South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1893-01-20
,THElNTELLIGENcER
FRIDAY. JANUARY 20. 1898.
Mr.. D. L. MooDr's STORY.
BIZ REV. II. d. H ARTzLRR.
From the New York Oossrver.

to his home and schools at North
heid, alter one Of his long eyangel-
istic campaigns, is always an event
or interest In Mortified. His Ia
test return was an ovation, for he
came as one snatched from the laws
OF death, after an absence of four
teen months in Europe and the o.
RENT. Mr.. Moody, accompanied
BY his eldest SON, with Major GEN.
eral o. o. Howard and other friends.
sailed from England, Nov. -, on
the steamer SPREE, with seven hmm
dred passengers. When three lays
out the Spree broke her shaft.
tearing hole in tn, vessels side.
winch rapidly filled with water and
began to sink. She seemed to be
kept afioat by special Providence,
as she dfifted helplessly and hope
lessly thousand miles from land.
when the steamer Huron, guidsi
by her signals Of distress that fam
ed all through the nights, found the
helpless vessel and towed her into
the port of Queenstown. From
thence, by the Cunarder Etruria.
Mr.. Moody and his com pany sailed
Dec. 4, landed in New York on
Saturday. Dec. 10, and straightway
came to Mortified. News of his
coming had preceded him and when
his train reached BIT. Hermon sta
ton near ten o'clock at night, about
three hundred young men. students
and teachers Of the Moody school
there, swarmed around and through
the train with torches, music and
cheers to welcome their friend. AT
the next station, as he stepped from
the train with his wife and son, he
dropped into the heart of another
company of friends, neighbors and
students, who had come in convey
snces from various places to speak
their welcome. From thence, on
the way home in his carriage, he
could see, beyond the Connecticut
river, all the Seminary buildings
ard many private dwellings blazing
with a glad Observation-Disclosures
rable "lights in the windows'' for
tho homecoming friend. By the
roadside stood under the light OF a
lifted torch the ladies of the North
field Training School, cheering,
singing and waving white hand kerr
chiefs as the Moody carriage pass
ed. Near his own home Mr.. Moo
dy found the street blockaded by q
solid phalanx OF three or four hun
dred young ladies of the Seminary,
with teachers and friends, who kept
the whole procession at bay, until
they had given a joyful welcoms
with beautiful song. Though near
the n;ght hour, / noticed that
instead of driving to his own door,
Mr.. Moody's carriage passed up ano-
Their street to the home Of his bless
ed mother, now nearly ninety years
old. She must not wait moment
longer to see the face of her boy
On Sunday morning, following
the night OF his arrival at North
field, Mir. Moody told the story of
the disaster and rescue of the Spree,
the church being crowded in anti
cipation OF his coming. He said
he would do on this occasion what
he had never done before-mske
his own experiences and obserya-
tons the subject OF discourse. He
thought 1T might serve a better pur-
pose than a sermon just then, and
it would save him from being CALI
sd upon to tell tho story to each
and friend individually.
The story was told with suppressed
emotion and with a glow of devout
gratitude to God, making impress
siOns never to be forgotten.
"My last day in london" said
he, "was q pleasant one, . day of
promise it might have been called,
FOR the sun shone ont brightly after
weeks Of those dark foggy days 90
common in London. A COMPANY
Of friends gathered ct the station
10 see me Of, and Isuggested that
they sing my favoEte song. Then
Ihall my heart keep singing" but
hey said they did NOT feel ike
singing that just then ! Twas the
)nly one in the little group who
seemed TO feel like singing, /
sing with my voice, bat
ieep down in my heart / sang, for
was going home, homo to meet my
owed ones.
"YOu land people have not per
Iaps q very clear idea Of what those
atlantic steamers are like. 1 EN-.
)arked on the Spree, q vessel about
our hundred and ninety feet long.
With seven hundred passengers on |
'oard representing Great Britain.
Germany, Austria, Russia, Hunoa.
y and other countries, besides our
'wn. There we're many from all
,arts Of our own country, return
ng from trips Of business and pleas (
ire, there we're persons Of ali ages
nd both sexes--Old fathers going
yer to America to spend their last
lays with their sons who had gone
,efore TO build up homes In this /
and VI promise-men and women Z
n middle life, and many children, /
ONE Of the brightest and most
/ have ever seen.
"When about three days on our