River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-01-20

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TAIN" the fruit of which has shaken
like Lebanon 1t was the brief fore
word to a great volume of blessing to
the world, the fountain from which
have flowed streams for the refresh
ing of millions.
'"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
because he hath anointed me to
preach the Gospel to the poor" The
amounting of the Spirit means the en-
duement of power. Kings were anoint-
ed when they were crowned, sceptered
and throned. The enduement OF the
Holy Spirit makes every Christian
kingly in his power for service. In Lee
viticus, rs, 10, Jehovah commanded
the people on the jubilee year ito pro-
claim liberty throughout all the land
to all the Inhabitants thereof"
The chief business of the Moody
movement" these so years has been to
proclaim the glad tidings of salvation
to as many people as possible. This
has been our specially. If we feed the
hungry, clothe the naked, help the
helpless or educate the ignorant, it Is
with a view to inducing them to hear
and accept the good news of salvation
through Christ.
This of course. includes the poor in
purse, also the poor in soul, who have
lost their characters, more valuable
possession than silver and gold. Our
motto in gilt letters over the door OF
this church: Welcome to This House
of God Are Strangers and the Poor"
invites the tramp on the street with
his body covered with rags, and the
millionaire on the avenue, whose soul
is in rags. The stranger in the city
is welcome, and if he be stranger
to Christ our greatest desire is to in
troduce him as Saviour and Lord.
The secret of the success of this
church from the beginning to the pres
ent day has been its creed, which be-
gins with the words: eve believe;"
and If there is one thing that has dis
tinguished this church above any 9TH
or it has been the fact that it believes
something. It's members have believed
| that believing is important-that the
man without faith is without power
The third article of the creed is that
man Is a great sinner; the fourth Is
that Jesus Christ is great Saviour;
the fifth is that Gods plan of saliva
| ton is great in its simplicity; the
sixth is that the institution known as
the church is a great institution and
the seventh is in the charge given to
the new members that it is our privi-
lege to subdue the flesh and live the
victorious life, rendering unto God &C.
certable service in Christ.
I'VE believe in God the Father"
This church has never fallen into the
heresy that God is the Father of all
men. Jesus said to the Pharisees: Eye
are of your father, the devil, and his
lust We do and again we are told:
"To as many as received him, to them
gave he power to become the sons of
God"
"We believe in God the Son." There
never has, so far as 1 know, gone out
| from this movement, an assertion
against the deity of Jesus Christ. Men,
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Christ as God. They fall at his feet
with Thomas and say with love and
humility: my Lord and my God"
1--WE believe in God the Holy Spir-
it." Mr.. Moody, walking in street
in New York, received by a definite
er, and he was so filled and thrilled
that he could not express his feelings.
We believe in divinely inspired
Bible. There never has gone out, so
| far as / know, from this movement
any uncertain sound as to the inspir-
alton of the Bible Some individual
here and there may have spoken It.,
but it received no response from those
| that were responsible for the move
ment. A Bible that is divinely in
spired. which is the word of God. ethe
sword of the spirit" and a Bible by
| learning which we equip ourselves for
work and become mighty in the serv-
ice of our Master. 1t was this faith
| that led Mr. Moody to establish the
Moody Bible institute.
| In the twilight one evening Elder
Morrison was passing this corner and
lie saw human form standing at the
edge of pool of water. He went to-
ward the form and as he approached
it perceived it was Mr.. Moody, and
| he said: why, what are you doing
| here?" Mr., Moody turned around and
said: Morrison, let us pray that God
will give us this lot for a Bible
school" and that is the lot on which
the institute stands to-day. A pool of
water with Mr.. Moody praying for a
Rible school, and the transformation
has taken place!
| It is not quite accurate to speak of
the Moody Bible institute as a child
of the church. This church and the
institute were both born in the brain
and heart of d. l.. Moody, and the In
stitute is the younger sister of the
church. A sort of twin sister. If Won
please; if you want to put it stronger.
a Siamese twin sister. If you cut
them apart, you kill both, in my hum
BILE Judgment, or you would hurt them
SO badly that they could not prosper
| afterward.