Birmingham age-herald., 1894-10-25
FROM ALL DIRECTIONS Come Immense Crowds to Hear
 the Word of God
PREACHED BY THE CHOSEN
A Powerful Sermon by the Evangelist Last Night-One
 Conversion on the Street.

The success of the Moody meetings con- tinues to expand and the people to go to the sermons in crowds.
 The street cars are packed and the dum- mics loaded down with people going and coming from the meetings. The open air meetings last night were even more suc- cessful than the night previo us. At all the places good crowds assembled, and at one of the places one man was converted.
 Prior to MT. Moody's sermon Df. Hale made talk 10 the people, urging them to be more liberal toward the collection bas- ket, as the committee had already expended over $4oO, withda probability of its going over $500. He contended that the people should be more liberal in their financial support of the meetings.
 He also fired some hot shot at those who have night after night been engaged in silly conversation while preaching was In progress. This was decidedly annoying to those who wished to hear the sermon, and he hoped that it would not be repeated.
 Before reading his text Mr. Moody also touched upon the line that Dr. Hale had taken as far as the disturbance of the meet ings was concerned. He said that It dis turbed the people who wanted to hesr the sermon, and that he hoped the ushers would not let any person walk down the aisles while he was preaching. He wanted perfect quiet, that all might hear what he had to say.
 His text was: sLet the wicked forsake his way and the righteous his thoughts and let him return unto to the Lord and he will have mercy upon him, and God will abund- antly pardon.'
 Hs began by stating that two divisions of the text belonged to man and three to God, and that the three stumbling stones in man 's way was his way, his thoughts and his sins.
 He didn't believe that God could forgive any man who didn't want it, nor have any mercy upon one who didn't want 1t. He thought that for God to forgive the man must want it.
 As to the happiness of bad men, he didn't think there could be such a thing. He thought that to make a bad man happy would take greater miracle than any in the Bible. His idea upon the Mohammedan religion was that man could be his disci- pie and live in the biackest and deepest of all sins. But he argued that to be disci- pie of Christ sin had to be left behind, and that one reason that Christ did not have any more disciples was because men didn't ike the path of self denial.
 He said that If 1t had not been for the Holy Ghost the death of Christ would have been forgotten long ago.
 He touched upon. repentance and convic- tfous at length and stated that if man would act up to his convictions he would
  thing and repentance another.
 e His definition of repentance was change of one's mind and course. The trouble of men, he said, was that they were not turned the right way. Some of them were turned, but not enough. To surrender and return to God was great thing with him.
 He believed that when man wills to break sin that God will give him suffi- cient power.
 He brought out a point of man being naturally bad and said that if gwen his own way he was sure to go to destruction.
 He paid his respects to those who had too much to say about certain manners in re- hgion and said that when 8 man is near the Kingdom of God his mouth is stopped.
 He stated that there were many who thought if they didn't repent in this life they could in the next, but said they would find themselves mistaken. To those who lay out marked roads for tbe Lord to ap- pear he said they would be disappointed, for He never comes in the direction looked for. It's always the opposite.
 He followed his sermon in g. prayer that brought tears to many eyes.
 Anafter meeting was held, and many asked for special prayer.
 MT. Moody will preach at 10:30 o'clock this morning in the First Methodist church, and at night in the wigwam.
 The open air meetings will be held at the rsual places at 80 o'clock.