Year: 1875

raes are on me record Men are interested in matters
where they have investments Tel some OF these
cents and see how their eyes would light up. Tell
political that Maine has gone in his favor and see
how his eye lights up. Talk TO a Christian man OF
heaven and see how his eye lights up He rises high
all the miserable sectarian walls and thinks only OF
heaven Don't think because your name IS on some
church record that your name is written in heaven.
Make sure Of III There are many men
whose names are on some church book
that not written IN the Lambs book. lie
keeps his books different from what men do In Reve-
la,ions Xxx - read, "And the books were opened
Looks as II they had books up there don't itY Sup
posing the question was put TO you tonight when yon
90 home, Are you sure your name is writtenTheref
How could you answer tY II is our privilege to know
and possible also for If not Christ would not have tod
His disciples 10 rejoice that their names were written
And lot US to that childrens names are there


MORE STEERING ILLUSTRATIONS


Hartford mother lay dying she sad she naa =
message for her childrenl believe true hearted
praying mothers are Heavens best gin on earth Inc
children were all brought in one after the other, ana
turning TO her husband she SAID II charge you s, 70
a earth honor 1t is the father who makes sure
that his children are 10 go with him 10 glory
land. In the last war soldier lay upon tho
field Of battle, deadly wounded He heard saying,
Here mere herel" and when asked what he wanted
said "Hush-sh-sh they calling the roll of heaven
and am answering 70 my name" Soon he waS gone:
When Miss Field was singing Home Of the Soul"
thought OF this incident of a dying man who making
his Will, said " his wife and child, 81 give
you this homestead" The little child stood by
The bedside and said:-"Papa have you a home





be summoned there this night have you home there
Think OF homeless Christless soul No little boy in
Northheld's cheerless street tonight homeless but
what would be taken into any house A man must be
born OF the Spirit before he enters heaven An unre-
generate man IN heaven would not remain there IL
would not be heaven TO him. think where our laihers
had twelve temptations we have hfty. Plead with
your children before they leave their homes for
the cities See that they converted Ralph Wells
told me Of two fathers One had sick child, 70
whom he sand, "Do you know you are dying my
boyYn ssWT die tonightgn said the child 'sYesn
rhqnI will ha w JpEu


70 heaven will 90 straight 10 Jesus and say that
ever since can remember you tried to lead me to
testimony that than have monument
of pure gold reared above my grave from
earth to heaven There was another father;
the world calls him rich but OH how poor he isl HIS
dying boy requested him pray for him and he could
not Now he would give anything to call him back and
make one prayer. AT meeting IN Michigan once, an
old and said he was, sixteen years before,
missionary in heather country. His wife died and
three children left TO him. The Oldest daughter
of ten years, asked when it came Sunday, If
| she should take the other children into the
| bedroom as mother used to- and pray with
! them. So She led them away-her little brother and
little sister He noticed when they came out Of the
they had all been crying, and asked Why. The
eldest said that they had all prayed IN turn and when u
! came Neies turn tthe youngcstl, she had not been
taught yet by her mother to pray but she folded her
hands Of her accord and said, Dear Jesus, you
have taken away my mamma ana have
mamma TO teach me how 10 pray. Won't
before she was four years old gave unnistakable evi
dence that she was Christian. Oh, mothers and
fathers won't you teach your little children to pray,
that last your and theirs may be found written
in the Lambs book OF liicf


cLos.SG PRAYERS


Mr. Moody prayed that al the Christians in the town
might be made Of mind and that there might be
division, and that the names Of all might be
written in the LAMBS book Of life Miss
Field and Miss Mary Thurston, the lat
ter blind lady visiting IN town from Boston, sung
''Shal meet beyond the river, where the surges
10 roll?" Silent prayer followed and the usual
invitation to all to rise who wish TO be prayed for
responded TO by twenty-five thirty persons, princL
pay adults. Mr. Moody offered prayer again and then
the services were closed by the singing Of 'In the
Christians home in glory"