The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-26

that My Redeemer Liveth, and "One by One"
were sung DIR. Andrus, of Franklin, prayed.
Mr.. Moody read tho twentieth chapter Of Exc
dus and was followed by prayer by DR.. A.
Marine.
Rev. j. A. Rondthaler opened the subject of
the morning, "How to Interest the Lay Element
In Our Churches He said that an interested
church membership was converted membership
and converted membership is working one
One Of the two who heard John speak was An
drew, Simon Peters brother And he went right
of and found his brother Peter and brought him to
Christ The first thing Zaccheus did after Christ
came into his house. was to make restitution.
He showed his conversion by doing Help on
the convert. Praise goes so much farther than
blame. Paul always found something to praise
in the churches before he told them of their
faults take pleasure in that good old saint
who always had something good to say of every
body. Finally an old crank in the neighborhood
died, and the neighbors asked the good old lady
what good she could find to say about him.
''Why, he makes nice corpse" she said We
want to have theory and practice SO closely we'd
ded together that we will not know whether we
are theorists or practical workers If l had $50
OO0nOw to bequeath. would give half to theo-
logical seminary, and half to the M. c. A., and
I'd send the young men in the forenoon to the
theological seminary to learn how to do Christ
ian work, and in the afternoon into the Y. NJ C.
IA. field to do it There is something in the
Dotheboys Hall method of teaching the boys
that Spade spells spade, and then sending
them out into the garden to use it."
Rev. David Walk, of this city and Rev.
Blackburn, of Lafayette. spoke on the topic.
The latter believed the churches made mistake
in not giving members specific and exact work
to perform.
Mr.. Moody said he pitied minister that had
to do all the church work. The best thing we
can do is to send our young converts right out
into the harvest field, man in Cincinnati said
that every preacher Ought to carry pickax,
and go acknowledging out the talents that are
cOnce.<1e every man. Gods law is, use or
lose ne te%rard of workers. more work If "a
man can't be a lighthouse, let him be talIow
candle. man up in Minnesota got lost in the
forest He saw light in cabin window and
his life was saved. Now he is rich, and has
bought the site of the cabin and erected light
house there, which illumines the dreary regions
about, every dark and stormyrnight If there is
anything venerate it's a mother who is teaching
didn't know she was setting in motion a stream
for eternity when she was training her John.
Now there are 100, 900 preachers teaching as John
Wesley did, and 25000000 persons following
that preaching. Mrs Wesley didn't know how
great work she was doing You can't tell
what boy will do. He may be a John Knox
or q Wesley or Luther; there may be slumber-
ing reformation in his bosom. It's great
mistake to get young converts into the church
and then drop them. The first impulse of
convert is work, and you don't want to check it.
/ don't think there is any excuse for preachers
having empty pews. If nobody brings in men,
go out and get them yourself. call to mind
Swede convert He couldn't speak word of
English Through an interpreter l was asked
what to put him at thought it over, and we had
a transparency made for him, ard he stood on
the street corner at night holding It, About all
the questions he would he asked concerning my
meetings answered on that transparency.
If O man said God bless you." he would bow
and smile. or if they cursed him
he bowed and smiled just the same,
transparency to my meeting and was converted
One day ne said to me: ''Mr. Moody, want to
tell you my story want to tell you what God
has done for me- He had come from Scotland,
o boy seven years Old. with his father leaving
mother and sisters behind His father was a
dissipated man, and at Northampton, Mass, they
had been separated never to each other again.
The boy had hungered for his mother. He did
not know where she was; not even whether she
was alive He had prayed to God. and at last
he had an answer to his prayer. Something i'm
PEELED him to write to Northampton. A letter
was there for him from his sister. Had
been there for for. seven years He had
for nineteen years. He wrote and found she
was yet alive and that family is now united
The Scotch sailor is captain on the lake. and
they are members of my own church. Oh my
dear friends. YOU can't tell me there is no God
Neither can you tell what good the least may do
for that poor Swede, who could not speak word
OF English, was an instrument in the hand of
God to unite that sorrowing mother and son.
I'm the Child of King" was then sung by
Prof Turner and wife.
MY father is rich in houses and lands
lie holdeth the wealth OF the world in his hands,
OF rubies and diamonds of silver and geld
His Golfers are full he has riches untold
I'm the child of King;
With Jesus, my Savior, I'm the child of a King"
Rev. DIR. Marine, of the Central Avenue
Church spoke on the subject s.How to Promote
Spiritual Life in the Churches" He said the
Christian church has never been without spirit
ual life; true there have been fearful apostasies
and periods of declensions. but they have been
followed by great reformations. There has
never been more spiritual life than now There
never was q moro self sacrificing ministry; so
much money put upon the altarof God as to day;
so many men giving time and talent to the
work OF the church. Nor has the power of the
slsterhood OF the church been so effectually ap-
piled as now. The spiritual growth of the past
twenty-five years has been manifested by the
mighty arms which the church has nut ont to
evangellze the world. The source of spirituality
is the Holy Ghost The way to increase the
spirituality of the church is to increase its capac
ity. You promote tile spirituality of the church
when you use the power that God has given.
return to the preaching of the plain Cos
pel has been one cause OF the increase of
spiritual power in the church in the past
twenty-five years There is too much of the
extreme in the church OF two extremes, rather
than take the esthetical, card-playing, dancing
tieater going church. would take the salvation
army, with its captains and banners. Let US
bring into use all the auxiaries of the church,
that we may build up and strengthen the work
OF the Lord.
Rev. r. v. Hunter said: IT have known DR.
Marine but short time. but propose Guilt