Morning journal and courier., 1885-05-04
MIR. MOODY.

He Gives Four Talks or Addresses
at Battell ChapeI-Large Audiences
Greet Him-Deep Interest to Hear
Hfm-Anxfety to Get Tickets OF
AdmissfOn-The Great Evangelist
Talks With Spirit and Feeling
Many Prominent People Present
The four addresses by Mr.. Moody, the
great evangelist, at Battell chapel, Yale col
leee, were listened to with deep interest.
Great eagerness to get tickets of admission
| was manifested The number of these was
| limited to five hundred, which were good fol
| the series. Mr.. Moody by special invitation
| talked chiefly to the students. The chapel
| was crowded to OVERLOOKING at each service.
At Saturday evenings service the audience
was mainly composed of students, PROBES
sors with their wives and daughters.
President Porter and Prof. Barbour occupied
the pulpit with Mr.. Moody. Mr.. Moody
looked about the same as when he offciated
in New Haven with such wonderful success
at the Tabernacle, where now is the Dwight
street rink. He looks no older, but is q
little stouter President Porter introduced
Mr.. Moody with few pleasant remarks as to
the great success of Mr.. Moody's lsbors and
his great zeal and devotion in the Lords
vineyard. Mr.. Moody said his remarks for
the evening would be especially for Christian
men. Five great things are necessary for
success in Christian work. Faith was one of
these. Hopefulness is great help to success
in any laudable undertaking. My expert
ence is that more men fall by the way be-
cause they not hopeful than from any
other This idea Mr.. Moody il1ustra-
ted by the story of the faint-hearted spies
who went out from Israel to view the prom
ised land as contrasted with the two
who went on the same errand who had
faith. The second thing needed was courage.
Men must be brave, must show their colors.
The third thing is enthusiasm. If a man has
been redeemed he ought to be full of fire
and enthusiasm. Sleepy, half alive, luke
warm, miserable, cold workers, how contain
mating is their influence. Look at the differ
ence between listless, apathetic Sunday
school teacher and one who is enthusiastic;
in his work The boys know who is wide
awake and who is half asleep. The fourth
thing is love for the work. There is no call
ing like the ministry, and there is no use of
being minister except you love your call
ing This thought Mr.. Moody illustrated in
his own inevitable way. Again you want
sympathy with others to be successful.
You must get down TO WIN nearIS ana sym
pathize with them. May you be delivered
stuck-up-a-tiveness. Mr.. Moody illustrated
here with the priest and the Levite
story, and in his usual effective way. The
Samaritan helped the Jew and the Jew for
got his prejudice The Samaritan didn't
read him a sermon on the DEGREES of God,
or lecture him for getting into the scrape.
Sometimes I think we are preached to death
nowadays. Did you ever spend night with
young man who got drunk for the first
timea Why not try to save some of your
companions who are going wrong? Put your
self in the other mans place. Be sympa-
thetic. Go down into your heart and think
how you would feel to have your own
brother go wrong. Go to this erring friend.
Take him home, put him into your bed, watch
with him. Urge him to do better. Tell him
you want to help him.
We also need to oonsecrate and concen-
trate our lives. Throw your whole life into
one thing. Make up your mind what your
mission is and then push all you energy
toward it. 1t won't be hard for you to rise.
You'll soon be in demand. You will have
plenty of opportunities. Read what Paul
says about striving for one end. And Paul,
dead for 300 years, is about the
Invest man in the world to-day. He turned
towns and villages upside down. He went
without shrinking through terrible trials,
and gloried in them because he had always
before him one high aim Always try to do
one thing and do it with all your might
Pray God to qualify you for the work so
that you may get the double portion, as Eli
sha did.
At the conclusion of his address, Mr.
Moody invited all who wished to remain and
ask questions about Christian work. Many
did SO.