Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-10

Mr.. sankey Sings.
Have you got any such men in Wash
ington," he asked who are eternally 60
ing to regulate the affairs of all the uni
verse by bills? / presume that Levite went
on to tell himself that as soon as he got
home he would organize committee to
look after wounded Jews between Jerusa-
lem and Jericho That would sound we'll
in print. The Hon. Mr.. Levi would be
chairman, and all the wealthy men In Jeru-
salem would be subscribing or honorary
members. That's the kind of charity the
Levfte would give.
Genuine sympathy.
What that Jew wanted just then was
water. water, water, and salve for his
wounds. The Samaritan knew 1t. He had
human sympathy. The Jews hated the
Samaritans, but that didn't make any diff
ference. There was a suffering man, and
all men could suffer, Jew or Samaritan.
The Jews wouldn't even sell or buy of a
Samaritan, and when g. Jew won't sell or
buy thing he thinks it is pretty we'll nigh
worthless. But that didn't make any diff
ference with the Samaritan.
You all know Good Samaritan when
you see him. You can see his character in
his eyes and his open. kindly face. There is
no mistaking him. There is the kind Of
men who will call out to the boys with their
sleds on winters day. Hitch on. boys"
That Is the Good Samaritan kind. Then
there Is the kind that cuts behind with a
whip. That is some other kind. / don't
know what to call them. Which side do you
belong to? Come. decide now. Hitch on,
or cut behind! Come, divide the audience
There are two ways. and you must take
your pick.
you can be a Good Samaritan every day
OF your lives II you want to. Suppose that
some day you send your washerwoman out
Tor a ride In your carriage while you stay
at her home and take care Of her babies for
her. Give her little glimpse Of happin .ss
she VIII never forget II. Neither will God
Go down to her hovel next Sunday after.
noon and send her up to your pew in your
fashionable church. and tell her to make
herself at home there, while you keep house
for her. l tell you II we had a few real
Good Samaritans in our churches We would
nave no trouble In reaching the masses that
we hear so much about We are good
hearers here in America. What we want
} few good doers."
One of Moody's Stories.
Then Mr.. Moody began to work himself
into the hearts OF his hearers. He told them
a story OF Glasgow merchant who had
reformed one of his hands who had the
drink habit, by going down to his home
every Saturday afternoon and STAYING with
him, and walking with him. until the weekly
thirst for liquor was gone He had done
this for months. and had finally brought the
man up into the better and higher path
That. he said. was real Samaritanism.
He next told a little bit of his own history
tnat Drought forth the tears from the eyes
or those in front OF him. He spoke of his
earliest misfortune, when his father became
bankrupt and then died, and his brother had
10 go to the county seat to find work. and
later MS brother came home and told him
ne mad work for him. too. He did not want
10 go, but his mother encouraged him to
get glimpse Of the world, to prepare him
TO- Tor tne later struggle And SO he went and
ne ne vas terribly homesick. The first even
ing ne was ready to go back home but his
protner took him walking, and soon they
met an old man whose face lighted up his
heart. - ~
wen. that man gives a penny to every new
boy who comes to town. You see if he
doesn't give you one"
And sure enough. the old gentleman
head, and talked to him for about Ave min
utes In such kindly. gentle, sympathetic
way that all the homesick feeling went
from MIN, and the penny-tha he put in his
ne had ever owned since That was ~ a
first Good Samaritan he had ever met.
The Speakers Emotion,
The evangelist's voice broke as he repeat-
ed his boyish heartaches, and homes and
happiness, and quickly he passed to another
phase of his own experience to show that In
order to have love and sympathy one must
get into the place OF the other He spoke of
MS pastorate In Chicago. one summer. when
the poor were dying by hundreds and he
had to attend to funerals in such number
ina. ne became hardened. One day there
came the word that one of his Sunday school
pupils, little girl, had been drowned
When ne talked to the mother there was
nothing In his heart. He was used to the
. .sles OF sunering. poverty. wretchedness
that met his ears each day. But suddenly
the thought came to him that his own little
daughter might have been the drowned girl
ana ms heart was touched, and he was
conscience stricken. He knelt down with the
mother and prayed with her, and told her To-
be comforted. and he got into her heart enS
felt the better for it, ~AN
There was a solemn silence in the hall
when MIR. Moody had finished. Men and
women were crying silently. He had ,escb-
ed them at last, and his foundation was
iala. he heid up his hands for minute of
prayer, ana then dismissed the audience
with a brief benediction, while the chair
sang glorious hymn. o'
The Overflow Meeting.
The overflow meeting last night was held
at Assembly Church, which was crowded.
TO the doors soon after the word had been
passed to the entrance of Convention Hall
rev. Dr. Todd Of Hamlne Church and DIR
Little or Assembly had charge DIR. Todd
opened the meeting, speaking Of the young
penitent who sought Christ for salvation.
When Mr.. Todd had finished his talk Mr.
Sankey. who had meantime arrived. took
the platform and sang two solos, the first
The Writing on the wall" and the second
"Oh, the Changing Bells" giving before
each little preliminary talk on the nature
Of the hymns and the circumstances under
which they were written
Upon the retirement of Mr. Sankey Mr.
Little took up the sermon where Mr.. Todd
had left Off
The Afternoon Meeting.
Yesterday afternoon at the Congrega-
tional Church Mr.. Sankey, after prayer by
DR.. Todd. sang When the Mists Have
Rolled Away" and afterward the audience
sang His Ain Countree.' Mr.. Moody
preached about the elements in prayer. In
continuation of his preceding afternoon
talk. The sixth element, he said, was for
glveness. What door Is to house for
giveness Is to salvation. When persons are
in doubt and difficulties ii does them good
to talk over their troubles with some one of
experience. But they have to be the final
judges Of when they are saved
The seventh element, he said, was faith
which was the key to all the treas ures of
heaven. That" said the speaker, was
the power, the letter Of credit that carried
Christ on all his earthly mission. That was
the check that he cashed in the pure gold
Of heaven, cashed at sight. with no thirty
days margin and three days of grace
The eighth essential of prayer Is per-
sistence. God encourages persistence. He
likes it. In that He Is not like the most of