The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-02-16

man,s way and Gods way. Never has man
sinned, from Adam down. but that he asks
the question: How shall cover n. said
the speaker Adam and Eve tried to hide
their sin. Cain, when he killed Abel. tried
to cover his deed SO 1t would not be
known, "And there was no law. nor detec-
tives, or police, in those days, but his sin
found IL out" said Mr.. Moody. Man has
made poor work In covering his sin.
Whatsoever man soweth that shall he
reap" Man, whether he be rich or poor,
wise or unlearned, can't cover his sin. II
II is attempted you don't prosper.
Mr.. Moody said he sometimes thought
some men don't prosper because Of some
covered sin. Many man Is turned upside
down, but he cant explain 1t. 1t Is be-
cause Of sin. A little child deceives its
mother. and never is the same child from
that time on. If God covers your sins
there is great blessing. II God covers
your sins, nothing. devil or man, can find
them. II He justifies you who can bring
a charge against you? 1t is a great thing
to be forgiven by God He forgets them.
Man covers sin by putting more sins on
top of it. Whoever told one lie. let him
stand up. II q man does me a mean turn
he never likes me after that. He is trying
to justify himself.
All are like Adam, said Mr.. Moody. 1t
don't take long to trace you back to him.
Talk about 1t being an enlightened age,
but with all his boosted wisdom man can't
cover his sins, better now than 5000 years
ago. God puts sin ''in thick cloud" Out
Of my soul he taketh all sins and casts
them behind His back" No devil can find
them there. He casts them into the
depths of the sea- Rivers may become
shallow, but the set never drys up. He
will remove them as far as the East is
from the West" Mr.. Moody gave figures
Of astronomers to calculate the distance,
and summed it NY by saying there was
lot of satisfaction in the last verse no
quoted from the Bible. who has covered
your sins,' he asked Of the large audience.
There is the greatest difference in the
world as to who covered them.
Mr.. Moody read the second verse Of
the text. He said II there Is q thing in
the Bible God condemns it IL hypocrisy.
II is an awful thing to profess to be
Christian, and be hypocrlte. So many
men make a shipwreck of their religious
life because they are not thorough. Let
there be 10 hypocrisy whom dealing with
God.
Mr.. Moody told several incidents in con-
nection with his discourse to illustrate
Gods forgiveness. In conclusion he said
there are TIRES Kinds Of confession OF sin.
All sin must DO confessed to God. What
this country wants is a revival Of right
aouspess, an uprising. Man also should
confess biz sin to his fellow-man ana God
Third, public confession of public sins
The sneaker said he had no use for the
church member who goes around drink
Jig whlslsey If you are wrong confess It,
In conclusion Mr.. Moody said he knew
Of church member who knew he was
wrong and upbraided himself but was not
willing to confess It to his five skepti"
boys. lie was persuaded to make an hon
est confession to them, and the result was
all we're saved Mr.. Moody believed
there has to be confessions in more homes
before the boys are saved. He closed with
an eXhortation to save the boys. saying
whats this country wants is consecrated
! men full OF the Holy Ghost.
MR. MOODY IN BALTIMORE
Mr. Moody left this mOrningfor Baltl-
more where he will speak in Mt Vernon
| NJ e Church this afternoon and evening,
| A large number Of Wilmington pastors
babe him God speed at the 7. w. 81 Is.
! dspot hsre. From Baltimore Mr.. Moody
will continue his trip south.