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man. With Thinner he started 10 Bsnecia
IN a fishing boat to have Aleck arrested.
Aleck also lsft and the fishermen here are VI
opinion that he followed and made away
viNh Trimmer and Yerke.
MOODY FILLED THE TENT.

Tho Evangelist breaches to an lmmense
Crowd Undo tho Canvas.
CHICAGO. juno ia special
ment in the Saturday dailies read % fol-
lows: ..Rev. d. L. Moody will preach In
the immense Forspauph pavilion attic a. IN.
Tomorrow. Rev. John McNeill. OF Lon.
don. will preach in the same place At II
o'clock. The regular cirous Performance
will take place at two o'clock and eisht
O'clock .. IN. Doors open at 1:3O and 7:3O."
At $50 the writer was at the door OF the
great three-rine tent when fully two thou
sand people were already waiting for the
doors to open. A forward movement Of the
throne indicates thai the "Rates are aja!"
and a g ,eat rush seems inevitable. but the
deop voice of one Of the masters OF core
mony quiets the eager ctowd by calling
out, Don't crowd. There are seats inside
for ten thousand people"
Treasured, the thousands move slowly
through tho double entrance to find
themselves in the preaencs Of ten or q
dozen huge elephants and many other AMI
mails that will be on duty at the afternoon
and evening performances. Passing
thu ouph this annex to the big show the
vorahippers eater the mammoth tent whore
Mr.. Moody is busting around preparing
for the morning service. The circus ush-
era we're making themselves useful in seat
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little as their services seem not to DO apprs-
ciated or thei. directions are diareGarded.
AZ IL O'Clock from fifteen to twenty thou-
sand people Ill the ssats OF the vast pavil-
ion and stand in solid mass over the area
that in q few hours will be reserved for the
exclusive use of horsee. Rcrobats, clowns
and the oentlemanly ringmasteT. On 3
small platform erected near the middle OF
the tent sits MIR. Moody surveying the great
mass of humanity and wondering. doubt
less, IL his voice will prove to DO equal TO
tho task of reaching all. After a short
insisted BY a choir OF several hundred
voices. Mr.. Moody rises with his we!l-worn
Bible to read the morning lesson. which 10
taken from Psalms. Romans Amos and
jeremiah. the theme being the mission OF
Christ. Having read a few verses he stops
front reply yes" many behind respond
mo-" After a prayer and another song
he %nounc his text from Luke 1910,
when for thirty minutes he dwells with great
earnestness upon Christ's mission to
seek and SAVE the lost. As ia we'll known,
Mr.. Moody is not q great preacher I! om a
rhetorical stand point, neither do his ser
mons show the markings OF q profound
scholar. but in his intense ea%Enestness. his
profound knowledge OF the Bible and his
wonderful sympathy with and love for the
people of every station in life. he Is one of
the marvels of the century.
M. Moody is a man OF the people He
knows their fnilings and the passions by
which they are dominated. He is familiar
with the trials, the temptations and the
djscouraements which surround them. He
knows how they feel and think. and whom
he rises to address them he puts himself
into the closest sympathy with them, and
appeals to their hearts rather than to their
intellects.
During the sermon the closast attention
was given, and the serious countenanas
indicated that many were touched by tho
earnest sim pie words OF the preacher. MIR.
Moody will he in the city for some time 10
wage relentless warfare on sin and I'M
righteousness. PAUL EMERY.