The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-05-13

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christian. Delays are dangerous.
When Moody wa preaching in Far
well hall n night, he said:
IF there Is anyone who wants us
to pray for you, lift your hand"
Up went a hand and Moody went
down, attracted by the keen look Of
the fellow. He said:
I'm glad that you have made UP
your mind to be a christian"
A Case Of Proerastinatien.
The fellow said:
Il. expect to be, but not tonight"
The next Moody heard of him he
was i'll and Moody went to see him
on the north side and he said to
Moody:
Il wouldn't do it now because my
friends would say that I would do
when In sick what 1 wouldn't do
if / were well, and would say / was
frightened because 1 thought I might
die. No. I'll not do it now"
The next Moody heard of the man
he had become convalescent. Moody
went to him and said:
You are well, now do it."
He said:
mo, I've bought a fruit farm in
Michigan, heal Benton Harbor, and
I'm going to move, and when / get
settled I'll do it."
The next Moody heard of the man
he had taken a relapse. Moody cross
ed Lake Michigan and went to that
mans house, and as he entered the
bedroom the man turned his face to
the wall and said:
You are too late"
But Moody said to him:
"You know the thief on the cross
was saved in the eleventh hour"
The fellow said:
This is the twelfth hour with me
and the clock has begun to strike.
The thief on the cross accepted Jesus
Christ the first chance he had. That
was the first opportunity he ever had
and he embraced the first chance. I've
heard of Jesus Christ ever since /
can remember. His case and mine
are not analogous"
Moody talked with him and got
down and prayed for the man and
when he arose he saw the fellow try
ing to speak, and he bent over to lis
ten n the man was saying:
THE harvest is past, and summer
is ended and I'm not saved"
l tell you, men, the brevity Of life
is another reason. 1t is too easy for
the heart to stop; 1t is too easy for
the lungs to congest; 1t is too easy for
a blood clot to form: it is too easy for
a strike of apoplexy to knock you down,
Tomorrow! The doctor may shake
his head-tomorrow.
Tomorrow the church bell may toll.
Tomorrow your name may appear in
the obituary notice of the newspaper.
Tomorrow they may telephone fol
the undertaken to come and embalm
you n measure you to tell the grave
|. digger how long to dig your grave
Tomorrow crepe may flutter from tht
door knob.
/ Lo, on a narrow neck Of land,
'Twixt two unbounded seas / stand;
J Yet how unreasonable a point Of time
A moments space removes me to yor
heavenly place
! Or shuts me up in hell.
) Annual Death Rate.
The annual death rate of the human
race is $4,000, 900. That's 81, 900 a day
( 1920 every hour, So every minute
one-half Of the human race die befort
they are 16 years old: one.quarter o
: the human ace die before they are
years old. The average length Of
e human life is 331-3 years.
{ Not one man or woman in 1000, 90
lives to be 100 years old.
< Surprising I would come back Z
I Fargo five years from tonight, nor
q many of you would come and stand 0
b sit where you are tonight?
2 To x,ra,rfl ,Av.na hoaIy TX F~oN
g tonight it would seem like a sapulchre
. A friend of mine was preaching in
town in New Jersey and there was
: young fellow there, cashier in a banl
g whom they had tried to get to give hi
q heart to God.
He made the excuse that he had {
d go to New York. 1t was in 1883. whe
!" they had that famous snow storm
snow twelve feet deep. He had no 9th
er excuse to 90 other than to get ava
q from the meeting. He was hours an
i hours Numbering his way through til
slush and the snow to reach his hote
10 and when he arrived al the old Astc
u house down on Broadway, he was W,
] and chilled through.
al They summoned a physician. Or
/ glance and he said TO him:
Have you a mother aiive2'
vi Eyes. sir
n "a father?''
v. mo; he is dead"
vi Are you married."
D. married"
.e Wife aIiye?"
h Yes
W Where do they iive2S
al sIn Railway. N. D."
le "TII send for them
He looked ait the doctor and said:
my God, you don't think II Is tai
of bad ~
se Eyes, it's bad III ret thern hel