, 1876-04-02

bet Al many II you can, ana God will stand By you.
,G-supposs tbs congregation Is aurs and the minis
Mr. Mooay-Thsn let the congregation 70 On With
mt the minister. lL.ughtsrl
Q-Suppose the minister won't permit tbem7
TO work for God can do 20 and nobody can stop him
Q.-Suppoee thers y daioulty in the church which
Mr. Moody-I don't know of any difficulties thu
Hod cannot remove. The trouhle il trying "a
remove these dtacu1tes ourselves instead Of going K
.,o9-Thy wss + ths 1ord Jesus could not do any
~aa the world. not The church. IAughter:]
5sss to put test question IN .'a
rather go TO another zoom7
Mr: Noody-1 think SO. II sny man is g5tng 10 b
saved he Is going TO take up his cross and II it Ia
70 eet them to do something they don't want to do
and ts great crosa generally people to rise fol
prayer; but IN tas ysry ct Of doing It hsy are
they arc Interested, aud the Lords eide Ihare
found IN the Last three yeara that it has been great
help to Us. In fact, don't think that should At
tempt to have meetings without the inquiry. .roo1n
People ara sometimes impressed under the sermon
but vhat yo9 want Is to deal with them personally
Here md there oue IN converted under the sermon
but for every converted under the sermon hun
areds are converted in the inquiry-roon-
eongregaon desire 10 havs meeting and the Trustees
refuse TO open the doors7
Mr. kioody-Wel, should pray for tbs Trustees.
In the first pace, the church has 1nEde 1nf1taks in
eectng uaoonvarted mon Trustees We want Chris
0an men to hold Office In the church. Men somotioes
s ind they requisite your choir aud very often you1
minister; and minister touches their consGencea
and breaches right as them, they get annoyed md
Q.-1n community where there h n interesting
tesya1 very many families haye not 1eached-do
not .t.end church anywhere; what would you have
Lii. Moody-1 would have tne whole town districsed
sf aud every family v1zited- think that could be
1one~
Q.-Do yo7 advocate "anxions seats :"
Mr, Moody-1 would rzther call 1t seats sf decision;
good many ot tho different denonnstional pecuar-
sties- The anxious seat " ta Known to Methodiats,
be afraid and the Erdscopal,sps would b. 90 shocked
that they would eave ind in tbs union meetings
tits best to ask them 70 go right into The other roou
Q.-What would you sxy to person who zeplies As I
can b . Christian without rising for psayer7"
but ~ general thing ho WON'T. II man man makes
up his mind that he won't do thing the Iord genes-
sy mates him DO before he gets into the KINGDOM
pie On their 1eee 70 testify for Chr1st9
aIr. Moody-In tho first place. would bury M
stiffness Il meetsng has formal manner. # throws
earthquake to get m1n up: but it Is floe aud
cal Just sou woned 60 into mans house and talk
with him, 3en VIII find people will appreciate 1t and
Q:-Mhen ono CT moro leading members Of the
Church have 90 borne themselves IN the community %
that the Church has been scandalized, would you
u1nmend course Of discipline before commanding
special meetnes7
the eighteenth chapter Of Matthew and what we
taught TO do there, and il these would not
haTa
ber1 right with God than than TO hAve great church
Of GOO members and the world laughing At them.
Ehnrch, what
M. Moody-Then would organize another church.
1Aughter.l The mistake in al this is in taking IN
converted people Into tho church. We have got to be
= o.-suppose there are ezcatemeats In the church
kh4t to draw the attention Of the church away
away from higher thirgs-pol,tics, for tnztance7
Nj. Moody-1 dont Know much shout poitca. Tho
could 40 right on without being interrupted but the
thing dread than do politics il these miserable
church fairs. nAughtes.l That is tbs thing that
up and the interest dissipaed by these bazaArs and
church festivals than by your political meetings.
to iahor With inquirers in the inquiry msetina7
Mr. Moody-1 always encourage them. he1ievs =
man who has been gzest drunkard, for instance
and been reclaimed, ts just tho man to 60 to work
Glow would you uas the be5s and girls.
Mr.. Noody-You have to uae great deal Of dir
eretiou about childron. viii admit thars IL great
danger in having children talo IN active part for
so9,e people arc sure to say, po9t that boy speak
Q.I1s man JUSTIFIED in neg1ectins service 1t his
church in order to talk to those who will not st
tend chr.ch7
Mr. Noody-My e1per.enrs has boen that tho xa.n
that has got the spt to 90 out after other men will
bring good any into the church. He can't neglect
It. lie u worth about dozen who 60 and take
good cushioned seata Sunday after Sunday and don't
Q.-When a man feels that he must pre.ch the Gos-
out7
Mr. Moody-A gr=st many haye got the 1deA that
they can preach tie Gospel, when they cAunot. and
have got the idea that they cannot preach the
are just :he ones W 70 = speaf IN that church Row,
have tried that When was fret converted. thought
must talk to them about Christ, but they did
could M ser the Lord letter s. keeping sti. Thsn
want out into the street. and God bleased me- and I
g. rse IL nn
and preach to the ragged and tho destitute.
Q.-Would you encourage women preaching in the
III. Moody-1 should SAY It il complicated point,
and We win leave 1t. don't care about ny vito
1H HsTe Hl. Moody I csilsd upon III. santey to stng
song, which closed tha tnerrogatores On this point
and tho hour allotted TO it. NJ. Moody then intro
p1ayer-meetngs and make them successfully havs
noticed said le in travelling mp and down the country,
Is not tie man thai c.n preach .s best that il the most
successful but the man that knows how to get his
pic together to pray. He has moro freedom. u SO
much easier to prcach to audience that IL In full
sympathy with you than to those that critcalpR
III the time. II chits your heart through and through
Now II ve could only h2Ea cur prayer.meetinga what
they ought To be, aud people 50, not out Of
Of duty but because they delight to co. 1t would be
great hsp TO minister in his Sunday services Now,
hnd great help In meetings to GO. tbs peo
pie right up close together md then get ssel: right
down them. telisEs many meeting Il lost By the
people being scattered.
Another mportan: thing is to ECO that the Yentts-
ton all right. Sometimes havs been In TOO ms
whcre think the air must have been tn there i've or
nix yeats You caunot always trust the 3anitoss to
take Of it. The people get sleepy and think
is your f4nlt. Very often sucn a thing i. tho fault
OF bed ventiiatton 6ee that you get fresh airnot
TOO Lot and not too cold put pure Then it is good
Thing 70 hare subject: Let ~ the people knox
week beforehand what the subject il going to be- You
tals the subject of Path, say and ask brother
two privately Atts oa thas snnjsst they
20 frightened Whea get up That trauble all over
then tel hin jpst 70 ct nP md read ve1se H.; xons
and after while they viii want to tall too much, Aud
the meetings become very profitable TO those
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