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ADDRESSED YALE STUDENTS
STEERING SERMON BY DWIGHT l..
 MOODY LAST EVENING.

Spoke to Several Hundred Members of
 the University ina Dwight HalI-"Bc Not Afraid to Take Il stand and Con-
 fess Your Faith in the Lord Jesus
 Christ.r'
 Dwight l.. Moody, the famous evan gelist, addressed the students of Yale
 university at 6:45 last night. The meet
 ing was held in Dwight hall and the large assembly room was filled almost
 to overfioWing. The speaker took his
 text from Romans, tenth chapter, the ninth, tenth and eleventh verses, which read: That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus Christ and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man
 believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto sal vation. For the scripture saith, who soever believeth on Him shall not be ashamed" The sermon was typically evangelistic and at it's conclusion all who believed on Jesus Christ or were willing to confess Him were asked to rise to their feet while prayer was of fered and hymn sung. A short after meeting was held, to which the greater part of those present remained. The speaker said that his text contained three things and they were confession with the heart, confession with the mouth and that we should not be ashamed to confess our faith. These three steps are essentials to Christians. Frequently men believe with their hearts, but they are ashamed to con- fess with their mouth. One of the great hindrances to men in making a stand for Jesus Christ is that they are ashamed Men don't like to be told thar they are towards, but it is true. They know they ought to take the stand, but they are afraid.
 They are often heard to say to their neighbor, ''I'll take the stand if you do." mind what your classmates or your as- sociates say; never be afraid to speak out boldly, for it is certain you cannot be with Christ and be coward. It takes a hero to be one of his followers. There are times when we are alone that it is necessary to take a stand and many of us are found wanting. We go with the current and not against it, as we should. If there was a back door into heaven many would slide in, take a seat and then declare that they had been there for a long time. The way to heaven is straight but there is a cross in the way. You can not go under, over or around this cross, but you must take it up and carry it.
 And I say unto you, whosoever shall confess Me before men, him shall the Son of Man confess before the angels of God. But he that denieth Me before men, shall be denied before the angels of God" Christ never told a man that his service was all sunshine. The speak, CT told of a young lawyer who invited some of his friends to dinner one even ing and after the meal took all of his guests and also the servants of the house into the drawing room and erected the family altar. He there openly confessed his faith in God and was not ashamed to take a stand. This lawyer afterward became one of the most famous of judges on the supreme bench of the United States. That is character. Some people say, T am not ashamed of Jesus Christ, but l am ashamed of myself. You are not wanted to confess about yourself but about Jesus. The speaker said that he was not ashamed to con- fess Jesus Christ and he never knew of time that he confessed Him that he did not receive a blessing right in the very act. If a mans heart is right he will be blessed whether he is a beg gar in the street or the millionaire in his mansion. The speaker then told the story of the blind beggar being restored to sight by the act of Jesus in placing clay on his eyes and his subsequent con- fession and work for the Master and also that of Joseph of Arimathea. How Joseph rose up in the counsel that con- demned Jesus to death and openly de- clared that he could never give his vote to the death of that just man was graphically told and also how he later had the body of the Lord placed in his own new tomb. MT. Moody said that he considered these two characters the grandest of any in the Bible. There was nothing more sublime than that act of Joseph of Arimathea. Take you stand, speak boldly for Christ and ycu shall have your share of the glory when the day comes.
 Mr Moody will speak at the United church this morning at 10 o'clock on the topic, "How to Study the Bible" He will also deliver another address to the students of the university at 6;45 this evening in Dwight hall