The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-25

billiard rooms, and other bad places have been
in the Sunday school at one time. There ought
to be people to look after those boys. Treat them
like men. When a boy gets to be as tall
as his father he has outgrown small boy treat
mont. believe they can be held When was
in London, in 1867 met rnan who had come
up out of Elton. lie had been converted and be-
gan to look about to do good He went into Sew
en- Dials, the worst, most depraved part Of Lon
don He began picking up boys who slept in the
street. There are many of them there. lie
took them in, gave them supper and warm beds.
If they wanted to learn trades, he had certain
rules by which they could be educated and learn
trades. Many of them who had had consider
able liberty did not like to give it
UP, others did OF these he had their
photographs taken in the ragged clothes Then
he burned the clothes up and put on them their
new suits. He gave them start in life. After
wards he had another photograph taken. show
ing them in their improved condition | think
that man is following in the footsteps of Jesus
Christ. In 1872 one hundred of these young
men attended one of my meetings. Each had
his Baxter Bible and found them all good Bible
students. There are now 5000 young men in
London from sixteen years old whom this man
has rescued from lives of poverty and crime He
has done it all himself How grand thing
to do. He holds those 5000 in the
grip of his hand. He has not great talent as
speaker, but there is not another in London do
ing the great work he is doing. He never shoots,
but he has thousand acres Of shooting land for
mer place, during the brief vacations that are
given them from seventy to one hundred may
be found as his guests at the hotel. He has
bought thlrty-slx acres OF ground near London
for the young men to go on Saturday afternoon
and play cricket upon. That's the London
ers' half holiday, and no does this to
keep them away from the public house. He not
only gives his money, but his time, too. ooh"
you say, ''he's rich" So he is. but he is doing
good with his money by spending it, He is not
accommodating millions. Jerry McAuley, in New
York was not rich, but he did !. great work
do not think there is a class as easily i'm
pressed as young men, and we ought to get
them. We ought to make pleasing and
attractive places for them to keep them
away from saloons and other bad places
There is a man in Chicago who began asking
youNg men to come to church AMI sit in his pew.
The number kept growing until he had to rent
Sunday; and ne is business mana iayman
We want to reach the young men, not wholesale
but one by one. Get them when they first come
to the city. | felt as they do--friendless-whe
loneliness in strange city you can feel nowhere
else. Thousands of faces go by and not one the
face of o friend or acquaintance.
Mr.. Moody told of the purchase of Exeter
Hail. London, for young men. 1t cost quarter
of Million and many good people thought it
waste of money. But it was great thing. At
low music hall in London the clown one night
said: IF you want to oe converted go to Exeter
Hail. A man rose in the audience and said that
what he wanted. and out he went. So the
devil overshot his remark that time The Y.
NJ c. A. building is beacon light in this city,
showing men the way to God. Since have
come from England l have had letters from
numbers of mothers there about their sons; ask
ing me to tell how they are doing One was in
San Francisco, another in Montreal, another in
Toronto and SO on. The Y. NJ G. A. are in those
cities. So | send the inquiries to them and those
dear mothers sons are looked after
say to the millionaires, you had better spend
some of your money to check the tide. The
storm is coming. Something must be done, and it
had better be done now. The disturbing element
is coming from young men,
The Y. NJ. G. A of this city ask for $4,000
That is very modest sum. 1t is one of the
bulwarks Of society. l believe I am worth a
great deal more to the world today than if had
never seen the Y. NJ G. a. Before, / was a
narrow, bigoted little fellow with a creed
Mr.. Moody then took up and answered
number of questions that had been handed in.
They not theological questions-those he
said he would have nothing to do with. Among
the questions answered were "How to Make
Prayer-meetings more Interesting and Profta
BILE" and How Would You Begin q Revival
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