation or saliva
ton. If find refuge behind the blood
IL will cry for my salvation; but il
refuse TO accept the blood, il cries loud
| " for my damnation. There is no ons
living who cannot be cleansed by tbs
blood None are too wicked for IT, The
blood will cleanse the vilest sinner and
make him fit for the heavenly king.