Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-04-13

singing under his direction the chorus.
They did not do themselves justice at
first but as they gained commence the
tune which had been started by only a
handful. began TO grow In volume nntl
the very rafters Of the immense pui'uihs
shook with the reverberation of the many
voices.
A GOOD REVIVAL SONG.
William Thorp was called up on the
rostrun by Mr. Moody. and asked TO lead
tho singing He started Roll, Jordan.
Poll" and as the powerful lungs or MS
singers rolled forth the notes. "A mighty
wave of melody floated out on the at
mosphere. Th6rp has powerful ana
clear tenor voice, and made "A capltaI
leader Mr. Moody then said that ne
would take the audience as his choir' ana
would let Mr. Jacobs take his choir. and
COO vim could render Dare To BE
Daniel the best. This put the followers
of Ham on their mettle and seldom mas
such singing been heard in Richmond.
"yyhy DO You larry so Long, was next
sunc without accompaniment by the con-
gregation. 49,,
Rev. ]. u. Holmes offered devout
nraver. asking for the breaking up oil
| bar-rooms. card-tables. &c, after when
| the choir sang God Bless You" steal
AWAY TO Jesus was rendered as So
nrano solo by a cOlored girl named Cross
| who has "A clear hgh-range soprano
voice. and some Of her notes were bugle-
| like in their clearness. Rev. Brown led
| i'm prayer. ]. Andrew Bowler sang Az
| the Cross At the Cross and in the
| chorus was supported by the entire con-
cregation. man named Bowler sang
| ..Softlv and Tenderly." At the request OF
! Mr. Moody the congregation bowed their
moments Professor Jones led them In
| prayer
GOSPEL" FOR HIS TENT.
| Mr.. Moody read from the 18th chapter
| Of the First Epistle Of Paul to the Co
rithans, and after the rendition Of II
VIII Pass over You" by the choir, the
| congregation singing the chorus, he said:
"N1y text tonight will be very short.
| Simply one word Gospel" / did not
know what the Gospel was until seve-
raj years ago. / was in Ireland, and
when out riding with an old Irishman ne
turned to me suddenly and asked me TO
tell him what the Gospel was. | couldn't
| answer him. and he told me that 1t was
| good news I'll tell you that is a good
| definition Of the word. To believe the
| good ttlings-the Gospels to be "A Chris
| tan. That's what IL is TO be a Christian.
Don't you want to believe it? When
| Christ came the Gospel came on the
| wings of song. There are people here
who don't believe IL. You won't have to
| 20 out Of Richmond to find them. They
don't believe II is good news. DO you
know why you people are not saved who
are Christians? I'll tell you. 1t is be-
cause you don't believe that il Is free.
Now. If l can get you people to believe
that you can get salvation free tonight.
"a hos r. 81
ings ever held in Richmond.
HARD TO GET HERE THEN.
Il wish that | could get you to believe
tonight. friend OF mine during the
war attempted for months to get dnto
Richmond. You know We can get here
easier now than we could some years
ago. He was captured finally and
brought here to Libby prison. lie didn't
want to come then. While in prison he
was Informed that one of the prisoners
was to be paroled. and when the officer
called out his name, Henry Cay Turn
bull he said he never felt so happy in
his life. Don't you love to hear good
news" Nes. yes. was heard on all
sides) "The Gospel is for us ALL"
Just about this time an old woman
over on the left of the speakers stand
became happy. and ms she swayed to and
irO ana sald Yes, TO everything MI
Moody said she attracted great attention
well. If you believe continued Mr.
Moody. that the Gospel is for an Of
you, and that Is good news. why don't
you take II? You see a cloud tonight
and in the morning when YOU get M II
is gone. can any Of your modern philoso-
pliers find that cloud?" Ono" cried out
an old aunt)
COVERS Up ORR SINS.
"The blood Of Jesus Christ covers IN
all Of our sins. and like that cloud. they
can't be found when covered with Christ's
DEATH Death Is not so terrible. II IL the
sting You amt afraid Of death. are
you, II II has lost its sting" ono, MOI"
went up from all sides) Christ removed
the sting on Calvary. II a hornet stings
you. you jump around and boiler. but IS
that same hornet were to come around
and YOU knew that it had no sting. you
wouldn't be afraid Of 1t. would you?
You'd let it buzz around you like an old
hy Death has lost the sting. l have
eternal life. No grave-digger can dig a
grave deep enough to bury eternal life"
("Praise God. Praise God"' shouted
score OF voices in unison) II used to
think that Christ went down to the
grave in death, but | believe now that he
went down there and bound death hand
and foot. He led captivity captive. Don't
you believe it," Course we do!' cried
the old woman) Christ Is going to
make us kings, and we will reign over
some land. l don't know but what we
will reign over some of those stars. That
Is the reason believe on the Gospel. Is
II good news?" eyes. sir; yes. SIR
emanated from all sides.) Then go forth
and spread 1t. You people who are not
Christians, you can be If you want to.
You had better come into the fold to-
night"
AN AFFECTING ILLUSTRATION.
Mr. Moody told OF a dying mother
effecting reconciliation between a re-
bellious son and the father and husband,
and as he pictured the affecting scene at
the bedside, means and cries were to be
heard on all sides. He then besought his
hearers to make up their minds that they
would not close their eyes in sleep until
they had come to Christs bosom. He
worked his auditors up TO high state
of feeling, and as he exhorted them many
expressions of approval were heard. Mr.. |
Moody told of how a condemned man was
saved in Cuba by having the flag of the |
United States wrapped around him by |
the Consul and then comparing that |
with the banner of Christ he said: MY |
friends, won't you come under the BAN
ner tonight? 1t Is waving over YOU |
Salvation Is free. Isn't II worth some |
thing? c'Yes.') Isn't 1t worth a hun
dred dollars? eyes: yes.') Isn't 1t worth |
u thousand? |
'Yes." cried voice. ''it Is worth a |
mIllionw 1T Is worth a hundred mil |
lionsw cried another voice.
Then why don't you take itT' asked |
Mr.. Moody. i've got itr' cried a voice" |
IL knew you did," said the evangelist |
II saw II In your eyes. / can tell when
a man Is saved"
Governor Pollock. OF Pennsylvania, once
refused to grant a pardon to a con-
demned murderer. but he went to the
prison and prayed and talked with him.
Several days afterwards the prisoner In
quired OF the guard who that nice man
was who had visited him. The Governor
was the response. DO you mean to tell
me-. cried the miserable man. that that
was Governor Pollock who was I'm ms
cell for SO long time. and who talked
20 nicely to me? Oh! II had only have
known H. would have thrown myself |