Year: 1875

posed q women The rustic or dresses the OF
conversation, ana occasionally the clear prattle OF
ite child allied the building with through the
iohg waiting Time. All ages we're be the
gregatlon, from the little child just able walk the
aged woman apparently Of three score years and ten
ana Judging from the sharp IN form
o. dress al social conditions we're represc "a a. we'll


Among the notices Mr. Moody announc, that the
services next Sunday would bo the same As t,.day-in
the afternoon for women only in the evening for men
lie announced also service ia the Rink every evening
except saturday. IN the Tabernacle every morning during
the week, and Bible reading the Tabernasle Wednes
day, Thursday and Friday afternoons The address
was listened 70 with the deepest attention throughout
the audience being swayed BY the preachers mood 10
smiles or tears Toward the close many were weeping
and feeling Of deep soemnity peryaded every par of
the house Mr., Moody himself was much affected So
much that in the prayer which followed the sermon
he was obliged 10 stop several times TO obtain self
control


At about halfpast three the choir sang ''Ring
the Bells Of Heaven" in the course Of which Mr.
Moody and Mr.. Sankey came in ana took their places
At the close OF this lynn Mr. Moody asked the congre
cation to Join in singing the hymn "The 0reat
Physician, one OF the most popular Of Mr.. Sankey's
songs. After prayer by Mr. Moody the choir and
congregation united IL singing tho hymn, "0h, Think
OF Home over There The Bible reading from the
third chapter OF John followed by the song,


Wondrous Loven Mr. Sankey told the story Of the
writing Of the song known the 'Ninety and Nine "
that Il was written by lady in Scotland, who has
since died. after which he sang the hymn with much
pathos and effect


Mr.. Moody spoke from the text "Except A man be
born again he cannot see the kingdom Of Cod He
asked the audience each to ask the question, 'Haye
been born again What Is regenerationY IL isanew
/ heart, new creation new spirit There il other
1 question so important The only way into the king
dom Of God is to be born into II The moment man
Il Ynup hn Ar Ukn III Ian
guage, new creation spirit Regeneration is
not going 10 church regularly il is saying prayers
regularly All the churches N the world never saved
sous that IS the work OF the Son Of God Regenera.
ton is not baptism. Why, II believed baptism would
| save people ] wouldn't be here preaching /
would take bucket Of water and 20 through
the streets and baptze every man, woman and
child IN the city. Some say they are Christians
because they go to the Lords supper. Why Judas
went from that Sacrament right down to ruin The
only religion that imparts life j. the religion Jesus
Christ. Some think they safe because they are
very moral Who did Christ say these words to
| Nicodemus-a man who stood very hish in the com
munity, and yet he came 70 Christ and the Saviour
sad 10 HIM, Except man be born again he cannot
see the kingdom Of God I There two musts IN
that chapter.the Son OF Man must be lifted IN and
''ye must be born again. " A Scotchman said ii took
two to convert him-God and himself
4 He resisted all he could and God converted
him in spite OF his resistance. When God
created the world He was alone, when He redeemed
the world He alone and IN The work Of regenera-
hert the kingdom OF God We never save our
selves. Some think they have got a better way. be-
4 leNe II Gdbfle! snOald come u0Wn and uler
way OF salvaou We could not make u as simple God
has made IT, Then, hasn't God got Il right TO say who
4 shall come INTO His kingdom how shall
come INTO HIS kingdomY And If lie says We
must be born into il shall we complaint? We
don't know how God created thus world, we can't
reason II out neither can We reason out regeneration
| but II IS a TACT. Suppose we say because cannot
reason out regeneration we will not believe it.
said he would believe in the Spirit because he never
saw it, Did you ever see the wnd2 But you have
felt its effects, and felt the effects Of the
wind more than have FELT the spirit OF God can.
A We haya
/ believe there IS such thing conversion co into
yonder miserable howell; 1t is the home Of a
drunkard, the children hide when they hear
| hun coming home his wife breads his pres
ence. He comes here tonight and the glad
| tidlngs Of the Gospel reach his heart he Is born
from above and he goes home and says, 'Wife have
heard strange thing to-nght asked those Chris
tians to pray Tor me and want you TO pray for me- y
Together they pray, and the light Of God into
that heart Go TO that home three months hence and
you hear not some low drunkard's song but Rock Of
Ages Cleft Tor Me' or There lsa Fountain Filled With
Blood.n


Heaven is prepared place for prepared people. An
unrenewed would not be happy IN heaven: IL
would be he'll to him. When was born my parents
in 1887 received their nature, but in 1885, when
born Of God, received another nature II you have
born OF God make up your mind that you viii
not leave this hall this afternoon until you have
been converted Make the fountain sweet and Inc
stream viii be sweet make the heart right and the


lite Will be right Except We be born again ye shall
not see the Kingdom Of God" !" You may Boston
and New York and Philadelphia and all the cities Of
the earth but there city uncircumcsed eye
shall never You may the kings OF the earth;
but there Is one King you shall never see and that is
the King in His beauty You may out tonight and


look AZ the stars OF heaven but there s Star your
\ eyes shall You may go to Cali.
Z forna and look at the great trees there
but there is ono tree you shall see and that
the Tree Of Life, except ye be born again. may be
speaking TO some mothers who have chjdre in heaven
Some you fathers and mothers there All OF us
have an Elder Brother there Listen to the warning Of
the text Except We be born again you shall never see
them again. My friends, won't you come won't you
frt for heaven nowY


\ After impassioned appeal to the unconverted
RECORDER HACKETT sAYs--"IF THERE EXISTS AN OFFICE
WHICH MORE THAN ANY OTHER ONE SHOULD UTTERLY
POLITICAL CONSIDERATIONS, 1T rs THAT
or A CLERK or DEPUTY CLERK or A CRIMINAL COURT
Mr. Moody requested all who wished him remember
them in the prayer following to stand Numbers availed
themselves OF the invitation During the singing the
hymn, Jesus Pad ~ AlN large portion OF the
withdrew the Simpson Methodist church. where
/ an inquiry meeting TO be held.