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Show BARNUM AND SAN KEY. At tho meeting in the South Baptist church Thursday night, Mr. Moody approached Mr. P. T. Barnum with the ur.al question: "Arc you a Christian!" '1 think a man is very unwise who dun't bolieve in Christ and the princi-plea princi-plea of Christianity," replied Mr. Barnum. M "You believe that ib tho only, true road to salvation! " B "Yes. I believe no iniu can be Baved from, sin except by turning away from it and practising the preceple of Christ; and nobody can cheat the-Almighty. the-Almighty. The fulfilment of his lawd brings peace, while the infringement, of them brings trouble and Borrow," "That is what I believe," said Mr. Moody, nnd he past on. Soon a I tor ward Mr. Sankoy naked a young lady Bitting next to Mr. Barnum whether sue thought hm works would save her. She replied she thought good works would count some toward her Balvation, Sankey "There is where you are miBtaken. If your works were piled as high as thia church they would be of no Bervice to you. Here is my biblel juat show me if you can where -workB are ever counted as any avail. " 'Every man shall be rewarded according to his works,' " said Mr. Sankey " 'Ke that believelh not ib oondemned already.' " Barnum "'And this is the condemnation, con-demnation, that light hath entered into the world and men choose dark-neaa dark-neaa rather than light.' " S. "Do you believe all einners will be saved?" .1 B. "Dare you pray that any ahn.ll be damned?" 8. "I pray that alt may repent and be Baved." B. "Do the angels rejoice over the salvation of that very-iaai lost Bheep that you sing so sweetly about in Ninety and Nine?" S. "Ol course they do." B. "Well, if you and the angels and all good people pray for the ultimate ulti-mate repentance and salvation from sin of all einners, will not their prayeia uo auawereui uu yuu uui 'pray in faith' without 'doubting,' as you are commanded?" Here another gentleman asked Mr. Barnum if he did not believe anybody any-body would go to bell. B. "Not to a hell of endless torments, tor-ments, eir for no such hell ever existed. St. Paul in all his epistles and preaching never used the word 'hell' in his life, so far aa the New Testament testifies, and yot St. Paul auid he bid 'not failed to deolare the whole counsel of God;' and that 'he had kept back nothing that was profitable' profit-able' to men. There will be no childless mothers in tho Paradise of God. Death and hell are to be finally destroyed overy knee must hend, and every tongue confess. Christ will put all thiugs under bis feet, and he was promised to draw all men unto him. He will render up all to God, and God will be all in all. The way of the transgressor is . hard; and those who persist in 'riotous living' will be brought to the husks and tb.9 swine, but the Good Father, whoso mercy eudureth forever and extends over all his works, will wait open arms until that laBt wandering, bruised and battered sheep, slowly, tremblingly wends its way back to tde fold and then the poor mother who had bo long prayed and wept for the return of her wayward ton will join all other reunited families and the choir of holy angels, in singing anthems of praise and thanksgiving to God, the Saviour of the world (not a part of the world), for at last overcoming over-coming evil with good and establishing establish-ing everlasting righteousuese." At. this point the gentleman who accompanied Mr. Barnum reminded him that it was time to go. Hartford Evening Post. |