The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-05-25
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The Missouri State Sunday School Conyep,iou
closed Its labors at Kansas City on Thursday
evening last, and the Times thus speak of Moody
and Sankey In connection herewith;
The evenings Entertainment was openet, nv
the li8th Hymn, after which Itev. J.. U. Roberts.
Then followed the following song, by the Iley.
Ira u. Sankey. Itis one ofhis own-only he can
sung B. b. m m = s s,%lp,si ! s mo q, a sssna'ifSI, ANN , when
waiting us all who heard 1t last night will confess ;
SOWING THE SEED.
"sowing the seed by the daylight fair,
Sowing The seed BY the noonday glare,
Sowing the seed by the fading light,
Sowing the seed IN solemn night;
Oh, what shall the harvest bef
The solo was sung by Mr.. Sankey with a pa-
thos and feeling wondrously captivating and I'M.
prcssive.. His rich, full voice seemed TO ai the
house. pin might have been heard to drop as
he paused In the, heart searching, thrilling re-
iSousau y n wa,s S or ~, dra. sign, u 70 sic those three
spell bound by the voice Of one man. lie could
have lc,l them anywhere with his music as he
chorus"
"sown In the darkness or sown in the light,
sown In our weakness or sown ia our might,
Salnersd IN time 81 eternity,
Then the ladies and gentlemen Of the church
choirs Joined In aud gave this most beautiful of
late sacred hymns a send on, so to speak, which
VII be long remembered in Kansas City and the
Missouri Valley. 1t was u most beautiful aud
delightful musical effort, and that lust expresses
the idea. There was q spell created by Nj. SAN
and prepared them for Mr.. Moody IS lecture.
now MOODY CAPTURES PEorLE.
Mr.. Moody talks fast. lie does not stop to ar
~ticulate or punctuale his words. When he gets
started he is Ike a herd OF buialo-he shakes the
earth before he gets ready To come, then he comes
with u dull, threatening sound, rimbling ,tnun-
dcring, suffering, and before the audience has
any idea that Moody Is here and ut work, he Is
l Ntrh In Anlnn ha .at,t NEa IN ,..sNsr NA... sl,.a
theories, breaking into the frail fences about
their rotten creeds and dogmas-has o regular
old-iashlonsd stampede, SO to speak, inang9rs.
about churches; he has nothing to say about
crceds or d~ogmas-those nonsensical ideas which
the land from christianity. hut he takes on his
coat and goes In and talks plain Western sense.
lie says. "Do unto others as YOU would have
OF oiy q m M" When g he says ht .: spsss Us i pS, ou iss Hsi Il
the place Of thu poor and destitute and hell them
rs we would have them help us" Mr., Moody
Is not a preacher. He does not preach. lie does
not know how; but he talks TO the hearts Of all
men and women. lie Is n true evangelist, and
by III bSI Te S.r,;sD the hearts Of tho,s Who i, are
In his discourse last night NJ. Moody selected
three words Ms his text:
ENTHUSIASM, Owe AND sYMrArny.
Moody then proceeded to illustrate. lie took
up the politician as an example. When n po'iti-
clan starts In 10 win he must have enthusiasm.
lie calls for men to aid him and support his TICK
ct. Still no one denounces him FOR working up
enthusiasm; but when u man speaks enthusiastic
cally for Christ and God Almighty ne becomes
an object oil dcrision. Mr.. Moody advises more
enthusiasm and babe all Christians 10 ''sound
the PRAISE
His next theme was '~'love.o lie commended
that no good, effective work could he done for
the Lord without love. lie did not want duty -
but he waited the work prompted by love, and
he gave many good Illustrations expressive OF
the idea.
The last theme advanced was that of ''sympa-
thy This, Mr.. Moody says, is the keynote
to christianity. Sympathize with u man or wo-
man ami you capture them. sympathy Il kin u
love. Both together reach the heart Of man. Mr.
Moody said he wanted the stiT Formally OF the
churches broken down. lie wanted the doors
thrown open to the poor and distressed. lie
wanted the lost and neglected ones gathered IN
by those who are rich and make themselves eN-
elusive. lie gave some very pointed and mos
excellent anecdotes, which must have struck
home to many of those who 20 to CHURCH IN silks
and brOadcloths, and who leave the sick, sore
poor and distressed upon the outside of tho
sanctuary oil the Lord. sympathy is the key.
note OF the human heart, anil II Mr., Moody coul,
be here one.week more, he wouldscc srcla ~reyiya
OF the true spirit as was never witnessed In /;
Western frontier town. Western people love no
sccts. They love Co. and u good Christian
They frown upon Pharisees, but may be led b,
Eyangelists.