We remember our friends from Montreal, "God
bless them always." no matter what may come.
I have often thought if I could only tell or picture eternal life I
would have but one sermon and I would tell it out. I would go to
civilized nations and I would go to heathen nations and I would tell it
out. But I can’t do it. I have tried many a time to describe what it is,
but I don’t know somehow or another it seems as if my tongue was tied;
it seems to me if I could only picture what the gift of God, what
eternal life is, that the people would come to God this morning–that
men, women and children would flock into the kingdom by hundreds, if I
could only picture what it is. There is nothing we value in this world
as we do life. A man will go around the world to lengthen out his life a
few years. If he has got wealth he will give money by thousands if he
can get medical aid. But this is a world that is filled with sorrow and
separation. As I look over this audience I see the emblems of mourning
all through the congregation. Not a circle that has not been broken–and
many a dear circle has been broken since I stood on this platform last.
Death is constantly coming in and taking away this one and that one, and
in many you see here and there the natural force is becoming abated and
they are tending towards the grave. And so we think life is very sweet
here; but just think of the life in the world where there is no stooping
form, no gray hair, where the natural force never becomes abated, where
the eye never grows dim, where the step is firm and moves on and on
through the palaces of the King, where perpetual youth stands on your
brow forever, a city where death never enters and sin never comes, a
city where all is bright and joyful, a city without a night in it, a
city without pain, without sorrow, and without death. Think of it! Not
only that, but a city where we shall be with the King himself, and be in
His presence. Yea, better still, where these vile bodies shall be found
like His own glorious body and shall reign with Him forever! That is
eternal life. Why, what are your bonds and stocks when you get to
looking at eternal life? Why do you want to go on the Board of Trade and
make a few thousands or a few millions? What is that? Think of life
forever; a life that is as pure as God’s life, that floats on and on
unceasingly through joys that last forever. The wages of sin is death,
but the gift of God is eternal life. You may have it this morning. Come,
friends, will you seek him? If you will take my advice you will not go
out of this house this morning without seeking eternal life–without
making up your mind that you will seek it. by D. L. Moody
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