The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-25
THE MOODY CONVENTION.
Increased Interest In lhe Meetings at
Roberts Park Church.
Interesting Exercises Conducted Dur
ing the Day by Mr.. Moody.

The Moody meetings At Robrts Park were
resumed yesterday. the first occurring De-
tween and 10 o'clock. After song service
Of fifteen minutes Mr. Moody called on the
audience 10 sing Draw Ne Nearer and
asked the people to sing it as they did the
previous evening, saying he had never heard
il sung better than on that occasion. Fol-
lowing the song Dr. r. T. Brown opened the
meeting with prayer.
Rev. David Walk, of the Central
Christian Church. opened the discus
zen on The Bible n Christian Work"
Be said the subject = fundamental. The
G,ble ID the book OF CID The Old Tes.s
aept was written TO teach the Jew Woo
sassst wss. Moses ard the iav and the
prophets testify OF Chrit Take Christ out
II tbs old Bible and il Is meaningless
starch the Scriptures fcr IN them YOU think
you have eternal life. The New Tesla nent
reveals Jesus to as as thu way. the truth. sud
the life, and this means that he is the lie
which God has for every creature. la
word. the Bible takes rs by the hand and
leads us TO Jesus. and teaches Us that his il
lie only name unoer tesven whereby
We may De saved. | have bean i'm
pressed that enough of the Bible has
not been made in ne conversion OF
souls. Mr.. Moody hims,lf has told Us that
some PERSONS think tha anything in TOE
way OF religious meetin, is the gospel. He
has ust told us that thy are mistaken.
Morsl culture and spiritual development
must have something urn which to iced.
The Holy Spirit in the Hble does now asa
what Jesus would do we're He with Us Ia
uerson. The farmer mfy as well look for
hsrvests uhaYe be has nG sowed as that the
spiritusl usbandman should look for the
conversion Of souls whee the gospal has not
ben taught. The true development OF
moral life is not correced in an hour o.
LAY q soul aay be arrested by a prayer, or
song or a sermon, bat il is the deep
seated appetite of years rooted out in a mo-
rreEt. The true test OF a revival Is not In
the number o. converts. although We should
sim at large things, bat in the prominence
hat IS given TO the word Of God.
s'WoDderful Words II LIFE was then
sung, after which Mr.. Moody, who had been
listening to the remarksof Brother Walk,
rose and said: 81 want to say right here
that am one OF those who believe that We
have only one Bible. have said that when
] lel 20 OF the Scriptures l WI let 20 st
once A good many people have said to me,
you don't believe the story OF Jouan and the
whale, dc your o. yes; believe it as much
IS do tie sermon on the mount l have
,aith, Ike the old coiored woman who said
that il che Bible said that Jonah swallowed
The whale, she believed it. | remember
believe the story OF Balaam's ass speak
nos. | am q scientific man. aud lhave
examined an ASS mouth and / say it ia i'm
roslble Tor an ass to speak, 20, you make
An ass and I'll make him speak, +" said a gen
tlenan who overheard the man OF science.
Ths Bible Is going TO endure. Men cry ou'
sainst IL, like dogs baying at the moon, bui
re word OF God hveth forever, Just as the
noon shines on. am glad there are depths
n the Bible that were not able to fsthom
nat makes II all the more proof to me thai
il s of God. Now as to studying the Bible
II any OF you haven't concordance get one
before you get yo1r dinner; study it; study
the Bible by topics. Right in that book is
whera you ind whether your title to Heaven
Is clear. II you want to examine the title
10 yosr home, you don't examine your teel-
ings, at you look into your abstract. When
man breaches contrary ID the good old
book. draw the Bible on him
There isn't book in the Bible thai
ceesn't tell OF something supernatural
some men tell you they don't believe the
supernatural parts. Better throw away the
~noie book then. Sweeping out through the
ID 10 the New Testament, you fad the lat
~ more supernatural thsn the former. You
~ skouch Christ anywhere without hndiDg
nc stpernatuIaL What we want in thi:
esy = = Just stand by our cOlors ! was &C
Sussu n Cincinnati of finding fault. God
Iofold. But / Thick we ought 10 have les,
text preaching and mors exnositorv nraacb
ing. "A gooo many use the Testament iust
70 ana texe Then they soar away &c
heaven that's the last yon ever see OF
them. IN Scotland l used to have the
ps9Pls ora" tne Bible on me. Some good
Clio lSdy would take our her Bible frorn m
der her shawl and say, ''Mr. Moody. vor
said so and so. the Bible saws 80 and so y
cont have any trouble of that Kind here
NOT many know whether amQuotinr Scrfp
fare correctly or not. This looks like I
Asuiclne oook; special prescriptions fo
Spiritual Ills are found in il. IL is not like
physician who SEES up his patients ano
doses them all IN Dulk with ced liver oil
" bat Is the army worth that doesn't know
now TO use lis weapons We should know
how to rightly divide the word of truth.
mink Il an awful pity that lesson leaves are
coming into the Sunday school and that ths
Bible IS going out The children ought Il
De taught how TO use the Bible
NJ. Moody then drew q word picture o
Inc cIueinxion OF Christ, depicting the cross
the cyins Savior, the multitude. Mary
feter, ara iAe Roman soldiers. The audi
-nce was Yisibly affected. AT tue conclusion
he song "Ntare1 Nv God to Thee - wa,
sung, after which Rev f A. Bradley ~
Christ Church, addressed sbs audience nnor
the subject. "How Can the Tna1sncs -
Christian Homes be Increased. Ar Rad
ley said:
When Christ's day comes il is Gods day
It Is not the day TO indulge in a little moi,
steep. 10 linger over the Sunday newspa per
The way for you to increase the influence o
Christians is to make the influence OF you
bones what IL should be. The rescuing O
The perishing runs back to home influence
The weight Of the influence of Christian
homes Is greater than that OF the govern
ment, The press and the schools all com
oined. Napoleon said, after the revolu ton
that the need of France was homes befor
The revolution; We can say the need OF on
land Is Christian homes. The influence O
home can not be Christian il the wife j
-Christless
Ar. end Mrs Towner sang my Soul i
-Sedeemedn Mr.. Moody said that in hi
opinion the fathers no less than the mother
have much 10 do In exercising = Christian
influence in the home. A mother brought
Ter son 4 thousand miles TO me TO see IL
could not influence him sor good. His hom
vas one of the most haAnt ifnl on this ron Il