, 1879-08-03
BROTHER MOODY. REDI71VUs.

Brother MooDx, in company with his
trusty and tuneful lieutenant, Brother
sAsxEY, hns resumed his evangelical labors,
having made his reappearance last Sunday at
the Cooper Union, New York His success
was more remarkable than ever before Over
5000 people were turned away from tho
doors. The great audience which listened to
him was stirred to its inmost depths, and ex-
cited with spiritual enthusiasm. The crest
chorus sang with unction and feryor: His
text wss single word, "' Com e." The first
hymn was one commencing with the word
s:Come." The reporter Of the Neu Yorh;
Times, describing the scene, says:
ssMr. sAsKEr Gang the first verse. and the audi
euce and the choir sang the chorus. Ms. NooDf
was not SATISFIED with the effect. He jumped to
his feet and waved his n1nd to command silence.
brother sAykEr,' he said, has done his part
very credltably, but you haven't done your part
want you to make this invitation ring. Como,
now let's all rise and sing it together The audi
ence arose. and the volume Of music that was scn5
forth from. s. COO lungs fairly made the building
tren,ble Mr.. AoopY IVES satisfied, aud ct the con-
clusion of the hymn he began bis sermon. which
lasted inst thirty minutes. It Wes an inpass1oned
anneal to the audience to enroll themselves IN the
Army of CHRIST and was fully equal In force to
any OF his efforts in the past"
What is the secret Of this plain, blunt
mau's renewed success? He has none OF
the gifts Of the scholar, none Of the grace5
of the orator. He talks simple language,
and he talks it il simple way. At tho
close of his last senson it will be remem-
berad that his audiences fell of in numbers,
and he himself fell off somewhat in fervof,
and the work Of grace languished. 1t was
at this point that his strong, hard common
sense led him to stop at once. He kre"
that he WAS saying nothing new; that no
was going over the came old ground and
beating only straw, and that the well had
been pumped dry. So be said to himself:
"I will stop until have something to say
T will take plenty Of time ard write sono
new sermons" He took ample time, re-
freshed himself in body and mind, anA
prepared his new work carefully,
freshly, and thoughtfully. Brother SAHKEt
did the same thing. He, too, found
that the people were beginning to tire Of the
old songs, and did not sing them with then
former lustiness and JUNCTION. So he hunted
up some new songs, which were just as good,
and some Of them o little better, than tho
old ones. Then, freshly armed and equipped,
the two brethren once more entered into the
campaign against the Devil and his hosts'
and their very first assault was crowned VIII
victory as brilliant as any they have ever
achieved. =.
In this consummation there is lesson 10
be read By other preachers and cong:ege+
tions, to the effect that peop1e want noVel~
ties and must occasionally have something
fresh. This is the reason Why the CITY
preacher, who has been lnboring all the year
with Istless, sic epy, lazy congresa~
ton; finds an audience IN MS Faca~
ton which listens to him Will
real interest, and the country .preacne1':
who at home drones along to nls'
old-feshioued people in hu,ndrum ways
finds to l,s astonishment that the congrega~
ton of the city preacher is delighted WILL
him. though he may not have half the g'1's
Of the former. The secret Of this SUCCESS
is the novelty Of the arrangement. lne Guy
nraacher is fresh in the rural dlstr1ct' a1l>
the country preacher is fresh in the c''y,
AS rule, cur preachers 60 On, week IN anu
week out, month in and month out, year IL
and year out, in the same old, beaten uaes'
preaching the same general style Of est-
mons, until at LAST the;congregataons come |"
know, as soon as they enunc'ate Inc 'eA''
what they are going to say, and qu'e'lS ~
to sleep, The barrel is turned over Ill"
over, until the congregation knows Its con-
tents by heart The minister soon co,1e'
feel that he is running in rut and tna' n'