The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-10-13
MOODY AND SANkEl.
STORY OF HOW MOODY DISCOVERED
THE MAN TO HELP HIM.

Heard by the Stirring Evangelist-Their
First Work.
It was at Indianapolis in 1870 that
these two men first made each other
acquaintance. Mr.. Moody was already
| displaying that zeal IL evangsllstlc worE
which subsequently, made him famous,
| though then his efforts and his reputl-
ton were confined largely TO Chicago.
| Mr.. Sankey's home was IN Newcastle.
| Pa, where lie was tuen serving As an IN
ternal revenue officer. His father was q
banker and active in politics and held
under Lincoln's appointment the Impor-
tant position Of collector of inland rev
enue for four large counties in western
Pennsylvania. Young Sankey was then
a Christian, having been converted q
number Of years before during a Netho-
dist revival, and his talent of song had
already begun TO be used for his Master
Coming 10 Indianapolis TO attend as
| delegate from Newcastle the national
convention Of the Young Mems Christian
association. Mr.. Sankey attended one
morning a . O'Clock prayer meeting, held
in the basement Of the First Baptist
church, led by Mr.. Moody. The singing
dragged. and Mr. Sankey, at the sugges-
ton Of q minister who was seated beside
him, started up the familiar hymn,
There is q fountain filed with blood. y
It went well and was followed By other
songs equally successful, and Mr.. Moody
became so interested that he looked
about 10 see whence the new impetus II
Il singing came After the meeting closed,
with characteristic quickness OF c.5tf-
sion, Mr. Moody, hardly waiting for an |
introduction, said 10 Mr. Sankey:
You're the man l have been looking |
for for the last eight years. Come and |
lunch with me- The invitation was |
accepted, and later IN the day the two |
men got together, and the subject of
future combination OF forces was talked |
over in downright earnest. Mr.. Moody |
pressed upon Mr.. Sankey the duty of at
once joining him in Chicago. but in
Sankey's mind there were some prac-
teal objections arising from his bust
ness and family connections. Il am a
government officer" he said to Mr..
Moody, land may find it difficult to get
released" There is better govern
ment to serve than this" was the re-
ply that flashed instantly out But,
persuasive as Mr.. Moody was, he did
not carry lis point then and there. Mr.
Sankey took several manths in which to
consider the matter.
That very afternoon, however, the
first Moody and Sankey public meeting
was held, with no advertisement except
the singing as led by Mr.. Moody's newly
found friend. It was an outdoor gather
ing, and the masses were there. Mr..
Moody brought out box from a store
to a fayorably located street corner,
mounted it, and there n short but fer
vent service of preaching and song was
held. At the close of this open air meet
ing the two evangelists headed a pro-
cession for the Academy of Music where
the convention meetings We're held, sing-
ing as they marched with the crowd in
to the Academy of Music. the convention
having adjourned the discussion Of
How to Reach the Masses and gone
to supper. When the delegates got
back to the academy building, they
found it nearly half full of the very
Elapsed masses" about whom they had
been discussing. Mr.. Moody cut short
his second address, dismissed the audi
ence and went out with Mr.. Sankey to |
get something to eat. Mr.. Sankey was
greatly impressed with these two meet
ings and said to Mr.. Moody, You are
the masses while other people
are talking about them"
After the convention was over Mr..
Sankey went back to Newcastle and
talked the question over with his wife
and family. He did not see his duty
clearly all at once, bat Mr. Moody kept I
writing for him to come to Chicago and ,,
at last persuaded him to go out for a
week to look the ground over. Arriving
in Chicago in the early morning, he went
first to Mr.. Moody's house, reaching
there just as family prayers were being :
held. Almost before Mr.. Moody intro
1uced him to his family he asked him to :
sing hymn and thus contribute his .
part toward the informal service of :
praise. Then the two men went out
INTO the streets of the city visiting the
sick and unfortunate.
That day must have been 4 notable !;
one in the personal history of the two =
men, who afterward commanded the
eager attention of great audiences on
both sides Of the sea. On this occasion,
Is two ordinary missionaries, they went
about from house TO house. singing and
'eading the Bible and speaking the word Q
If cheer and hope wherever it was
needed. This was their first days labor d
ogether. Evening meetings were held '
Turing the week in the Illinois street q
,hurch, of which Mr. Moody was the a
lead and leader. {
On Sunday Il large meeting was held Q
II Farwell hail, and as the organist hap v
'ened to be absent Mr.. Sankey had to
ing without Instrumental accompani-
nent, not having even a small cabinet Il
rgan there. The effect of the service u
pon the people there was so marked u
hat Mr.. Moody turned to the singer and c.
aid, You see was right" There were s.
hat night not less than 100 inquiries | Z
he earnest preaching and consecrated L
ong had gone home to many heart.
rom that time until the present these
len have been colaborers, and the story
their career here and in Great Britain "
so familiar that it need not again be o
ehearsed.-Congregat u