Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-04-16
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WHAT MADE MOODY AN EvANGE-


One of the most interesting incidents
related by Mr.. Moody was told as his own
experience, which resulted in his becom-
ing an evangelist. He had been the super
intendent of large Sabbath school in
Chicago. There was in the school class
of glddy. thoughtless young girls. Their
teacher was young man who was slowly
dying Of consumption. One day this man
came to the store where Moody was en-
ployed, and told him he had had another
hemorrhage and was going home to die,
and he wept bitterly. Moody expressed
sume establishment at this and asked him,
twas he 80 afraid to die p The teacher
replied it was not that, but he had to
leave his class and there was not a single
one of them converted. Moody said, "Ill
tell you what to do, l I'll get carriage aud
60 around with you to see every one of
them and you must make personal ap-
peal to EACH" He got the carriage and
they started out. At every house, they
made an earnest appeal to the young lady
there and wept and prayed with her. Two
weeks after wards this man came to him
and, overwhelmed with joy, told him, IL
am going now, the last one of my scholars
is saved" He went to the station the
next day to bid his friend goodbye. All
of his class were there, too, and such
parting he never witnessed-strangers
were moved to tears, rough railroad men
wept, and as the train moved out of the
station, the young teacher stood Oh the
platform with his finger pointing to
heaven, as if to say, CPL meet you up
yonder." "There," said Mr.. Moody,
"God kindled fame in my soul that has
never since burnt out. I quit business
and have ever since been making personal
appeals for the salvation of souls"
THE DEFAULTINa CASHIER.
s'At the close OF sermon preached
before an immense audience in Boston,
invited any one who desired forgivness,
and prayer on his behalf to rise in his seat,
I had been preaching from the text OF to-
night, "Whatsoever man soweth that
shall he also reap" The first man who
responded sat in the gallery. He stood up
a second and then sat do Nn, bowed his
head on his knees and shook with sobs.
After the meeting that man came to me
In q private room, fastened the door and
threw himself on my breast weeping like
a child. He finally confessed that he was
a defaulter, had been the trusted officer
IN bank down in Missouri, and had de-
frauded the bank of $4,000 and was
fugitive from justice in disguise. After
I was satisfied that his penitence was
sincere, I advised him to go home, sur
render himself and take the consequences.
But oh, said the man, have wife and
children and cannot bear the thought of
their disgrace, the punishment I would
receive is nothing to that tn ought. What
could I say then? I was husband and
father myself and could understand the
bitterness of the cup asked him to drink.
/ told him he must give me until the next
day to think. But the next day he came
to me and said, it was all settled, he
was going home to give himself up. lie
did go back to Missouri, saw his wife and
children and then surrendered himself to
the authorities. He was tried on six in
dictments and got 10 years in the State
penitentiary, but he was happier man In
that prison with his sins forgiven. than as
fugitive from justice enjoying his i'll
gotten gains, but bearing his own sins.-
And though he was afterwards pardoned
out of prison. he will, as long as he lives,
be reaping what he had sown."
HOW MOODY MANAGES A CRYING BABY
IN CHURCH.
A characteristic incident occurred dur
ing the meeting at the colored Baptist
church. A baby in It's mothers arms
commenced to cry. Many persons look
ed impatiently at the mother, who not
succeeding in quieting the child, made
a movement as if to get up, when
Mr.. Moody called out, "Don't you
you move step, mother. just you sit
there and let the baby cry if it wants to. 1
can preach just as loud as it can cry. These
people have to stand babies crying at
home. Let them stand it here" One OF
the most touching scenes he ever wit
messed, he said, was at Liverpool when
baby began to cry and the audience scowl-
ed so the poor mother got red and started
to 90 out when he called her back and
told her to sit right down, if he could
stand the baby the people could. After
while the baby went to sleep and as he
preached, the mother was 80 moved, great
tears rolled down her cheeks and fell on
the baby in her lap. When he called for
penitents to stand up and be prayed
for, tie woman with the baby in
her arms was the first one to rise.
The baby woke and cried worse
than ever. Then great rough looking
fellow walked down the aisle and took
the baby from the mother, saying, Here.
give me the baby, I'll nurse it; you 60
'long to the inquiry meeting" And the
man walked up and down the aisle with
that baby in bis arms till it got quiet, and
after awhile the mother came back from
the inquiry meeting, converted woman.
/" Why" said Mr.. Moody, sat Newcastle
.on-Tyne, gave out notice that the next
day no woman should be admitted to the
meeting unless she had baby. and
never saw so many babies together In my
life. We had glorious meeting, good
deal OF crying, but that didn't hart"
But this must do. can It give You half
the Moody and Sankey notes have taken.
hope Staunton will have them to herself
next winter. AS he got on the cars here,
to-day. I told him to count us in on the
next trip and he said he would do the best
he could. He goes to Norfolk from here,
then home to Mortified, Mass, to rest;
while Mr.. Sankey goes to his home in
Newcastle, Pa, where he will, on the 2Sd
inst. dedicate Y. M. G. A. building that