The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-11
TOLD BY EVANGELIST MOODY
THE MONT OF PRAYER ON THE SPREE
AND THE ANSWER ERE MORNING.

nr.uo,,. De.cr,psions OF the Hours or
Per,,-It would Not DO TO Talk Religion
ror Everybody Asked els the ship Going
n,yvn. Then "a Jonah On Board.
Evangelist Dwight L. Moody. his son. WI.
liam Revclle Moody. and fourteen others OF
the messengers OF the North German ldovd
steamship Spree. which was disabled ana IN
danger Of sinking with 700 persons aboard
thro. DAYS after she started from Southamp-
ton on her last trip. arrived yesterday on the
Cunnrder Etruria Mr.. Moody was the first
mnn down the gangplnnk on the Cunard
pier. lie was met by his wife. who
seized him about the neck ana Kissed
him. She said fervent ThanR pod
Thirty or forty more OF Mr.. Moody $
friends were there to greet him. and they
crowded about and shook his hand. lie was
almost carried down tho pier 10 carnage
which was waiting to take him TO the urahu
Central Station to catch the O'Clock Bostoh
train. lc was bound for his home at East North
neld. Mass A Sun reporter accompanied MIN
,,rt NJ the way home. To him Mr.. Moody
said:
81 am firm believer In prayer. always
havo been. T believe and l know that God
snycd the Spree in response to our prayers.
Th, details OF the accident to the spree
main shaft and tho filling OF two OF her AFTER
compartments with water have already beeh
printed in cable messages to THE Sun. Mr..
Moody rehcarsel them as they had been
I've knew the ship was sinking he said.
when wO came on dock. There was no panic.
The women ud not scream nor ,ri Gas aoG hut
every soul aboard that boat felt that the Gnu
very near The TnossT Ti INTO .a"
others faces. but they did not sreak; me 9ig
engines Of tho ship we're AZ Wnrk,nE T., ,' ~
s sun' Of them. With each roll oi the ship It
could he heard like the roar, OF the SURF. but
with terrible erH +, a .scend cabin and
the rassonrers there fled to the first cabin.
The stern Of the big hont was down so TINT
Waves boarded her as she rolled. The sea
WE At tn noon. six hours after tho accident the
Captain came to tho dining room w th,, we
we're all gathered. and told us that ne ithouGnt
that lie had the water under control We hat
passed ship the day before; and he said 1t
At clock men and women walked The
decks. with watches in hand; scanning the
the 81 with no sign
OF rescue. Each roll seemed her last; yet It
was her salvation to keep her rolling. ths on, M
sen. II she had been pitching ono, plunge
might have sent the water IN her hold break
inE forward. and that would have been tho
Might came on With tbs passengers . still
scanning the sea- DARKNESS n sesm on to with
ness. came it was the darkest night in ny
iiie-l think; in, the, lives Of any Of the 100 ~
intervals. and II huge barrel kent iilled with
tar was burning on tho hurricane deck LOT :
c Tasa 1t se tha tho nh man sseo
he would see another sun.
THE first and second cabin passengers wero
gathered in the first cabin dining room. Ihey
made dismal attempts to entertain each other.
They were pitched and tossed by the roll. Ono
broken We could not talk OF religion. tor the
first word brought forth hundred exciama-
lions Arc we sinking. Them:
/" in that frs; night one woman went insane.
She had her two children with her: ana she
begged US piteousIy to save them AID let her
morning came. Tha vigil on tho deck was re
sumel. The officers were there with navy re-
use. The strain on the mind Of the people was
awful. At last proposed that we have II
| meeting. Gen. Howard and some Of the other
Willigerod. TN of that persuasion, my self.
| he said. and SO we called u meeting, We oath
cnthoI;cs, sE Es and Ghrstnns creed
| made no difference have been under FIR"
M IN GhcuD snS sa the
tic sick: / am not afraid. but in the dark hour
had all could DO to sustain nts myse1' rcn rea ~
! English. the next German passenger ren !,
e German; and then tn read .n the r lEMI
fsa,m: anu 'npn hait.va ant thern WINS not
soul ther. that didn't |%r in that prayer
| would bring the ship safe into haven. Did we
singf Yes; We tried to. but it. was sorry sing.
ing with choking Threats and aching hearts
| Gen. Howard did sing:
| Jesus. lover Of my soul
%Es n, H. 1 'snsIs w.'r sn 6 TG!
He sang it clear through. Now and then q
voice Joined with his. bur It was only for WORD
earnest meeting held than this: Tho Jews
and the Catholics and the skepticss and the
Christians prayed together. and didn't hen,
t tIre or four days. do not think thai any
meeting ever held had more comforting
SOME Of us did. isept. Gen. Howard silent
rcenceiuily But my son was one who dld not
deck. lilo came down a most immed lately and
him Others loined Us He ptn1 te OF of t. t. the
tiny star. 1t rose out OF the backness, of the
night and disappeared 1t rose and fell thus
we said. How we watched it until it came il
1t seemed to tower high above u.s. In reality
a better ship could not have been sent. II
Was not strong enough to pqrt the two cables cable;
have done it. and VIZ might have been lef
worse Of, than we were before.
%sng a Whs not over Inc md sr"h
gave way under il. Two women became VIC
them: One lady from Milwaukee: who was !,
with her. She sat for forty eight hours aftc
the Lake Huron came with them on tho bee
| opposite her She spoke not word but look OF
at them There was among the passengers {
Jew who had wanted to come to America
TO better his fortune. His family had oppos;G,'
became imbued with the idea that ho was
Jonah: that God was furnishing, him and was
| to sink the ship because he WAS in it,
"He came into the cabin and confessed TO thu
passengers and babe them do with him II.
they wished. He fell on his knees and prayed
| imp!oring Jehovah to forgive him. and prom
Using. to mako amends II the ship was onl,
| saved.
But tho saddest case OF all was that OF Pau
| karnslcr. II young man from Vienna. He wn'
engaged to he married to beautiful younI
woman and h" had her photograph with him
lie had ronlided in an American lady. III
will sink. 1t is inliuman for this great ship /;
drag down with her tho ship that is
doing her best to save her When We g
down we will pull her down witt
us. She cannot help it. The woman was
overcome; and sought tho Captain. lie toll,
her that til ore was no longer any danger. Tn.
noNt morning the young man again talked tc
| har Md Ia, ha Taft a tot IA.