The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-26
THE MOODY MEETINGS
Come 20 a CIose-Yes5srday' Services
a. Roberts Park Church.

The exercises az the Roberts PARK meeting
bfgsn yesterday morning with full house.
A bali hour was spent in music and prayer.
after which DR.. Andrews, OF Frsuk-
lin opened the services with an earnest
payer. MT. MOODY followed With a reading
from the twentieth chapter OF Exodas. Pew.
:. A Rondthaler, q che Tabernacle Church.
introduced the discussion Of the topic.
How IN interest the lav element IN our
church. An interested church membership
y = converted mem bership, aud q Converted
en- bership is q working one.
Where. Oh, Where sre the Rsspers vas
sung, which was followed BY q number Of
EbOrt addresses.
Mr.. Moody said be pitied a minister that
had to do all the church work. Toe best
thing We can do is TO send our young con-
yfrts right out into the harvest field man
Ia Cincinnati said that every preacher ought
10 carry pick axe, aud go around digging
out the talents that are concealed IN
every man. Gods law is Use or lose.
The reward Of workers. more work
II there Is anything ] venerste It's moth
er DO is tesching her little BOYS The w8ys Of
life. Mrs. Wesley didn't know she Ess SET
ting IN motion q stream for eternity when
she vss training her John N0w there are
-. GOO preachers tesching &c John Wesley
did, and - COO Geo persons following that
preaching Mrs. Wesley didn't know how
grest work she was doing
Nr. and Mrs. Townar sang Il Am Caild
Of the King after which Or. Marine, Of
Central Avenue Church, spoke on How -
Promote Spiritual Life IN the Churches
Re said the Christian Church has never been
without spiritual life. True, there have
been fearful ap0stasiss and pc
RODS OF declensions, but they have
been followed By great reform =
items. There has never been more
spiritual life than now. There geAer was q
more selfEacrihcing ministry 50 much
money put upon the altar of God az today
so many men giving time ard talent % the
work Of the church Nor has the power OF
The s'sterhOod Of the church been so etfecta-
silly applied gs nov The spiritual growth
e the past twenty I've years has been mani
tested by the mighty arms which the church
has pat out to evsUgeilzs the world. The
source OF spirituality IS the Holy Ghost.
The way 70 increase the spirituality Of the
church IS 10 increase its capacity.
Rev. r y. Hunter said that We have not
reached the maximum Of spirituality. Let
be preaching be fearless and 10 the point.
Let the minister take hold of any theme that
leeds handling without gloves. Some min
/ isteTs ttudy only people.
/ Professor ToWDer aud vile sang Ny Soul
/ IS Redeemed" Several persons spose
briefly, after which Mr. Moody said that
here are two VS. that help out the Chris
tian-word and work. Words are good, ont
too many of them lead to q critical spirit. A
man said he had good well, only IL went
/ dry ia summer and frozs Ia winter. We
want The word always with Us, but We doa'i
want our work to 60 dry. A good many
! Christians are too near the line ike good
spple tree in every town. The boys never
allowed an apple 10 get ripe on that tree Ii
mas too near the fence line.
Last night the church was again packed
TO he ar the closing sermon by Mr.. Moody
His text consisted OF the words of Christ
What Seek YEP" The sermon vas power
fnl and at the conclusion the inquiry meet
| ing IN the basement numbered 100 persons
Mr. Moody leaves thss morning for Evans
vile where be holds similar meetings.