New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-03-30
TIE MORNING SESSION.


rhe Great majority OF the delegates were laymen All
eemed deeply interested in the revival work ana III the
subjects which they had come to discuss ana they
formed body OF impressive by numbers, zeai' ana
intelligence. The topics for the morning were: IVAN
yelstic soryiees-How to Conduct Them and How to
conduct Prayer-mectings."
The services we're opened with the hymn come thou
souut of eve v blessing" The Rev. Dr. VIM. Ormisoh
,rayed aud The Rev. Dr. Palmer OF ConmDa = =" rou
an extract from the Bible. Mr.. Moody addressed the
Convention briefly on the subjects before IT, lie invited
min the hall 10 ask any questions abOut the work. ana
from his positiou on the platform replied 10 them Qucs-
lions poured in rapidly, generally two or three al uhe'
,ut the answers we're always prompt anu oIec''
and gave great satisfaction The "hoIe
meeting was enthusiastic, and was infused
with Mr. Moodys inmitable spirit. Instead OF
heavy and labored discussion there was an amount OF
life and earnestneSs and contagious zeal that Woo'd
arouse the sleepest member into Keen interest III lhe
subject and yet the questions lost none OF Their SERIOUSNESS
by tlis cheerful handling Those who went To inc Ooh
yeuton with a somber gravity ready for the OCCASION
soon found IL giving away under Mr. Moody's replies
.d leuehter and applause frequent II the spirit
OF e Convention could survive aud be carried by each
delegate into his town and church. the whoie con-
try would be awakened and great work accomplished
Mr. Moody in announcing the subjects OF the day.
spoke as follows:
The two subjects that we for this forenoon are as
follows: Evangelstic Seryccs-How TO Conduct lhehl
and How to Conduct PrayerMeetings have not aSh19
any one 10 sneak these questions. orght we Wouu
Just come together and spend an nogr ON eaca queS0
Al Philadelphia found 10 was profitable Just 70 t any
one audience ask any question on tne snre' po
fore us and would try and answer II we cCh anu
i'm that way think. we viii be enabled TO help those
that have difficulty. Let NE say few words ABOUT TINS
a person said to me- "what do you mean by Evange-
Ise services Is not all service EvanGelScf MHai
DO Won mean by preaching the Gospel Are NOT an
services in churches and all meetings preaemHs ,re
GosIe y NO IheIe Is go tSc Ge o :" t bep every
Tsre I. wos.hIpng God That is not preaching the
lar all Ne
at times. meet around the Lords tane-iHat
building up Gods people That is not preaching
tic Gospel. Then there is procaimng the gSol news
Snsston we have before us is How can these services be
conducted TO make them profitable Well shod ts say
you have to conduct them TO interest Tue people, d ny
steep they Certainty ant TO De ,r io oSobe e Bt
H thint H' we ought TO use our common sense.
Il you will ALLOW me the word. We IiH "a
K Ss least S sense we have. especially in tine Lords
work II method don't succeed, let us try anotheI
won't come to hear let US 10 where they are; We
preach. Go into some nelSnboihoCd anu Sv1
some efsons invite you Into their house, ana gel the
Into the kitchen, and preach there but MAKE II POM
to Interest The people aud as soou rs they get m'ereSe
Nov have come to this concus on, tlatif we are 60
have little more life in them Life l. found IN singing
new hymns fOr instance. l know some ehufchs ma .a
have leen SINGING about dozen hymns FOR the last 20
yelrs such hymns ~ Rcck Of Ages" There Is fou
tain nea with blood" etc. The hymns are always good
but We want variety. We want new hymns as wei as
the old ones. / ma II wakes up congregation
hynn Aud II you cannot wake them with preaching
III us sing il into Them. 1 believe the time Is coming
oe Tben when nan Is converted let us have him
10 these meetings giving MS testimony So2e people ai
that he sent every man to work ms sooh a. nc
was converted or course You have to guard that point
some say they become spiritually prOud-no DOUBT OF
that bat II they don't 20 To Work they become spit
uaiy lazy and don't know what's the difference.
Now, the first impulse Of the young convert is 10 so
aud publish what Chris. has done for him sometimes
whole town. jusi merely telling what the LORI has done
for bin; and u is good to orns III iLese Wltn'sS anu ~
them speak Then another thing In good many towns
where have union meetings We change ministers
b,v, hen organiSed ana proved perfect Id !
getting letters all the time telling about speed leehss'
suits. aud on inquiry found they had Methodist
minister one night Baptlst minister ano,GI; an
Episcopal minister another. Congregational minister
another. IN order 20 keep all denomna.los IN anu ne
result was they preached e0fFoI iS V G y he S
one man sets the people all interested anu JUST
sns onofier steps IN and he goes out And so there
40 getting hold Of the people Now believe we have
remember in Chicago the last Winter was there we
had preaching every afternoon We went ont Win NV,
large audience there every afternoon and we mad new
minister every day. We wanted TO b1ug III AZ drnUn-
solitary conversion after preaching 30 days II We n49
have done a great work then and there, and
We arc going to have successful seanse e1r
night And that is why it is best TO ge man out 81
town and all viii unite on that one man Wish we could
gel rid of This JEALOUSY II could unite on one man
aud support hun with our prayers ana our money II u
need be- and Just work with him there would bo results
never knew It 20 fail yet IL is just tins parry feeling
that comes n and prevents the good results We expect
Ne re afraid this denomination won't like il, and that
denomination won't be properly represented
Then these meeting ought TO pe made snort mo
great many KILLED because they are too long ihe
minister speaks i've minutes ana minister's hVe min
utes always tea ana his ten minutes IS AWAY twenty
iangcr: and Tie result is you preach everybody into
The spirit and out OF IL before the meeting Is over
Wien people leave they arc glad 10 10
home. aug 0uet 40 bey vii, come back agan T5ers
wa. a man London who preached IN the open ar unit!
nreacb 10 Opgi" "Oh" said he, 80 thought would be
a pity 10 stop while there anybody listening"
iIuetCr1 IL is good deal better 10 cut right OIL then
,eonie vii, cone back AGAIN 10 hear But only Just
wanted to open this question and give a rev hhts OF
what my idea Now II any OF you have iG" ques-
tions vO would like ask Ia ans part Of the hall ON this
one subject, would lac 10 answer tleh ana u We
cannot. there may BIZ como ono else Lefo VINO Can
Mr.. MOODY's REPLIES TO QUESTIONS
Here Mr. Moody paused questions, and then ensued
arap.a colloauy IN which Mr Moody displayed 30
aulckness and acuteuess make this portion Of tho
discussion the most interesting OF the morning. The
questions came thick ana fast from all parts OF the
vast hall so that the evangelist had 10 choose first
coIners Il il ossible 10 obtain the names OF the IN
terrogators they widely scattered but the dia
logus ran asfolows:
O. Would you start meeting when there is no special
Mr Mo0dy-Certaiuy would A good many are
time comes 10 favor Zion" The point is TO make tie
good come anyway. TO 10 WORK. lheF nave g"l
10 calendar la heaven. God Work one month as
wei rs another, and lie lie always ready when We are
ready. , ~, IT'D. ~. ,,.o
Mr noodt~It depends upon how many meetings
have had II had a. many &c could attend "oud
q Suppose the minister is interested ahu thtt y no
special feeling among the people "oula you can ~ Ou
sds Depi bOsld commence TIC ehoft % Gaming h
M MoSdy-Ibsi is a very important question II
mat in a u