The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-03-11
HOW TO OBTAIN REST.
Evangelist Moody breaches a Fine Ser.
mon on Rest and where to Find It..
From the NcwS and Courier.

nappeQ. II the passeT-Uy uiu uoo
know, as all Charleston know, that the
great evangelist, Dwight L. Moody, is
conducting a series of meetings there,
he would probably have supposed that
a wedding was about to be so'emnized.
So large a crowd of such digerent de-
nominations is seldom brought togeth-
er in a church.
The congregation was an enormous
one. On the rostrum were seated MIR.
Moody, many Of the city clergy and
the choir, whose sweet music has add
ed SO greatly to the a~ttractiveness OF
the services.
The exercises we're opened with the
singing of one of the beautiful Gospel
Hymns. This was followed by a
prayer offered by the Rev. Mr.. Wells.
This prayer was followed by more
hymns, and then another prayer was
offered by the Rev. David L. Ramsey,
D. D., pastor of the Citadel Square
Baptist Church. There was another
hymn, during the singing of which
the collection was taken up, and chen
the great guider of the souls of men
began his address.
The text was the beautiful words,
'Come unto Ne, all ye who labor and
are heavy laden, and | will give ye
rest" The subject of the address
was Crest and how to obtain it."
The preacher said that rest was the
thing most desired by the people Of
the earth. The places of amusement,
the gambling bells, the dance houses,
the theatres, the circuses, the race
tracks, the dime shows are crowded
night after night and day after day
with the people. And why? Be-
cause they hope to obtain rest there.
Mental rest is what they are after.
| Rest from sorrow and care and respon-
sibility. Forgetfulness of sorrow and
responsibility and the evil of them,
selves and the world is not to be OBJ
tanned in the gambling hell or on the
race track or in the ball room. Where
is it to be found =?
The preacher said that if be wanted
to find a man or woman who hadfound
rest in this world he would know where
to ieok, and he could find them. Yes,
he could find them, hundreds of them,
who have found perfect rest-for there
is rest in this old world. 1t is in it,
and yet not Of it. Where would he
look
First, he would tell where he would
not look. He would not look for rest
among pleasure-seekers. They are al
ways striving for happiness, which is
another name for rest. They never
find happiness, however. They gel
only pleasure. Pleasure, a cup brim'
ming full of pleasure. they may gel
tonight, but a cup of bitterness and
Overlooking with sorrow will they have
tomorrow. No, not among pleasure
seekers. He would not look for it,
either, among the rich. The great
p~lutocrats have but little of it. They
hardly know what it a There
are many of them. hundreds Of them
who cangg go into the market to-day and
buy stocks and bonds and lands, but
who, for a million of dollars, a gel
no rest. They would pay a million fol-
a small amount of rest if they could
understand what it was. Complete
JOY and rest. He would not look fol
it among the so-called honored class,
either. The city of Washington would
be the last place on earth where he
would 60 to look for it. A man nc
sooner gets into the House of Repre-
seutatives than he begins scheming
aud plotting and pulling wires to ge,
into the Senate. In the Senate he is
not ]coptented. He wants to get into
the Cabinet. he works and works,
and sacrifices himself, his health, his
mind, oftimes his affections and
friendships, to secure a place in the
Cabinet. In the Cabinet there is no
rest to be found. There is a desire to
get into the White House, and Lord
knows there is no rest there. IF there
is a house in all the land in which nc
rest is to be found for the master
thereof that house is the house in
which lives the President of the Uni.
ted States of America. His life is
one of labor and work. He is worried
by every politician and ofice-seeker.
The most frightful responsibility rests
upon him and he has no rest. Not to
the honored class, so-called, the men
who sit in G%ubernatorial chairs, or in
the House, or the Senate, or in the
Cabinet, or to the man who sits in the
White House, would he look for the
man who had found rest. They have
it not.
He would look among the disciples
Of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. To,some
man or woman who in his or her heart
had heard the voice of Jesus say
Come unto Ne and rest ; lay down,
thou weary one, lay down thy head
upon My breast" and who, hearing
the voice of the Master, had gone to
Jesus as they were, weary and worn
and sad, and found in Him a resting
place. To these disciples Of Jesus
would he look.
He could find plenty of them. He
believed that there were hundreds of
them in that building that very min
ute. If he should ask them if they
had rest, and asked them how they
found it, they would say. eyes, Mr..
Moody, 1 searched for happiness and
rest everywhere. l sought it in the
ball room, and in the gambling house.
I sought for it in wealth. / sought
for it in the excitement of the race
track and in society. I found it no,
where until I heard the voice of Christ
saying, ''Come INTO Me all we who
labor and are heavy laden, and I will
give We rest" "Jesus called and
came and | am at rest" This is the
story that would be told by many.
Rest and JOY cometh only of Christ.
No prophet nor priest of old promised
crest" Christ alone promised it.
This was to him one Of the most pow
erful arguments in favor of the divin-
ity of Christ.
The church member, the professed
Christian, who goes about carrying
with him ever a burden, is not acting
the part of a true Christian. lie
should 90 to Christ and give Him his
burden. Christ is a burden-bearer as
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